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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 30: Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by the legislature by ratification.

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 30 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 16, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by the legislature by ratification. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Monday, April 6, 2026.

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 JudiciaryPrimary 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 Monday, April 6, 2026
  2. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 30, Nay 9, Absent 1
  3. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
  4. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
  5. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 30, Nay 10
  6. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 89, Nay 35, Absent 1
  7. Conference committee report now available
  8. Rep. Jill Ward is appointed to replace Rep. Adam Turk on the Conference Committee
  9. Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as second conferees
  10. Conference Committee Report not adopted; Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees
  11. Conference committee report now available
  12. Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 86, Nay 38, Absent 1

Showing 12 most recent of 28 actions. Full history

Sources

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