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Two More Weeks?
There is only one more week for the Kansas Legislature to pass non-exempt bills (and only two weeks for budget and appropriations). If you like your senator or representative, send them a care package–they've got some long nights ahead.
Jason Anderson
March 17, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 9 minutes
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The 2025 Legislative Session Home Stretch
It’s hard to believe, but there are only two weeks left in the 2025 Kansas legislative session. Per the published legislative deadlines, Friday, March 21 (this Friday) is the last day to consider non-exempt bills not in their chamber of origin. Translation: any bill that was passed prior to Turnaround Day must be passed by the other chamber by March 21, or it stalls out (or gets deferred to 2026).
That means that any proposed laws that you might be keeping an eye on, will appear on this week’s calendar. (Exception: Exempt bills, which are generally all of the worst ones such as state constitutional amendments or budget and appropriations bills.)
It also means that the window for submitting citizen testimony to committees is essentially closed (or almost so), as a bill in committee must (1) get favorably voted on by the committee, (2) get added to the House or Senate calendar for consideration, and (3) endure a vote and/or possible amendments.
You can see the evidence of this shift in momentum in the published schedules and agendas for the committees; most committees have nothing on their agendas this week at all, with some particularly important exceptions.