Kansas Republicans set to override governor’s veto of trans bathroom bill

Highly restrictive legislation clears state legislature by margins that suggest Democratic governor’s expected veto can be quashed

A Kansas bill to impose some of the nation’s broadest restrictions on access to public bathrooms and ban transgender people from changing the name or gender on their driver’s licenses have cleared the state legislature by margins that suggest backers could override the Democratic governor’s expected veto.

The Kansas senate voted 28-12 with one vote more than a two-thirds majority needed to overturn any veto, giving final passage to an earlier House-passed version and sending it to governor Laura Kelly. Both chambers have Republican supermajorities.