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HB2627 • 2026

Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died on Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

What This Bill Does

  • Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

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. 2026-04-10 House

    Died on Calendar

  2. 2026-03-25 Senate

    Sen. William Clifford is appointed to replace Sen. Rick Billinger on the Conference Committee

  3. 2026-03-24 Senate

    Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Mike Thompson , Sen. Rick Billinger and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees

  4. 2026-03-23 House

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Rick James , $conferee2$ and Rep. Shawn Chauncey

  5. 2026-03-19 Senate

    Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0

  6. 2026-03-18 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  7. 2026-03-18 Senate

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  8. 2026-03-16 Senate

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

  9. 2026-03-12 Senate

    Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2026, 12:00 PM — Room 144-S event

  10. 2026-02-26 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs

Official Summary Text

Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.

Current Bill Text

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As Amended by Senate Committee
As Amended by House Committee
Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2627
By Committee on Veterans and Military
Requested by Lt Col Keith Marshall on behalf of the Adjutant General's Office
2-2
AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to permissive
preference in private employment; expanding permissive preference to
include servicemembers and eligible spouses; amending K.S.A. 73-231
and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 73-231 is hereby amended to read as follows: 73-
231. (a) As used in this section,:
(1) "Eligible spouse" means an individual who is married to
servicemember or an active duty member of the military service of the
United States who resides in and is stationed in Kansas.
(2) "Servicemember" means an individual who resides in and is
stationed in Kansas and is:
(A) A current member in good standing of the United States army or
air national guard; or
(B) a current member of a unit of the reserve forces of the United
States military.
(3) "Veteran" shall have the meaning ascribed to it means the same as
defined in K.S.A. 73-201, and amendments thereto.
(b) There is hereby established a permissive preference in private
employment for veterans, servicemembers and eligible spouses.
(c) A private employer may adopt an employment policy that gives
preference in hiring to a veteran, servicemember or eligible spouse
provided that the veteran, servicemember or eligible spouse meets the
requirements of the vacant position.
(d) Such employment policy shall be:
(1) In writing; and
(2) applied consistently to all decisions regarding initial employment.
(e) TheA veteran shall submit proof of such veteran's military service
and honorable discharge or general discharge under honorable conditions
to a private employer with such veterans preference employment policy to
establish eligibility for the preference. A servicemember shall submit
certification evidence of current military membership in good standing
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HB 2627—Am. by SC 2
and duty station in Kansas. An eligible spouse shall submit proof of
marriage, certification of the spouse's military membership and duty
station in Kansas, signed by a unit commander, and to an eligible
servicemember, proof of residency living in Kansas and official
documentation verifying the servicemember's current military status,
including military orders reflecting such servicemember's assignment or
a current leave and earnings statement.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 73-231 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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