• Introduced
    Feb 06, 2025
  • Passed Senate
    Mar 20, 2025
  • Passed House
    Mar 11, 2026
  • Became Law
SB 229
Kansas Senate Bill
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House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.
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Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Conference

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  • Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
    • Died in Conference
  • Mar 27, 2026 | House
    • Conference committee report now available
    • Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 88, Nay 34, Absent 3
  • Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
    • Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Silas Miller appointed as second conferees
  • Mar 27, 2026 | House
    • Conference committee report now available
    • Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
  • Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
    • Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
  • Mar 16, 2026 | House
    • Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
  • Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
    • Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
  • Mar 11, 2026 | House
    • Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
    • Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater
    • Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adopted
    • Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended
  • Mar 03, 2026 | House
    • Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
  • Mar 24, 2025 | House
    • Received and Introduced
    • Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
  • Mar 20, 2025 | Senate
    • Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
    • Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
    • Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 31, Nay 9
  • Mar 18, 2025 | Senate
    • Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce
  • Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
    • Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Commerce; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Commerce
  • Feb 14, 2025 | Senate
    • Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
  • Feb 12, 2025 | Senate
    • Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S event
  • Feb 07, 2025 | Senate
    • Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce
  • Feb 06, 2025 | Senate
    • Introduced
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