# Kansas HB 2007: Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. Kansas HB 2007, Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Troy Waymaster (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-24 (Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2007-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2007 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-04-24, Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025 - Sponsor: Troy Waymaster (Republican) - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: senate committee on ways and means, house committee on appropriations - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 20 (774 yes, 642 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Care worker fingerprint checks become optional: benefit, low. Kansas makes fingerprinting and state and national criminal-history checks discretionary for the Department for Aging and Disability Services. The department can still require these checks for applicants at covered centers, facilities, hospitals, and service providers. - More public records exceptions face review: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, fewer Kansas public-records exceptions avoid legislative review and expiration. Exceptions remain exempt when federal law requires them, they apply solely to the legislature or state courts, or lawmakers have reviewed and continued them twice. The law removes blanket exempti… - Insurers pay a lower premium tax: benefit, low. Covered insurers, fraternal benefit societies, and nonprofit service corporations pay a 2% premium tax for tax year 2025. The rate falls to 1.98% for tax year 2026 and later. It applies to taxable premiums and covered subscription charges after allowed deductions. The law does not require companies… - More campaign reports face late penalties: cost, low. The law extends existing late-report penalties to additional required reports about campaigns on Kansas constitutional questions. Filers who remain late 15 days after a delinquency notice is mailed face $10 per day, capped at $300 per occurrence. All civil penalties collected under this reporting l… - Kansas limits school standards changes: cost, low. The State Board of Education cannot substantially change English or math standards in effect July 1, 2024, when new statewide tests would be needed. This limit lasts until Kansas achieves its goal: 75% of students scoring at levels 3 and 4 combined in both subjects by 2030. The law also removes the… - Care employers lose background check cap: cost, low. Current or prospective employers pay a reasonable fee for each applicant's criminal-history information from the Department for Aging and Disability Services. The law removes the former $19 cap without setting a new dollar amount. This payment duty falls on employers, not applicants. - Personalized specialty plates bring higher fees: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2025, Kansas allows personalized distinctive plates, usually for twice the standard personalization fee. Statutory exceptions pay the standard fee, including plates issued under K.S.A. 8-1,221 and 8-1,222. The plate authorized under K.S.A. 8-1,183 requires at least 100 orders w… - State hospital insurance exclusions change: mixed, low. The law updates which state hospitals are excluded from the healthcare-provider definition in Kansas's provider insurance availability law. The intellectual-disability list names Parsons State Hospital and the Kansas Neurological Institute; it drops Winfield State Hospital and Training Center and P… - Captive insurers face coverage and fee changes: mixed, low. Captive insurers, which cover business-related risks, gain authority to apply for some insurance lines while another listed line is removed. Their company documents must allow the coverage, and they need approval from the Kansas insurance commissioner. The renewal schedule lists a $110 fee period t… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Troy Waymaster (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Committee on Ways and Means ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 12 Nay: 26 | fail | 12 | 26 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 11 Nay: 29 | fail | 11 | 29 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 76 | fail | 40 | 76 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 9 Nay: 29 | fail | 9 | 29 | 1 | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 10 Nay: 30 | fail | 10 | 30 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 83 Nay: 36 | pass | 83 | 36 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 0 | pass | 121 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 27 Nay: 13 | pass | 27 | 13 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 34 Nay: 82 | fail | 34 | 82 | | | 2025-04-11 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 121 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected | fail | 9 | 29 | 1 | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Ethan Corson was rejected | fail | 10 | 30 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected | fail | 11 | 29 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended | pass | 27 | 13 | | | 2025-03-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was rejected | fail | 12 | 26 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Final Action - Substitute passed as amended | pass | 83 | 36 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Suzanne Wikle was rejected | fail | 34 | 82 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jarrod Ousley was rejected | fail | 40 | 76 | | ## Actions (76) - 2025-04-24: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-11: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (House) - 2025-04-11: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 (House) - 2025-04-11: Engrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-11: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-20: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Troy Waymaster, Rep. Kristey Williams and Rep. Barbara Ballard (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Rick Billinger, Sen. J.R. Claeys and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tory Marie Blew (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tory Marie Blew was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tory Marie Blew (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tory Marie Blew was rejected (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected; Yea 11, Nay 29 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Ethan Corson was rejected; Yea 10, Nay 30 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tim Shallenburger was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tim Shallenburger was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected; Yea 9, Nay 29, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Dinah Sykes (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was rejected; Yea 12, Nay 26, Absent 2 (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Brenda Dietrich (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Brenda Dietrich was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was withdrawn (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was rejected (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was rejected (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Marci Francisco was rejected (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Caryn Tyson (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Caryn Tyson was adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-18: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 27, Nay 13 (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Hearing continuation: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Hearing continuation: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Hearing continuation: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-03-10: Hearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 83, Nay 36, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Engrossed on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Brett Fairchild (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Brett Fairchild was adopted (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jo Ella Hoye (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jo Ella Hoye was rejected (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Ford Carr (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Ford Carr was rejected (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Suzanne Wikle (House) - 2025-02-18: Rep. Nick Hoheisel challenged the amendment under the Pay-Go $provision$. The amendment was ruled to be in order. (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Suzanne Wikle was rejected; Yea 34, Nay 82, Absent 9 (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Kristey Williams (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Kristey Williams was adopted (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jarrod Ousley (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jarrod Ousley was rejected; Yea 40, Nay 76, Absent 9 (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-17: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-02-04: Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 112-N (House) - 2025-01-14: Referred to House Committee on Appropriations (House) - 2025-01-13: Introduced (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_enrolled.pdf) - S Sub for Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_03_0000.pdf) - Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_01_0000.pdf) - {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_02_0000.pdf) - {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_04_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_enrolled.pdf) - [S Sub for Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_03_0000.pdf) - [Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_01_0000.pdf) - [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_02_0000.pdf) - [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2007/hb2007_04_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-HB2007-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).