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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 LawApr 09, 2026
Kansas Senate Bill
Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program and requiring the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight hold meetings each quarter.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 09, 2026: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
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
YES: 125
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- 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
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | Senate
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
- Mar 27, 2026 | Senate
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 125 Nay: 0
- Mar 23, 2026 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Carpenter, W., Representative Bryce and Representative Ruiz, S. appointed as conferees
- Mar 23, 2026 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Gossage , Senator Clifford and Senator Holscher as conferees
- 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
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Thu, Mar 26, 2026PDF
- 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)
- Conference Committee Report
- 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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