Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment, prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians.
2025-2026 Regular Session
Prohibiting healthcare providers from treating a child whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex; authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments; restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning; prohibiting professional liability insurance from covering damages for healthcare providers that provide gender transition treatment to children; requiring professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatments; adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians; amending K.S.A. 65-2837 and repealing the existing section.
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| date | time | type | location | description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | 08:30 | Hearing | Room 548-South | Senate Public Health and Welfare Hearing |
| 2025-01-28 | 08:30 | Hearing | Room 142-S - CANCELED | Senate Public Health and Welfare Hearing |
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2025-01-31 | House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 83 Nay: 35 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Be passed |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ruiz, S. was rejected |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ruiz, S. |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ruiz, S. was rejected Yea: 30 Nay: 86 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ruiz, S. |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Oropeza was rejected Yea: 27 Nay: 80 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Oropeza |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative McDonald was rejected Yea: 29 Nay: 84 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative McDonald |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoye was rejected Yea: 29 Nay: 83 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hoye |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected Yea: 31 Nay: 85 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected Yea: 31 Nay: 84 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carr was rejected Yea: 31 Nay: 85 |
| 2025-01-30 | House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carr |
| 2025-01-29 | House Referred to Committee of the Whole |
| 2025-01-29 | House Received and Introduced |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 8 |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holscher was rejected |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holscher |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was rejected |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was rejected |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Motion to advance to EFA, subject to amendment, debate and roll call. |
| 2025-01-29 | Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 548-South |
| 2025-01-28 | Senate Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 142-S - CANCELED |
| 2025-01-23 | Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare |
| 2025-01-22 | Senate Introduced |