# Kansas SB 24: Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program and increasing the maximum annual appropriation limit. Kansas SB 24, Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program and increasing the maximum annual appropriation limit., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance; status vetoed, last action 2025-04-11 (Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB24-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 24 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program and increasing the maximum annual appropriation limit. - Status: vetoed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-16 - Last action: 2025-04-11, Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 - Sponsor: Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on insurance, senate committee on financial institutions and insurance - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (524 yes, 130 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 Financial Institutions and Insurance ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 76 Nay: 48 | pass | 76 | 48 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 106 Nay: 17 | pass | 106 | 17 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-04-11 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 76 | 48 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 106 | 17 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 | | ## Actions (27) - 2025-04-11: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-11: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Friday, April 25, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-11: The Legislature having adjourned sine die on April 11, 2025, there was no opportunity to reconsider and the veto is sustained. (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill appointed as second conferees (House) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas and Sen. Dinah Sykes appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 76, Nay 48, Absent 1 (House) - 2025-03-26: Sen. Renee Erickson, Sen. Adam Thomas, and Sen. Dinah Sykes are appointed to replace Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg, and Sen. Marci Francisco on the Conference Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-26: Rep. Susan Estes, Rep. Kyle McNorton, and Rep. Jerry Stogsdill are appointed to replace Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp, and Rep. Cindy Neighbor on the Conference Committee (House) - 2025-03-17: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Marci Francisco (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bill Sutton, Rep. Brian Bergkamp and Rep. Cindy Neighbor appointed as conferees (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-13: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-13: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 106, Nay 17, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-02-27: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2025-02-26: Hearing: Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 218-N (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-19: Referred to House Committee on Insurance (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate) - 2025-01-16: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_24/sb24_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_24/sb24_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_24/sb24_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. 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(failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_24/sb24_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_24/sb24_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_24/sb24_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-SB24-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).