INFORMATION TO CALL THEM. A CONTROVERSIAL VOTE FROM THE JACKSON COUNTY LEGISLATURE WITHIN THE LAST HOUR, COUNTY LEGISLATORS FAILED TO APPROVE A BAN ON CONVERSION THERAPY FOR MINORS. KMBC9 BRIAN JOHNSON LIVE AT THE COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN WHERE ALL OF THIS HAPPENED BRIAN. YEAH, CHRIS, THE SURPRISE ENDING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. NOW, SUPPORTERS OF THIS SAY IT WOULD HAVE PROTECTED CHILDREN. THEY SAY RIGHT NOW YOUNG ADULTS HAVE NO PROTECTIONS AND THAT THIS LAW IS NEEDED. SIMILAR LAWS HAVE BEEN PASSED IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AS WELL AS INDEPENDENTS. AND ON THE KANSAS SIDE. SEVERAL CITIES THERE HAVE PASSED LAWS AS WELL. NOW, LAWMAKERS NEEDED SIX VOTES. THE LAW WOULD HAVE BANNED THE CONVERSION THERAPY AND THEN OUTLINED PENALTIES FOR VIOLATORS. THEY HAD FIVE VOTES TODAY. THREE LAWMAKERS ABSTAINED. PAYTON, HUSKEY AND MCGEE AND SMITH WAS THE ONLY NO VOTE HERE THIS AFTERNOON PRESENTED THREE AMENDMENTS. THAT WERE NOT CONSIDERED, DID NOT GET SECONDS, BUT WERE DISCUSSED IN DEPTH. THOSE WERE ALL VOTED DOWN. AND IN THE END THEY DID NOT HAVE THE VOTES THEY NEEDED. IS THIS A FAILURE BY THE LEGISLATURE? THERE ARE SEVEN DEMOCRATS TO REPUBLICANS, AND FOR THIS TO FAIL IS ABSOLUTELY INEXCUSABLE. NOW, LAWMAKERS SAY THEY WILL BRING THIS BACK UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER VOTE. THEY’RE GOING TO TALK WITH THEIR FELLOW COLLEAGUES ON WHY THEY ABSTAINED AND TRY AND FIND IF THEY CAN GET AT LEAST ONE MORE VOTE TO GET TH