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HB2101 • 2026

Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.

Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2025-04-10
Official status
Will become law without Governor's signature
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.

Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-10 House

    Will become law without Governor's signature

  2. 2025-03-25 House

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 25, 2025

  3. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 29, Nay 11

  4. 2025-03-19 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

  5. 2025-03-17 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency

  6. 2025-03-10 Senate

    Hearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 144-S event

  7. 2025-02-26 House

    Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025

  8. 2025-02-26 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency

  9. 2025-02-25 Senate

    Received and Introduced

  10. 2025-02-20 House

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 86, Nay 37, Absent 2

Official Summary Text

Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL No. 2101
AN ACT concerning public assistance; prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or
implementing a guaranteed income program; rendering prior adopted programs null
and void; defining guaranteed income program.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. (a) A city or county shall not adopt or enforce an
ordinance or resolution, respectively, that establishes or provides for the
operation of a guaranteed income program that uses tax revenue unless
the legislature expressly consents to and approves of such program by
an act of the legislature.
(b) Any ordinance or resolution prohibited by subsection (a) that
was adopted prior to July 1, 2025, shall be null and void.
(c) As used in this section, "guaranteed income program" means a
program that is not expressly required by federal law or regulation and
provides individuals with a regular periodic cash payment.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and passed
that body
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.

Passed the SENATE ______________________________________________________________________________
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Governor.