# Kansas SB 462: Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing that only the attorney general may file claims regarding public nuisances that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision unless the attorney general delegates authorization to file such claims and requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions. Kansas SB 462, Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing that only the attorney general may file claims regarding public nuisances that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision unless the attorney general delegates authorization to file such claims and requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status became law, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB462-2025-2026 - 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 462 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing that only the attorney general may file claims regarding public nuisances that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision unless the attorney general delegates authorization to file such claims and requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions. - Status: became law - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on judiciary, senate committee on judiciary - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 12 (688 yes, 288 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: 84 Nay: 40 | pass | 84 | 40 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 30 Nay: 9 | pass | 30 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 86 Nay: 37 | pass | 86 | 37 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 11 | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 86 Nay: 37 | pass | 86 | 37 | | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 30 | 9 | | | 2026-04-09 | House | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 86 | 37 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 86 | 37 | | | 2026-03-18 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 84 | 40 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 29 | 11 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 30, Nay 9, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 86, Nay 37, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-27: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 86, Nay 37, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as second conferees (House) - 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate) - 2026-03-23: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees (House) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Dan Osman (House) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Dan Osman was rejected (House) - 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-03-18: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2026-03-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 84, Nay 40, Absent 1 (House) - 2026-03-12: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2026-03-04: Hearing: Wednesday, March 4, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 29, Nay 11 (Senate) - 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-10: Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-03: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb462_02_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_462/sb462_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_462/sb462_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_462/sb462_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 House Committee on Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb462_02_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_462/sb462_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_462/sb462_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_462/sb462_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-SB462-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).