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Votes at a glance: multiple House bills advanced, including budget and election measures
Summary
Early on Feb. 19 the Kansas House moved a large package of bills to final action or advanced them through the calendar. Several bills received recorded roll-call tallies during the session.
The Kansas House recorded final action and roll-call votes on several bills on Feb. 19, 2025, advancing budget, elections and other measures.
Among the items read on the floor and declared passed were: House Bill 20-22 (elections; clarifying special-election timing), House Sub. Bill 2007 (the 2025–2027 appropriations act), and measures on credentialing, tax exemptions, property and motor-vehicle fees. Clerk announcements and roll calls for each bill were read into the record; several recorded vote tallies follow below as read on the floor.
Votes recorded on the floor (as read aloud by the Clerk): - HB 20-22 (elections, clarifying special-election timing): recorded on the floor as “19 voting in favor, 0 against.” (Transcript read / roll call noted at multiple points.) - Sub. HB 2007 (Appropriations for FY2025–2027): recorded 84 in favor, 35 against; the bill was declared passed and recorded. - HB 2016 (elections — voter registration removals): recorded 106 in favor, 13 against; declared passed. - HB 2039 (Kansas credentialing / home-health definitions): recorded 119 in favor, 0 against; declared passed. - HB 2062 (children and families / child support provisions): recorded 85 in favor, 34 against; declared passed. - HB 2075 (permanent-seal hearings timeline for children in custody): recorded 19 in favor, 0 against; declared passed. - HB 2083 (property tax exemption for new energy storage systems): recorded 90 in favor, 29 against; declared passed.
These floor tallies were read by the Clerk and the Speaker declared the bills passed where they reached constitutional majorities. Several other bills were read and moved during the day; a full list of bills read into the record is available from the House Clerk’s office (the transcript of Feb. 19 contains the verbatim reading for each item and the roll-call tallies). The House proceeded to a long series of committee-of-the-whole hearings and debates after these early-floor votes.
Ending The House continued its scheduled business after these roll-call actions. Several of the bills above were subject to further committee of the whole consideration later in the day; for full text and final enrollment status consult the official House journal and the Secretary of State’s bill status pages.
