Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: SB512 - Removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages and removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions.
AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance; removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment; deleting the eight-week cap on temporary unemployment; removing the secretary's authority and criteria to grant eight-week extension increments, employer reporting duties for extensions and the industry-specific eligibility for extensions; excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages; removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions; prohibiting charging contributing employers in ready-mixed concrete and specified construction industries for benefit charges arising from temporary layoffs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-703, 44-710, 44-710a and 44-775 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-16 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-10 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-03-10 | Latest Action | Withdrawn from Committee on Assessment and Taxation; Referred to Committee on Commerce |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2372 | HB2372 - Senate Substitute for HB 2372 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Establishing requirements for a county sheriff operating a jail for the enforcement of detainer requests issued by the United States immigration and customs enforcement, requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage for law enforcement that enforces federal laws, requiring the state to pay certain judgments in federal court actions, requiring the attorney general to provide representation in certain civil actions and exempting section 287(g) agreements from certain provisions of the interlocal cooperation act. | passed_lower |
| HB 2509 | HB2509 - Adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act. | passed_lower |
| HB 2515 | HB2515 - Enacting the virtual currency kiosk consumer protection act, providing definitions, establishing requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators, imposing certain limits on virtual currency kiosk transaction amounts and charges and authorizing the attorney general and any law enforcement agency to investigate reports of fraudulent money transmission and report to the state bank commissioner. | passed_lower |
| HB 2564 | HB2564 - Providing for the election of alternative payment methods by a dental provider and allowing such payment method to remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan. | passed_lower |
| HB 2700 | HB2700 - Establishing the Kansas right-to-repair act to provide the right for persons who purchase or lease digital electronic equipment to obtain the legal authorization and necessary documentation and parts from original equipment manufacturers to diagnose, maintain and repair such equipment. | passed_lower |
| SB 415 | SB415 - Making certain violations of the residential landlord and tenant act subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act. | in_committee |
| 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 |