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IntroducedFeb 05, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Directing the secretary for children and families to request or update a pending waiver application from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of food commonly marketed, advertised or recognized as candy and soft drinks.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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Summary
Comments on HB 2738
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Welfare Reformsponsor
Votes
YES: 72
- Avery Anderson
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Sherri Brantley
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Shawn Chauncey
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Kyle McNorton
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Lance W. Neelly
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Bill Rhiley
- Webster T. Roth
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Adam Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Bill Sutton
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Gary White
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
NO: 50
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Barbara Ballard
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Abi Boatman
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Nathan Butler
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Ford Carr
- Kenneth Collins
- Pam Curtis
- Linda Featherston
- Kirk Haskins
- Henry Helgerson
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Timothy Johnson
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Rep. Resman
- Angelina Roeser
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Alexis Simmons
- Chuck Smith
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Kyler Sweely
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Virgil Weigel
- Suzanne Wikle
- Laura Williams
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Senate Committee
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
- 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 72, Nay 50, 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 Welfare Reform
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S event
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Welfare Reform
Documents
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Welfare Reform (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Welfare Reform (Mon, Feb 16, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Jenna Moyer, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Carla Whiteside-Hicks, DCF
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Brian Posler, Fuel True
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Brian Posler, Fuel True
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Gardner, National Confectioners Association
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Emma Shankland, Health Forward Foundation
- House · Committee on Welfare Reform, Feb 10, 2026: Testimony by Tim Puglisi, FGA Action
