Title: Enacting the Kansas public investments and contracts protection act concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, prohibiting the state and political subdivisions from giving preferential treatment to or discriminating against companies based on such ESG criteria in procuring or letting contracts, requiring KPERS fiduciaries to act solely in the financial interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the system, indemnifying KPERS with respect to actions taken in compliance with such act, restricting state agencies from adopting ESG criteria or requiring any person or business to operate in accordance with such criteria and providing for enforcement of such act by the attorney general.
Description: Enacting the Kansas public investments and contracts protection act concerning environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria, prohibiting the state and political subdivisions from giving preferential treatment to or discriminating against companies based on such ESG criteria in procuring or letting contracts, requiring KPERS fiduciaries to act solely in the financial interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the system, indemnifying KPERS with respect to actions taken in compliance with such act, restricting state agencies from adopting ESG criteria or requiring any person or business to operate in accordance with such criteria and providing for enforcement of such act by the attorney general.
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Chamber |
Date |
Action |
House |
Apr 25, 2023 |
House Will become law without Governor's signature |
House |
Apr 24, 2023 |
House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 |
Senate |
Apr 6, 2023 |
Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 27 Nay: 12 |
Senate |
Apr 6, 2023 |
Senate Motion to reconsider previous action. Motion carried by voice vote. |
Senate |
Apr 6, 2023 |
Senate Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea: 18 Nay: 20 |
House |
Apr 6, 2023 |
House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 76 Nay: 47 |
Senate |
Apr 6, 2023 |
Senate Conference committee report now available |
Senate |
Apr 5, 2023 |
Senate Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Kloos and Senator Holscher appointed as second conferees |
House |
Apr 5, 2023 |
House Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Hoheisel, Representative Clifford and Representative Xu appointed as second conferees |
Senate |
Apr 5, 2023 |
Senate Conference committee report now available |
Senate |
Apr 4, 2023 |
Senate Senator Thompson, Senator Kloos, and Senator Faust-Goudeau are appointed to replace Senator Longbine, Senator Fagg, and Senator Holscher on the Conference Committee |
Senate |
Apr 4, 2023 |
Senate Senator Holscher is appointed to replace Senator Faust-Goudeau on the Conference Committee |
House |
Apr 3, 2023 |
House Representative Hoheisel, Representative Clifford, and Representative Xu are appointed to replace Representative Sutton, Representative Penn, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee |
Senate |
Mar 28, 2023 |
Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Longbine, Senator Fagg and Senator Holscher appointed as conferees |
House |
Mar 27, 2023 |
House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Sutton , Representative Penn and Representative Neighbor as conferees |
Senate |
Mar 27, 2023 |
Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 |
Senate |
Mar 23, 2023 |
Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended |
Senate |
Mar 23, 2023 |
Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted |
Senate |
Mar 15, 2023 |
Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance |
Senate |
Mar 1, 2023 |
