In April, Democratic Governor Laura Kelly vetoed a bill for a second time that would have banned transgender athletes from competing and sharing locker rooms in girls' and women’s sports in Kansas. Kelly said that the legislation proposed by the GOP would harm Kansas’ ability to attract and retain businesses and would send a signal to prospective companies that Kansas is more focused on unnecessary and divisive legislation instead of strategic, pro-growth lawmaking.

Fast-forward to today, Gubernatorial hopeful, AG Derek Schmidt in a speech called on the Kansas legislature to send to his desk in his first 100 days the Fairness in Women’s Sports bill that Kelly twice vetoed. Schmidt said he would enthusiastically sign it. Schmidt went on to say that Kelly’s view is well outside the mainstream in Kansas, to say that girls should be forced to compete with and share locker rooms with their biological male counterparts is a view held by Laura Kelly and Joe Biden, but not by most Kansans.

Kansans will get the opportunity to decide this November with their votes which direction they would like to see Kansas take.