"Unfortunately, as I have studied this legislation and conferred with legal experts over the past several days, I have become concerned that this bill’s vague and overly broad language could have significant unintended consequences," Noem wrote.
"I am also concerned that the approach House Bill 1217 takes is unrealistic in the context of collegiate athletics," she added, writing that banning transgender athletes from collegiate sports would cause conflict with national college athletic associations.
Republicans in the state legislature who supported the bill called Noem's effort to force them to make changes to the legislation "inappropriate."
So basically I'm vetoing because I think you're being vague, but I won't specify what exactly is vague about it. Also, don't ban transgenders from college sports, that'll cause conflict, and we can't have that.
Kristi Noem-
"Unfortunately, as I have studied this legislation and conferred with legal experts over the past several days, I have become concerned that this bill’s vague and overly broad language could have significant unintended consequences," Noem wrote.
"I am also concerned that the approach House Bill 1217 takes is unrealistic in the context of collegiate athletics," she added, writing that banning transgender athletes from collegiate sports would cause conflict with national college athletic associations.
Republicans in the state legislature who supported the bill called Noem's effort to force them to make changes to the legislation "inappropriate."
So basically I'm vetoing because I think you're being vague, but I won't specify what exactly is vague about it. Also, don't ban transgenders from college sports, that'll cause conflict, and we can't have that.