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IntroducedFeb 17, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 12, 2026: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 0
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 271
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Ways and Meanssponsor
Votes
YES: 119
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- 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
- Turner
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
Actions
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 0
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- Feb 24, 2026 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Titus
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Titus was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 5, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- Feb 17, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Christine Osterlund, Kansas Department of Health and Environment (B01 SB271 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Heather Braum, Kansas Action for Children (B02 SB271 Pro)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Charlie Hunt, Johnson County Department of Health and Environment (B03 SB271 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Dena Hubbard, Kansas Chapter American Academy of Pediatric (B04 SB271 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Nathan Madden, REACH Healthcare Foundation (B05 SB271 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Robert Stiles, Community Care Network of Kansas (B06 SB271 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Tonya Dorf Brunner, Oral Health Kansas (B07 SB271 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Carly Choi, Revisor of Statutes (SB430 bill brief)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Tue, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Will Carpenter, House of Representatives (SB271 amendment)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Mon, Feb 16, 2026: Testimony by Senator Gossage, Kansas Senate (SB271 Amendment)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Heather Braum, Senior Policy Advisor, Kansas Action for Children (Proponent - Oral)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Tanya Dorf Brunner, Executive Director, Oral Health Kansas (Proponent - Written)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Dena Hubbard, MD, FAAP Public Policy Chair, Kansas Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (Proponent - Written)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Charlie Hunt, Director, Johnson County Department of Health & Environment (Proponent - Written)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by David Jordan, President & CEO, United Methodist Health Ministry Fund (Proponent - Written)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Christine Osterlund, Deputy Secretary of Agency Intervention & Medicaid, Kansas Department of Health & Environment (Proponent - Oral)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Nathan Madden, PhD, Director of Health Policy, REACH Healthcare Foundation (Proponent - Written)
- House Committee on Health and Human Services, Thu, Feb 5, 2026: Testimony by Robert Stiles, Chief Executive Officer, Community Care of Kansas (Proponent - Written)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare
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