Passed Kansas Firearm Legislation SB356

Legislation Overview

Title: Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.

Description: Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

Last Action Date: April 9, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
Senate	Apr 9, 2026	Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
Senate	Apr 9, 2026	Senate Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
Senate	Mar 27, 2026	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
House	Mar 26, 2026	House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 99 Nay: 25
House	Mar 26, 2026	House Conference committee report now available
Senate	Mar 23, 2026	Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Thompson , Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau as conferees
House	Mar 23, 2026	House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kessler, Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer appointed as conferees
House	Mar 18, 2026	House Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
House	Mar 18, 2026	House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
House	Mar 12, 2026	House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House	Mar 5, 2026	House Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
House	Feb 18, 2026	House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House	Feb 18, 2026	House Received and Introduced
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Senate	Feb 17, 2026	Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed
Senate	Feb 10, 2026	Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 4, 2026	Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
Senate	Jan 22, 2026	Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Jan 21, 2026	Senate Introduced

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Enrolled	Apr 9, 2026	state link	bill text
Comm Sub	not available	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 21, 2026	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
Conference Committee Report	Conference Committee Report	Mar 26, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Mar 12, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No
Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Feb 10, 2026	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: 40 Nay: 0	02/18/2026	40	0	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, 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 Hill, Scott (R) Yea Holscher, Cindy (D) Yea Klemp, Jeff (R) Yea Kloos, Richard (R) Yea Masterson, Ty (R) Yea Miller, Silas (D) 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) Yea 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 Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 105 Nay: 19	03/26/2026	105	19	0	1	Yes
Alcala, John (D) Yea Amyx, Mike (D) Yea Anderson, Avery (R) Yea Awerkamp, Francis (R) Nay Ballard, Barbara (D) Yea Barrett, Brad (R) Yea Bergkamp, Brian (R) Yea Bergquist, Emil (R) Yea Blex, Douglas (R) Yea Bloom, Lewis (R) Yea Boatman, Abi (D) Yea Bohi, Lauren (R) Yea Borjon, Jesse (R) Yea Brantley, Sherri (R) Yea Brownlee Paige, Wanda (D) Yea Brunk, Steven (R) Yea Bryce, Ron (R) Yea Buehler, David (R) Yea Butler, Nathan (R) Yea Caiharr, Carolyn (R) Nay Carlin, Sydney (D) Nay Carmichael, John (D) Yea Carpenter, Blake (R) Yea Carpenter, Will (R) Yea Carr, Ford (D) Nay Chauncey, Shawn (R) Yea Clayton, Stephanie (R) Yea Collins, Kenneth (R) Yea Corbet, Ken (R) Yea Croft, Chris (R) Yea Curtis, Pam (D) Yea Delperdang, Leo (R) Yea Droge, Duane (R) Yea Ellis, Ronald (R) Nay Esau, Charlotte (R) Nay Essex, Robyn (R) Yea Estes, Susan (R) Yea Fairchild, Brett (R) Yea Featherston, Linda (D) Yea Francis, Shannon (R) Yea Gardner, Fred (R) Yea Goddard, Dan (R) Yea Goetz, Jason (R) Yea Haskins, Kirk (D) Yea Hawkins, Dan (R) Yea Helgerson, Henry (D) Nay Helwig, Dale (R) Nay Hoffman, Kyle (R) Yea Hoheisel, Nick (R) Yea Howe, Steven (R) Absent Howell, Leah (R) Yea Howerton, Cyndi (R) Nay Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Yea 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) Yea McDonald, Nikki (D) Yea McNorton, Kyle (R) Yea Melton, Lynn (D) Yea Meyer, Heather (D) Yea Minnix, Jim (R) Yea Moser, Lisa (R) Nay Mosley, Brooklynne (D) Nay Neelly, Lance (R) Yea Neighbor, Cindy (D) Yea Ohaebosim, KC (D) Yea Oropeza, Melissa (D) Yea Osman, Dan (D) Yea Ousley, Jarrod (D) Yea Pickert, Sandy (R) Yea Pishny, Lon (R) Yea Poetter, Samantha (R) Yea Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Yea Proctor, Patrick (R) Yea Rahjes, Ken (R) Yea Reavis, Allen (R) Yea Rhiley, Bill (R) Nay Roeser, Angel (R) Yea Roth, Webster (R) Yea Ruiz, Louis (D) Yea Ruiz, Susan (D) Yea Sanders, Clarke (R) Yea Sappington, Courtney (R) Nay Sawyer, Tom (D) Yea Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Yea Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Yea Schreiber, Mark (R) Yea Schwertfeger, Kevin (R) Nay Seiwert, Joe (R) Nay Simmons, Alexis (D) Nay Smith, Adam (R) Yea Smith, Charles (R) Yea Steele, Megan (R) Yea Stiens, Angela (R) Yea Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Yea Storm, Mike (R) Yea Sutton, Bill (R) Yea Sweely, Kyler (R) Yea Tarwater, Sean (R) Yea Turk, Adam (R) Yea Turner, Carl (R) Yea VanHouden, Chip (R) Yea Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Yea Waggoner, Paul (R) Nay Ward, Jill (R) Yea Wasinger, Barbara (R) Yea Waymaster, Troy (R) Yea Weigel, Virgil (D) Yea White, Gary (R) Yea Wikle, Suzanne (D) Yea Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea Willcott, Sean (R) Yea Williams, Kristey (R) Nay Williams, Laura (R) Yea Wilson, Greg (R) Yea Winn, Valdenia (D) Yea Wolf, Dawn (R) Nay Woodard, Brandon (D) Yea Xu, Rui (D) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 39 Nay: 1	03/27/2026	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, 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 Hill, Scott (R) Nay Holscher, Cindy (D) Yea Klemp, Jeff (R) Yea Kloos, Richard (R) Yea Masterson, Ty (R) Yea Miller, Silas (D) 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) Yea 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 Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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