# Kansas HB 2340: Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain property located in Johnson county. Kansas HB 2340, Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain property located in Johnson county., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2340-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2340 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain property located in Johnson county. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 2 (188 yes, 58 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 Commerce, Labor and Economic Development ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 94 Nay: 29 | pass | 94 | 29 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 94 | 29 | | ## Actions (16) - 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-27: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Hearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Engrossed on Monday, February 24, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 94, Nay 29, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Rui Xu (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Rui Xu was adopted (House) - 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-02-12: Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S — CANCELED (House) - 2025-02-07: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-07: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2340/hb2340_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2340/hb2340_00_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_2340/hb2340_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 Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2340/hb2340_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2340/hb2340_00_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_2340/hb2340_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) - [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-HB2340-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).