AZ: Hobbs vetoes transgender bathroom bill, reaches 111 vetoes
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs continued to bring down her veto stamp on Republican-backed bills on Thursday, adding five more for a record total of 111 and putting a stop to a contentious transgender bathroom bill.
Hobbs is a Democrat, and with a Republican majority in both the state House and Senate, she by far surpassed the number of vetoes given out by any of her predecessors. Democrat Janet Napolitano, who was in the same position with a Republican majority in the legislature, had the previous veto record of 58 in one year.
Among Hobbs’ latest vetoes was Senate Bill 1040, which would have barred transgender students from using school bathrooms or showers that align with their expressed gender identity and from sharing sleeping quarters on school trips with those of the gender they identify with.
“SB1040 is yet another discriminatory act against LGBTQ+ youth passed by the majority at the state legislature,” Hobbs wrote in a veto letter to Senate President Warren Petersen.
Hobbs had previously promised to veto every bill that came across her desk that she believes is aimed at attacking or harming children.
https://www.azmirror.com/2023/06/08/hobbs-vetoes-transgender-bathroom-bill-reaches-111-vetoes/
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