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HB2590Introduced in the House

Enacting the Kansas community property trust act to authorize the use of community property trusts during the marriage of settlor spouses and amending the Kansas uniform trust code to allow trustees to reimburse settlors of grantor trusts, authorize the use of designated representatives for trusts and permit the terms of a governing instrument to expand, restrict or eliminate certain general rules applicable to fiduciaries, trusts and trust administration.

Passed

Introduced by Financial Institutions and Pensions

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Enacting the Kansas community property trust act to authorize the use of community property trusts during the marriage of settlor spouses and amending the Kansas uniform trust code to allow trustees to reimburse settlors of grantor trusts, authorize the use of designated representatives for trusts and permit the terms of a governing instrument to expand, restrict or eliminate certain general rules applicable to fiduciaries, trusts and trust administration.

Where it stands

House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

April 9, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 125 Nay: 0 · March 26, 2026

125

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1Yes
Kenneth Collins2Yes
Charles Smith3Yes
Rick James4Yes
Courtney Sappington5Yes
Samantha Poetter Parshall6Yes
Dan Goddard7Yes
Chris Croft8Yes
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10Yes

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions

  3. House Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N

  4. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions

  5. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  6. House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 1

  7. Senate Received and Introduced

  8. Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  9. Senate Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:30 AM Room 546-S

  10. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  11. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  12. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  13. Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

  14. House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Hoheisel , Representative Stiens and Representative Xu as conferees

  15. Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg and Senator Miller appointed as conferees

  16. Senate Conference committee report now available

  17. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

  18. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 125 Nay: 0

  19. House Engrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026

  20. House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

  21. House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

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