The Republican-controlled Kentucky House of Representatives has overridden Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s veto of a controversial bill that nullifies Lexington’s recent ban on source of income discrimination.

The House voted 76-19 Wednesday to override the veto on House Bill 18, signed by Beshear just one day earlier.

The Senate has not yet taken up the veto override, but has already announced a press conference “following the House and Senate’s override of Gov. Andy Beshear’s dismissal of Kentucky property owners’ rights,” leaving little doubt what the Senate intends to do.

It was the Democratic governor’s first veto of the 2024 General Assembly, and likely not his last. Similarly, Republican lawmakers hold a veto-proof supermajority and are expected to override those, too.

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The Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council voted in February to ban discrimination against people who use vouchers and other forms of income to pay for housing after months of debate and public meetings.

The ban would not require landlords to take vouchers, but prevent them from including discriminating language in their advertising and listings.

The Lexington ban was supposed to take effect March 1, but lawyers for the city told the council the Lexington-Fayette Human Rights Commission would not start enforcing the ban due to the passage of HB 18.

Lexington and Louisville passed source of income bans after people with federal housing vouchers found it difficult to find landlords that would take vouchers. Louisville has had a source of income ban since 2020.

This is a developing story that will be updated.