Arkansas legislature overrides veto of transgender youth healthcare bill
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April 6 (UPI) The Arkansas legislature on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Asa Hutchinson s veto of a state law banning access to gender-affirming care such as puberty blockers and hormones to transgender minors.
The state Senate voted 25-8 and the House voted 72-25 to cancel the veto, with most Republicans in both chambers voting in favor and most Democrats voting against it.
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Sen. Clarke Tucker, D-Little Rock, expressed concern about the decision to override the veto, saying it represented the most powerful people bullying the most vulnerable while Sen. Terry Rice, R-Waldron, moved for immediate consideration of the override motion to protect children.
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Jordan Tinsley, a lawyer who represents the Arkansas Electric Energy Consumers, a group of major users of electricity.
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The order at issue said state law and Entergy’s rate tariff didn’t support a change Entergy wanted to make in rate calculation. The PSC order had the effect of preventing Entergy from collecting roughly $67 million disallowed in 2017. It wanted a “netting adjustment” to add the money in 2021, but the PSC held that was not allowed by a 4 percent cap on annual rate increases. That cap was part of an agreed plan that provided Entergy other benefits, such as a speedier regulatory process and the ability to get approval for putting various expenses in its rate base.