---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages."
description: "Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 335"
citation: "Kansas SB 335 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts and Contractors", "State Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tim Shallenburger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-15"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dff12874-8ef1-4308-a26b-398194b4e720"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB335/"
source_hash: "cdf5b193f87a7a5604ae20b03dc7995cf729cc5aacb7c8d6b1a03788d013a21c"
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 335 (2025-2026) — Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages.

## 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/sb_335/sb335_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_335/sb335_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Tim Shallenburger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-12** Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 9, 2026
- **2026-03-05** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 84, Nay 34, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- **2026-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Ruling of the chair was sustained; Yea 78, Nay 34, Absent 12
- **2026-03-05** Rep. Mike King raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane
- **2026-03-05** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Pam Curtis
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-18** Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed; Yea 37, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-16** Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dff12874-8ef1-4308-a26b-398194b4e720`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).