# Kansas SB 404: House Substitute for SB 404 by Committee on Transportation - Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of the county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.

Kansas SB 404, House Substitute for SB 404 by Committee on Transportation - Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of the county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Transportation; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died on House Calendar); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 404
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: House Substitute for SB 404 by Committee on Transportation - Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of the county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-27
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died on House Calendar
- Sponsor: Committee on Transportation
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on transportation, senate committee on ways and means, senate committee on transportation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (66 yes, 14 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 Transportation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 33 Nay: 7 | pass | 33 | 7 |   |
| 2026-03-10 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 33 | 7 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-04-10: Died on House Calendar (House)
- 2026-03-18: Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2026-03-16: Hearing: Monday, March 16, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2026-03-11: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-03-11: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2026-03-10: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 33, Nay 7 (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Ways and Means and referred to Committee of the Whole (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Senate Committee on Ways and Means (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_404/sb404_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_404/sb404_00_0000.pdf)
- H Sub for: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_404/sb404_02_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_404/sb404_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_404/sb404_00_0000.pdf)
- [H Sub for (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_404/sb404_02_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB404-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).
