Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2596 - Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the Hutchinson correctional facility under the prison-made goods act.
AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to the prison-made goods act of Kansas; permitting certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the Hutchinson correctional facility; requiring that the secretary charge average rates for rent and wages and require the private individual, corporation, partnership or association to pay all costs related to the project for such contracts; providing for a nationally recognized construction education certification program for participants of such pilot program; providing for an annual report by the secretary of corrections; amending K.S.A. 75-5275a and repealing the existing section.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-19 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-03-19 | Latest Action | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 4 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2773 | HB2773 - Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a general manufacturer. | in_committee |
| SB 358 | SB358 - Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing. | enrolled |
| SB 454 | SB454 - Enhancing the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training. | introduced |
| HB 2798 | HB2798 - Substitute for HB 2798 by Committee on Higher Education Budget - Granting authority to state educational institutions regarding transactions involving contracts, easements and the procurement of goods and services, exempting the state educational institutions from statutes governing such transactions and authorizing legislators to request copies of certain documents. | in_committee |
| SB 303 | SB303 - House Substitute for SB 303 by Committee on Taxation - Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, discontinuing certain sales tax exemptions, imposing sales tax on certain sales of lottery tickets, imposing an excise tax on all sports wagers as a rate of 2% of the amount wagered, creating the property tax relief fund and providing for transfers therefrom to the state school district finance fund and creating the sports wagering privilege tax refund fund. | in_committee |
| SB 517 | SB517 - Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting. | introduced |
| HB 2346 | HB2346 - Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events, providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund or from the state general fund if funds are not available therefrom. | passed_lower |
| HB 2435 | HB2435 - Substitute for HB 2435 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Authorizing natural gas public utilities to recover certain growth-related investments in the gas system reliability surcharge, increasing the cap on the amount that the monthly fixed charge may be increased for residential customers and reducing the time for the state corporation commission to act on gas system reliability surcharge filings. | passed_lower |