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IntroducedJan 21, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports, updating statutes related to services provided by the chief information technology officer and authorizing the office of information technology services to provide certain services to political subdivisions and hospitals.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 1
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 51
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Legislative Modernizationsponsor
- Brad Smoot on behalf of NetChoiceRequester
- Committee on CommerceOriginal Sponsor
Votes
YES: 123
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 1
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Turner, Representative Esau and Representative Simmons appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Erickson , Senator Murphy and Senator Holscher as conferees
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 1
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Legislative Modernization
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Legislative Modernization
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Taxation
- Motion to move bill to Emergency Final Action Subject to Amendment and Debate failed.
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion by Representative Hoheisel to rerefer to Committee on Taxation passed
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Taxation
- Mar 06, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- Feb 20, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Taxation
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 6
- Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce
- Jan 30, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
- Jan 22, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Commerce
- Jan 21, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- H Sub for - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 15 SB 51 Bill Brief, (att 15)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 13 SB51 writ pro Greater Topeaka, (att 13)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 14 SB51 writ opp AFPKS, (att 14)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 12 SB51 writ pro KEC, (att 12)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 11 SB51 writ pro KEDA, (att 11)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 10 SB51 writ pro kindle, (att 10)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 9 SB51 writ pro De Soto, (att 9)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 8 SB51 writ pro Evergy, (att 8)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 7 SB51 writ pro Commerce, (att 7)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 6 SB51 pro KPA, (att 6)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 5 SB51 pro KC Tech, (att 5)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 4 pro SB51 pro Geiger, (att 4)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 3 pro SB51diode, (att 3)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 2 pro SB51 polsinelli, (att 2)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 1 SB 51 pro NetChoice, (att 1)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Adam Siebers, Office of Revisor of Statutes (SB51 Overview)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Clara Stein, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliane (SB51 Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club (SB51 Opponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Gregory Kindle, Wyandotte Economic Development Council (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Tim Holverson, DeSoto Economic Development Council (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Eric Stafford, Kansas Chamber (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Laura Lutz, Evergy (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Rachel Willis, Kansas Department of Commerce (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Steve DelBianco, NetChoice (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Mitch Robinson, Kansas Economic Development Alliance (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Kimberly Gencur Svaty, on behalf of Kansas Power Alliance (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Brad Hardin, Diode Ventures (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Chad Tenpenny, Geiger Ready Mix (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Kara Lowe, KC Tech Council (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Bob Johnson, Polsinelli (SB51 Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Thu, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Brad Smoot, NetChoice (SB51 Opponent)
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Legislative Modernization
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Taxation
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce
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