State lawmakers return to Frankfort later this week to close out the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly session.

As of today, Governor Andy Beshear has signed more than 40 bills into law.

He's also now vetoed four bills, including House Bill 495.

It would prohibit Medicaid for paying for hormone therapy or gender affirming surgeries for transgender Kentuckians, and seeks to overturn the governor's ban on conversion therapy.

Beshear explained his reasoning in a social media post over the weekend.

I just vetoed the House bill that attempted to overturn my ban on conversion therapy.

Conversion therapy is torture on our kids and no one should ever want to have to subjected kids to something like that to everybody out there.

You're perfect just the way you are.

You keep it in.

You.

Governor Beshear has a couple of more days to act on legislation already sent to his desk.

He can sign, veto or allow bills to go into law without his signature.

The Republican dominated legislature will reconvene in Frankfort on Thursday and Friday for the final two days of this year's session.

They can vote to overturn any of the governor's vetoes and also pass additional legislation that can't be protected from the governor's veto pen.