Kansas House — votes at a glance: final actions on major bills and resolutions, March 20 session

The Kansas House of Representatives completed final action on a large group of measures during its March floor session. Below are the measures that received final votes on the floor, the official outcome and the roll‑call tallies recorded in the transcript. Short descriptions follow each item.

Votes at a glance (bill → short description → final outcome and roll call tally):

- HR 6016 — Resolution denouncing planned “black mass” at the State Capitol. Adopted, 101–15.

- SCR 1602 — Concurrent resolution encouraging the governor to cooperate with the federal administration’s immigration enforcement priorities (including use of state law‑enforcement and the National Guard). Adopted, 82–35.

- HCR 5013 — Concurrent resolution urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans. Adopted, 116–2.

- HB 23‑36 (tax) — Moves Kansas from three‑factor to single‑factor corporate apportionment (sales‑factor) with a delayed implementation and technical amendments. Passed, 109–9.

- HB 23‑77 (local sales tax distribution) — Changes formula for sharing county general sales tax proceeds and includes a temporary freeze; passed, 118–0.

- SB 227 (historic preservation tax credit expansion) — Expands historic tax credits to larger cities and changes issuance rules; passed, 102–16.

- SB 35 (state property mill levy change / ASTRA and notice provisions) — Initially a measure to discontinue certain statewide property levies, the House adopted a committee amendment that replaced content and incorporated elements similar to HB 23‑96 (protest petition/ASTRA distribution and renewal of a statewide school mill levy). Passed, 109–9.

- HB 23‑18 (income‑tax trigger bill) — Establishes a trigger to ratchet down income tax rates if state general‑fund receipts exceed a CPI‑adjusted baseline; passed, 84–34.

- HB 21‑31 (jailhouse witness disclosure and database) — Requires prosecutors to disclose certain information about jailhouse witnesses and creates a secure database for prosecutorial use; passed, 108–10.

- HB 22‑94 (child care reform) — Comprehensive package establishing an Office of Early Childhood, fee reductions, waivers, and pilot programs to expand child care capacity; passed, 103–15.

- SB 137 (asset‑forfeiture alignment) — Allows forfeited firearms to be transferred or sold to properly licensed federal firearms dealers (aligns civil and criminal procedures); passed, 90–28.

- SB 44 (Promise Scholarship expansion) — Expands eligible institutions for the Promise Scholarship program and raises the program cap to $15 million; passed, 77–41.

- SB 54 (third‑party litigation funding rules) — Changes to discovery and disclosure rules for third‑party litigation funding in civil cases; passed, 87–31.

- SB 186 (criminal procedure / affidavits, bail and prior convictions) — Amends rules on affidavits supporting probable cause, redaction rules for certain documents, and how prior convictions are used in bail and sentencing calculations; passed, 100–18.

- SB 241 (noncompete/restrictive covenant statute) — Updates the law governing restrictive covenants and codifies factors courts should consider; passed, 101–17.

- SB 204 (sealing records) — Requires sealing of certain case, warrant and subpoena records after a redesign of the statewide case management system; passed, 118–0.

- SB 117 (Strutherfield Airport property tax exemption) — Clarifies a 1991 property tax exemption for land and buildings within a named airport and adjacent industrial park; passed, 111–7.

What these outcomes mean: - Many of the measures are nonbinding resolutions (HR 6016; SCR 1602; HCR 5013) that express the Legislature’s position rather than change law or appropriate funds. Several drew extended floor debate. - Several passed bills affect state tax policy (HB 23‑36, SB 35 / HB 23‑96 package, HB 23‑18) and will be relevant to the budget and to business taxpayers. - A number of passed measures are regulatory or administrative (HB 21‑31 on evidentiary rules and prosecutorial disclosure; SB 54 on discovery limits for litigation funding; SB 204 on sealing court records), which will affect courts and prosecutors and will require further administrative implementation. - High‑profile social policy items — child care (HB 22‑94), Promise scholarships (SB 44), and measures touching immigration and public safety — were advanced, demonstrating the chamber’s legislative priorities this session.

Ending: These votes set the agenda for the next stage of the session — conference committees (for bills where the House nonconcurred in Senate amendments) and transmittal to the Senate or the governor as appropriate. Several measures passed by large margins; others were narrowly decided. For bills with binding legal or fiscal impact, departments (Revenue, Judiciary, Kansas Department for Aging & Disability Services, Department for Children & Families and others) will be the next implementers or rulemakers.