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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 05, 2026
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Passed House
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Requiring the department of health and environment (KDHE) to seek federal approval for continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, directing state agencies to report to certain legislative committees on Kansans losing public assistance program eligibility, requiring the Kansas department for children and families and KDHE to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance and KDHE to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance waivers or exemptions without legislative approval and self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance, requiring quarterly eligibility redeterminations for medical assistance and providing exceptions for certain individuals, limiting retroactive enrollment in medical assistance, immediately terminating eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 18, 2026: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Welfare Reform
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: General Orders
Position: 35
Summary
Comments on SB 363
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Government Efficiencysponsor

Votes
Actions
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Welfare Reform
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Welfare Reform
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Erickson
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Clifford
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Clifford was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Clifford
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Clifford was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 25 Nay: 12
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Government Efficiency
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Government Efficiency
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Government Efficiency; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: (opponents) Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 144-S
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: (proponents) Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 144-S
- Jan 28, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 144-S - CANCELED
- Jan 23, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Government Efficiency
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As introducedPDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}PDF
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Clifford, 03/05/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Clifford, 03/05/2026PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Erickson, 03/05/2026PDF
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Jamie Mast, Citizen (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Michelle McCormick, Kanss Coalition Against Sexual and Domestic Violence (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Pempho Moyo, Thrive Allen County-Thrive Kansas (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Smith, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Jonathan Smith, Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Melissa Sabin, Mother, Shawnee (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Melissa Sabin, Mother, Shawnee (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Emma Shankland, Health Forward Foundation (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Meagan Word, Kansas-Nebraska, American Cancerl Society (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Scott Centorino, FGA Action (Proponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Gregory Crane, Kansas Society of Clinical Oncology (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Judy Davis-Cole, Citizen (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Michele Ediger, Citizen, Walton (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Jeanmarie Epperly, Citizen on Medicaid (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Karole Bradford, Kansas City Medical Society Foundation (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Joseph Jackson, Kanss Brain Injury Advisory Board Member (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by David Jordan, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Lou Ann Kibbee, SE Kansas Independent Living Resource Center (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Sean Kirk, Citizen (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Nathan Madden, Reach Healthcare Foundation (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Emily Meissen-Sebelius, Citizen (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kristy Baughman, United Community Services of Johnson County (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kristy Baughman, United Community Services of Johnson County (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Gail Cozadd, Children's Service League (Written-only opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Karla Hagemeister, Flint Hills Breadbasket (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by April Holman, Alliance for a Healthy Kansas (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Elizabeth Keever, Harvesters - The Community Food Network (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kyle Kessler, Association of Community Mental Health Centers of Kansas (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Haley Kottler, Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Paula Neth, Futures First (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Sara Prem, Kansas AmericanLung Association (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kari Rinker, American Heart Association (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kari Rinker, American Heart Association (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Rev Doctor Annie ricker, Pastor, Shawnee Heights and Berryton United Methodist Churches (opponent of the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Christine Osterlund, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (neutral)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Karla Whiteside-Hicks, Kansas Department for Children and Families (neutral)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Dana Bacon, American Cancer Association et al (opponen)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Karole Bradford, Kansas City Medical Society Foundation (opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Heather Braum, Kansas Action for Children (opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Leroy Burton, Kansas Silverhaired Legislature (opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Sean Gatewood, KanCare Advocates Network (opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Rev Dr Annie Ricker, Pastor, Shawnee Heights and Berryton United Methodist Churches (opponent to the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Moyer, Revisor of Statues (bill brief)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Kylee Childs, LeadingAge Kansas (neutral)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Amy Campbell, Kansas Mental Health Coalition (opponent)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Mike Burgess, Disability Rights Center of Kansas (opposition to the bill)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Erica Bates, Minds Matter (WO opposition)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 1 Gatewood oral, KanCare (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 2 Childs oral, Leading Age Kan (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 3 Braum oral, KAFC (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 4 Krager oral, AAP (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 6 Holman oral, AHK (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 7 Sabin oral, Little Lobbyists KS (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 8 Keever oral, Harvesters (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 9 Word oral, Am Cancer Society Action Network (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 10 Williams oral, InterFaith Action (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 11 Burgess oral, DRC of KS (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 12 Kottler oral, KS Appleseed (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 13 Hagemeister oral, Flint Hills BB (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 14 Baughman WO, UCSJC (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 15 Madden WO, REACH HealthCare Foundation (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 16 Compton WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 17 Shreve WO, InterHab (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 18 Rinker WO, AHS (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 19 Matlack WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 20 Lewis WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 21 Kibbe WO, SE KS Independent Living Resource Center (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 22 Woolworth WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 23 Woods WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 24 Moyo WO, Thrive Allen County (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 25 Fricke WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 26 Cozadd WO, KCSL (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 27 Mark WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 28 Bradford WO, KC Medical Society Foundation (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 29 Featherston WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 30 Mast WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 31 Smith WO, Lawrence-DC Public Health (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 32 Cunningham WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 33 Mays WO, KHA (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 34 Jordan WO, United Methodst Health Ministry fund (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by at 35 Meissen-Sebelius WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 36 Black WO, UW of Harvey & Marion Counties (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 37 Neth WO, Futures First (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 38 Hill WO, (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 39 Andrade WO, El Centro (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 40 McCormick WO, KS Coalition against sexal & domestic violence (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by att 5 Burton WO, KS Silver Hair Leg. (Opp SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by att 1 Finley oral, FGA (Pro SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by att 2 Osterlund Oral, KDHE (NEUTRAL SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by att 4 Brown WO, KDADS (NEUTRAL SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Overview, (SB 363)
- House Committee on Welfare Reform, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by att 3 Whiteside-Hicks oral, DCF (NEUTRAL SB 363)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Welfare Reform
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Government Efficiency
