Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 19: 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.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 19 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare.