# Kansas HB 2004: Senate Substitute for HB 2004 by Committee on Government Efficiency - .Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations and requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies. Kansas HB 2004, Senate Substitute for HB 2004 by Committee on Government Efficiency - .Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations and requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Shannon Francis (Republican); status became law, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2004-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2004 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Senate Substitute for HB 2004 by Committee on Government Efficiency - .Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations and requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Sponsor: Shannon Francis (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: senate committee on government efficiency, senate committee on assessment and taxation, house committee on taxation, house committee on transportation - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 12 (740 yes, 212 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Shannon Francis (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Committee on Government Efficiency ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 116 Nay: 1 | pass | 116 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 28 Nay: 11 | pass | 28 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 84 Nay: 37 | pass | 84 | 37 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 85 Nay: 38 | pass | 85 | 38 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 28 Nay: 9 | pass | 28 | 9 | | | 2026-04-09 | House | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 85 | 38 | | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 84 | 37 | | | 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 28 | 11 | | | 2026-02-16 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 28 | 9 | | | 2025-01-31 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 116 | 1 | | ## Actions (30) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 85, Nay 38, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 28, Nay 11, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 84, Nay 37, Absent 4 (House) - 2026-03-23: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Francis Awerkamp, Rep. Dale Helwig and Rep. Suzanne Wikle appointed as second conferees (House) - 2026-03-17: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Michael Murphy and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Francis Awerkamp, Rep. Dale Helwig and Rep. Jarrod Ousley (House) - 2026-02-18: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Michael Murphy and Sen. Cindy Holscher appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 28, Nay 9, Absent 3 (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Government Efficiency; Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 1, Absent 8 (House) - 2025-01-28: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Taxation (House) - 2025-01-21: Hearing: Tuesday, January 21, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-01-15: Withdrawn from House Committee on Taxation; Referred to House Committee on Taxation (House) - 2025-01-13: Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 10, 2025 (House) - 2025-01-13: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-13: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_enrolled.pdf) - S Sub for: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_02_0000.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_enrolled.pdf) - [S Sub for (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2004/hb2004_02_0000.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2004-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).