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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2627: Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

Passed both chambers Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 2627 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses. Primary sponsor: Committee on Veterans and Military. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died on Calendar.

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 Veterans and MilitaryPrimary 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. Died on Calendar
  2. Sen. William Clifford is appointed to replace Sen. Rick Billinger on the Conference Committee
  3. Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson, Sen. Rick Billinger and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
  4. Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Rick James, $conferee2$ and Rep. Shawn Chauncey
  5. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
  6. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  7. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  8. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
  9. Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
  10. Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
  11. Received and Introduced
  12. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 111, Nay 11, Absent 3

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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