---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes."
description: "Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2602"
citation: "Kansas HB 2602 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Labor and Employment", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14ab93ae-46c5-4058-87b9-9d5e243ad3a4"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2602/"
source_hash: "ac0eac8294760c9eb8a398f1486d646a2e7da7748dc5986c93855619502853c8"
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 HB 2602 (2025-2026) — Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2602/hb2602_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2602/hb2602_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2602/hb2602_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
- **2026-03-24** Engrossed on Monday, March 23, 2026
- **2026-03-23** Concurred with amendments; Yea 101, Nay 21, Absent 3
- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-26** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Commerce; Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation; Referred to Senate Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Senate Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed; Yea 103, Nay 21, Absent 1 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to House Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14ab93ae-46c5-4058-87b9-9d5e243ad3a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).