Kansas Legislature

SB 554

AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to certain definitions; providing that a fertilized human ovum or embryo existing outside of the uterus of a human body shall not be considered an unborn child or human being.

Senate - Motion to withdraw from Committee on Federal and State Affairs and refer to General Orders below the line failed. - 03/26/2024

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (12):

Corson, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holland, Holscher, Pettey, Pittman, Reddi, Sykes, Ware,

Nay - (27):

Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, Peck, Petersen, Pyle, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Steffen, Straub, Thompson, Tyson, Warren, Wilborn,

Present and Passing - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (1):

O'Shea,