# Kansas HB 2060: Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified nonprofit organizations and discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities.

Kansas HB 2060, Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified nonprofit organizations and discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joint Committee on Information Technology; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2060
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified nonprofit organizations and discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-22
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Information Technology
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: senate committee on local government, senate committee on federal and state affairs, house committee on legislative modernization
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 6 (466 yes, 104 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Kansas lawmakers gain more travel reimbursement options: benefit, low. Kansas lawmakers can get actual expenses repaid for attending and taking part in a qualifying group's meetings, programs, or activities. The group must be nonprofit, nonpartisan, and not lobby in Kansas. It must sponsor the event and pay from its own funds. Eligible groups are no longer limited to…
- Kansas officials face free event ticket limits: cost, low. Covered Kansas officials cannot ask for or accept free or specially discounted access to entertainment, sports, or other activities. This covers the governor, lieutenant governor, governor's spouse, executive-branch workers, and members of executive-branch boards, commissions, and authorities. Offe…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joint Committee on Information Technology
- Cosponsor: Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 75 Nay: 47 | pass | 75 | 47 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 35 Nay: 5 | pass | 35 | 5 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | House | Concurred with amendments in conference | pass | 75 | 47 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed | pass | 35 | 5 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended | pass | 123 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (House)
- 2025-04-08: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-25: Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 75, Nay 47, Absent 3 (House)
- 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Pat Proctor, Rep. Paul Waggoner and Rep. Kirk Haskins (House)
- 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Elaine Bowers, Sen. Ronald Ryckman and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 35, Nay 5 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate)
- 2025-03-14: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics; Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed (House)
- 2025-02-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-02-20: Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Legislative Modernization (House)
- 2025-02-12: Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N — CANCELED (House)
- 2025-02-10: Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N (House)
- 2025-01-22: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Legislative Modernization (House)

## Bill text

- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_enrolled.pdf)
- S Sub for Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_02_0000.pdf)
- Sub: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_01_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_2060/hb2060_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_enrolled.pdf)
- [S Sub for Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_02_0000.pdf)
- [Sub (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2060/hb2060_01_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2060-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).