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type: "Bill"
title: "Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program and requiring the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight hold meetings each quarter."
description: "Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program and requiring the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight hold meetings each quarter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Kansas SB 271 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children and Minors", "Health and Environment", "Department of", "Insurance", "SB 327"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-17"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c51c09a5-a4ab-414c-bb66-74f2a8d5c5fe"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB271/"
source_hash: "44c0bb94d848895764ece90c41c28d71dcd1b1c737441bec70278d1f47d10191"
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 271 (2025-2026) — Updating income eligibility requirements for the state children's health insurance program and requiring the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight hold meetings each quarter.
## 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_271/sb271_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_271/sb271_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_271/sb271_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_271/sb271_02_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_271/sb271_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
- **2026-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 125, Nay 0
- **2026-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2026-03-23** Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Will Carpenter, Rep. Ron Bryce and Rep. Susan Ruiz appointed as conferees
- **2026-03-23** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Beverly Gossage, Sen. William Clifford and Sen. Cindy Holscher
- **2026-03-12** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 5 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-24** Referred to House Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-18** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kenny Titus was adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kenny Titus
- **2026-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c51c09a5-a4ab-414c-bb66-74f2a8d5c5fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).