KS HB 2071
died on adjournmentEnacting 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.
Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KS HB 2071 pass?
No. KS HB 2071 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-02-20): Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
What is KS HB 2071 about?
KS HB 2071 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “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.”.
Who sponsors KS HB 2071?
Committee on Health and Human Services is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2071.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-23
- Latest action
- 2025-02-20 — Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Bill type
- bill
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Sponsors
- Committee on Health and Human Servicesprimary
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-02-20
Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
2025-01-30
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services
committee-passage-favorable
2025-01-23
Introduced
introduction
2025-01-23
Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services
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Related bills
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