Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.

What it does: Lets voters petition against local budgets whose property tax revenue exceeds last year's plus inflation (capped at 3 percent). If 10 percent of registered voters sign, the budget is disapproved and limited to prior-year property taxes. Moves the school budget deadline to October 1. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Concurred with amendments

A yes vote agreed to the Senate's changes to HB 2745, which creates a protest petition process for local budgets whose property tax funding exceeds inflation-adjusted limits (maximum 3 percent) and moves the school budget deadline to October 1. (AI-written)

Yes 63 · No 59 · Democrats 0–35 · Republicans 63–24

Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance.

What it does: Directs the Department for Children and Families to request a federal waiver to bar buying candy and soft drinks with SNAP food assistance, and to bar those purchases if approved. If denied, it must reapply each year. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Emergency Final Action - Passed

Yes 65 · No 58 · Democrats 0–36 · Republicans 65–22

Substitute for HB 2434 by Committee on Appropriations - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.

What it does: On the version voted Feb 26, 2026: Makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for later fiscal years for state agencies, authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects, and fees. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jarrod Ousley was rejected

Yes 52 · No 64 · Democrats 34–0 · Republicans 18–64

Senate Substitute for HB 2228 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.

What it does: Requires political subdivisions to hold an open meeting and make written findings before approving a contingent-fee legal services contract, and requires Attorney General approval before it takes effect; the provisions expire July 1, 2029. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Concurred with amendments

A yes vote concurred in the Senate's amendments to HB 2228, a bill requiring an open meeting and attorney general approval for political subdivision contingency fee legal contracts, sending the bill toward final enactment. (AI-written)

Yes 73 · No 52 · Democrats 0–37 · Republicans 73–15

Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily for personal, family or household purposes secured by a real estate mortgage.

What it does: Limits the ban on prepayment penalties more than six months after signing to home loans made for personal, family or household purposes, which lets lenders charge prepayment penalties on business-purpose home loans. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Conference Committee Report was adopted

A yes vote adopted the conference committee report on HB 2497, which limits the ban on prepayment penalties to consumer-purpose home loans, allowing them on business-purpose home loans. (AI-written)

Yes 74 · No 51 · Democrats 0–37 · Republicans 74–14

Repealing the mail ballot election act.

What it does: Repeals the Mail Ballot Election Act and all provisions authorizing elections conducted exclusively by mail ballot, without changing advance voting by mail in primary, general, or special elections. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Final Action - Passed

Yes 72 · No 50 · Democrats 0–36 · Republicans 72–14

Directing the secretary for children and families to request or update a pending waiver application from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of food commonly marketed, advertised or recognized as candy and soft drinks.

What it does: Directs the children and families secretary to request a federal waiver barring purchase of candy and soft drinks with SNAP benefits, to re-request it yearly if denied, and to implement it within six months if granted. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Final Action - Passed as amended

A yes vote passed HB 2738, as amended, which directs the secretary for children and families to request or update a SNAP waiver to prohibit purchasing candy and soft drinks with benefits. (AI-written)

Yes 72 · No 50 · Democrats 0–36 · Republicans 72–14

Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.

What it does: On the version voted Mar 17, 2026: Has Kansas elect to take part in the federal tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations for tax years after 2026, and raises the aggregate cap on the state's low-income scholarship tax credit program. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Final Action - Passed as amended

A yes vote passed HB 2468, as amended, which elects to participate in the federal tax credit for contributions to scholarship granting organizations and raises the aggregate credit limit for the low income students scholarship program. (AI-written)

Yes 70 · No 49 · Democrats 0–35 · Republicans 70–14

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion and providing the legislature the authority to establish valuation limits for any classes or subclasses of property.

What it does: Proposes a constitutional amendment, from tax year 2028, taxing residential, commercial, industrial and farm-building property at the lesser of fair market value or average fair market value, and letting the Legislature set valuation limits for property classes. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Motion to concur with amendments failed

A yes vote agreed to the Senate's amendments to HCR 5008, the constitutional amendment on valuing residential, commercial and industrial property. (AI-written)

Yes 59 · No 62 · Democrats 0–34 · Republicans 59–28

Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant.

What it does: On the version voted Apr 10, 2026: Bars cities and counties from adopting or enforcing local rules that stop landlords from refusing housing-voucher payments, restrict tenant screening criteria, cap security deposits, or require a right of first refusal for tenants; voids such rules adopted before July 1, 2026. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended

A yes vote passed SB 391, as amended, which prohibits cities and counties from requiring landlords to lease to tenants receiving housing choice voucher or other housing assistance. (AI-written)

Yes 75 · No 49 · Democrats 0–37 · Republicans 75–12

Substitute for HB 2434 by Committee on Appropriations - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.

What it does: On the version voted Feb 26, 2026: Makes supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for later fiscal years for state agencies, authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects, and fees. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jarrod Ousley was rejected

Yes 48 · No 69 · Democrats 34–0 · Republicans 14–69

Renaming the Kansas governmental ethics commission to the Kansas public disclosure commission, defining terms in the campaign finance act, requiring the filing of statements of independent expenditures and prohibiting agreements requiring contributions in the name of another.

What it does: On the version voted Mar 24, 2025: Renames the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission, requires closing campaign accounts of officeholders who decline to run or lose re-election, and amends other campaign finance rules. (AI-written summary of the bill; the official record shows the exact version voted)

Question before the chamber: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended

A yes vote passed HB 2206, which renames the Kansas governmental ethics commission the Kansas public disclosure commission and requires statements of independent expenditures, as amended under the emergency final action procedure. (AI-written)

Yes 74 · No 45 · Democrats 0–36 · Republicans 74–9