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Proposed Kansas Firearm Legislation SB137

Legislation Overview

Title: Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.

Description: Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Last Action Date: April 10, 2025

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Apr 10, 2025	Senate Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
Senate	Apr 10, 2025	Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025
House	Mar 20, 2025	House Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Featherston
House	Mar 20, 2025	House Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 90 Nay: 28
House	Mar 20, 2025	House Committee of the Whole - Be passed
House	Mar 20, 2025	House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Featherston was rejected Yea: 32 Nay: 69
House	Mar 18, 2025	House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House	Mar 12, 2025	House Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
House	Feb 28, 2025	House Received and Introduced
House	Feb 28, 2025	House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 27, 2025	Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
Senate	Feb 26, 2025	Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed
Senate	Feb 26, 2025	Senate Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected
Senate	Feb 26, 2025	Senate Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
Senate	Feb 18, 2025	Senate Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
Senate	Feb 11, 2025	Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 11, 2025	Senate Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
Senate	Feb 3, 2025	Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Jan 31, 2025	Senate Introduced

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	Apr 10, 2025	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 31, 2025	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
House Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Featherston)	House Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Featherston)	Mar 20, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Mar 18, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
Senate Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt)	Senate Floor Amendment (Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt)	Feb 26, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No
Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Feb 11, 2025	State Link	amendment text	No

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
Senate Final Action - Passed - Yea: 39 Nay: 1	02/27/2025	39	1	0	0	Yes
Alley, Larry (R) Yea Argabright, Mike (R) Yea Arnberger-Blew, Tory (R) Yea Billinger, Richard (R) Yea Blasi, Chase (R) Yea Bowers, Elaine (R) Yea Bowser, Craig (R) Yea Claeys, J. R. (R) Yea Claeys, Joseph (R) Yea Clifford, Bill (R) Yea Corson, Ethan (D) Yea Dietrich, Brenda (R) Yea Erickson, Renee (R) Yea Fagg, Michael (R) Yea Faust-Goudeau, Oletha (D) Yea Francisco, Marci (D) Yea Gossage, Beverly (R) Yea Haley, David (D) Yea Holscher, Cindy (D) Yea Klemp, Jeff (R) Yea Kloos, Richard (R) Yea Masterson, Ty (R) Yea Murphy, Michael (R) Yea Owens, Stephen (R) Yea Peck, Virgil (R) Yea Petersen, Mike (R) Yea Pettey, Pat (D) Yea Rose, TJ (R) Yea Ryckman, Ronald (R) Yea Schmidt, Patrick (D) Nay Shallenburger, Tim (R) Yea Shane, Douglas (R) Yea Starnes, Brad (R) Yea Sykes, Dinah (R) Yea Thomas, Adam (R) Yea Thompson, Mike (R) Yea Titus, Kenny (R) Yea Tyson, Caryn (R) Yea Ware, Mary (D) Yea Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Featherston was rejected - Yea: 32 Nay: 69	03/20/2025	32	69	0	24	No
