# Kansas SB 137: Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer. Kansas SB 137, Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Federal and State Affairs; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB137-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 137 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-31 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on federal and state affairs, senate committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (322 yes, 196 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 Federal and State Affairs ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 32 Nay: 69 | fail | 32 | 69 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 90 Nay: 28 | pass | 90 | 28 | | | 2025-03-20 | House | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Linda Featherston was rejected | fail | 32 | 69 | | | 2025-03-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 90 | 28 | | | 2025-02-27 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 39 | 1 | | ## Actions (20) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Linda Featherston (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Linda Featherston was rejected; Yea 32, Nay 69, Absent 24 (House) - 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-03-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 90, Nay 28, Absent 7 (House) - 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2025-03-12: Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-02-28: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-28: Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2025-02-27: Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_137/sb137_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_137/sb137_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 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 Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_137/sb137_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_137/sb137_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [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-SB137-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).