# Kansas SB 331: Eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays.

Kansas SB 331, Eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Conference) (as of 2026-10-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 331
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Conference
- Sponsor: Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on financial institutions and pensions, senate committee on financial institutions and insurance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (324 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: Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-11 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 122 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (16)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Conference (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Nick Hoheisel, Rep. Angela Stiens and Rep. Rui Xu appointed as conferees (House)
- 2026-03-11: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House)
- 2026-03-11: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Brenda Dietrich, Sen. Michael Fagg and Sen. Silas Miller (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-03-10: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (House)
- 2026-03-02: Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2026-02-12: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-12: Referred to House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions (House)
- 2026-02-11: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate)
- 2026-01-26: Hearing: Monday, January 26, 2026, 9:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_331/sb331_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_331/sb331_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 Financial Institutions and Pensions (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_331/sb331_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_331/sb331_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-SB331-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-11).