Alcala, John (D) Yea Amyx, Mike (D) Yea Anderson, Avery (R) Nay Awerkamp, Francis (R) Nay Ballard, Barbara (D) Yea Barrett, Brad (R) Nay Barth, Carrie (R) Absent Bergkamp, Brian (R) Nay Bergquist, Emil (R) Nay Blex, Douglas (R) Absent Bloom, Lewis (R) Nay Bohi, Lauren (R) Absent Borjon, Jesse (R) Nay Brantley, Sherri (R) Absent Brownlee Paige, Wanda (D) Yea Bryce, Ron (R) Nay Buehler, David (R) Absent Butler, Nathan (R) Nay Carlin, Sydney (D) Yea Carmichael, John (D) Yea Carpenter, Blake (R) Nay Carpenter, Will (R) Nay Carr, Ford (D) Yea Chauncey, Shawn (R) Nay Clayton, Stephanie (R) Yea Collins, Kenneth (R) Nay Corbet, Ken (R) Nay Croft, Chris (R) Nay Curtis, Pam (D) Yea Delperdang, Leo (R) Absent Droge, Duane (R) Nay Ellis, Ronald (R) Absent Esau, Charlotte (R) Nay Essex, Robyn (R) Absent Estes, Susan (R) Nay Fairchild, Brett (R) Nay Featherston, Linda (D) Yea Francis, Shannon (R) Nay Gardner, Fred (R) Nay Goddard, Dan (R) Nay Goetz, Jason (R) Nay Haskins, Kirk (D) Absent Hawkins, Dan (R) Nay Helgerson, Henry (D) Yea Helwig, Dale (R) Nay Hill, Scott (R) Nay Hoffman, Kyle (R) Nay Hoheisel, Nick (R) Nay Howe, Steven (R) Nay Howell, Leah (R) Nay Howerton, Cyndi (R) Nay Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Yea Huebert, Steven (R) Nay Humphries, Susan (R) Nay James, Ricky (R) Nay Johnson, Timothy (R) Nay Kessler, Tom (R) Nay King, Mike (R) Nay Lewis, Bob (R) Absent Long, Martin (R) Nay Martinez, Angela (D) Absent McDonald, Nikki (D) Yea McNorton, Kyle (R) Nay Melton, Lynn (D) Yea Meyer, Heather (D) Yea Miller, Silas (D) Absent Minnix, Jim (R) Nay Moser, Lisa (R) Nay Mosley, Brooklynne (D) Yea Neelly, Lance (R) Nay Neighbor, Cindy (D) Yea Ohaebosim, KC (D) Yea Oropeza, Melissa (D) Yea Osman, Dan (D) Yea Ousley, Jarrod (D) Yea Penn, Patrick (R) Nay Pickert, Sandy (R) Nay Pishny, Lon (R) Nay Poetter, Samantha (R) Absent Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Absent Proctor, Patrick (R) Nay Rahjes, Ken (R) Nay Reavis, Allen (R) Nay Resman, John (R) Nay Rhiley, Bill (R) Nay Roeser, Angel (R) Absent Roth, Webster (R) Absent Ruiz, Louis (D) Absent Ruiz, Susan (D) Yea Sanders, Clarke (R) Nay Sawyer, Tom (D) Absent Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Yea Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Nay Schreiber, Mark (R) Yea Schwertfeger, Kevin (R) Nay Seiwert, Joe (R) Nay Simmons, Alexis (D) Yea Smith, Adam (R) Nay Smith, Charles (R) Nay Steele, Megan (R) Nay Stiens, Angela (R) Nay Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Yea Sutton, Bill (R) Absent Sweely, Kyler (R) Absent Tarwater, Sean (R) Nay Thompson, Mike (R) Nay Turk, Adam (R) Nay Turner, Carl (R) Nay VanHouden, Chip (R) Nay Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Yea Waggoner, Paul (R) Nay Ward, Jill (R) Absent Wasinger, Barbara (R) Absent Waymaster, Troy (R) Absent Weigel, Virgil (D) Yea White, Gary (R) Nay Wikle, Suzanne (D) Yea Wilborn, Richard (R) Nay Willcott, Sean (R) Nay Williams, Kristey (R) Nay Williams, Laura (R) Absent Winn, Valdenia (D) Yea Wolf, Dawn (R) Nay Woodard, Brandon (D) Yea Xu, Rui (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 90 Nay: 28	03/20/2025	90	28	0	7	Yes
