[3] On April 26th and 27th, the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives voted to override the veto, making the bill law.

The bill was originally introduced in the Kansas Senate by Republican Renee Erickson in February 2023, and is sponsored by the Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

[4] The bill is controversial for excluding intersex people, such as those with ambiguous genitalia, with both male or female reproductive organs, or women born without ovaries.

[7] Opposition testimony stated that the bill employs outdated, inaccurate, and underinclusive definitions of sex and families, as well as excluding intersex people.

The Speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives, Dan Hawkins, criticized the governor's veto as taking the side of "left-wing activists".