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IntroducedJan 16, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 14, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 18, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2026: Will become law without Governor's signature
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2018
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Electionssponsor
- Senate Committee on Federal and State AffairsCurrent Sponsor
Votes
YES: 107
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Barbara Ballard
- Rep. Barth
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Sydney Carlin
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Chris Croft
- Leo Delperdang
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Rep. Hill
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Rep. Miller
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Rep. Penn
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Rep. Thompson
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 12
YES: 34
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Beverly Gossage
- Scott Hill
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Caryn Tyson
- Kellie Warren
OTHER: 0
YES: 106
- John Alcala
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Kirk Haskins
- Daniel Hawkins
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Lance W. Neelly
- KC Ohaebosim
- Dan Osman
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Mike Storm
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 14
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Will become law without Governor's signature
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 106, Nay 14, Absent 5
- Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Tory Marie Blew and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Tom Kessler, Rep. Rebecca Schmoe and Rep. Heather Meyer
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 34, Nay 6
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
- Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 17, 2025 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 17, 2025 | House
- Engrossed on Friday, February 14, 2025
- Feb 14, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 107, Nay 12, Absent 6
- Feb 06, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections
- Jan 28, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, January 28, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N event
- Jan 16, 2025 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Elections
Documents
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- S Sub for - Supplementary NotePDF
- S Sub for - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (Thu, Feb 6, 2025)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (Thu, Feb 6, 2025)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Tue, Mar 17, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Tue, Mar 17, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Minutes
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Kari Sue Vosburgh, Shawnee County Precinct
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Brett Anderson, Sedgwick County Republican Precinct Commetteeman
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Mary Stang, Kansas Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Michael Kelly, State Legislative Lead, Kansas Council of Chapters, Military Officers Association of America
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Karly Gadell, United States Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Kim Borchers, President and Owner, Bird Dog Recruitment and Consulting LLC
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Monica Bassett, United States Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Sarah Streyder, Executive Director-Secure Families Initiative
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Clayton Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Counsel
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Missy Leavitt, Kansas Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Jan 28, 2025: Testimony by Mike Heim, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes
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