Alcala, John (D) Nay Amyx, Mike (D) Nay Anderson, Avery (R) Yea Awerkamp, Francis (R) Yea Ballard, Barbara (D) Nay Barrett, Brad (R) Yea Barth, Carrie (R) Yea Bergkamp, Brian (R) Yea Bergquist, Emil (R) Yea Blex, Douglas (R) Absent Bloom, Lewis (R) Yea Bohi, Lauren (R) Yea Borjon, Jesse (R) Yea Brantley, Sherri (R) Yea Brownlee Paige, Wanda (D) Nay Bryce, Ron (R) Yea Buehler, David (R) Yea Butler, Nathan (R) Yea Carlin, Sydney (D) Nay Carmichael, John (D) Nay Carpenter, Blake (R) Yea Carpenter, Will (R) Yea Carr, Ford (D) Nay Chauncey, Shawn (R) Yea Clayton, Stephanie (R) Nay Collins, Kenneth (R) Yea Corbet, Ken (R) Yea Croft, Chris (R) Yea Curtis, Pam (D) Nay Delperdang, Leo (R) Yea Droge, Duane (R) Yea Ellis, Ronald (R) Absent Esau, Charlotte (R) Yea Essex, Robyn (R) Yea Estes, Susan (R) Yea Fairchild, Brett (R) Yea Featherston, Linda (D) Nay Francis, Shannon (R) Yea Gardner, Fred (R) Yea Goddard, Dan (R) Yea Goetz, Jason (R) Yea Haskins, Kirk (D) Absent Hawkins, Dan (R) Yea Helgerson, Henry (D) Yea Helwig, Dale (R) Yea Hill, Scott (R) Yea Hoffman, Kyle (R) Yea Hoheisel, Nick (R) Yea Howe, Steven (R) Yea Howell, Leah (R) Yea Howerton, Cyndi (R) Yea Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Nay Huebert, Steven (R) Yea Humphries, Susan (R) Yea James, Ricky (R) Yea Johnson, Timothy (R) Yea Kessler, Tom (R) Yea King, Mike (R) Yea Lewis, Bob (R) Yea Long, Martin (R) Yea Martinez, Angela (D) Nay McDonald, Nikki (D) Yea McNorton, Kyle (R) Yea Melton, Lynn (D) Yea Meyer, Heather (D) Nay Miller, Silas (D) Yea Minnix, Jim (R) Yea Moser, Lisa (R) Yea Mosley, Brooklynne (D) Nay Neelly, Lance (R) Yea Neighbor, Cindy (D) Nay Ohaebosim, KC (D) Nay Oropeza, Melissa (D) Nay Osman, Dan (D) Yea Ousley, Jarrod (D) Nay Penn, Patrick (R) Yea Pickert, Sandy (R) Yea Pishny, Lon (R) Yea Poetter, Samantha (R) Absent Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Absent Proctor, Patrick (R) Yea Rahjes, Ken (R) Yea Reavis, Allen (R) Yea Resman, John (R) Yea Rhiley, Bill (R) Yea Roeser, Angel (R) Yea Roth, Webster (R) Absent Ruiz, Louis (D) Absent Ruiz, Susan (D) Nay Sanders, Clarke (R) Yea Sawyer, Tom (D) Yea Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Nay Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Yea Schreiber, Mark (R) Yea Schwertfeger, Kevin (R) Yea Seiwert, Joe (R) Yea Simmons, Alexis (D) Nay Smith, Adam (R) Yea Smith, Charles (R) Yea Steele, Megan (R) Yea Stiens, Angela (R) Yea Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Nay Sutton, Bill (R) Yea Sweely, Kyler (R) Yea Tarwater, Sean (R) Yea Thompson, Mike (R) Yea Turk, Adam (R) Yea Turner, Carl (R) Yea VanHouden, Chip (R) Yea Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Nay Waggoner, Paul (R) Yea Ward, Jill (R) Yea Wasinger, Barbara (R) Yea Waymaster, Troy (R) Yea Weigel, Virgil (D) Nay White, Gary (R) Yea Wikle, Suzanne (D) Nay Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea Willcott, Sean (R) Yea Williams, Kristey (R) Yea Williams, Laura (R) Yea Winn, Valdenia (D) Nay Wolf, Dawn (R) Yea Woodard, Brandon (D) Nay Xu, Rui (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

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