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Votes at a glance: key House floor actions and final votes
Summary
Summary of major bills and floor votes recorded during the Kansas House session, including outcomes and vote tallies for bills that received final action.
Final actions recorded on the Kansas House floor during the session included a mix of unanimous and divided votes. The items below summarize each bill, the outcome, and the roll-call tally as announced by the clerk on the floor. Where the transcript did not record a roll-call breakdown for a motion, the transcript text is cited.
- House Bill 23-29 (juvenile justice revisions): Passed, 106–16. Requires Secretary of Corrections to pay placement costs and increases cumulative detention limits; oversight by the Juvenile Justice Oversight Committee. (Transcript: clerk reading and vote announcement.)
- House Bill 23-49 (Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act amendments): Passed, 120–3. Authorizes local law enforcement to investigate scrap-metal theft and forwards investigative reports to the Attorney General; municipal fine provisions were removed. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- House Bill 21-49 (substitute; distributed energy resources): Passed, 123–0. Establishes retailer disclosure requirements, installer registration rules where applicable, stepped export caps (6%/7%/8%), civil penalties and AG advisory-group work. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- House Bill 23-92 (allow BSN nurses to teach LPN classes): Committee reported favorably as amended earlier in the day; on the floor the House voted to reconsider and re-refer the bill to the Health and Human Services Committee. (Transcript: motion to reconsider and re-refer; motion passed.)
- Senate Bill 5 (restrictions on federal election funds unless authorized by Congress): Passed, 86–37. Preserves HAVA and congressionally authorized funds; restricts use of other federal funds unless authorized by Congress or state law. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- Senate Bill 6 (prohibiting ranked-choice voting): Passed, 86–37. Prohibits use of ranked-choice voting by any government entity in Kansas. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- Senate Bill 84 (criminal-use-of-financial-card/gift-card fraud changes): Passed, 123–0. Expands criminal use of a financial card to include certain gift-card conduct. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- Senate Bill 23 (insurance inquiry timeframe and rebate pilots): Passed, 107–16. Shortens response timeframe for insurance inquiries and allows pilot programs to exceed one year when authorized by the commissioner. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- Senate Bill 24 (commissioner fee-setting and publication): Passed, 106–17. Authorizes the Commissioner of Insurance to set certain fees and requires publication in the Kansas Register. (Transcript recorded vote.)
- Other items appearing on the consent calendar or with brief action included Senate Bill 18 (Hunter Nation license plate, 83–39); Senate Bill 98 (Route 66 Association of Kansas license plate, 105–17); and Senate Bill 121 (insurance holding company provisions, 101–21). These were announced by the clerk and recorded on the floor.
This list reflects the bills called for final action on the floor during the session and the vote tallies read into the record by the clerk. For details or to review the full roll-call, consult the House journal for the day.
