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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 436: Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 436 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract. Primary sponsor: Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics. Most recent recorded action (February 18, 2026): Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted.

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 Local Government, Transparency and EthicsPrimary 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. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
  2. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Adam Thomas
  3. Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Adam Thomas was adopted
  4. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
  5. Emergency Final Action - Not passed; Yea 12, Nay 26
  6. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
  7. Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
  8. Introduced

Sources

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