The Louisiana governor's office announced yesterday that Gov. John Bel Edwards has vetoed SB156, the Fairness In Women's Sports Act (full text), saying in part:
The bill ... sought to prevent transgender girls and women from participating on athletic teams or in sporting events designated for girls or women at elementary, secondary and postsecondary schools. Gov. Edwards issued the following statement:
As I have said repeatedly when asked about this bill, discrimination is not a Louisiana value, and this bill was a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist in Louisiana. Even the author of the bill acknowledged throughout the legislative session that there wasn’t a single case where this was an issue.
Louisiana Illuminator reports on the Governor's action.
