KS SB 229
deadHouse 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.
Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did KS SB 229 pass?
No. KS SB 229 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-04-10): Died in Conference
What is KS SB 229 about?
KS SB 229 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “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.”.
Who sponsors KS SB 229?
Committee on Commerce is the primary sponsor of KS SB 229, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-06
- Latest action
- 2026-04-10 — Died in Conference
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Committee on Commerceprimary
- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Developmentcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-10
Died in Conference
failure
2026-03-27
Conference committee report now available
2026-03-27
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
2026-03-27
Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Silas Miller appointed as second conferees
2026-03-27
Conference committee report now available
2026-03-27
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 88, Nay 34, Absent 3
2026-03-25
Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
2026-03-16
Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees
2026-03-12
Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 83, Nay 36, Absent 5
passage
2026-03-12
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau
2026-03-11
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
passage
2026-03-11
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Sean Tarwater
2026-03-11
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Sean Tarwater was adopted
passage
2026-03-11
Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended
passage
2026-03-03
Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-24
Received and Introduced
introduction
2025-03-24
Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
referral-committee
2025-03-20
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
passage
2025-03-20
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
passage
2025-03-20
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 31, Nay 9
passage
2025-03-18
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-12
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Commerce; Rereferred to Senate Committee on Commerce
referral-committee
2025-02-14
Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means
referral-committee
2025-02-07
Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce
referral-committee
2025-02-06
Introduced
introduction
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