# Kansas HB 2596: 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.

Kansas HB 2596, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Kyler Sweely (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2596
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: 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.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-29
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
- Sponsor: Kyler Sweely (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (558 yes, 86 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Homebuilding training pilot at Hutchinson prison: benefit, low. Effective upon publication in the Kansas Register, the law allows a housing-production pilot at Hutchinson Correctional Facility. Private partners must offer participants a nationally recognized construction education certification program and evaluate success after participation and release. The p…
- Prison homebuilding partners pay full costs: cost, low. For Hutchinson pilot contracts, the corrections secretary must charge regional-average commercial rent for the space used. Labor charges must use regional-average wages for the skill levels used, with no lower training wage. Private partners must pay all project costs, including utilities, start-up…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Kyler Sweely (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 96 Nay: 26 | pass | 96 | 26 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 36 Nay: 4 | pass | 36 | 4 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 111 Nay: 10 | pass | 111 | 10 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 36 Nay: 3 | pass | 36 | 3 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 111 | 10 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 36 | 3 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 36 | 4 |   |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 96 | 26 |   |

## Actions (28)

- 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 36, Nay 3, Absent 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 111, Nay 10, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Sen. Silas Miller is appointed to replace Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau on the Conference Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Jill Ward and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (House)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Michael Murphy (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Michael Murphy was adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 36, Nay 4 (Senate)
- 2026-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 96, Nay 26, Absent 3 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Lynn Melton (House)
- 2026-02-18: Rep. Kyler Sweely raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2026-02-13: Hearing: Friday, February 13, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2026-01-29: Introduced (House)
- 2026-01-29: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_01_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_03_0000.pdf)

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- 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)
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## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2596/hb2596_03_0000.pdf)

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- [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-HB2596-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).