---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 27 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing for a maximum of 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits and compensation for the pre-payment waiting period."
description: "House Substitute for SB 27 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing for a maximum of 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits and compensation for the pre-payment waiting period."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Kansas SB 27 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/147f20ed-c6d6-4681-8dd1-9001d10dc1ad"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb27"
source_hash: "a377d11795f67ac2ae8beef8a53e367a625cc7662260e4d90277878cc931cdf6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 27 (2019-2020) — House Substitute for SB 27 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing for a maximum of 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits and compensation for the pre-payment waiting period.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb27_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective March 19, 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb27_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb27_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **31–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce — primary (organization)
- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing: Tuesday, February 5, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
- **2019-02-21** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Commerce `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing: Thursday, March 12, 2020, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2020-03-17** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2020-03-17** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 31 Nay: 3
- **2020-03-19** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 19, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 19, 2020 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/147f20ed-c6d6-4681-8dd1-9001d10dc1ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).