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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits.
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Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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Summary
Comments on HB 2491
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Sponsors
- House Committee on Electionssponsor
Votes
YES: 87
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Kyle McNorton
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Lance W. Neelly
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Gary White
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
NO: 37
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Barbara Ballard
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Ford Carr
- Pam Curtis
- Linda Featherston
- Kirk Haskins
- Henry Helgerson
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Mark Schreiber
- Alexis Simmons
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Virgil Weigel
- Suzanne Wikle
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Senate Committee
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 87, Nay 37, Absent 1
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 16, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N event
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Elections
Documents
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Elections (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Carr, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Ashley Hernandez, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Ashley Hernandez, Sisters of Charity
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Ashley Heidebrecht, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Mariah Magana, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Rabbi Moti Rieber, Kansas Interfaith Action
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Madeline Malisa, FGA Action
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Logan DeMond, American Civil Liberties Union
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Marc Altenbernt, Department for Children and Families
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, New Frontiers
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, New Frontiers
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Christine Osterlund, Kansas Department of Health and Environment
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Alejandro Rangel-Lopez, New Frontier
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Cille King, League of Women Voters of Kansas
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Joseph Harrington, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Jacqueline Doyer, Honest Elections Project Action
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Mike Heim, Office of Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Elections, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Ellen Johnson, Private Citizen
