Gov. Eric Holcomb Signed Three Bills into Law Monday

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STATEHOUSE – Gov. Eric Holcomb signed three bills into law Monday, including a piece of legislation that will allow Hoosiers to carry a handgun without a permit. He vetoed a bill that would have banned transgender girls from participating in school sports.

The bill that would have banned transgender girls from participating in school sports was vetoed because Holcomb said he could find no evidence that anyone was being treated unfairly, as Republicans had claimed. The bill passed the House 66-30, and passed the Senate 32-18.

“The moment the Indiana High School Athletic Association admitted there was no unfair advantage occurring in women’s sports, it became clear House Bill 1041 was more about fulfilling a made up culture war than actually creating a better future for Hoosier children,” said Schmuhl, in a prepared statement by the Indiana Democratic Party.

“Indiana Republicans even admitted their goal was more about abiding by national politics than solving today’s problems facing kids – and it’s why they partnered with a national hate group to pass House Bill 1041.”

Schmuhl praised Holcomb for his veto, saying he believed the bill would have put lives in danger.

Holcomb said in a veto message to House Speaker Todd Huston, that the Indiana High School Athletics Assoc. (IHSAA) had not indicated there was unfairness and that the governor believed the process to ensure fairness by the IHSAA, now a decade old, works.

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