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IntroducedFeb 06, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 11, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
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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Summary
Comments on SB 229
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Commercesponsor
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentCurrent Sponsor
Votes
YES: 31
- Sen. Alley
- Sen. Argabright
- Sen. Billinger
- Sen. Blasi
- Sen. Blew
- Sen. Bowers
- Sen. Bowser
- Sen. Claeys
- Sen. Clifford
- Sen. Dietrich
- Sen. Erickson
- Sen. Fagg
- Sen. Gossage
- Sen. Haley
- Sen. Klemp
- Sen. Kloos
- Sen. Masterson
- Sen. Murphy
- Sen. Owens
- Sen. Peck
- Sen. Petersen
- Sen. Rose
- Sen. Ryckman
- Sen. Shallenburger
- Sen. Shane
- Sen. Starnes
- Sen. Thomas
- Sen. Thompson
- Sen. Tyson
- Sen. Warren
NO: 9
OTHER: 0
YES: 88
- Rep. Anderson
- Rep. Awerkamp
- Rep. Barrett
- Rep. Bergkamp
- Rep. Bergquist
- Rep. Blex
- Rep. Bloom
- Rep. Bohi
- Rep. Borjon
- Rep. Brantley
- Rep. Brunk
- Rep. Bryce
- Rep. Buehler
- Rep. Butler
- Rep. Caiharr
- Rep. Carpenter
- Rep. Chauncey
- Rep. Collins
- Rep. Corbet
- Rep. Croft
- Rep. Delperdang
- Rep. Droge
- Rep. Ellis
- Rep. Esau
- Rep. Essex
- Rep. Estes
- Rep. Fairchild
- Rep. Francis
- Rep. Gardner
- Rep. Goddard
- Rep. Goetz
- Rep. Hawkins
- Rep. Helwig
- Rep. Hoffman
- Rep. Hoheisel
- Rep. Howe
- Rep. Howell
- Rep. Howerton
- Rep. Huebert
- Rep. Humphries
- Rep. James
- Rep. Johnson
- Rep. Kessler
- Rep. King
- Rep. Lewis
- Rep. Long
- Rep. McNorton
- Rep. Minnix
- Rep. Moser
- Rep. Neelly
- Rep. Pickert
- Rep. Pishny
- Rep. Poetter Parshall
- Rep. Proctor
- Rep. Rahjes
- Rep. Reavis
- Rep. Rhiley
- Rep. Roeser
- Rep. Roth
- Rep. Sanders
- Rep. Sappington
- Rep. Schmoe
- Rep. Schreiber
- Rep. Schwertfeger
- Rep. Seiwert
- Rep. Smith
- Rep. Steele
- Rep. Stiens
- Rep. Storm
- Rep. Sutton
- Rep. Sweely
- Rep. Tarwater
- Rep. Turk
- Rep. Turner
- Rep. VanHouden
- Rep. Waggoner
- Rep. Ward
- Rep. Wasinger
- Rep. Waymaster
- Rep. White
- Rep. Wilborn
- Rep. Willcott
- Rep. Williams
- Rep. Wilson
- Rep. Wolf
NO: 34
- Rep. Amyx
- Rep. Ballard
- Rep. Boatman
- Rep. Brownlee Paige
- Rep. Carlin
- Rep. Carmichael
- Rep. Carr
- Rep. Curtis
- Rep. Featherston
- Rep. Haskins
- Rep. Helgerson
- Rep. Hoye
- Rep. Martinez
- Rep. McDonald
- Rep. Melton
- Rep. Meyer
- Rep. Mosley
- Rep. Neighbor
- Rep. Ohaebosim
- Rep. Oropeza
- Rep. Osman
- Rep. Ousley
- Rep. Poskin
- Rep. Ruiz
- Rep. Sawyer
- Rep. Sawyer Clayton
- Rep. Schlingensiepen
- Rep. Simmons
- Rep. Stogsdill
- Rep. Vaughn
- Rep. Wikle
- Rep. Winn
- Rep. Xu
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- 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
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteeHTML
- H Sub forPDF
- H Sub forHTML
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}PDF
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}HTML
- House Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater (Wed, Mar 11, 2026)PDF
- House Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater (Wed, Mar 11, 2026)HTML
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026HTML
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report - Fri, Mar 27, 2026HTML
Documents
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- H Sub for - Supplementary NotePDF
- H Sub for - Supplementary NoteHTML
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NotePDF
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Tue, Mar 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Tue, Mar 18, 2025)HTML
- House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (Tue, Mar 3, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (Tue, Mar 3, 2026)HTML
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Fri, Mar 27, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Fri, Mar 27, 2026HTML
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Feb 12, 2025: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Feb 12, 2025: Testimony by att 5 SB229 pro AFP, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Feb 12, 2025: Testimony by att 6 SB229 pro United WE, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Feb 12, 2025: Testimony by att 7 SB229 writ opp Stookey, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Feb 12, 2025: Testimony by att 8 SB229 neutral KSSO, —
- Senate · Committee on Commerce, Feb 12, 2025: Testimony by att 12 SB229 Bill Brief, —
