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IntroducedJan 29, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 05, 2026: Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Mar 05, 2026 01:30pm
159-S
Summary
Comments on HB 2602
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Insurancesponsor

Votes
YES: 103
- Alcala
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Osman
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 21
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Assessment and Taxation; Referred to Committee on Commerce
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance; Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea: 103 Nay: 21
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, February 9, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- Jan 29, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Insurance
Bill Texts
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Patricia Onwuka, Independent Women's Forum (PRO)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Johnathan Wolfson, Institute for the American Worker (PRO)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Tanner Tempel, Deputy Director-KS, Americans for Prosperity (PRO)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Liya Palgashvili, Labor Economist, George Mason University (PRO WO)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Eileen Ma, Assistant Revisor, Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Representative Williams, House of Representatives (PRO WO)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Justan Rice, Director of State Government Affairs, Libertas Institute (PRO WO)
- House Committee on Insurance, Mon, Feb 9, 2026: Testimony by Representative Williams, Kansas House of Representative (PRO WO)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance
