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| Kansas Legislature | |
| Citation | http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb180/ |
| Enacted by | Kansas Senate |
| Enacted by | Kansas House of Representatives |
| Vetoed by | Laura Kelly |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Kansas Senate | |
| Passed | February 20, 2023 |
| Voting summary |
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| Second chamber: Kansas House of Representatives | |
| Passed | March 29, 2023 |
| Voting summary |
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| Status: Vetoed | |
Kansas SB 180 or the Kansas Women's Bill of Rights was a bill introduced to the Kansas State Legislature by the Kansas Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare during the Session of 2023. The bill had three aims, as described in the Committee's Supplemental Note:
- define biological sex for the purpose of creating and applying statutes
- set intermediate scrutiny as the standard of judicial review when examining laws distinguishing between the sexes, and identify areas where this distinction is important to governmental objectives of protecting the health, safety, and privacy of individuals
- require certain entities that collect vital statistics to identify each individual who is part of the collected data set as either male or female at birth
The bill originally passed the Kansas Senate on February 23, 2023. It was amended and passed by the Kansas House of Representatives on March 29, 2023. The amendments were concurred with by the Senate on April 4, 2023. The bill was vetoed by Governor Laura Kelly and returned to the Senate on April 20, 2023.
Proponents
Proponent testimony was provided by Independent Women’s Law Center, Independent Women’s Voice, and Women’s Liberation Front. Written-only testimony was provided by Kansas Catholic Conference and Kansas Family Choice.
Proponent's testimony in favor of the bill includes, but is not limited to:
- The bill reaffirms the intent and application of Title IX
- Maintaining separate-sex facilities is not inherently unequal
- Redefining common sex-based words (woman, man, girl, boy, etc.) in a manner that separates sex from biology allows for the subversion of otherwise mandatory sex segregation
- The bill does not prevent new laws being enacted which accommodate trans-identified people
Opposition
Opponent testimony was provided by a human services professional, a private citizen, and representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union, Equality Kansas, and Kansas Interfaith Action. Written-only testimony was provided by a former Kansas state representative, a social worker, four members of the clergy, an advanced practice registered nurse, a traveling nurse, a retired educator, four private citizens, and representatives of the Center of Daring and Kansas Legal Services.
Opponent's testimony against the bill includes, but is not limited to:
- SB 180 does not protect women’s rights, but attempts to codify into law outdated, inaccurate, and underinclusive definitions of sex and families
- SB 180 tries to absolve the state of its responsibility to not discriminate against transgender people
- SB 180 will exclude transgender persons from certain spaces and erase persons who are nonbinary
Controversy
Critics of the bill claim it is transphobic.
See also
References
- ^ "SB 180 | Bills and Resolutions | Kansas State Legislature". kslegislature.org.
- "Supplemental Note on Senate Bill No. 180" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "SB 180 Testimony". kslegislature.org. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- Jones, Brittany (February 15, 2023). "Written Testimony in Support of S.B. 180" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Braceras, Jennifer (February 15, 2023). "IWLC Supports Kansas Senate Bill 180" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Bone, Lauren (February 15, 2023). "Testimony in Favor of Senate Bill 180 (Women's Bill of Rights)" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Hiegert, D.C. (February 15, 2023). "Opponent Testimony for SB180" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Quayle, Tammy (February 15, 2023). "Oral and Written Opposition Testimony regarding SB 180" (PDF).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Critics call proposed Kansas 'women's bill of rights' sexist, transphobic". February 15, 2023.