Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2216

Introduced
2/3/25  

Caption

Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to create an informational video describing abortion laws in Kansas.

Impact

If implemented, HB2216 will require the state to allocate resources for the development and dissemination of educational materials regarding abortion and health conditions affecting pregnant women. This video is intended to promote clarity on what constitutes an abortion under state law and address the common medical conditions that can arise during pregnancy. By ensuring that both medical practitioners and the public have access to this information, the bill could foster informed decision-making regarding pregnancies complicated by health threats.

Summary

House Bill 2216 is an initiative aimed at enhancing public knowledge regarding abortion laws in Kansas and the medical circumstances surrounding them. The bill mandates the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to produce an informational video that elucidates the state's abortion statutes and the various health-related scenarios that might affect pregnant women. This includes detailing conditions that could pose threats to life or health during pregnancy and discussing standards of care applicable in such situations. The ultimate goal is to provide comprehensive understanding for both medical professionals and the public regarding the complexities of abortion laws and related medical treatments.

Contention

While the bill aims to provide clarity and education, there are potential points of contention. Critics may argue that the requirement for an informational video oversimplifies complex medical and legal issues surrounding abortion, potentially leading to misunderstandings. Furthermore, the focus on legally defining what constitutes an abortion may raise concerns among advocates of reproductive rights, who might view it as an attempt to impose further restrictions on women's healthcare choices. The consultation process for creating the video involves both medical and legal experts, which could also become a topic of debate regarding representation and the perspectives included in the final content.

Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

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

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

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 SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

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 SB8

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

KS SB6

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

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.

Similar Bills

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