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IntroducedFeb 03, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 18, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions and providing an accrual period for the statute of limitations in public nuisance actions.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 18, 2026: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 84 Nay: 40
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 462
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciarysponsor
- Senator Warren on behalf of Varidon StrategiesRequester
Votes
YES: 84
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Schmoe
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
NO: 40
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Ballard
- Boatman
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- Carr
- Collins
- Curtis
- Featherston
- Haskins
- Helgerson
- Hoye
- Johnson
- Martinez
- McDonald
- Melton
- Meyer
- Mosley
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Poskin
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schreiber
- Simmons
- Stogsdill
- Vaughn
- Weigel
- Wikle
- Winn
- Woodard
- Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Osman
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 84 Nay: 40
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 29 Nay: 11
- Feb 16, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 10, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by O. H. Skinner, Executive Director, Alliance for Consumers Action Fund (SB462 Pro)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Jay Hall, Director and General Counsel, Kansas Association of Counties (SB462 Opp)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Nathan Eberline, League of Ks Municipalities (SB462 Opp)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Michael Koss, City Attorney, City of Overland Park (SB462 Opp)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by David Dillner, City Manager, City of El Dorado (SB462 Opp)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Kris Kobach, Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General (SB462 Neu)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott Revisors Office, State of Kansas (SB462 Bill Brief)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Kris Kobach, Attorney General, State of Kansas Office of the Attorney General (SB462 Amendment)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
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