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KansasHB 25182025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.
Sponsored By: Committee on Judiciary
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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8 provisions identified: 4 benefits, 1 costs, 3 mixed.
Funding companies face fines and oversight
Consumer legal funding companies must register with the Kansas secretary of state. After notice, a hearing opportunity, and a finding of willful violation, the attorney general can assess up to $10,000 per violation. When penalties are assessed, the company cannot recover the funded amount or contract charges. Penalties go to the state general fund and are due within 10 days of written notice; unpaid assessments can become court judgments. Attorney general actions are subject to judicial review, and the act takes effect upon publication in the statute book.
Clearer funding contracts and cancellation rights
Covered Kansas plaintiffs must receive clear, fully completed contracts, with page initials, signature warnings, and prominent front-page cost and rights notices. Contracts must show cash received, all charges regardless of label, itemized one-time charges, maximum repayment, and amounts at six-month intervals through that maximum. Multiple contracts with the same company must show combined exposure. On written request, translation is required when your main language is not English and was used in oral negotiations. Only you may sign unless you lack legal capacity, and you can cancel without penalty or further obligation by returning all funds within 10 business days after funding.
Consumers keep control of funded claims
Funding companies cannot influence how your claim is handled or settled; those decisions stay with you and your attorney. Companies cannot seek waivers of your rights or remedies, including jury trial rights. They cannot knowingly offer or arrange funding to make a represented consumer switch attorneys; those contracts are unenforceable. They also cannot work with attorneys to encourage claims they know, or have reason to know, are fabricated or dishonest. Contracts made for that purpose are also void and unenforceable.
Funding referrals face conflict safeguards
Funding companies cannot pay, offer, or accept referral commissions or other consideration involving covered legal or medical providers or their employees. They also cannot advertise false or misleading claims. Your attorney and the attorney's immediate family cannot hold a financial stake in a company offering you funding. They cannot provide legal funding, personal-needs loans, or advances to current or prospective clients or their immediate families. An attorney who referred you to your retained attorney also cannot hold a stake in the company offering you funding.
Repeat funding and funding sources restricted
A company that knows you already sold claim proceeds generally must pay or purchase the earlier funded amount and contracted charges before funding again. The companies can agree in writing to a smaller payoff. Funding at the same time is allowed with written consent from you and your attorney. Companies cannot knowingly use transaction funds to pay court costs, filing fees, or attorney fees during or after claim resolution. They also cannot accept funds from foreign governments or foreign adversaries defined by federal regulation.
Attorney review safeguards your funding contract
Your attorney must acknowledge reviewing required disclosures and representing you under a written agreement for payment from your recovery. The acknowledgment confirms proceeds go through an attorney trust account or settlement fund, with payment to the company and steps to fulfill the contract. It also confirms no company referral payment and no tax, benefit-planning, or financial advice about the deal. Without the acknowledgment, the contract is void; a compliant contract remains valid if you change attorneys. You must promptly give your attorney a copy of the signed contract when requested.
Claim funding gets new repayment rules
Kansas plaintiffs can sell rights to future claim proceeds for cash for personal or household expenses, not claim expenses. Repayment comes only from available claim proceeds; with no proceeds, you owe nothing except for material contract breaches, fraud, or misrepresentation. Amounts due must be set by time periods, not as a percentage of your recovery. Companies cannot charge enforceable fees or penalties for early payment. Compliant deals are not loans or investment contracts, so those laws do not apply; this act controls conflicting rules.
Funding disclosure duties and privacy protections
After a written request, you or your attorney must disclose whether you entered a funding contract within 30 days. Disclosure goes to the requesting claim party and each insurer with a duty to defend. A continuing duty also requires disclosure within 30 days after entering a funding contract. Your attorney needs your written consent to share confidential or legally protected information with the funding company. Attorney-company communications about your claim's status or expected value are protected from discovery by the party facing your claim.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 124 Nay: 0
Yes: 124 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 124 Nay: 0
Yes: 124 • No: 0
House vote • 3/27/2026
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 124 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/27/2026
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/19/2026
Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 2/18/2026
Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 124 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Reengrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026
4/9/2026HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
4/9/2026HouseApproved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
4/9/2026HouseConference committee report now available
3/27/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/27/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
3/27/2026HouseMotion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
3/24/2026SenateNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
3/23/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/18/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/18/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
3/13/2026SenateHearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S
3/11/2026SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
2/25/2026SenateReceived and Introduced
2/24/2026SenateEngrossed on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
2/19/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
2/18/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/17/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bradley Barrett
2/17/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bradley Barrett was adopted
2/17/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/17/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
2/12/2026HouseHearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N
2/2/2026HouseIntroduced
1/22/2026HouseReferred to House Committee on Judiciary
1/22/2026House
Bill Text
As Amended by House Committee
As Amended by Senate Committee
As Introduced
Enrolled
{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
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