Senate Hearing: Wednesday, March 1, 2023, 9:30 AM Room 546-S |
Senate |
Feb 20, 2023 |
Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance |
Senate |
Feb 17, 2023 |
Senate Received and Introduced |
House |
Feb 16, 2023 |
House Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 |
House |
Feb 16, 2023 |
House Committee of the Whole - Be passed |
House |
Feb 9, 2023 |
House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance |
House |
Jan 30, 2023 |
House Hearing: Monday, January 30, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 218-N |
House |
Jan 19, 2023 |
House Referred to Committee on Insurance |
House |
Jan 19, 2023 |
House Introduced |
Description |
Vote Date |
Yea Votes |
Nay Votes |
No Votes |
Absent |
Passed |
House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 121 Nay: 0 |
02/16/2023 |
121 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Yes |
- Alcala, John (D) Yea
- Amyx, Mike (D) Yea
- Anderson, Avery (R) Yea
- Arnberger-Blew, Tory (R) Yea
- Awerkamp, Francis (R) Yea
- Ballard, Barbara (D) Yea
- Barth, Carrie (R) Yea
- Bergkamp, Brian (R) Yea
- Bergquist, Emil (R) Yea
- Blex, Douglas (R) Yea
- Bloom, Lewis (R) Yea
- Borjon, Jesse (R) Yea
- Boyd, Brad (D) Yea
- Bryce, Ron (R) Yea
- Buehler, David (R) Yea
- Butler, Nathan (R) Yea
- Carlin, Sydney (D) Yea
- Carmichael, John (D) Yea
- Carpenter, Blake (R) Yea
- Carpenter, Will (R) Yea
- Carr, Ford (D) Yea
- Clayton, Stephanie (R) Yea
- Clifford, Bill (R) Yea
- Collins, Kenneth (R) Yea
- Concannon, Susan (R) Yea
- Corbet, Ken (R) Yea
- Croft, Chris (R) Yea
- Curtis, Pam (D) Yea
- Delperdang, Leo (R) Yea
- Dodson, Mike (R) Yea
- Donohoe, Owen (R) Yea
- Droge, Duane (R) Yea
- Ellis, Ronald (R) Yea
- Eplee, John (R) Yea
- Essex, Robyn (R) Yea
- Estes, Susan (R) Yea
- Fairchild, Brett (R) Yea
- Featherston, Linda (D) Yea
- Francis, Shannon (R) Yea
- Garber, Randy (R) Yea
- Gardner, Fred (R) Yea
- Goddard, Dan (R) Yea
- Goetz, Jason (R) Yea
- Haskins, Kirk (D) Yea
- Haswood, Christina (D) Yea
- Hawkins, Dan (R) Yea
- Helgerson, Henry (D) Yea
- Highberger, Dennis (D) Yea
- Hill, Scott (R) Yea
- Hoffman, Kyle (R) Yea
- Hoheisel, Nick (R) Yea
- Hougland, Allison (D) Yea
- Houser, Michael (R) Yea
- Howe, Steven (R) Yea
- Howell, Leah (R) Yea
- Howerton, Cyndi (R) Yea
- Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Yea
- Humphries, Susan (R) Yea
- Jacobs, Trevor (R) Yea
- Johnson, Timothy (R) Yea
- Kessler, Tom (R) Yea
- Landwehr, Brenda (R) Yea
- Lewis, Bob (R) Yea
- Martinez, Angela (D) Yea
- Mason, Les (R) Yea
- Maughan, Carl (R) Yea
- Melton, Lynn (D) Yea
- Meyer, Heather (D) Yea
- Miller, Dennis (D) Yea
- Miller, Silas (D) Yea
- Miller, Vic (D) Yea
- Minnix, Jim (R) Yea
- Moser, Lisa (R) Yea
- Murphy, Michael (R) Yea
- Neelly, Lance (R) Yea
- Neighbor, Cindy (D) Yea
- Ohaebosim, KC (D) Yea
- Oropeza, Melissa (D) Yea
- Osman, Dan (D) Yea
- Ousley, Jarrod (D) Yea
- Owens, Stephen (R) Yea
- Patton, Fred (R) Yea
- Penn, Patrick (R) Yea
- Pickert, Sandy (R) Yea
- Poetter, Samantha (R) Yea
- Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Yea
- Probst, Jason (D) Absent
- Proctor, Patrick (R) Yea
- Rahjes, Ken (R) Yea
- Resman, John (R) Yea
- Rhiley, Bill (R) Yea
- Robinson, Marvin (D) Absent
- Roth, Webster (R) Yea
- Ruiz, Louis (D) Absent
- Ruiz, Susan (D) Yea
- Sanders, Clarke (R) Yea
- Sawyer, Tom (D) Yea
- Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Yea
- Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Yea
- Schreiber, Mark (R) Yea
- Seiwert, Joe (R) Yea
- Smith, Adam (R) Yea
- Smith, Charles (R) Yea
- Smith, Eric (R) Yea
- Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Yea
- Sutton, Bill (R) Yea
- Tarwater, Sean (R) Yea
- Thomas, Adam (R) Yea
- Thompson, Mike (R) Yea
- Titus, Kenny (R) Yea
- Turk, Adam (R) Yea
