# Kansas HB 2515: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie. Kansas HB 2515, Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions; status vetoed, last action 2026-04-10 (Conference committee report now available); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2515-2025-2026 - 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 2515 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie. - Status: vetoed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-22 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Conference committee report now available - Sponsor: Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on financial institutions and insurance, house committee on financial institutions and pensions - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (526 yes, 120 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 Financial Institutions and Pensions ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 76 Nay: 44 | pass | 76 | 44 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 29 Nay: 11 | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 5 | pass | 118 | 5 | | | 2026-04-10 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 76 | 44 | | | 2026-04-10 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2026-03-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 118 | 5 | | ## Actions (27) - 2026-04-10: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 11 (Senate) - 2026-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (House) - 2026-04-10: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 76, Nay 44, Absent 5 (House) - 2026-04-10: Reengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-10: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 27, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-10: No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained (House) - 2026-04-09: Sen. David Haley is appointed to replace Sen. Silas Miller on the Conference Committee (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Silas Miller appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Nick Hoheisel, Rep. Angela Stiens and Rep. Rui Xu (House) - 2026-03-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate) - 2026-02-06: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Engrossed on Wednesday, February 4, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-05: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 5, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-02-05: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (House) - 2026-01-28: Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-01-22: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_enrolled.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 House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2515/hb2515_enrolled.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-HB2515-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).