Kansas Senate Bill 63

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on February 18 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-02-18 - House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 85 Nay: 34
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

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.

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.

Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee

2025-02-18 - House - House Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 84 Nay: 35 (Y: 84 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [PASS]
2025-02-18 - Senate - Senate Motion to override veto prevailed - Yea: 31 Nay: 9 (Y: 31 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-31 - House - House Final Action - Passed - Yea: 83 Nay: 35 (Y: 83 N: 35 NV: 0 Abs: 7) [PASS]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ruiz, S. was rejected - Yea: 30 Nay: 86 (Y: 30 N: 86 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [FAIL]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Oropeza was rejected - Yea: 27 Nay: 80 (Y: 27 N: 80 NV: 0 Abs: 18) [FAIL]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative McDonald was rejected - Yea: 29 Nay: 84 (Y: 29 N: 84 NV: 0 Abs: 12) [FAIL]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoye was rejected - Yea: 29 Nay: 83 (Y: 29 N: 83 NV: 0 Abs: 13) [FAIL]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected - Yea: 31 Nay: 85 (Y: 31 N: 85 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [FAIL]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected - Yea: 31 Nay: 84 (Y: 31 N: 84 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [FAIL]
2025-01-30 - House - House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carr was rejected - Yea: 31 Nay: 85 (Y: 31 N: 85 NV: 0 Abs: 9) [FAIL]
2025-01-29 - Senate - Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 32 Nay: 8 (Y: 32 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-18	House	House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 85 Nay: 34
2025-02-18	Senate	Senate Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 31 Nay: 9
2025-02-13	Senate	Senate Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
2025-02-05	Senate	Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, February 5, 2025
2025-01-31	House	House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 83 Nay: 35
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Be passed
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ruiz, S. was rejected
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ruiz, S.
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Ruiz, S. was rejected Yea: 30 Nay: 86
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Ruiz, S.
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Oropeza was rejected Yea: 27 Nay: 80
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Oropeza
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative McDonald was rejected Yea: 29 Nay: 84
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative McDonald
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoye was rejected Yea: 29 Nay: 83
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hoye
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected Yea: 31 Nay: 85
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Meyer was rejected Yea: 31 Nay: 84
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carr was rejected Yea: 31 Nay: 85
2025-01-30	House	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carr
2025-01-29	House	House Referred to Committee of the Whole
2025-01-29	House	House Received and Introduced
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 8
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holscher was rejected
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holscher
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was rejected
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was rejected
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Motion to advance to EFA, subject to amendment, debate and roll call.
2025-01-29	Senate	Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2025-01-28	Senate	Senate Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 548-South
2025-01-28	Senate	Senate Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 142-S - CANCELED
2025-01-23	Senate	Senate Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
2025-01-22	Senate	Senate Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb63/
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb63_00_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb63_01_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb63_enrolled.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/cr_2025_sb63_s_0884.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_s_0890.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_s_0891.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_s_0917.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_s_0915.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0924.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0935.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0926.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0952.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0942.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0972.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0937.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fa_2025_sb63_h_0930.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fisc_note_sb63_00_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_sb63_01_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/summary_sb_63_2025.pdf
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250129163959_218903/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130114435_830472/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130121033_826188/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130122221_846358/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130130828_298783/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130132546_787379/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130133309_345851/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250130134619_930506/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250131112542_881315/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250218144343_606615/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20250218152341_509953/