Kansas Legislature

SB 63

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.

House - Motion to override veto prevailed; - 02/18/2025

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (85):

Anderson, Awerkamp, Barrett, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Huebert, Humphries, James, Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, McNorton, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Penn, Pickert, Pishny, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, Steele, Stiens, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, White, Willcott, K. Williams, L. Williams, Wolf,

Nay - (34):

Amyx, Ballard, Brownlee Paige, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Mosley, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, S. Ruiz, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schreiber, Simmons, Vaughn, Weigel, Wikle, Winn, Woodard, Xu,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (6):

Alcala, Helgerson, Poetter Parshall, L. Ruiz, Stogsdill, Wilborn,

Not Voting - (0):