Lawmakers also agreed to override the governor's veto on House Bill 495, which would undo the governor's executive order banning conversion therapy on minors and prevent those on Medicaid from accessing gender affirming medical care.

The override passed along party lines.

Democrats voiced concern over the damage they say this will do to LGBTQ Kentuckians, citing the opposition of conversion therapy by several major medical organizations.

A point brought up, often during discussion on the bill.

I certainly hope we don't pick another group next session to go after to make us feel better about ourselves.

I hope it's not the disabled or the mentally ill that we decide are less than us.

I think we've passed some good legislation in the last couple of years trying to improve mental health.

This bill, unfortunately, will do the exact opposite thing that we've tried to address conversion therapy has no basis in medicine or science, and if it causes significant, significant long term damage to our kids, including increased rates of suicide, anxiety, depression, especially those who are suffering from mental health challenges and working with John Representative Ken Fleming, a Republican from Jefferson County, says the issue here isn't with the LGBTQ community, but with the governor wielding his power they say inappropriately, regardless of where somebody stands on the underlying topic or issue.

Which I totally understand where I come from and I and I see what's going on.

But the governor overreached his boundaries, and I wish the governor would take note of that, that he overreached his boundaries in terms of setting policy where this body has the obligation and the responsibility of doing that.

Thank you.

The Senate also voted to override the governor's veto, largely along party lines.

Senator Karen Berg, who lost a transgender child due to suicide, spoke passionately, passionately in opposition to the override.

We know that kids who are forced to go through conversion therapy twice as likely to attempt suicide.

Why in the heck did we do this over and over and over again?

Get over your hate.

With today's action, House Bill 495 will now become Kentucky law.