# Kansas HB 2788: Establishing the business enterprise program oversight task force to review state administration of priority placement for blind vendors on state property, allowing audits on the administration of such program, abolishing the vending facilities account outside the state treasury, establishing the business enterprise program fund in the Kansas department for children and families in the state treasury and transferring moneys from the vending facilities account to the business enterprise program fund.

Kansas HB 2788, Establishing the business enterprise program oversight task force to review state administration of priority placement for blind vendors on state property, allowing audits on the administration of such program, abolishing the vending facilities account outside the state treasury, establishing the business enterprise program fund in the Kansas department for children and families in the state treasury and transferring moneys from the vending facilities account to the business enterprise program fund., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Appropriations; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2788
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Establishing the business enterprise program oversight task force to review state administration of priority placement for blind vendors on state property, allowing audits on the administration of such program, abolishing the vending facilities account outside the state treasury, establishing the business enterprise program fund in the Kansas department for children and families in the state treasury and transferring moneys from the vending facilities account to the business enterprise program fund.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-27
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Appropriations
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on government efficiency, house committee on appropriations
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (234 yes, 2 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 Appropriations

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 117 Nay: 1 | pass | 117 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 117 | 1 |   |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Engrossed on Thursday, March 12, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-03-12: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-03-12: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 117, Nay 1, Absent 6 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Appropriations (House)
- 2026-03-04: Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 112-N (House)
- 2026-02-27: Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Appropriations (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Appropriations: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2788/hb2788_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2788/hb2788_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Appropriations (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2788/hb2788_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2788/hb2788_00_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 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-HB2788-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).