Kentucky’s Republican-dominated legislature spent some of its final veto-proof minutes Friday prioritizing bills aimed at taking away gender-affirming health care for some transgender Kentuckians, stifling debate and rushing votes as a midnight deadline drew near.

But guess what a majority of Kentucky voters don’t think is a priority?

That’s right — blocking transgender Kentuckians from accessing gender-affirming health care.

A new poll, released last week, found Kentuckians are much more likely to want their lawmakers to prioritize things like public education and affordable health care than going after the transgender community.

Pollster Mason-Dixon teamed up with the Fairness Campaign, a pro-LGBTQ+ organization, to talk to hundreds of Kentuckians at the end of February to see where their priorities are. They talked to 625 registered voters and the poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

Of the topics they asked a statewide group representative of Kentucky’s voter registration breakdown, restricting access to gender-affirming health care for transgender people ranked last.

For example, 93% of people said expanding access to affordable health care was a high or very high priority. Meanwhile, about two-thirds of folks said barring transgender Kentuckians on Medicaid from accessing gender-affirming health care was a low or very low priority.

Also more popular with respondents? Focusing on improving disaster relief efforts and bolstering funding for public schools.

“The Kentucky General Assembly is once again prioritizing politics over the people of Kentucky,” Chris Hartman, the executive director of the Fairness Campaign, said in a press release.

“Kentucky voters care about what matters to their real lives—access to affordable healthcare, public education, and disaster relief,” he continued. “Instead, Kentucky lawmakers are fast tracking a sneak attack on Transgender Kentuckians. They would be wise to listen to Kentucky voters and prioritize the values that unite us, not divide us.”

This isn’t the first time Kentucky voters have sided with the LGBTQ+ community. In 2023, as debates over pronouns in schools and gender-affirming care for minors raged in Frankfort, a different poll showed more than 70% of people opposed anti-transgender legislation.

The latest poll came as lawmakers rushed to get more than 100 bills through the legislature and onto Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk ahead of a veto period. Among the bills they passed are House Bill 495, which would undo a current ban on conversion therapy and block transgender people on Medicaid from accessing gender-affirming care like hormone therapy and surgeries, and Senate Bill 2, which would place similar health care restrictions on Kentucky’s 67 transgender inmates.

Beshear is expected to veto both bills, but the legislature will be able to override any of his vetoes when they return to Frankfort to close out the session March 27 and 28.