# Kansas HB 2327: Establishing procedures and requirements for the secretary of corrections to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates.

Kansas HB 2327, Establishing procedures and requirements for the secretary of corrections to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2327
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Establishing procedures and requirements for the secretary of corrections to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on corrections and juvenile justice
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (244 yes, 2 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: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 1 | pass | 122 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 122 | 1 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 1, Absent 2 (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)
- 2025-02-11: Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House)
- 2025-02-07: Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-07: Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2327/hb2327_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2327/hb2327_00_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 House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2327/hb2327_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2327/hb2327_00_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2327-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).