- Turner, Carl (R) Yea
- Underhill, Jeff (R) Yea
- Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Yea
- Waggoner, Paul (R) Yea
- Wasinger, Barbara (R) Yea
- Waymaster, Troy (R) Yea
- Weigel, Virgil (D) Yea
- White, Gary (R) Yea
- Williams, Kristey (R) Yea
- Williams, Laura (R) Yea
- Winn, Valdenia (D) Absent
- Woodard, Brandon (D) Yea
- Xu, Rui (D) Yea
- Younger, David (R) Yea
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Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 39 Nay: 0 |
03/27/2023 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Yes |
- Alley, Larry (R) Yea
- Baumgardner, Molly (R) Yea
- Billinger, Richard (R) Yea
- Blasi, Chase (R) Yea
- Bowers, Elaine (R) Yea
- Claeys, J. R. (R) Yea
- Corson, Ethan (D) Yea
- Dietrich, Brenda (R) Yea
- Doll, John (R) Yea
- Erickson, Renee (R) Yea
- Fagg, Michael (R) Yea
- Faust-Goudeau, Oletha (D) Yea
- Francisco, Marci (D) Yea
- Gossage, Beverly (R) Yea
- Haley, David (D) Yea
- Holland, Thomas (D) Yea
- Holscher, Cindy (D) Yea
- Kerschen, Dan (R) Absent
- Kloos, Richard (R) Yea
- Longbine, Jeff (R) Yea
- Masterson, Ty (R) Yea
- McGinn, Carolyn (R) Yea
- O'Shea, Kristen (R) Yea
- Olson, Robert (R) Yea
- Peck, Virgil (R) Yea
- Petersen, Mike (R) Yea
- Pettey, Pat (D) Yea
- Pittman, Jeff (D) Yea
- Pyle, Dennis (R) Yea
- Reddi, Usha (D) Yea
- Ryckman, Ronald (R) Yea
- Shallenburger, Tim (R) Yea
- Steffen, Mark (R) Yea
- Straub, Alicia (R) Yea
- Sykes, Dinah (R) Yea
- Thompson, Mike (R) Yea
- Tyson, Caryn (R) Yea
- Ware, Mary (D) Yea
- Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
- Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea
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Senate Conference Committee Report not adopted - Yea: 18 Nay: 20 |
04/6/2023 |
18 |
20 |
2 |
0 |
No |
- Alley, Larry (R) Nay
- Baumgardner, Molly (R) Nay
- Billinger, Richard (R) Yea
- Blasi, Chase (R) Nay
- Bowers, Elaine (R) Yea
- Claeys, J. R. (R) Yea
- Corson, Ethan (D) Nay
- Dietrich, Brenda (R) Yea
- Doll, John (R) Yea
- Erickson, Renee (R) Nay
- Fagg, Michael (R) Nay
- Faust-Goudeau, Oletha (D) Nay
- Francisco, Marci (D) Nay
- Gossage, Beverly (R) Yea
- Haley, David (D) Nay
- Holland, Thomas (D) Nay
- Holscher, Cindy (D) Nay
- Kerschen, Dan (R) Nay
- Kloos, Richard (R) NV
- Longbine, Jeff (R) Yea
- Masterson, Ty (R) Yea
- McGinn, Carolyn (R) Yea
- O'Shea, Kristen (R) Yea
- Olson, Robert (R) Yea
- Peck, Virgil (R) Nay
- Petersen, Mike (R) Yea
- Pettey, Pat (D) Nay
- Pittman, Jeff (D) Nay
- Pyle, Dennis (R) Nay
- Reddi, Usha (D) Nay
- Ryckman, Ronald (R) Yea
- Shallenburger, Tim (R) Yea
- Steffen, Mark (R) Yea
- Straub, Alicia (R) NV
- Sykes, Dinah (R) Nay
- Thompson, Mike (R) Yea
- Tyson, Caryn (R) Nay
- Ware, Mary (D) Nay
- Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
- Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea
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Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 27 Nay: 12 |
04/6/2023 |
27 |
12 |
1 |
0 |
Yes |
- Alley, Larry (R) Yea
- Baumgardner, Molly (R) Yea
- Billinger, Richard (R) Yea
- Blasi, Chase (R) Yea
- Bowers, Elaine (R) Yea
- Claeys, J. R. (R) Yea
- Corson, Ethan (D) Nay
- Dietrich, Brenda (R) Yea
- Doll, John (R) Nay
- Erickson, Renee (R) Yea
- Fagg, Michael (R) Yea
- Faust-Goudeau, Oletha (D) Nay
- Francisco, Marci (D) Nay
- Gossage, Beverly (R) Yea
- Haley, David (D) Nay
- Holland, Thomas (D) Nay
- Holscher, Cindy (D) Nay
- Kerschen, Dan (R) Yea
- Kloos, Richard (R) Yea
- Longbine, Jeff (R) Yea
- Masterson, Ty (R) Yea
- McGinn, Carolyn (R) Yea
- O'Shea, Kristen (R) Yea
- Olson, Robert (R) Yea
- Peck, Virgil (R) Yea
- Petersen, Mike (R) Yea
- Pettey, Pat (D) Nay
- Pittman, Jeff (D) Nay
- Pyle, Dennis (R) NV
- Reddi, Usha (D) Nay
- Ryckman, Ronald (R) Yea
