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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2217: Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2217 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto. Primary sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services. Most recent recorded action (April 11, 2025): Law effective July 1, 2025.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Health and Human ServicesPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Law effective July 1, 2025
  2. Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Thursday, April 3, 2025
  3. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 87, Nay 38
  4. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 30, Nay 10
  5. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
  6. Committee of the Whole - Be passed
  7. Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 30, Nay 10
  8. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
  9. Engrossed on Wednesday, March 12, 2025
  10. Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
  11. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 85, Nay 37, Absent 3
  12. Received and Introduced

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source