California governor vetoes bill banning children's tackle football

SACRAMENTO, California: Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to ban tackle football for children under the age of 12.

Subsequently, the bill's sponsor, State Assembly Member Kevin McCarty, withdrew it from consideration on January 17.

According to the Non-profit newsroom CalMatters, California would have been the first state in the U.S. to ban children's tackle football.

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