Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2382

Introduced
2/13/25  
Refer
2/13/25  
Refer
2/14/25  
Report Pass
2/18/25  
Refer
2/25/25  
Report Pass
3/4/25  
Engrossed
3/7/25  
Refer
3/11/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Enrolled
4/10/25  
Vetoed
4/10/25  

Caption

Senate Substitute for HB 2382 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality and authorizing the state board of education to establish the rate of compensation for members of the board.

Summary

HB2382 requires Kansas school districts that offer instruction on human growth, human development, or human sexuality to include a presentation on early human fetal development. The required presentation must be a high-quality computer-generated animation or high-definition ultrasound lasting at least three minutes and showing the development of the brain, heart, and other vital organs. In practical terms, the bill adds a mandatory instructional component to certain health or sex-education-related courses across districts that choose to offer those subjects. The bill also amends existing law governing the State Board of Education’s compensation. It authorizes the board to establish the rate of compensation for its members for regularly scheduled meetings and other in-state educational-interest meetings, while retaining provisions for travel and subsistence expenses. The bill repeals the prior version of K.S.A. 72-253 and replaces it with the new compensation framework.

Impact

The bill changes Kansas education law by imposing a statewide curricular requirement on school districts that teach human growth, human development, or human sexuality, effectively standardizing a fetal development presentation in those courses. It also modifies the statutory compensation structure for State Board of Education members, giving the board authority to set member pay for certain meetings. The measure affects school districts, students in relevant courses, and State Board of Education members, and it amends and repeals K.S.A. 72-253.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have been generally supported by legislative majorities, passing the House and Senate, then later both chambers again on conference committee adoption and veto override votes. The vote margins suggest meaningful support but not unanimity, indicating the measure was politically significant and somewhat divisive. The lack of committee transcript material limits direct insight into debate, but the repeated successful votes show sustained backing from enough members to enact the bill over a veto.

Contention

The main point of contention is the required fetal development presentation in courses addressing human sexuality and related topics. Supporters likely viewed it as an educational or informational requirement, while opponents likely objected to mandating a specific presentation in sex education or health-related instruction, especially one involving fetal imagery and abortion-related implications. The compensation provision for State Board of Education members appears to have been a secondary issue and is less likely to have driven the controversy.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 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 HB2002

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

KS SB8

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

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB6

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

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

Similar Bills

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