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IntroducedJan 23, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.
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House • Apr 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
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Summary
Comments on HB 2535
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Votes
YES: 98
- Rep. Alcala
- Rep. Amyx
- Rep. Anderson
- Rep. Ballard
- Rep. Barrett
- Rep. Bergquist
- Rep. Bloom
- Rep. Boatman
- Rep. Bohi
- Rep. Borjon
- Rep. Brantley
- Rep. Brownlee Paige
- Rep. Brunk
- Rep. Bryce
- Rep. Buehler
- Rep. Butler
- Rep. Caiharr
- Rep. Carlin
- Rep. Carmichael
- Rep. Carpenter
- Rep. Carr
- Rep. Collins
- Rep. Corbet
- Rep. Croft
- Rep. Curtis
- Rep. Ellis
- Rep. Esau
- Rep. Essex
- Rep. Estes
- Rep. Fairchild
- Rep. Featherston
- Rep. Francis
- Rep. Goddard
- Rep. Goetz
- Rep. Haskins
- Rep. Helgerson
- Rep. Helwig
- Rep. Hoheisel
- Rep. Howell
- Rep. Howerton
- Rep. Hoye
- Rep. Humphries
- Rep. James
- Rep. Kessler
- Rep. Lewis
- Rep. Long
- Rep. Martinez
- Rep. McDonald
- Rep. McNorton
- Rep. Melton
- Rep. Meyer
- Rep. Moser
- Rep. Mosley
- Rep. Neelly
- Rep. Neighbor
- Rep. Ohaebosim
- Rep. Oropeza
- Rep. Osman
- Rep. Ousley
- Rep. Pickert
- Rep. Poetter Parshall
- Rep. Poskin
- Rep. Proctor
- Rep. Resman
- Rep. Rhiley
- Rep. Roth
- Rep. Ruiz
- Rep. Sanders
- Rep. Sappington
- Rep. Sawyer
- Rep. Sawyer Clayton
- Rep. Schlingensiepen
- Rep. Schmoe
- Rep. Schreiber
- Rep. Schwertfeger
- Rep. Seiwert
- Rep. Simmons
- Rep. Smith
- Rep. Steele
- Rep. Stiens
- Rep. Stogsdill
- Rep. Sutton
- Rep. Sweely
- Rep. Tarwater
- Rep. Turk
- Rep. Turner
- Rep. VanHouden
- Rep. Vaughn
- Rep. Waggoner
- Rep. Wasinger
- Rep. Wikle
- Rep. Wilborn
- Rep. Williams
- Rep. Woodard
- Rep. Xu
NO: 18
ABSENT: 9
YES: 39
- Sen. Alley
- Sen. Argabright
- Sen. Billinger
- Sen. Blasi
- Sen. Bowers
- Sen. Bowser
- Sen. Claeys
- Sen. Clifford
- Sen. Corson
- Sen. Dietrich
- Sen. Erickson
- Sen. Fagg
- Sen. Faust Goudeau
- Sen. Francisco
- Sen. Gossage
- Sen. Haley
- Sen. Hill
- Sen. Holscher
- Sen. Klemp
- Sen. Kloos
- Sen. Masterson
- Sen. Miller
- Sen. Murphy
- Sen. Owens
- Sen. Peck
- Sen. Petersen
- Sen. Pettey
- Sen. Rose
- Sen. Ryckman
- Sen. Schmidt
- Sen. Shallenburger
- Sen. Shane
- Sen. Starnes
- Sen. Sykes
- Sen. Thomas
- Sen. Thompson
- Sen. Titus
- Sen. Tyson
- Sen. Warren
NO: 1
OTHER: 0
YES: 107
- Rep. Amyx
- Rep. Anderson
- Rep. Ballard
- Rep. Barrett
- Rep. Bergkamp
- Rep. Bergquist
- Rep. Bloom
- Rep. Boatman
- Rep. Borjon
- Rep. Brantley
- Rep. Brownlee Paige
- Rep. Brunk
- Rep. Carlin
- Rep. Carmichael
- Rep. Carpenter
- Rep. Carr
- Rep. Chauncey
- Rep. Collins
- Rep. Corbet
- Rep. Croft
- Rep. Curtis
- Rep. Delperdang
- Rep. Droge
- Rep. Ellis
- Rep. Esau
- Rep. Essex
- Rep. Estes
- Rep. Featherston
- Rep. Francis
- Rep. Gardner
- Rep. Goetz
- Rep. Haskins
- Rep. Hawkins
- Rep. Helgerson
- Rep. Helwig
- Rep. Hoffman
- Rep. Hoheisel
- Rep. Howe
- Rep. Howell
- Rep. Howerton
- Rep. Hoye
- Rep. James
- Rep. Kessler
- Rep. King
- Rep. Lewis
- Rep. Long
- Rep. Martinez
- Rep. McDonald
- Rep. McNorton
- Rep. Melton
- Rep. Meyer
- Rep. Moser
- Rep. Mosley
- Rep. Neelly
- Rep. Ohaebosim
- Rep. Oropeza
- Rep. Osman
- Rep. Ousley
- Rep. Pickert
- Rep. Poetter Parshall
- Rep. Poskin
- Rep. Proctor
- Rep. Rahjes
- Rep. Reavis
- Rep. Rhiley
- Rep. Roeser
- Rep. Roth
- Rep. Ruiz
- Rep. Sanders
- Rep. Sappington
- Rep. Sawyer
- Rep. Sawyer Clayton
- Rep. Schlingensiepen
- Rep. Schmoe
- Rep. Schreiber
- Rep. Schwertfeger
- Rep. Seiwert
- Rep. Simmons
- Rep. Smith
- Rep. Steele
- Rep. Stiens
- Rep. Stogsdill
- Rep. Storm
- Rep. Sutton
- Rep. Sweely
- Rep. Tarwater
- Rep. Turk
- Rep. Turner
- Rep. VanHouden
- Rep. Vaughn
- Rep. Waggoner
- Rep. Ward
- Rep. Wasinger
- Rep. Waymaster
- Rep. Weigel
- Rep. White
- Rep. Wikle
- Rep. Wilborn
- Rep. Willcott
- Rep. Williams
