Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2193

Introduced
1/31/25  

Caption

Enacting the every mom matters act to require the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption.

Impact

The act mandates the state treasurer to contract with eligible non-profit organizations to facilitate the delivery of these support services. Notably, the funding for these programs will come from the Every Mom Matters Program Fund, which is also established through this bill. Contractors must register with the state, and the act prohibits organizations that provide abortions from receiving funds under this program, thus influencing the landscape of reproductive health resources available in Kansas.

Summary

House Bill 2193, known as the 'Every Mom Matters Act', aims to provide substantial support and resources for pregnant women and parents considering adoption in Kansas. This legislation establishes the Every Mom Matters Program within the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The act's primary purpose is to enhance access to various health and support services, ensuring healthy pregnancies and childbirths while also offering critical information regarding adoption options. Furthermore, it emphasizes holistic family and child development, thereby addressing a spectrum of needs faced by parents and parents-to-be.

Contention

One potential point of contention surrounding HB 2193 is its stipulation against contracting with abortion providers. Supporters argue that this ensures the focus remains on providing comprehensive, pregnancy-centered support without the distraction or influence of abortion-related services. However, critics may view this limitation as an infringement on comprehensive reproductive healthcare, as it restricts the array of support services available to pregnant individuals under stress or facing unintended pregnancies. Additionally, the requirement for contractors to offer services solely through nonprofit organizations may raise questions regarding the adequacy and scope of available resources in the state.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SR1701

Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.