Kansas 2023-2024 Regular Session Status: Passed House

HB 2140 — Increasing the age range of able-bodied adults without dependents required to complete an employment and training program to receive food assistance.

Last action — Died in Senate Committee

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

This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Died in Senate Committee

  2. Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare

  3. Engrossed on Thursday, March 30, 2023

  4. Received and Introduced

  5. Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 82 Nay: 42

  6. Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  7. Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained Yea: 84 Nay: 39

  8. Representative Lewis raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.

  9. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer

  10. Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Meyer

  11. Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  12. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  13. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Welfare Reform

  14. Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Welfare Reform

  15. Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations

  16. Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar

  17. Committee of the Whole - Now working on

  18. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Welfare Reform

  19. Hearing: Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 152-S

  20. Referred to Committee on Welfare Reform

  21. Introduced

Sponsors

  • Committee on Welfare Reform · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on · 29 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Welfare Reform

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

164 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Final Action - Passed as amended;

Passed 82 Yea · 42 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 60100
Unaffiliated 211301
Democrat 12800
Total 824201
% of votes cast 66%34%0%1%
How each member voted (125)
Member Party Vote
Barth — Yea
B. — Yea
W. — Yea
Dodson — Yea
Donohoe — Yea
Eplee — Yea
Garber — Yea
Houser — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Landwehr — Yea
Mason — Yea
Maughan — Yea
Patton — Yea
Penn — Yea
Resman — Yea
Robinson — Yea
A. — Yea
C. — Yea
E. — Yea
Underhill — Yea
K. — Yea
Boyd — Nay
Concannon — Nay
Haswood — Nay
Highberger — Nay
Hougland — Nay
D. — Nay
S. — Nay
V. — Nay
Probst — Nay
L. — Nay
S. — Nay
L. — Nay
Younger — Nay
Poetter — Not Voting
Angela Martinez Democrat Yea
Barbara Ballard Democrat Nay
Brandon Woodard Democrat Nay
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Nay
Dan Osman Democrat Nay
Ford Carr Democrat Nay
Heather Meyer Democrat Nay
Henry Helgerson Democrat Nay
Jarrod Ousley Democrat Nay
Jerry Stogsdill Democrat Nay
Jo Ella Hoye Democrat Nay
John Alcala Democrat Nay
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Nay
Kirk Haskins Democrat Nay
Linda Featherston Democrat Nay
Lindsay Vaughn Democrat Nay
Lynn Melton Democrat Nay
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Nay
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Nay
Mike Amyx Democrat Nay
Pam Curtis Democrat Nay
Rui Xu Democrat Nay
Sydney Carlin Democrat Nay
Tobias Schlingensiepen Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Nay
Valdenia Winn Democrat Nay
Virgil Weigel Democrat Nay
Adam Thomas Republican Yea
Adam Turk Republican Yea
Avery Anderson Republican Yea
Barb Wasinger Republican Yea
Bill Rhiley Republican Yea
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Yea
Brett Fairchild Republican Yea
Brian Bergkamp Republican Yea
Carl Turner Republican Yea
Chris Croft Republican Yea
Clarke Sanders Republican Yea
Cyndi Howerton Republican Yea
Dan Goddard Republican Yea
Daniel Hawkins Republican Yea
David Buehler Republican Yea
Doug Blex Republican Yea
Duane Droge Republican Yea
Emil Bergquist Republican Yea
Francis Awerkamp Republican Yea
Fred Gardner Republican Yea
Gary White Republican Yea
Jason W. Goetz Republican Yea
Jesse Borjon Republican Yea
Jim Minnix Republican Yea
Joe Seiwert Republican Yea
Ken Corbet Republican Yea
Ken Rahjes Republican Yea
Kenneth Collins Republican Yea
Kenny Titus Republican Yea
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Lance W. Neelly Republican Yea
Leah Howell Republican Yea
Leo Delperdang Republican Yea
Lewis "Bill" Bloom Republican Yea
Lisa M. Moser Republican Yea
Mark Schreiber Republican Nay
Michael Murphy Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Nathan Butler Republican Yea
Nick Hoheisel Republican Yea
Pat Proctor Republican Yea
Paul Waggoner Republican Yea
Rebecca Schmoe Republican Yea
Robyn R. Essex Republican Yea
Ron Bryce Republican Yea
Ronald Ellis Republican Yea
Sandy Pickert Republican Yea
Scott Hill Republican Yea
Sean Tarwater Republican Yea
Shannon Francis Republican Yea
Stephen Owens Republican Yea
Steven K. Howe Republican Yea
Susan Estes Republican Yea
Susan Humphries Republican Yea
Timothy Johnson Republican Yea
Tom Kessler Republican Yea
Tory Marie Blew Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea
Webster T. Roth Republican Yea
William Clifford Republican Yea

