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• It’s a big week in Topeka

  • Where are Here come the school vouchers?

  • Here come the tax cuts

  • Changes for Election 2026

• Can you help us test a new advocacy tool?

• How to manage your Capitol Bee subscriptions

It’s a big week in Topeka

For those wanting a quick refresher on the legislative process in Kansas, three key deadlines approach:

• February 20 (this Thursday) is Turnaround Day. This is the last day that either chamber can consider a non-exempt bill that’s originating from that chamber (e.g. the Senate must pass a Senate bill to be able to send it the the House for consideration). Any bills that don’t cross this threshold essentially gets put on hold until next year.

• March 21: Any bills that were sent over from the other chamber, must be voted on and passed by this day.

• March 28: First Adjournment. Everything’s sent to the Governor for signature or veto by this point. (They expect the veto session, where the chambers respond do any governor vetoes, to begin on April 10.)

Since we only have a few days to Turnaround, we can begin to make some projections as to which bills may remain “live” in 2025 and which ones remain on hold for more debate in 2026.