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The matter now passes to the Senate, which must approve the override by a two-thirds margin.

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The Louisiana House on Tuesday voted to override Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards’s veto of a ban on gender treatments for minors.

At issue is Republican state Rep. Gabe Firment’s House Bill 648, which would bar doctors from conducting gender surgeries on minors as well as prescribing hormone treatments, NOLA reported.

In a special veto override session, the House voted 75-23 to overrule Edwards on the ban. The matter now passes to the Senate, which must approve the override by a two-thirds margin. …

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