SB229
Senate Bill
Passed
House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.
Bill Details
State
Kansas
Session
2025-2026 Regular Session
Chamber
Senate
Official Source
LegiScan
Sponsors
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Action History
2026-03-27
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House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34
2026-03-27
H
House Conference committee report now available
2026-03-27
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Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Miller appointed as second conferees
2026-03-27
H
House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
2026-03-27
H
House Conference committee report now available
2026-03-25
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Senate Senator Miller is appointed to replace Senator Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
2026-03-16
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House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
2026-03-12
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Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Alley , Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees
2026-03-12
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House Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 83 Nay: 36
2026-03-11
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House Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended
2026-03-11
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House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adopted
2026-03-11
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House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater
2026-03-11
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House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
2026-03-03
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House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
2025-03-24
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House Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
2025-03-24
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House Received and Introduced
2025-03-20
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Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 9
2025-03-20
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Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2025-03-20
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Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2025-03-18
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Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce
2025-03-12
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Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Commerce
2025-02-14
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Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
2025-02-12
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Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
2025-02-07
S
Senate Referred to Committee on Commerce
2025-02-06
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Senate Introduced
Votes
2025-03-20
Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 31 Nay: 9
Yea: 31
Nay: 9
2026-03-12
House Final Action - Substitute passed as amended - Yea: 85 Nay: 36
Yea: 83
Nay: 36
2026-03-27
House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 88 Nay: 34
Yea: 88
Nay: 34
Committee Referrals
2025-02-07
S
Commerce
2025-02-14
S
Ways and Means
2025-03-12
S
Commerce
2025-03-24
H
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Amendments
2025-03-18
Senate Committee on Commerce Report
2026-03-03
House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Report
2026-03-11
House Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater)
2026-03-27
Conference Committee Report
2026-03-27
Conference Committee Report
Bill Text Versions
2025-02-06
Introduced
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Amended
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Comm Sub
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Amended
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