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IntroducedFeb 02, 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
Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2026: Died on Calendar
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2627
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Veterans and Militarysponsor
Votes
YES: 111
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Barbara Ballard
- Bradley Barrett
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Sydney Carlin
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 11
YES: 40
- Larry Alley
- Mike Argabright
- Rick Billinger
- Chase Blasi
- Tory Marie Blew
- Elaine Bowers
- Craig Bowser
- Joseph Claeys
- William Clifford
- Ethan Corson
- Brenda Dietrich
- Renee Erickson
- Michael Fagg
- Oletha Faust Goudeau
- Marci Francisco
- Beverly Gossage
- David Haley
- Scott Hill
- Cindy Holscher
- Jeff Klemp
- Rick Kloos
- Ty Masterson
- Silas Miller
- Michael Murphy
- Stephen Owens
- Virgil Peck
- Mike Petersen
- Pat Pettey
- TJ Rose
- Ronald Ryckman
- Patrick Schmidt
- Tim Shallenburger
- Doug Shane
- Brad Starnes
- Dinah Sykes
- Adam Thomas
- Mike Thompson
- Kenny Titus
- Caryn Tyson
- Kellie Warren
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | House
- Died on Calendar
- Mar 25, 2026 | Senate
- Sen. William Clifford is appointed to replace Sen. Rick Billinger on the Conference Committee
- Mar 24, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Rick Billinger and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Rick James, $conferee2$ and Rep. Shawn Chauncey
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 12:00 PM — Room 144-S event
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on 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, Absent 3
- 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 House Committee on Veterans and Military
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N event
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Veterans and Military
Documents
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Veterans and Military (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Veterans and Military (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)HTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Mon, Mar 16, 2026)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs (Mon, Mar 16, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Veterans and Military, Feb 12, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Veterans and Military, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Keith Marshall, Adjuntant General's Department
- House · Committee on Veterans and Military, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Michelle Richart, United States Department of War
- House · Committee on Veterans and Military, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Mike Kelly, Military Officers Association of America
- House · Committee on Veterans and Military, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Carly Choi, Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs, Mar 12, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Bill Summary, Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Fiscal Note, Division of Budget
- Senate · Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Lt. Col Keith Marshall, Ajutant General's Department
- Senate · Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Michell Richart, Office of the Assistant Secretary of War
