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SB24Introduced in the Senate

Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program and increasing the maximum annual appropriation limit.

Vetoed

Introduced by Financial Institutions and Insurance

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program and increasing the maximum annual appropriation limit.

Where it stands

Senate The Legislature having adjourned sine die on April 11, 2025, there was no opportunity to reconsider and the veto is sustained.

April 11, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 · April 11, 2025

40

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Craig Bowser1Yes
Marci Francisco2Yes
Rick Kloos3Yes
David Haley4Yes
Jeff Klemp5Yes
Pat Pettey6Yes
Ethan Corson7Yes
Cindy Holscher8Yes
Beverly Gossage9Yes
Mike Thompson10Yes

Bill history

  1. Senate Introduced

  2. Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  3. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

  4. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  5. Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

  6. House Received and Introduced

  7. House Referred to Committee on Insurance

  8. House Hearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N

  9. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance

  10. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  11. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  12. House Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 106 Nay: 17

  13. Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Dietrich , Senator Fagg and Senator Francisco as conferees

  14. House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Sutton, Representative Bergkamp and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees

  15. Senate Senator Erickson, Senator Thomas, and Senator Sykes are appointed to replace Senator Dietrich, Senator Fagg, and Senator Francisco on the Conference Committee

  16. House Representative Estes, Representative McNorton, and Representative Stogsdill are appointed to replace Representative Sutton, Representative Bergkamp, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee

  17. House Conference committee report now available

  18. House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Estes, Representative McNorton and Representative Stogsdill appointed as second conferees

  19. Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Erickson, Senator Thomas and Senator Sykes appointed as second conferees

  20. House Conference committee report now available

  21. House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 76 Nay: 48

  22. Senate Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;

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

  24. Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025

  25. Senate Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Friday, April 25, 2025

  26. Senate The Legislature having adjourned sine die on April 11, 2025, there was no opportunity to reconsider and the veto is sustained.

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