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        {
            "BILLNO": "HB2071",
            "EFFECTIVEDATE": "This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book Kansas register.",
            "HISTORY": [
                {
                    "action_code": "mot_strk_505",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "340",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-02-20T17:49:58",
                    "session_date": "2025-02-20",
                    "status": "Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507"
                },
                {
                    "action_code": "cr_rsc_282",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "committee_names": [
                        "Committee on Health and Human Services"
                    ],
                    "journal_page_number": "147",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-01-30T14:04:48",
                    "session_date": "2025-01-30",
                    "status": "Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by"
                },
                {
                    "action_code": "ref_rbc_310",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "committee_names": [
                        "Committee on Health and Human Services"
                    ],
                    "journal_page_number": "119",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-01-24T09:44:50",
                    "session_date": "2025-01-24",
                    "status": "Referred to"
                },
                {
                    "action_code": "misc_he_200",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-01-23T16:05:32",
                    "session_date": "2025-01-23",
                    "status": "Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 112-N"
                },
                {
                    "action_code": "intro_ibc_158",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "113",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-01-23T13:19:54",
                    "session_date": "2025-01-23",
                    "status": "Introduced"
                }
            ],
            "LONGTITLE": "AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to healthcare of minors; enacting the help not harm act; 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.",
            "NAME": "HB2071",
            "ORIGINAL_SPONSOR": [
                "Committee on Health and Human Services"
            ],
            "RELATEDRS": "25rs0479",
            "SHORTTITLE": "Enacting the help not harm act to restrict the use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibit healthcare providers from providing gender transition whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorize a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for providing such treatments, require professional discipline against a healthcare provider who performs such treatment and prohibit 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.",
            "SPONSOR_NAMES": [
                "Committee on Health and Human Services"
            ],
            "STATUS": "dead",
            "documents": [],
            "versions": [
                "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2071_00_0000.pdf",
                "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2071_01_0000.pdf"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "revno": 877182
}