RALEIGH, N.C. (NEWSnet/AP) — A GOP supermajority in the North Carolina House voted Wednesday to override the governor’s veto of legislation to ban gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors, putting those youth a vote away from losing access to the care.

The vote immediately followed a vote by the chamber overriding Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a separate bill banning transgender girls from girls' sports teams participation from middle school through college.

House lawmakers voted along party lines 73-46 to surmount Cooper’s veto of the bill that would bar medical professionals from providing hormone therapy, puberty-blocking drugs and surgical gender-transition procedures to anyone under age 18, with limited exceptions.

Minors who began treatment before Aug. 1 could continue receiving that care if their doctors deem it medically necessary and their parents give consent.

The House decision leaves North Carolina one vote away from becoming the latest state to ban gender-affirming health care for transgender youth. Votes also are needed in the Senate to enact legislation over Cooper’s veto powers.

The Senate, which has a similarly veto-proof GOP majority, signaled it would conduct the decisive, final veto override votes shortly. If it succeeds, the bill would take effect immediately.

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