Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: SB436 - Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract.
AN ACT concerning local government; relating to construction projects; providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects; increasing the cost threshold for when the public bidding process shall be used to award such contracts; amending K.S.A. 12-16,132, 19-214 and 19-26,114 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 12-16,131.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-18 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-02-18 | Latest Action | Emergency Final Action - Not passed; Yea: 12 Nay: 26 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2237 | HB2237 - Authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses in state agencies' employee award and recognition program, increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000, eliminating the secretary of administration's authority to adopt rules and regulations and requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses. | passed_lower |
| HB 2596 | 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. | passed_lower |
| HB 2602 | HB2602 - Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes. | passed_lower |
| HB 2626 | HB2626 - Expanding veterans preference in government employment to include current members of the national guard and such members' eligible spouses. | passed_lower |
| HB 2627 | HB2627 - Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses. | passed_lower |
| HB 2653 | HB2653 - Requiring the secretary of corrections to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment-related documentation prior to release from custody. | passed_lower |
| SB 521 | SB521 - Providing for credits for payment of employee's child care and contributions to a third party for increased child care options. | passed_lower |
| SB 334 | SB334 - Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval. | passed_lower |