Senate Bill 43, which targets drag performers and transgender people, got an OK from Gov. Sarah Sanders Wednesday.
Sanders said that as governor, she is focused on protecting Arkansas’s children — which in her words, is what SB43 would do. If the bill makes it to her desk as it is currently written, Sanders said that she would sign it.
“I think we have to do everything — I’ve been very clear and talked about this pretty extensively — to protect children,” Sanders said. “And I think that’s what this bill does, and so would be supportive of it in its current form. We’ll continue to take steps and do things that I believe protect the children of Arkansas.”
The Arkansas Senate passed the bill Tuesday afternoon, with only Democrats voicing opposition.
