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KS HB2238 (2023)
Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- Kansas
- Session
- 2023-2024 Regular Session
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 84 Nay: 40
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Sports Ban: K12Sports Ban: Colleges
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Jan 31, 2023) at kslegislature.org(opens another site)PDF, external
- Enrolled text (Mar 14, 2023) at kslegislature.org(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | House Introduced | |
| House | House Referred to Committee on Education | |
| House | House Hearing: Monday, February 13, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218-N | |
| House | House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education | |
| House | House Committee of the Whole - Be passed | |
| House | House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 82 Nay: 40 | |
| Senate | Senate Received and Introduced | |
| Senate | Senate Referred to Committee on Education | |
| Senate | Senate Hearing: Monday, March 6, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 144-S | |
| Senate | Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education | |
| Senate | Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Doll | |
| Senate | Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Doll was rejected Yea: 11 Nay: 24 | |
| Senate | Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed | |
| Senate | Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 28 Nay: 11 | |
| House | House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 13, 2023 | |
| House | House Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Friday, March 17, 2023 | |
| House | House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 84 Nay: 40 | |
| Senate | Senate Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 28 Nay: 12 |
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