All Roll Calls
Yes: 279 • No: 43
KansasHB 25962025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the Hutchinson correctional facility under the prison-made goods act.
Sponsored By: Kyler Sweely (Republican)
Signed by Governor
commerce
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Contractors pay market rent and costs
For any Hutchinson pilot contract, the state charges the regional average commercial rent for the space used. Contracts must pay the regional average wage for the work. No lower training wage is allowed. Contractors must pay all project costs, including utilities, start-up, training, and administrative costs. If a nonprofit keeps the housing units, it must pay property taxes and cannot ask for a property tax exemption.
Prison-built homes pilot at Hutchinson
The law authorizes the Secretary of Corrections to run a pilot at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility to build manufactured or modular homes. Pilot contractors must provide a nationally recognized construction training certificate and track how participants do after release. Outside this pilot and the vocational building program, the state may not run prison home-building that competes with private manufactured or modular home makers or dealers. The pilot ends December 31, 2031. In 2030, the Secretary must brief House and Senate Commerce committees and report on the pilot’s results. Each regular session, the Secretary reports to Senate Ways and Means and House Appropriations on these contracts. The act also repeals K.S.A. 75-5275a.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Kyler Sweely
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 96 Nay: 26
Yes: 96 • No: 26
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 36 Nay: 4
Yes: 36 • No: 4
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 111 Nay: 10
Yes: 111 • No: 10
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 36 Nay: 3
Yes: 36 • No: 3
Actions Timeline
Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 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
3/26/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 3
3/26/2026SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 111 Nay: 10
3/26/2026HouseSenator Miller is appointed to replace Senator Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee
3/25/2026SenateMotion to accede adopted; Senator Alley, Senator Owens and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
3/24/2026SenateNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Tarwater , Representative Ward and Representative Sawyer Clayton as conferees
3/23/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Murphy
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Murphy was adopted
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
3/19/2026SenateEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 36 Nay: 4
3/19/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce
3/18/2026SenateHearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 159-S
3/11/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Commerce
2/26/2026SenateEngrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
2/25/2026HouseReceived and Introduced
2/25/2026SenateFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 96 Nay: 26
2/19/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/18/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Melton
2/18/2026HouseRepresentative Sweely raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
2/18/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/18/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
2/17/2026House
Bill Text
As Amended by House Committee
As Amended by Senate Committee
As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole
As introduced
Enrolled
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