KS-SB244-2026
Kansas · SB 244 · 2026
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.
Court challenge: Kansas State District Court Hearing on Preliminary Injunction scheduled for 2026-09-29
- Bill key
- KS-SB244-2026
- State
- Kansas
- Session
- 2026
- Introduced
- Last recorded status
- passed
- Law status
- Active
- Citation (Bluebook)
- S.B. 244, 2026 Leg., Reg. Sess. (Kan. 2026) (enacted), https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb244/.
- Short citation
- Kan. S.B. 244.
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Summary
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 cri…
Curator notes
Bathroom ban govt. properties; Invalidates Driver's licenses for trans folks w/ gender markers differening from AGAB; Reverts them on record; Exchanges invalid licenses for ones with AGAB; Gutted and replaced with contents of HB2426 1/26/26; updated not immediately shown;
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