- Rep. Wilson
- Rep. Winn
- Rep. Wolf
- Rep. Woodard
- Rep. Xu
NO: 14
ABSENT: 4
- Rep. Alcala
- Rep. Huebert
- Rep. Neighbor
- Rep. Ruiz
YES: 30
- Sen. Alley
- Sen. Billinger
- Sen. Blasi
- Sen. Bowser
- Sen. Claeys
- Sen. Corson
- Sen. Dietrich
- Sen. Erickson
- Sen. Fagg
- Sen. Faust Goudeau
- Sen. Gossage
- Sen. Haley
- Sen. Hill
- Sen. Klemp
- Sen. Kloos
- Sen. Masterson
- Sen. Murphy
- Sen. Owens
- Sen. Peck
- Sen. Petersen
- Sen. Rose
- Sen. Ryckman
- Sen. Schmidt
- Sen. Shallenburger
- Sen. Shane
- Sen. Starnes
- Sen. Thomas
- Sen. Thompson
- Sen. Titus
- Sen. Warren
ABSTAIN: 1
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Motion to not adopt Conference Committee Report passed; Yea 107, Nay 14, Absent 4 (Bill is killed)
- Died on Calendar
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 30, Nay 8, Absent 1
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted; —
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Sen. Ty Masterson and Sen. Chase Blasi are appointed to replace Sen. Kellie Warren and Sen. Kenny Titus on the Conference Committee
- Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted; —
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Rep. Daniel Hawkins, Rep. Chris Croft, and Rep. Tom Sawyer are appointed to replace Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams, and Rep. Dan Osman on the Conference Committee
- Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 02, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 98, Nay 18, Absent 9
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Jan 23, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Introduced - Fiscal NotePDF
- As Introduced - Fiscal NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Thu, Mar 5, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Thu, Mar 5, 2026)HTML
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Fri, Apr 10, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Fri, Apr 10, 2026HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisors Office
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Terry Humphrey, Kansas Pet Advocates, Inc.
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jasmine Kyle, Southeast KS Humane Society
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Nika Orebaugh, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Kendra Anthony, KS Animal Control Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Crystal Swann Blackdeer, Leavenworth Co Humane Society, Inc.
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Midge Grinstead, Humane World for Animals
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Anne Langston, Animal Control Shelter, Ulysses, KS
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Shanti Mikolajczyk, Double 25 Animal Sanctuary
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Sydney Mollentine, Humane Society of Greater KC
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Christina Fischer, Wichita Animal Action League
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Terry Humphrey, Exec Director, Kansas Pet Advocaes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Heidi Bradford, President, Topeka Cat Fix
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Jasmine Kyle, Director, SE KS Humane Society
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Midge Grinstead, State Director, Humane World for Animals
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Cristy Fischer, Exec Director, Wichita Animal Action Legue
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Crystal Swann Blackdeer, Exec Director, Leavenworth Co Humane Society
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Zack Pistora, Kansas Sierra Club
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor's Office, State of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 2, 2026: Testimony by Nika Oregaugh, Supervisor, Sedgwick Co Animal Control
