After Gov. Laura Kelly previously vetoed two bills that would have limited transgender women and girls from playing high school and college sports, the Kansas House of Representatives passed the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act on Feb. 23 in a 82-40 vote.
The bill will now move on to the Kansas Senate and then to Kelly to be signed into law or vetoed for the third year in a row.
The bill joins 40 others across the country that have been introduced since the 2023 state legislative sessions began.
Allison Waldt, a first-year anthropology and history major, said she believes that more research should be done before bills such as this one are passed.