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Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained

Passed 84 Yea · 39 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 61000
Unaffiliated 231002
Democrat 02900
Total 843902
% of votes cast 67%31%0%2%
How each member voted (125)
Member Party Vote
Barth — Yea
B. — Yea
W. — Yea
Concannon — Yea
Dodson — Yea
Donohoe — Yea
Eplee — Yea
Garber — Yea
Houser — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Landwehr — Yea
Mason — Yea
Maughan — Yea
Patton — Yea
Penn — Yea
Resman — Yea
Robinson — Yea
A. — Yea
C. — Yea
E. — Yea
K. — Yea
L. — Yea
Younger — Yea
Boyd — Nay
Haswood — Nay
Highberger — Nay
Hougland — Nay
D. — Nay
S. — Nay
V. — Nay
Probst — Nay
L. — Nay
S. — Nay
Poetter — Not Voting
Underhill — Not Voting
Angela Martinez Democrat Nay
Barbara Ballard Democrat Nay
Brandon Woodard Democrat Nay
Cindy Neighbor Democrat Nay
Dan Osman Democrat Nay
Ford Carr Democrat Nay
Heather Meyer Democrat Nay
Henry Helgerson Democrat Nay
Jarrod Ousley Democrat Nay
Jerry Stogsdill Democrat Nay
Jo Ella Hoye Democrat Nay
John Alcala Democrat Nay
John Carmichael Democrat Nay
KC Ohaebosim Democrat Nay
Kirk Haskins Democrat Nay
Linda Featherston Democrat Nay
Lindsay Vaughn Democrat Nay
Lynn Melton Democrat Nay
Mari-Lynn Poskin Democrat Nay
Melissa Oropeza Democrat Nay
Mike Amyx Democrat Nay
Pam Curtis Democrat Nay
Rui Xu Democrat Nay
Sydney Carlin Democrat Nay
Tobias Schlingensiepen Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Nay
Tom Sawyer Democrat Nay
Valdenia Winn Democrat Nay
Virgil Weigel Democrat Nay
Adam Thomas Republican Yea
Adam Turk Republican Yea
Avery Anderson Republican Yea
Barb Wasinger Republican Yea
Bill Rhiley Republican Yea
Bill Sutton Republican Yea
Bob Lewis Republican Yea
Brett Fairchild Republican Yea
Brian Bergkamp Republican Yea
Carl Turner Republican Yea
Chris Croft Republican Yea
Clarke Sanders Republican Yea
Cyndi Howerton Republican Yea
Dan Goddard Republican Yea
Daniel Hawkins Republican Yea
David Buehler Republican Yea
Doug Blex Republican Yea
Duane Droge Republican Yea
Emil Bergquist Republican Yea
Francis Awerkamp Republican Yea
Fred Gardner Republican Yea
Gary White Republican Yea
Jason W. Goetz Republican Yea
Jesse Borjon Republican Yea
Jim Minnix Republican Yea
Joe Seiwert Republican Yea
Ken Corbet Republican Yea
Ken Rahjes Republican Yea
Kenneth Collins Republican Yea
Kenny Titus Republican Yea
Kyle Hoffman Republican Yea
Lance W. Neelly Republican Yea
Leah Howell Republican Yea
Leo Delperdang Republican Yea
Lewis "Bill" Bloom Republican Yea
Lisa M. Moser Republican Yea
Mark Schreiber Republican Yea
Michael Murphy Republican Yea
Mike Thompson Republican Yea
Nathan Butler Republican Yea
Nick Hoheisel Republican Yea
Pat Proctor Republican Yea
Paul Waggoner Republican Yea
Rebecca Schmoe Republican Yea
Robyn R. Essex Republican Yea
Ron Bryce Republican Yea
Ronald Ellis Republican Yea
Sandy Pickert Republican Yea
Scott Hill Republican Yea
Sean Tarwater Republican Yea
Shannon Francis Republican Yea
Stephen Owens Republican Yea
Steven K. Howe Republican Yea
Susan Estes Republican Yea
Susan Humphries Republican Yea
Timothy Johnson Republican Yea
Tom Kessler Republican Yea
Tory Marie Blew Republican Yea
Troy Waymaster Republican Yea
Webster T. Roth Republican Yea
William Clifford Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 2140?
HB 2140 is sponsored by Committee on Welfare Reform.
What is the current status of HB 2140?
This bill died with 2023-2024 Regular Session. It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track HB 2140?
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