# Kansas SB 327: Changing the requirement that the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight meet in January and April to meeting at least once each quarter.

Kansas SB 327, Changing the requirement that the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight meet in January and April to meeting at least once each quarter., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight; status failed, last action 2026-03-20 (Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 327
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Changing the requirement that the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight meet in January and April to meeting at least once each quarter.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-03-20, Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Sponsor: Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on health and human services, senate committee on public health and welfare
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (76 yes, 0 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: Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 0 | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-05 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 38 | 0 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-03-20: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507 (House)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar (House)
- 2026-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar (House)
- 2026-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2026-03-04: Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 112-N (House)
- 2026-02-09: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-09: Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services (House)
- 2026-02-05: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Hearing: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_327/sb327_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_327/sb327_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 Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_327/sb327_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_327/sb327_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-SB327-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).