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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 LawApr 10, 2026
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 10, 2026: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 27, 2026
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Summary
Comments on SB 51
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- NetChoiceRequested For
- Senate Committee on Commercesponsor
- House Committee on Legislative ModernizationCurrent Sponsor
Votes
YES: 34
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Sen. J. Claeys
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Sen. Ware
- Kellie Warren
OTHER: 0
YES: 123
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- 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
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- 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
- 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
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Mike Storm
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Valdenia Winn
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
ABSENT: 1
YES: 38
- 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
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Scott Hill
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Kellie Warren
NO: 1
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
- Approved by Governor on Monday, April 27, 2026
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
- Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 38, Nay 1, Absent 1
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Carl Turner, Rep. Charlotte Esau and Rep. Alexis Simmons appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Michael Murphy and Sen. Cindy Holscher
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
- Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 123, Nay 1, Absent 1
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Legislative Modernization
- Mar 05, 2026 | House
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to House Committee on Legislative Modernization
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House 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 Rep. Nick Hoheisel to rerefer to House Committee on Taxation $result$
- Mar 14, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation
- Mar 06, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 20, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House 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 Senate Committee on Commerce
- Jan 30, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S event
- Jan 22, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce
- Jan 21, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- H Sub for - Supplementary NotePDF
- H Sub for - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce (Thu, Feb 13, 2025)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce (Thu, Feb 13, 2025)HTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation (Fri, Mar 14, 2025)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Taxation (Fri, Mar 14, 2025)HTML
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 1 SB 51 pro NetChoice, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 2 pro SB51 polsinelli, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 3 pro SB51diode, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 4 pro SB51 pro Geiger, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 5 SB51 pro KC Tech, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 6 SB51 pro KPA, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 7 SB51 writ pro Commerce, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 8 SB51 writ pro Evergy, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 9 SB51 writ pro De Soto, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 10 SB51 writ pro kindle, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 11 SB51 writ pro KEDA, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 12 SB51 writ pro KEC, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 14 SB51 writ opp AFPKS, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 13 SB51 writ pro Greater Topeaka, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by att 15 SB 51 Bill Brief, —
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Minutes
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Brad Smoot, NetChoice
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Bob Johnson, Polsinelli
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Kara Lowe, KC Tech Council
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Chad Tenpenny, Geiger Ready Mix
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Brad Hardin, Diode Ventures
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Kimberly Gencur Svaty, on behalf of Kansas Power Alliance
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Mitch Robinson, Kansas Economic Development Alliance
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Steve DelBianco, NetChoice
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Rachel Willis, Kansas Department of Commerce
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Laura Lutz, Evergy
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Eric Stafford, Kansas Chamber
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Tim Holverson, DeSoto Economic Development Council
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Gregory Kindle, Wyandotte Economic Development Council
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Clara Stein, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliane
- House · Committee on Taxation, Mar 6, 2025: Testimony by Adam Siebers, Office of Revisor of Statutes
