---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer."
description: "Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Kansas SB 137 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbaf0d04-b1d5-401c-b383-ab3379150445"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB137/"
source_hash: "ef6ab62bd9acb65553b8b5dd4a80a545d49d27cfe012f1da2f7ad5c866320d35"
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 137 (2025-2026) — Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.

## 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/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_137/sb137_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/sb_137/sb137_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 90, Nay 28, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Linda Featherston was rejected; Yea 32, Nay 69, Absent 24
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Linda Featherston
- **2025-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-28** Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-27** Final Action - Passed; Yea 39, Nay 1 `passage`
- **2025-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- **2025-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- **2025-02-18** Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
- **2025-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbaf0d04-b1d5-401c-b383-ab3379150445`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).