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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 29: Substitute for SB 29 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of infectious or contagious disease.

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

SB 29 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Substitute for SB 29 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Removing the authority of the county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of infectious or contagious disease. Primary sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2025): Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Thursday, April 3, 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 Public Health and WelfarePrimary 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. Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Thursday, April 3, 2025
  2. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 31, Nay 9
  3. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 86, Nay 38, Absent 1
  4. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
  5. Concurred with amendments; Yea 31, Nay 9
  6. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  7. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
  8. Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
  9. Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 36, Absent 1
  10. Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
  11. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services
  12. Received and Introduced

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

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