Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB 244
House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Vetoed
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary
Summary
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Latest action(Feb 6, 2025): Introduced
Text versions
- As Introduced
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}
- H Sub for
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
- Enrolled
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Feb 6, 2025 · Senate
Introduced - Feb 7, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary - Feb 17, 2025 · Senate
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary - Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren - Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie Warren was adopted - Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended - Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 37, Nay 3 - Feb 25, 2025 · House
Received and Introduced - Feb 25, 2025 · House
Referred to House Committee on Judiciary - Jan 27, 2026 · House
Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to rerefer to committee failed - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bob Lewis was adopted - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Angela Martinez - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Angela Martinez was rejected; Yea 34, Nay 83, Absent 8 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Lindsay Vaughn - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Lindsay Vaughn was rejected; Yea 36, Nay 85, Absent 4 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Nikki McDonald - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Nikki McDonald was rejected; Yea 36, Nay 86, Absent 3 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen was rejected; Yea 36, Nay 81, Absent 8 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bob Lewis was adopted - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Susan Ruiz - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Susan Ruiz was rejected; Yea 42, Nay 76, Absent 7 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Susan Ruiz - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Susan Ruiz was rejected - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Susan Ruiz - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Susan Ruiz was rejected - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Suzanne Wikle - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Suzanne Wikle was withdrawn - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Brooklynne Mosley - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Brooklynne Mosley was rejected; Yea 38, Nay 77, Absent 10 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton was rejected; Yea 34, Nay 82, Absent 9 - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Alexis Simmons - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Rep. Susan Humphries raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Nikki McDonald - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Nikki McDonald was rejected - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Brandon Woodard - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Rep. Susan Humphries raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted - Jan 28, 2026 · House
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 36, Absent 2 - Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
Concurred with amendments; Yea 30, Nay 9, Absent 1 - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - Feb 16, 2026 · Senate
Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Friday, February 13, 2026 - Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 31, Nay 9 - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 87, Nay 37, Absent 1