Kansas legislative session recap: What happened, what didn't happen and why it matters Katie Bernard, The Kansas City Star May 10—TOPEKA — Kansas Republican lawmakers went home last week having accomplished much of what they set out to do in January. Wielding the more conservative supermajority they won in the 2020 elections, they overrode Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes to achieve long-sought victories on tax cuts and gun rights. They set up a vote next year on amending the state constitution to open the door for new limits on abortion. The GOP lost two big culture war battles — school choice and a ban on transgender athletes in K-12 and college sports for girls and women — but kept the issues alive for 2022.