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Votes at a glance: Senate final actions on a broad package of bills
Summary
The Senate advanced a large package of bills on final action, adopting a wide range of measures from criminal statutes and budget items to regulatory and local government changes. This roundup lists each measure and its floor outcome.
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The Senate completed final action on a broad set of measures during today's session. Below are the bills addressed on final action and the floor outcome as recorded on the Senate tally sheets and floor announcements. Where the transcript provided a roll‑call tally, that number is reported as recorded; when only procedural passage was recorded, the article indicates that the bill received the constitutional majority.
Key bills and floor outcomes (final action):
- House Bill 21 83 (artificial‑intelligence and offenses related to visual depictions): Passed (committee reported favorably; motion carried on the floor).
- House Bill 22 15 (Department of Corrections/public‑private partnership contribution for Lansing Correctional Facility career campus): Passed (motion carried in Committee of the Whole and on final action).
- House Bill 22 42 (federal jurisdiction/concurrent jurisdiction for juvenile matters on military installations): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 21 10 (9‑1‑1 governance and fee transfers; Kansas 9‑1‑1 operations fund): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 21 16 (mandatory standard contract provisions for smaller cities and counties; DA‑146A incorporation): Passed as amended (committee adopted an amendment changing a date and the bill passed).
- House Bill 22 80 (emergency medical services clarifications; AED registry and EMS staffing and transfer rules): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 23 07 (transfer of Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Program): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- Senate substitute for House Bill 22 40 (medicaid waiver / LCC approval): Passed (substitute adopted and passed on final action after floor debate).
- House Bill 20 88 (Fast Track Permits Act): Passed (floor debate extensive; final action carried).
- House Bill 22 91 (regulatory sandbox, office of the attorney general): Passed (committee motion carried).
- House Bill 20 37 (tourism council membership and matching grant fund updates): Passed as amended (amendment adopted; final action carried).
- House Bill 20 40 (transmission line siting: KCC deadline extension to 180 days): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 20 50 (insurance fee flexibility and appointment fee revisions): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 22 84 (Medicaid managed care organization selection process transparency and tie‑breaking; appeals process): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 20 69 and House Bill 20 70 (interstate licensing compacts for school psychologists and dietitians): Passed (committee actions adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 21 22 (motor vehicle registration quarterly payment changes and notice): Passed as amended (amendment to extend grace period adopted; bill passed).
- House Bill 23 65 (South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital statutory updates and catchment areas): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- House Bill 22 49 (rural emergency hospital authorization): Passed (committee report adopted; motion carried).
- And many other bills and conference committee appointments and procedural measures were announced on the floor and adopted; the clerk read multiple committee reports and the Senate declared measures having received the required constitutional majority as passed.
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This roundup covers the major measures taken up on final action. For contested bills the Senate record includes extended debate and multiple roll‑call explanations by senators; individual bills with detailed floor discussion (for example HB 2,088; substitute HB 2,240; SB 69) are the subject of separate write‑ups. Senators and staff should consult the published roll‑call records and the official enrolled bills for exact vote tallies, effective dates and the text as passed.

