(Feb. 23, 2024) – Next week, the legislature will return on Wednesday, when committees will continue hearings on bills exempt from legislative timelines and legislation that has made its way from its chamber of origin. Budget committees will continue report-outs as they look to start the process of assembling the House and Senate positions on the state budget.
Monday, Feb. 26
No session
Tuesday, Feb. 27
No session
Wednesday, Feb. 28
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget reports: Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Health; Kansas Department for Children and Families
House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Budget report out: Chairperson Mason, Social Services budget – Kansas Department of Health and Environment – Health; Kansas Department for Children and Families; Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services; Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office
Thursday, Feb. 29
Senate Public Health and Welfare – 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Informational hearing: House Bill 2791 – Enacting the Forbidding Abuse Child Transitions Act – Restricts use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting 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 that provide gender transition treatment to children and adda violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians and nurses
Senate Ways and Means – 10:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Budget Reports: Health Care Stabilization Fund Board of Governors; Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services
Senate Utilities – 1:30 p.m. – Room 548S
Hearing: Senate Bill 487 – Authorizes counties to contract with other counties to share 911 public safety answering point services and authorizes the distribution of 911 fee money to counties for such purposes
House Appropriations – 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Budget report out: Chairperson Howe, Higher Education budget – Kansas Board of Regents; University of Kansas Medical Center
House Health and Human Services – 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Hearing: House Bill 2791 – Enacting the Forbidding Abuse Child Transitions Act – 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 that provide gender transition treatment to children and adds violation of the act to the definition of unprofessional conduct for physicians and nurses
House Bill 2792 – Prohibiting gender transition surgery on minors, authorizing professional discipline against a physician who performs such surgeries and adopts a standard of care for gender transition care services
House Elections – 3:30 p.m. – Room 218N
Hearing: House Bill 2617 – Prohibits members of the legislature from voting on any legislative matter in which such member has a special interest
Friday, Mar. 1
No session