- Shallenburger, Tim (R) Yea
- Steffen, Mark (R) Yea
- Straub, Alicia (R) Yea
- Sykes, Dinah (R) Nay
- Thompson, Mike (R) Yea
- Tyson, Caryn (R) Yea
- Ware, Mary (D) Nay
- Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
- Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea
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House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 76 Nay: 47 |
04/6/2023 |
76 |
47 |
0 |
2 |
Yes |
- Alcala, John (D) Nay
- Amyx, Mike (D) Nay
- Anderson, Avery (R) Yea
- Arnberger-Blew, Tory (R) Yea
- Awerkamp, Francis (R) Yea
- Ballard, Barbara (D) Nay
- Barth, Carrie (R) Nay
- Bergkamp, Brian (R) Yea
- Bergquist, Emil (R) Yea
- Blex, Douglas (R) Yea
- Bloom, Lewis (R) Yea
- Borjon, Jesse (R) Yea
- Boyd, Brad (D) Nay
- Bryce, Ron (R) Yea
- Buehler, David (R) Yea
- Butler, Nathan (R) Yea
- Carlin, Sydney (D) Nay
- Carmichael, John (D) Nay
- Carpenter, Blake (R) Yea
- Carpenter, Will (R) Yea
- Carr, Ford (D) Nay
- Clayton, Stephanie (R) Nay
- Clifford, Bill (R) Yea
- Collins, Kenneth (R) Yea
- Concannon, Susan (R) Yea
- Corbet, Ken (R) Yea
- Croft, Chris (R) Yea
- Curtis, Pam (D) Nay
- Delperdang, Leo (R) Yea
- Dodson, Mike (R) Nay
- Donohoe, Owen (R) Yea
- Droge, Duane (R) Yea
- Ellis, Ronald (R) Yea
- Eplee, John (R) Yea
- Essex, Robyn (R) Yea
- Estes, Susan (R) Yea
- Fairchild, Brett (R) Yea
- Featherston, Linda (D) Nay
- Francis, Shannon (R) Yea
- Garber, Randy (R) Yea
- Gardner, Fred (R) Yea
- Goddard, Dan (R) Yea
- Goetz, Jason (R) Yea
- Haskins, Kirk (D) Nay
- Haswood, Christina (D) Nay
- Hawkins, Dan (R) Yea
- Helgerson, Henry (D) Nay
- Highberger, Dennis (D) Nay
- Hill, Scott (R) Yea
- Hoffman, Kyle (R) Yea
- Hoheisel, Nick (R) Yea
- Hougland, Allison (D) Nay
- Houser, Michael (R) Yea
- Howe, Steven (R) Yea
- Howell, Leah (R) Yea
- Howerton, Cyndi (R) Yea
- Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Nay
- Humphries, Susan (R) Nay
- Jacobs, Trevor (R) Yea
- Johnson, Timothy (R) Yea
- Kessler, Tom (R) Yea
- Landwehr, Brenda (R) Yea
- Lewis, Bob (R) Yea
- Martinez, Angela (D) Nay
- Mason, Les (R) Nay
- Maughan, Carl (R) Yea
- Melton, Lynn (D) Nay
- Meyer, Heather (D) Nay
- Miller, Dennis (D) Nay
- Miller, Silas (D) Nay
- Miller, Vic (D) Nay
- Minnix, Jim (R) Yea
- Moser, Lisa (R) Yea
- Murphy, Michael (R) Nay
- Neelly, Lance (R) Yea
- Neighbor, Cindy (D) Nay
- Ohaebosim, KC (D) Nay
- Oropeza, Melissa (D) Nay
- Osman, Dan (D) Nay
- Ousley, Jarrod (D) Nay
- Owens, Stephen (R) Yea
- Patton, Fred (R) Yea
- Penn, Patrick (R) Yea
- Pickert, Sandy (R) Yea
- Poetter, Samantha (R) Absent
- Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Nay
- Probst, Jason (D) Nay
- Proctor, Patrick (R) Yea
- Rahjes, Ken (R) Yea
- Resman, John (R) Yea
- Rhiley, Bill (R) Yea
- Robinson, Marvin (D) Yea
- Roth, Webster (R) Yea
- Ruiz, Louis (D) Absent
- Ruiz, Susan (D) Nay
- Sanders, Clarke (R) Yea
- Sawyer, Tom (D) Nay
- Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Nay
- Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Yea
- Schreiber, Mark (R) Nay
- Seiwert, Joe (R) Nay
- Smith, Adam (R) Yea
- Smith, Charles (R) Yea
- Smith, Eric (R) Yea
- Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Nay
- Sutton, Bill (R) Nay
- Tarwater, Sean (R) Yea
- Thomas, Adam (R) Yea
- Thompson, Mike (R) Yea
- Titus, Kenny (R) Yea
- Turk, Adam (R) Yea
- Turner, Carl (R) Yea
- Underhill, Jeff (R) Yea
- Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Nay
- Waggoner, Paul (R) Yea
- Wasinger, Barbara (R) Yea
- Waymaster, Troy (R) Yea
- Weigel, Virgil (D) Nay
- White, Gary (R) Yea
- Williams, Kristey (R) Yea
- Williams, Laura (R) Yea
- Winn, Valdenia (D) Nay
- Woodard, Brandon (D) Nay
- Xu, Rui (D) Nay
- Younger, David (R) Nay
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