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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill prohibits medical-refusal discrimination and strips health secretary of quarantine powers
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas employers, schools, and healthcare entities would be prohibited from discriminating against individuals who refuse vaccinations or other medical interventions for reasons of conscience, under a proposed bill that also revokes the state health secretary's authority to order quarantines.
Creates a private right of action allowing individuals to sue entities for discrimination based on medical refusal, with successful plaintiffs recovering triple actual damages or $10,000, whichever is greater, alongside attorney fees.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Employers
Prohibited from taking adverse employment actions against workers who refuse medical interventions for reasons of conscience.
Healthcare entities
Subject to civil liability if they discriminate against individuals or employees refusing medical care based on conscience.
Schools
Barred from denying admission, enrollment, or access based on conscience-based medical refusals.
Individuals refusing medical interventions
Granted protection from discrimination and provided a private cause of action to sue for damages.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What types of medical interventions are covered under the conscientious right to refuse act?
What compensation can an individual receive if they successfully sue for medical discrimination?
What happens to the health secretary's quarantine powers under this bill?
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Feb 5, 2025SenateHearing: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S
- Feb 5, 2025SenateHearing: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 159-South
- Jan 17, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Jan 16, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced
Version history
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Discoveries
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Removal of State Quarantine Powers
The bill pairs anti-discrimination mandates for medical refusals with the complete revocation of the secretary of health and environment's isolation and quarantine authority.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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