# Kansas SB 427: Clarifying that the chairperson and vice chairperson of the senate committee on confirmation oversight shall have access to review tax information from the department of revenue and Kansas bureau of investigation background checks on persons appointed to state offices who are subject to senate confirmation.

Kansas SB 427, Clarifying that the chairperson and vice chairperson of the senate committee on confirmation oversight shall have access to review tax information from the department of revenue and Kansas bureau of investigation background checks on persons appointed to state offices who are subject to senate confirmation., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2026-03-27 (Approved by Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 427
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Clarifying that the chairperson and vice chairperson of the senate committee on confirmation oversight shall have access to review tax information from the department of revenue and Kansas bureau of investigation background checks on persons appointed to state offices who are subject to senate confirmation.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-29
- Last action: 2026-03-27, Approved by Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on judiciary, senate committee on judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (326 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 Judiciary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-17 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 123 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2026-03-27: Approved by Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-20: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Final Action - Passed; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2026-03-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2026-03-02: Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2026-02-24: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-30: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-01-29: 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_427/sb427_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_427/sb427_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_427/sb427_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 Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_427/sb427_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_427/sb427_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_427/sb427_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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB427-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).