Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: Introduced

SB512 — Removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages and removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions.

Last action — Died in Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 16, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance; removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment; deleting the eight-week cap on temporary unemployment; removing the secretary's authority and criteria to grant eight-week extension increments, employer reporting duties for extensions and the industry-specific eligibility for extensions; excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages; removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions; prohibiting charging contributing employers in ready-mixed concrete and specified construction industries for benefit charges arising from temporary layoffs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-703, 44-710, 44-710a and 44-775 and repealing the existing sections.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Committee

  2. Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Commerce; Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce

  3. Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation

  4. Introduced

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation · Primary

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB512 do?
AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance; removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment; deleting the eight-week cap on temporary unemployment; removing the secretary's authority and criteria to grant eight-week extension increments, employer reporting duties for extensions and the industry-specific eligibility for extensions; excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages; removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions; prohibiting charging contributing employers in ready-mixed concrete and specified construction industries for benefit charges arising from temporary layoffs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-703, 44-710, 44-710a and 44-775 and repealing the existing sections.
Who sponsors SB512?
SB512 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
What is the current status of SB512?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 16, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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