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Votes at a glance: House final actions Feb. 14 — election, energy, compacts and other bills
Summary
A roundup of final House votes on Feb. 14, including election-worker eligibility, transmission-line timing, insurance, trespass/critical infrastructure, university property sales, and several interstate licensure compacts. Tallies and short notes included.
The Kansas House recorded final action on multiple bills Feb. 14. Below are the measures the House declared passed that day, with brief descriptions and recorded roll-call tallies as announced on the floor.
- HB 2,040 — Electric transmission-line siting timeline: Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications bill extending the time for the Kansas Corporation Commission to make a final order on an electric transmission-line siting application. Final vote: 116 ayes, 2 noes.
- HB 2,046 — Travel insurance: Committee on Insurance bill authorizing issuers to file certain travel insurance policies under the Accident and Health line. Final vote: 118 ayes, 0 noes.
- HB 2,061 — Crimes related to critical infrastructure: Committee on Judiciary bill defining trespassing on and criminal damage to critical infrastructure facilities and expanding definitions of covered telecommunications infrastructure. Final vote: 104 ayes, 14 noes.
- HB 2,120 — Disposition of state real property (Kansas State University/Regents): Authorizes the State Board of Regents, on behalf of Kansas State University, to sell specified real property. Final vote: 118 ayes, 0 noes.
- HB 20 18 (HB 2,018) — Poll-worker qualifications: Committee on Elections bill allowing active military members, their spouses and dependents to serve as poll workers even if registered to vote out of state and permitting cross-county service if county clerks approve. Final recorded passage: 107 ayes, 12 noes.
- HB 2,068 — Cosmetologist licensure compact: Enacts the cosmetologist licensure compact to facilitate interstate practice and licensure portability; recorded vote: 119 ayes, 0 noes.
- HB 2,069 — School psychologists licensure compact: Enacts the School Psychologists Compact for interstate practice privileges; recorded vote: 119 ayes, 0 noes.
- HB 2,070 — Dietitian licensure compact: Enacts the Dietitian Compact for interstate practice privileges; recorded vote: 119 ayes, 0 noes.
Floor summaries and roll calls were read by the Clerk and recorded publicly; the House declared each bill passed when the tally met constitutional-majority requirements. Where the floor record named individual explanations of vote, those were captured in the roll-call discussion (for example, Representative Barth explained her "no" vote on HB 2,040). This roundup lists final recorded tallies reported on the floor; the bills now proceed to the Senate or further steps as required by legislative procedure.
