Kansas

Kansas: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

78 bills: 64 Anti-LGBTQ+, 14 Pro-LGBTQ+. 12 are enacted (12 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed594811
Enacted12120
Pending413
Vetoed330

Most recent bills

All 78 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of Kansas: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in Kansas, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520252005: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2006: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2011: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2012: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2014: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2016: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2018: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+2020: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+, 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2021: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2022: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 21 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2025: 7 Anti-LGBTQ+, 3 Pro-LGBTQ+2026: 5 Anti-LGBTQ+20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Bills introduced each year in Kansas, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152025200620102014201820222026

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in Kansas by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.02462005: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2023: 6 Anti-LGBTQ+2024: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 3 Anti-LGBTQ+2026: 1 Anti-LGBTQ+20062008201020122014201620182020202220242026Enacted bills in Kansas by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2005 to 2026. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0246200620102014201820222026
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
2026550110
20251073330
202422211110
2023660660
2022761000
2021110000
2020532000
2018550000
2016330000
2014422000
2012532000
2011101000
2006312000
2005110110

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents770
Bathrooms & facilities770
Sports participation660
Youth gender-affirming care12120
Medicaid & public funding for care220
Prisons, jails & detention550
Schools & curriculum550
DEI & bias training110
Drag & public expression330
Book bans & censorship880
Marriage, family & custody1192
Nondiscrimination protections1358
Religious exemptions990
Conversion therapy211
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law202
Symbolic resolutions & recognition981
Government process, funding & data11101

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors10100
End Legal Recognition770
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA770
Employment Nondiscrimination505
Housing Nondiscrimination505
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination505
Public Investment Restriction: Anti-Boycotts550
Public Investment Restriction: ESG Funds Ban550
Sports Ban: Colleges550
Sports Ban: K12550
Sports Ban: SWSA550
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12550
Show the other 54 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Religious Exemptions: Adoption and Foster Care440
Social Transition Ban440
Trans Segregation Bill440
Censorship: Drag Ban330
Discrimination In Education330
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban330
Appropriations220
Broad Nondiscrimination202
Censorship: Age Verification220
Censorship: Book Ban220
Censorship: Online Obscenity220
Forced Outing: Schools220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: JFA220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Medicaid220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Public Funds220
Gender Marker Change Ban220
Gender Marker Revert220
Marriage Equality202
Religious Exemptions: RFRA220
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws: Anti-Sodomy202
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges220
Trans Bathroom Ban: Public Properties220
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage110
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban110
Broad Discrimination110
Censorship: Book Ban: K12110
Censorship: Book Ban: Public Libraries110
Child Custody Bill110
Commissions, Task Forces, and Studies101
Conversion Therapy Ban101
Conversion Therapy Legalization110
DEI Ban: Colleges110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges110
Don't Say Trans: Colleges110
End Legal Recognition: WBR110
Federal Override110
Gender Affirming Care Ban110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Liability Law110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Under 21110
Healthcare Nondiscrimination101
Misgendering: Forced: K12110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12110
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education110
Prison Placement Ban110
Public Investment Restriction: Social Credit Score110
Religious Exemptions: Academic110
Religious Exemptions: Marriage110
Religious Exemptions: Medical110
Same-Sex Marriage Ban110
Same-Sex Marriage Ban: Constitutional Amendment110
Same-Sex Marriage Discrimination110
Same-sex Marriage Ban110
Sports Ban: Secondary110
Supportive Resolution101

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
HouseHouse Committee on Judiciary on
SenateSenate Committee on Public Health and Welfare on
HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations on
HouseHouse Committee on Judiciary on
HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations on
HouseHouse Committee on Judiciary on
SenateSenate Committee on Judiciary on
HouseHouse Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care on
SenateSenate Committee on Judiciary on
HouseHouse Committee on Appropriations on

All 52 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Randy GarberRRepresentativeHD-0626
Cheryl HelmerRRepresentativeHD-0794
Steven HuebertRRepresentativeHD-0904
Bill RhileyRRepresentativeHD-0803
David FrenchRRepresentativeHD-0403
Ron HighlandRRepresentativeHD-0513
Susan HumphriesRRepresentativeHD-0993
Brandon WoodardDRepresentativeHD-1082
Brian WeberRRepresentativeHD-1192
Carolyn McGinnRSenatorSD-0312

All 164 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case 2:26-cv-02519D. Kan.District2026
Case n232b90acfcDouglas County District Court, KansasState2025
Case n26bad79bf7D. Kan.District2024
Case 23-CV-000422Shawnee County District CourtState2023
Case nce7d8dea5aD. Kan.District1995
Case nfdb67ad920D. Kan.District1986

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.