TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday vetoed a invoice that may prohibit authorities masks mandates in Kansas and curb the ability of state and native well being officers throughout outbreaks of infectious ailments.
The measure was the Republican-controlled Legislature’s response to masks mandates and different restrictions that outraged many conservative constituents throughout the coronavirus pandemic. However the measure cut up GOP lawmakers sufficient when it handed final month that supporters had been far wanting the two-thirds majorities in each chambers wanted to override a veto.
The invoice would prohibit state and native officers from issuing mandates, apart from hospitals, different medical services and nursing properties they function. Officers could not require individuals to indicate proof of being vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19 to make use of public areas.
The measure additionally would prohibit state and native well being officers from ordering regulation enforcement companies to assist them implement orders aimed toward controlling infectious ailments.
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Republican lawmakers noticed the measure as defending private liberties, however Kelly stated in her veto message that it will stop sufficient responses to outbreaks of ailments like measles, tuberculosis and even hen flu.
“This invoice places the protection of all Kansans and our economic system in danger,” Kelly stated in her message.
Lawmakers plan to reconvene Could 23 for one or two days of labor.
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