A bill that would ban transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports in Kansas has been vetoed by Gov. Kelly.
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The bill was also intended to make it easier for parents to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries. Neither measure vetoed Friday cleared the Legislature with the two-thirds majorities in both the House and Senate necessary to override a veto.
Kansas lawmakers are on their annual spring break but are scheduled to reconvene April 25. Gov. Kelly argued both were driven by politics.
Supporters say the measure on transgender athletes protects competition and called the other measure a proposed “Parents' Bill of Rights.”