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Proposed Kansas Firearm Legislation HB2501

Legislation Overview

Title: Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and shotgun barrel length qualification requirements and providing enhanced penalties for certain felonies committed while using a firearm suppressor or short-barrel shotgun.

Description: Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and shotgun barrel length qualification requirements and providing enhanced penalties for certain felonies committed while using a firearm suppressor or short-barrel shotgun.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 99 Nay: 22

Last Action Date: March 26, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Mar 26, 2026	House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 99 Nay: 22
Senate	Mar 26, 2026	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4
Senate	Mar 26, 2026	Senate Conference committee report now available
Senate	Mar 24, 2026	Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
House	Mar 23, 2026	House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Kessler , Representative Schmoe and Representative Meyer as conferees
Senate	Mar 19, 2026	Senate Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 37 Nay: 3
Senate	Mar 18, 2026	Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
Senate	Mar 18, 2026	Senate Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
Senate	Mar 10, 2026	Senate Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 25, 2026	Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 24, 2026	Senate Received and Introduced
House	Feb 19, 2026	House Engrossed on Tuesday, February 17, 2026
House	Feb 18, 2026	House Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 2
House	Feb 17, 2026	House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
House	Feb 17, 2026	House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
House	Feb 12, 2026	House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House	Jan 29, 2026	House Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
House	Jan 21, 2026	House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House	Jan 21, 2026	House Introduced

Texts

Type	Date	State Link	Text
Comm Sub	not available	state link	bill text
Amended	not available	state link	bill text
Introduced	Jan 21, 2026	state link	bill text

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
Conference Committee Report	Conference Committee Report	Mar 26, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No
Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Mar 10, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Feb 12, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No

Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call

Description	Vote Date	Yea Votes	Nay Votes	No Votes	Absent	Passed
House Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 122 Nay: 2	02/18/2026	122	2	0	1	Yes
Alcala, John (D) Yea Amyx, Mike (D) Yea Anderson, Avery (R) Yea Awerkamp, Francis (R) Yea Ballard, Barbara (D) Yea Barrett, Brad (R) Yea Bergkamp, Brian (R) Yea Bergquist, Emil (R) Yea Blex, Douglas (R) Yea Bloom, Lewis (R) Yea Boatman, Abi (D) Yea Bohi, Lauren (R) Yea Borjon, Jesse (R) Yea Brantley, Sherri (R) Yea Brownlee Paige, Wanda (D) Yea Brunk, Steven (R) Yea Bryce, Ron (R) Yea Buehler, David (R) Yea Butler, Nathan (R) Yea Caiharr, Carolyn (R) Yea Carlin, Sydney (D) Yea Carmichael, John (D) Nay Carpenter, Blake (R) Yea Carpenter, Will (R) Yea Carr, Ford (D) Yea Chauncey, Shawn (R) Yea Clayton, Stephanie (R) Yea Collins, Kenneth (R) Yea Corbet, Ken (R) Yea Croft, Chris (R) Yea Curtis, Pam (D) Yea Delperdang, Leo (R) Yea Droge, Duane (R) Yea Ellis, Ronald (R) Yea Esau, Charlotte (R) Yea Essex, Robyn (R) Yea Estes, Susan (R) Yea Fairchild, Brett (R) Yea Featherston, Linda (D) Yea Francis, Shannon (R) Yea Gardner, Fred (R) Yea Goddard, Dan (R) Yea Goetz, Jason (R) Yea Haskins, Kirk (D) Yea Hawkins, Dan (R) Yea Helgerson, Henry (D) Yea Helwig, Dale (R) Yea Hoffman, Kyle (R) Yea Hoheisel, Nick (R) Yea Howe, Steven (R) Yea Howell, Leah (R) Yea Howerton, Cyndi (R) Yea Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Yea Huebert, Steven (R) Yea Humphries, Susan (R) Yea James, Ricky (R) Yea Johnson, Timothy (R) Yea Kessler, Tom (R) Yea King, Mike (R) Yea Lewis, Bob (R) Yea Long, Martin (R) Yea Martinez, Angela (D) Yea McDonald, Nikki (D) Yea McNorton, Kyle (R) Yea Melton, Lynn (D) Yea Meyer, Heather (D) Yea Minnix, Jim (R) Yea Moser, Lisa (R) Yea Mosley, Brooklynne (D) 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 Pickert, Sandy (R) Yea Pishny, Lon (R) Yea Poetter, Samantha (R) Yea Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Yea Proctor, Patrick (R) Yea Rahjes, Ken (R) Yea Reavis, Allen (R) Yea Resman, John (R) Yea Rhiley, Bill (R) Nay Roeser, Angel (R) Yea Roth, Webster (R) Yea Ruiz, Louis (D) Yea Ruiz, Susan (D) Yea Sanders, Clarke (R) Yea Sappington, Courtney (R) Yea Sawyer, Tom (D) Yea Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Yea Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Yea Schreiber, Mark (R) Yea Schwertfeger, Kevin (R) Yea Seiwert, Joe (R) Yea Simmons, Alexis (D) Yea Smith, Adam (R) Yea Smith, Charles (R) Yea Steele, Megan (R) Yea Stiens, Angela (R) Yea Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Yea Sutton, Bill (R) Yea Sweely, Kyler (R) Yea Tarwater, Sean (R) Yea Turk, Adam (R) Yea Turner, Carl (R) Yea VanHouden, Chip (R) Yea Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Yea Waggoner, Paul (R) Yea Ward, Jill (R) Yea Wasinger, Barbara (R) Yea Waymaster, Troy (R) Yea Weigel, Virgil (D) Yea White, Gary (R) Yea Wikle, Suzanne (D) Yea Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea Willcott, Sean (R) Yea Williams, Kristey (R) Yea Williams, Laura (R) Yea Wilson, Greg (R) Yea Winn, Valdenia (D) Absent Wolf, Dawn (R) Yea Woodard, Brandon (D) Yea Xu, Rui (D) Yea
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Senate Final Action - Passed - Yea: 37 Nay: 3	03/19/2026	37	3	0	0	Yes
Alley, Larry (R) Yea Argabright, Mike (R) Yea Arnberger-Blew, Tory (R) Yea Billinger, Richard (R) Yea Blasi, Chase (R) Yea Bowers, Elaine (R) Yea Bowser, Craig (R) Yea Claeys, Joseph (R) Yea Clifford, Bill (R) Yea Corson, Ethan (D) Nay Dietrich, Brenda (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 Hill, Scott (R) Yea Holscher, Cindy (D) Nay Klemp, Jeff (R) Yea Kloos, Richard (R) Yea Masterson, Ty (R) Yea Miller, Silas (D) Yea Murphy, Michael (R) Yea Owens, Stephen (R) Yea Peck, Virgil (R) Yea Petersen, Mike (R) Yea Pettey, Pat (D) Nay Rose, TJ (R) Yea Ryckman, Ronald (R) Yea Schmidt, Patrick (D) Yea Shallenburger, Tim (R) Yea Shane, Douglas (R) Yea Starnes, Brad (R) Yea Sykes, Dinah (R) Yea Thomas, Adam (R) Yea Thompson, Mike (R) Yea Titus, Kenny (R) Yea Tyson, Caryn (R) Yea Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
