(Topeka, Kan. – April 5, 2023) – Today, the Kansas House & Senate voted to override Gov. Kelly’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. This common-sense legislation ensures that athletics are designated male, female, or coed. Kansas is now the 19th state to pass the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The override vote was 84-40 in the House and 28-12 in the Senate.
Statement from Brittany Jones, Esq., Director of Policy and Engagement:
“Today, after three years the Kansas legislature voted to override Governor Kelly’s veto of the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act to become law. Kansans overwhelmingly support this common-sense legislation. We are so thankful to see it finally become law. Kansas girls can grow up secure, knowing that their opportunities will not be taken by biological men.
Kansas women have worked for too many years for these opportunities to have them taken away now. In certain spaces, biology really matters. Bodies, not ideologies, play sports. We will not stand idly by and let KSHAA or the NCAA take away these hard-won victories. We did this for our daughters and our granddaughters. We did this because their victories deserve to be recognized. We did this because every Kansas girl deserves to shoot for the stars.”
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