# Kansas SB 335: Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages. Kansas SB 335, Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Tim Shallenburger (Republican); status signed, last action 2026-03-12 (Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB335-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-16 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 335 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-15 - Last action: 2026-03-12, Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Sponsor: Tim Shallenburger (Republican) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on commerce, senate committee on commerce - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (398 yes, 140 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: Tim Shallenburger (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 84 Nay: 34 | pass | 84 | 34 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 78 Nay: 34 | pass | 78 | 34 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 37 Nay: 2 | pass | 37 | 2 | 1 | | 2026-03-05 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 84 | 34 | | | 2026-03-05 | House | Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained | pass | 78 | 34 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 37 | 2 | 1 | ## Actions (18) - 2026-03-12: Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 9, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Pam Curtis (House) - 2026-03-05: Rep. Mike King raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane (House) - 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained; Yea 78, Nay 34, Absent 12 (House) - 2026-03-05: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2026-03-05: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2026-03-05: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 84, Nay 34, Absent 6 (House) - 2026-03-04: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2026-02-25: Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed; Yea 37, Nay 2 (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-18: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate) - 2026-01-16: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_335/sb335_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_335/sb335_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_335/sb335_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_335/sb335_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-SB335-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).