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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
Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 05, 2026: Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 12:00 PM Room 144-S
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Mar 05, 2026 12:00pm
144-S
Summary
Comments on HB 2627
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Veterans and Militarysponsor
- Lt Col Keith Marshall on behalf of the Adjutant General's OfficeRequester
Votes
YES: 111
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- 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
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 11
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Mar 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 12:00 PM Room 144-S
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
- 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: 111 Nay: 11
- Feb 18, 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 Committee on Veterans and Military
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Veterans and Military
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Veterans and Military, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Veterans and Military, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Keith Marshall, Adjuntant General's Department (HB2627 Proponent)
- House Committee on Veterans and Military, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Michelle Richart, United States Department of War (HB2627 Proponent)
- House Committee on Veterans and Military, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Mike Kelly, Military Officers Association of America (HB2627 Proponent)
- House Committee on Veterans and Military, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Carly Choi, Revisor of Statutes (HB2627 bill brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Veterans and Military
