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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance from one or more other adults, requirements for decision-making agreements and duties related thereto.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 26, 2026: Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2609
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciarysponsor
- Morgan Shipman on behalf of the Self Advocate Coalition of KansasRequester
Votes
YES: 122
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- 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
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Joe Molina, Kansas Bar Assoc (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Jessica Parks, Kansas Judicial Council (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Kelly VanZwoll, Kansas Bankers Assoc (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Lori Barnes, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Amy Campbell, Kansas Mental Health Coalition (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Stephanie Coleman, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Laura Gaffney, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Ricky Hernandez, Kansas Council on Developmental Disabilities (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Colin Olemick, Self-Advocate Coalition of KS (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Tami Allen, Families Together Inc (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Chris Chastain, National Alliance on Mental Illness, KS (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Lesa Childers, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Erica Christie, Kansas Assoc of Centers for Independent Living (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Conant and Gatewood, KanCare Advocates Network (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Jason Crippen, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Daniel Goodman, Kansas Advocates for Better Care (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Megan Lynn, American Assoc of Retired People KS (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Haely Ordoyne, Office of the State Long Term Care (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Melissa Sabin, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Skylar Schwindt, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Sean Swindler, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Mike Burgess, Disability Rights Center of Kansas (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Jamie Gideon, Alzheimer's Assoc (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Craig Knutson, Kansas Commission on Disability (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Laura Robeson, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Feb 11, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisors Office (Bill Brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
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