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IntroducedMar 11, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 17, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Substitute for HB 2798 by Committee on Higher Education Budget - Granting authority to state educational institutions regarding transactions involving contracts, easements and the procurement of goods and services, exempting the state educational institutions from statutes governing such transactions and authorizing legislators to request copies of certain documents.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 20, 2026: Referred to Committee on Education
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2798
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Higher Education Budgetsponsor
- Committee on AppropriationsOriginal Sponsor
Votes
YES: 111
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 12
Actions
- Mar 20, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 19, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- Mar 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Mar 17, 2026 | House
- EFA Subject to Amendment and Debate - Motion to Amend offered by Representative K. Williams.
- EFA Subject to Amendment and Debate - Amendment by Representative K. Williams was adopted.
- EFA Subject to Amendment and Debate - Motion to Amend offered by Representative Estes
- EFA Subject to Amendment and Debate - Amendment by Representative Estes was adopted.
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 111 Nay: 12
- Mar 16, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Higher Education Budget
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 281-N
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Higher Education Budget
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- Sub - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Mon, Mar 16, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Mon, Mar 16, 2026: Testimony by Jill Wolters, First Assistant, Revisor of Statutes (HB2798)
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Jill Wolters, First Assistant, Revisor of Statutes (HB2798)
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Will Lawrence, Chief of Staff, Kansas Govenor Laura Kelly (HB2798)
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by Blake Benson, Chair, Kansas Board of Regents (HB2798)
- House Committee on Higher Education Budget, Thu, Mar 12, 2026: Testimony by terry Humphrey, Executive Director, American Institute of Architects (HB2798)
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Higher Education Budget
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