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Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 79: Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance.

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 79 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 27, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance. Primary sponsor: Committee on Government Efficiency. Most recent recorded action (April 11, 2025): No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained.

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 Government EfficiencyPrimary 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. No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  2. Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Thursday, April 3, 2025
  3. Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 29, Nay 11
  4. Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 27, 2025
  5. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Ford Carr
  6. Rep. Brian Bergkamp raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane
  7. Committee of the Whole - Be passed
  8. Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
  9. Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 65, Nay 58, Absent 2
  10. Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Welfare Reform
  11. Received and Introduced
  12. Referred to House Committee on Welfare Reform

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

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