Newsom vetoes slew of bills over the weekend, bucks Dem legislature on progressive initiatives
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Gov. Newsom vetoed multiple bills over the weekend, rejecting several progressive initiatives, including one bill aimed at expediting licenses for providers of transgender procedures.
AB 2442, which would have expedited medical licenses for out-of-state applicants seeking to perform transgender surgical procedures, was declined by Newsom on Friday. Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
"As the number of applicants who qualify for expedited licensure grows through legislation, the benefits of mandated prioritization may start to diminish, at the expense of potential negative impacts to other applicants," Newsom said in his veto letter. "Additionally, the increase in staff needed to ensure expedited applications may lead to licensing fee increases."
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