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Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 35 Nay: 4	03/26/2026	35	4	0	1	Yes
Alley, Larry (R) Yea Argabright, Mike (R) Yea Arnberger-Blew, Tory (R) Yea Billinger, Richard (R) Yea Blasi, Chase (R) Yea Bowers, Elaine (R) Yea Bowser, Craig (R) Yea Claeys, Joseph (R) Yea Clifford, Bill (R) Yea Corson, Ethan (D) Nay Dietrich, Brenda (R) Yea Erickson, Renee (R) Yea Fagg, Michael (R) Yea Faust-Goudeau, Oletha (D) Yea Francisco, Marci (D) Nay Gossage, Beverly (R) Yea Haley, David (D) Yea Hill, Scott (R) Yea Holscher, Cindy (D) Nay Klemp, Jeff (R) Yea Kloos, Richard (R) Yea Masterson, Ty (R) Yea Miller, Silas (D) Yea Murphy, Michael (R) Yea Owens, Stephen (R) Yea Peck, Virgil (R) Yea Petersen, Mike (R) Yea Pettey, Pat (D) Nay Rose, TJ (R) Yea Ryckman, Ronald (R) Yea Schmidt, Patrick (D) Yea Shallenburger, Tim (R) Absent Shane, Douglas (R) Yea Starnes, Brad (R) Yea Sykes, Dinah (R) Yea Thomas, Adam (R) Yea Thompson, Mike (R) Yea Titus, Kenny (R) Yea Tyson, Caryn (R) Yea Warren, Kellie (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 99 Nay: 22	03/26/2026	99	22	0	4	Yes
Alcala, John (D) Nay Amyx, Mike (D) Nay Anderson, Avery (R) Yea Awerkamp, Francis (R) Yea Ballard, Barbara (D) Nay Barrett, Brad (R) Yea Bergkamp, Brian (R) Yea Bergquist, Emil (R) Yea Blex, Douglas (R) Yea Bloom, Lewis (R) Yea Boatman, Abi (D) Nay Bohi, Lauren (R) Yea Borjon, Jesse (R) Yea Brantley, Sherri (R) Yea Brownlee Paige, Wanda (D) Nay Brunk, Steven (R) Yea Bryce, Ron (R) Yea Buehler, David (R) Yea Butler, Nathan (R) Yea Caiharr, Carolyn (R) Yea Carlin, Sydney (D) Yea Carmichael, John (D) Yea Carpenter, Blake (R) Yea Carpenter, Will (R) Yea Carr, Ford (D) Yea Chauncey, Shawn (R) Yea Clayton, Stephanie (R) Nay Collins, Kenneth (R) Yea Corbet, Ken (R) Yea Croft, Chris (R) Yea Curtis, Pam (D) Yea Delperdang, Leo (R) Yea Droge, Duane (R) Yea Ellis, Ronald (R) Yea Esau, Charlotte (R) Absent Essex, Robyn (R) Yea Estes, Susan (R) Yea Fairchild, Brett (R) Yea Featherston, Linda (D) Nay Francis, Shannon (R) Yea Gardner, Fred (R) Yea Goddard, Dan (R) Yea Goetz, Jason (R) Yea Haskins, Kirk (D) Nay Hawkins, Dan (R) Yea Helgerson, Henry (D) Yea Helwig, Dale (R) Yea Hoffman, Kyle (R) Yea Hoheisel, Nick (R) Yea Howe, Steven (R) Absent Howell, Leah (R) Yea Howerton, Cyndi (R) Yea Hoye, Jo Ella (D) Nay Huebert, Steven (R) Yea Humphries, Susan (R) Yea James, Ricky (R) Yea Johnson, Timothy (R) Yea Kessler, Tom (R) Yea King, Mike (R) Yea Lewis, Bob (R) Yea Long, Martin (R) Yea Martinez, Angela (D) Yea McDonald, Nikki (D) Yea McNorton, Kyle (R) Yea Melton, Lynn (D) Yea Meyer, Heather (D) Yea Minnix, Jim (R) Yea Moser, Lisa (R) Yea Mosley, Brooklynne (D) Nay Neelly, Lance (R) Yea Neighbor, Cindy (D) Yea Ohaebosim, KC (D) Yea Oropeza, Melissa (D) Absent Osman, Dan (D) Nay Ousley, Jarrod (D) Nay Pickert, Sandy (R) Yea Pishny, Lon (R) Yea Poetter, Samantha (R) Yea Poskin, Mari-Lynn (D) Nay Proctor, Patrick (R) Yea Rahjes, Ken (R) Yea Reavis, Allen (R) Yea Rhiley, Bill (R) Yea Roeser, Angel (R) Yea Roth, Webster (R) Yea Ruiz, Louis (D) Absent Ruiz, Susan (D) Nay Sanders, Clarke (R) Yea Sappington, Courtney (R) Yea Sawyer, Tom (D) Yea Schlingensiepen, Tobias (D) Nay Schmoe, Rebecca (R) Yea Schreiber, Mark (R) Nay Schwertfeger, Kevin (R) Yea Seiwert, Joe (R) Yea Simmons, Alexis (D) Yea Smith, Adam (R) Yea Smith, Charles (R) Yea Steele, Megan (R) Yea Stiens, Angela (R) Yea Stogsdill, Jerry (D) Nay Sutton, Bill (R) Yea Sweely, Kyler (R) Yea Tarwater, Sean (R) Yea Turk, Adam (R) Yea Turner, Carl (R) Yea VanHouden, Chip (R) Yea Vaughn, Lindsay (D) Nay Waggoner, Paul (R) Yea Ward, Jill (R) Yea Wasinger, Barbara (R) Yea Waymaster, Troy (R) Yea Weigel, Virgil (D) Nay White, Gary (R) Yea Wikle, Suzanne (D) Nay Wilborn, Richard (R) Yea Willcott, Sean (R) Yea Williams, Kristey (R) Yea Williams, Laura (R) Yea Wilson, Greg (R) Yea Winn, Valdenia (D) Nay Wolf, Dawn (R) Yea Woodard, Brandon (D) Nay Xu, Rui (D) Yea
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