HB 2382

Mar 27, 2025 · House · Conference Committee Report

Outcome: passed

Yea: 84

Nay: 40

Absent: 1

AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE

Mandating Fetal Development Curriculum Without Educator Input

This bill requires Kansas school districts to show a computer-generated animation or ultrasound of fetal development in any course covering human growth, development, or sexuality — with no input from teachers or education professionals on how it fits into existing curriculum. Labor opposes this bill because it overrides the professional judgment of educators, dictating specific classroom content by legislative mandate rather than trusting trained teachers and local school boards to make sound curriculum decisions. This kind of top-down mandate undermines educators' working conditions and professional autonomy.

Vote Weight: 4x

Yea (84)

Name	Party	District
Adam Smith	R	120
Adam Turk	R	117
Allen Reavis	R	63
Angela Stiens	R	39
Angelina Roeser	R	67
Avery Anderson	R	72
Barb Wasinger	R	111
Bill Rhiley	R	80
Bill Sutton	R	43
Blake Carpenter	R	81
Bob Lewis	R	123
Bradley Barrett	R	76
Brett Fairchild	R	113
Brian Bergkamp	R	93
Carl Turner	R	28
Carrie Barth	R	5
Charlotte Esau	R	14
Chip VanHouden	R	26
Chris Croft	R	8
Chuck Smith	R	3
Clarke Sanders	R	69
Cyndi Howerton	R	98
Dale Helwig	R	1
Dan Goddard	R	7
Daniel Hawkins	R	100
David Buehler	R	40
Dawn Wolf	R	107
Doug Blex	R	12
Duane Droge	R	13
Emil Bergquist	R	91
Francis Awerkamp	R	61
Fred Gardner	R	9
Gary White	R	115
Jason W. Goetz	R	119
Jill Ward	R	105
Jim Minnix	R	118
Joe Seiwert	R	101
John Resman	R	121
Ken Corbet	R	54
Kenneth Collins	R	2
Ken Rahjes	R	110
Kevin Schwertfeger	R	114
Kristey Williams	R	77
Kyle Hoffman	R	116
Kyle McNorton	R	50
Kyler Sweely	R	102
Lance W. Neelly	R	42
Laura Williams	R	30
Lauren Bohi	R	15
Leah Howell	R	82
Leo Delperdang	R	94
Lisa M. Moser	R	106
Lon Pishny	R	122
Marty Long	R	124
Megan Steele	R	51
Mike King	R	74
Nick Hoheisel	R	97
Pat Proctor	R	41
Patrick Penn	R	85
Paul Waggoner	R	104
Rebecca Schmoe	R	59
Representative Hill	R	113
Representative Thompson	R	37
Rick James	R	4
Rick Wilborn	R	73
Robyn R. Essex	R	78
Ronald Ellis	R	47
Ron Bryce	R	11
Samantha Poetter Parshall	R	6
Sandy Pickert	R	88
Sean Tarwater	R	27
Sean Willcott	R	62
Shannon Francis	R	125
Shawn Chauncey	R	65
Sherri Brantley	R	112
Steven K. Howe	R	71
Susan Estes	R	87
Susan Humphries	R	99
Sydney Carlin	D	66
Timothy Johnson	R	38
Tom Kessler	R	96
Troy Waymaster	R	109
Webster T. Roth	R	79
Will Carpenter	R	75

Nay (40)

Name	Party	District
Alexis Simmons	D	58
Angela Martinez	D	103
Barbara Ballard	D	44
Brandon Woodard	D	108
Brooklynne Mosley	D	46
Cindy Neighbor	D	18
Dan Osman	D	48
Ford Carr	D	84
Heather Meyer	D	29
Henry Helgerson	D	83
Jarrod Ousley	D	24
Jerry Stogsdill	D	21
Jesse Borjon	R	52
Jo Ella Hoye	D	17
John Alcala	D	57
John Carmichael	D	92
KC Ohaebosim	D	89
Kirk Haskins	D	53
Lewis "Bill" Bloom	R	64
Linda Featherston	D	16
Lindsay Vaughn	D	22
Louis Ruiz	D	31
Lynn Melton	D	36
Mari-Lynn Poskin	D	20
Mark Schreiber	R	60
Melissa Oropeza	D	37
Mike Amyx	D	45
Nathan Butler	R	68
Nikki McDonald	D	49
Pam Curtis	D	32
Rui Xu	D	25
Silas Miller	D	86
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton	D	19
Susan Ruiz	D	23
Suzanne Wikle	D	10
Tobias Schlingensiepen	D	55
Tom Sawyer	D	95
Valdenia Winn	D	34
Virgil Weigel	D	56
Wanda Brownlee Paige	D	35

Absent (1)

Name	Party	District
Steve Huebert	R	90