SB229Introduced in the Senate
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.
Introduced by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
What does this bill do?
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34
March 27, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House votes
2 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
1 recorded vote · each counted separately
HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 88 Nay: 34 · March 27, 2026
88
Yes
34
No
3
Absent or Not Voting
125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each representative voted
| Representative | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Dale Helwig | 1 | Yes |
| Kenneth Collins | 2 | Yes |
| Charles Smith | 3 | Yes |
| Rick James | 4 | Yes |
| Courtney Sappington | 5 | Yes |
| Samantha Poetter Parshall | 6 | Yes |
| Dan Goddard | 7 | Yes |
| Chris Croft | 8 | Yes |
| Fred Gardner | 9 | Yes |
| Suzanne Wikle | 10 | No |
Bill history
Senate Introduced
Senate Referred to Committee on Commerce
Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
Senate Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Commerce
Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce
Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 9
House Received and Introduced
House Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater
House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Tarwater was adopted
House Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended
House Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 83 Nay: 36
Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Alley , Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees
House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
Senate Senator Miller is appointed to replace Senator Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
House Conference committee report now available
House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Miller appointed as second conferees
House Conference committee report now available
House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 34
Verify the information
- Official page on the Kansas Legislature website
- Senate Committee on Commerce Report (amendment)
- House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Report (amendment)
- House Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Tarwater) (amendment)
- Conference Committee Report (amendment)
- Conference Committee Report (amendment)
- Fiscal Note (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
- Amended (text)
- Comm Sub (text)
- Amended (text)
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