# Kansas SB 79: Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance. Kansas SB 79, Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Government Efficiency; status vetoed, last action 2025-04-11 (No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB79-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 79 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance. - Status: vetoed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-27 - Last action: 2025-04-11, No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained - Sponsor: Committee on Government Efficiency - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on welfare reform, senate committee on government efficiency - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 10 (284 yes, 274 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 Government Efficiency ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 11 | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 8 Nay: 29 | fail | 8 | 29 | 1 | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 11 Nay: 28 | fail | 11 | 28 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 29 Nay: 11 | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 65 Nay: 58 | pass | 65 | 58 | | | 2025-04-10 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2025-03-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 65 | 58 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 29 | 11 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected | fail | 8 | 29 | 1 | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was rejected | fail | 11 | 28 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-04-11: No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained (House) - 2025-04-10: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Thursday, April 3, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 29, Nay 11 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 27, 2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Ford Carr (House) - 2025-03-19: Rep. Brian Bergkamp raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane (House) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-03-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 65, Nay 58, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-14: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Welfare Reform (House) - 2025-03-06: Hearing: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 152-S (House) - 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Welfare Reform (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 29, Nay 11 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Dinah Sykes (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was rejected; Yea 11, Nay 28, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Sen. Renee Erickson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected; Yea 8, Nay 29, Absent 2 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S (Senate) - 2025-01-28: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency (Senate) - 2025-01-27: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_79/sb79_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_79/sb79_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_79/sb79_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 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 on Government Efficiency (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_79/sb79_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_79/sb79_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_79/sb79_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-SB79-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).