{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} As Amended by Senate Committee AsAmended by House Committee Session of 2026 HOUSE BILLNo.BILL No.
2596 By Representative Sweely 1-29 AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections;
relating to the prison-prison-made made goods act of Kansas;
75-75-5275a. 5275a.
(b) The provisions of this section subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(c) (1) The secretary may establish and maintain a pilot program HBthat 2596—Am.manufactures or produces housing units at the Hutchinson correctional facility.
by SCW 2 that manufactures or produces housing units at the Hutchinson correctional facility.
(2) Such pilot program shall expire on December 31, 2029.2031.
The secretary or the secretary's designee shall make an oral presentation before the house committee on commerce, labor and economic development and the senate committee on commerce at mutually agreed times during the 2030 regular legislative session and provide a report to each such committee with respect to the pilot program and such program's effectiveness.
{ForFor any such contract with a nonprofit organization, the secretary shall also require that the nonprofit organization not request a property tax exemption for such housing units and agree to pay property or ad valorem taxes on such housing units if such housing units are retained and owned by such nonprofit organization.}organization. (5) During each regular session of the legislature, the secretary of corrections shall submit a report to the committee on ways and means of the senate and the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives relating to any such contracts.
(c)(d) As(5) During usedeach inregular thissession section:of the legislature, the secretary of corrections shall submit a report to the committee on ways and means of the senate and the committee on appropriations of the house of representatives relating to any such contracts.
(d) As used in this section:
(2) "manufacturedHOUSE homeBILL dealer"No. has the meaning ascribed to such term by K.S.A.
2596—page 2 (2) "manufactured home dealer" has the meaning ascribed to such term by K.S.A.
HB(d)(e) This 2596—Am.section shall be a part of and supplemental to the prison-made goods act of Kansas.
by SCW 3 (d)(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the prison- made goods act of Kansas.
I hereby certify that the above B ILLoriginated in the H OUSE, and was adopted by that body H OUSE adopted Conference Committee Report Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the SENATE as amended SENATE adopted Conference Committee Report President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
A PPROVED Governor.