KS HB 2287
deadEliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance, including removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services, restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies, requirements for employment and training programs, photograph requirements for benefits cards and legislative action required for expansion of medical assistance, permitting the secretary from granting categorical eligibility standards, extending the lifetime limitation on benefits, providing for hardship extensions and exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age.
Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did KS HB 2287 pass?
No. KS HB 2287 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): Died in Committee
What is KS HB 2287 about?
KS HB 2287 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance, including removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services, restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies, requirements for employment and training programs, photograph requirements for benefits cards and legislative action required for expansion of medical assistance, permitting the secretary from granting categorical eligibility standards, extending the lifetime limitation on benefits, providing for hardship extensions and exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age.”.
Who sponsors KS HB 2287?
Committee on Welfare Reform is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2287.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-05
- Latest action
- 2026-04-10 — Died in Committee
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Committee on Welfare Reformprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-10
Died in Committee
failure
2025-02-05
Introduced
introduction
2025-02-05
Referred to House Committee on Welfare Reform
referral-committee
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Votes
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Related bills
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