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KS SB19
Bill
Status
1/16/2025
Primary Sponsor
Public Health and Welfare
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AI Summary
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Prohibits employers, healthcare entities, schools, and other persons from discriminating against individuals who refuse vaccinations, biologics, pharmaceuticals, gene editing technology, or DNA/RNA-based products for reasons of conscience
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Prohibited actions include adverse employment decisions, denial of goods/services, denial of entry to public places, segregation, denial of housing, and financial penalties
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Creates a private right of action with a two-year statute of limitations, allowing prevailing plaintiffs to recover triple actual damages or $10,000 (whichever is greater), plus attorney fees and court costs
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Defines "conscience" as theistic and non-theistic moral/ethical beliefs held with the strength of traditional religious views
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Repeals K.S.A. 65-126, 65-127, 65-129, and 65-129c, which revokes the Secretary of Health and Environment's authority to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose penalties for violations
Legislative Description
Enacting the conscientious right to refuse act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.
Last Action
Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
2/5/2025