STATE BILLKS SB 229ENGROSSED

House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.

State of Kansas

Status: Engrossed; Passed its first chamber
Status date: Mar 24, 2025; 598 days ago
Current chamber: House of Representatives
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

KS SB 229 · EngrossedMar 24

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Bill details

Last action: House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34 · Mar 27, 2026

Sponsor

CLCommerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentRepresentativePrimary sponsor

Bill history

Newest first.

Mar 27, 2026House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34House

Mar 27, 2026House Conference committee report now availableHouse

Mar 27, 2026Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Miller appointed as second confereesSenate

Mar 27, 2026House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second confereesHouse

Mar 27, 2026House Conference committee report now availableHouse

Mar 25, 2026Senate Senator Miller is appointed to replace Senator Faust Goudeau on the Conference CommitteeSenate

Mar 16, 2026House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as confereesHouse

Mar 12, 2026Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Alley , Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau as confereesSenate

Show 17 earlier actions

Mar 12, 2026House Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 83 Nay: 36House

Mar 11, 2026House Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amendedHouse

Mar 11, 2026House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adoptedHouse

Mar 11, 2026House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative TarwaterHouse

Mar 11, 2026House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passedHouse

Mar 3, 2026House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentHouse

Mar 24, 2025House Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic DevelopmentHouse

Mar 24, 2025House Received and IntroducedHouse

Mar 20, 2025Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 9Senate

Mar 20, 2025Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amendedSenate

Mar 20, 2025Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adoptedSenate

Mar 18, 2025Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on CommerceSenate

Mar 12, 2025Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on CommerceSenate

Feb 14, 2025Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce; Referred to Committee on Ways and MeansSenate

Feb 12, 2025Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 159-SSenate

Feb 7, 2025Senate Referred to Committee on CommerceSenate

Feb 6, 2025Senate IntroducedSenate

Recorded votes

Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 31 Nay: 9Mar 20, 2025 · Senate · 31 yea · 9 nayPassed

House Final Action - Substitute passed as amended - Yea: 85 Nay: 36Mar 12, 2026 · House · 83 yea · 36 nayPassed

House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 88 Nay: 34Mar 27, 2026 · House · 88 yea · 34 nayPassed

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