SB 63
Outcome: passed
AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE
Bill Strips Healthcare Workers of Malpractice Insurance, Mandates License Revocation
SB 63 bans gender transition care for minors, but buried in the bill are provisions that directly hit healthcare workers: automatic license revocation with no professional board discretion, a ban on malpractice insurance covering affected providers, and strict personal liability lasting a decade. It also restricts what state employees — including social workers and hospital staff — can say on the job using vague, undefined terms. Labor opposes this bill because it strips workers of due process protections, eliminates insurance coverage, and exposes union members in hospitals, clinics, and state agencies to career-ending punishment without the safeguards that professional licensing boards are supposed to provide.
Vote Weight: 5x
KS AFL-CIO supports a NAY vote
Yea (83)
Nay (35)
| 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 |
| Jo Ella Hoye | D | 17 |
| John Carmichael | D | 92 |
| Kirk Haskins | D | 53 |
| Linda Featherston | D | 16 |
| Lindsay Vaughn | D | 22 |
| Lynn Melton | D | 36 |
| Mari-Lynn Poskin | D | 20 |
| Mark Schreiber | R | 60 |
| Melissa Oropeza | D | 37 |
| Mike Amyx | D | 45 |
| 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 |
| Sydney Carlin | D | 66 |
| Tobias Schlingensiepen | D | 55 |
| Tom Sawyer | D | 95 |
| Valdenia Winn | D | 34 |
| Virgil Weigel | D | 56 |
| Wanda Brownlee Paige | D | 35 |
Absent (7)
| Name | Party | District |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Bergkamp | R | 93 |
| Carl Turner | R | 28 |
| Gary White | R | 115 |
| John Alcala | D | 57 |
| KC Ohaebosim | D | 89 |
| Kenneth Collins | R | 2 |
| Louis Ruiz | D | 31 |