(Mar. 7, 2024) – Today, the House Health and Humans Services Committee, chaired by Representative Brenda Landwehr (R-Wichita), deleted the contents of Senate Bill 233 and inserted the contents of House Bill 2791. The bill restricts the use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibits health care professionals from treating children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizes a civil cause of action against health care professionals for providing such treatments, authorizes professional discipline against a physician who performs such treatment, prohibits professional liability insurance from covering damages for health care providers providing gender transition treatment to children and adding violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians and nurses. The committee recommended the following amendments to the bill:

• Deleted New Section 3
• Changed the language in New Section 5 that would say the health care professional has engaged in unprofessional conduct and such health care professional shall have their license revoked.
• Changed the liability from 30 years to 10 years from the date the individual turns 18 years of age
• Changed the cause of action on page 5 from 30 years to 10 years

The bill favorably passed as amended. The bill will now go to the House floor.