Kansas · 2025-2026

SB 229

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.

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Kansas SB 229 proposes amendments to the employment security law, requiring legislative review for changes to its provisions and authorizing the secretary of labor to approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans meeting specific criteria. The bill updates statutory language to enhance federal conformity, revises temporary unemployment provisions to include eight weeks of benefits, and eliminates debt relief provisions for negative balance employers.

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Roll-call votes on this bill

QuestionChamberResultYeaNayOtherDateSource
House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 88 Nay: 34 lower pass 88 33 3 Mar 27, 2026 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
House Final Action - Substitute passed as amended - Yea: 85 Nay: 36 lower pass 83 35 5 Mar 12, 2026 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS
Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 31 Nay: 9 upper pass 29 8 0 Mar 20, 2025 LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS