(Feb. 20, 2026) – The legislature will return on Tuesday to continued committee hearings and work on the state budget as bills make their way through their second chambers.
Monday, Feb. 23
No Session
Tuesday. Feb. 24
Senate Public Health and Welfare 8:30 a.m. – Room 142S
Hearing: House Bill 2533 – Enacts the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact to provide interstate practice privileges to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
House Bill 2534 – Enacts the respiratory care interstate compact to provide interstate practice privileges to respiratory therapists.
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Tour: Kansas Department of Health and Environment Laboratory
House Taxation 3:30 p.m. – Room 346S
Hearing: House Bill 2621 – Provides a property tax exemption for real property owned by a not-for-profit organization and used to provide affordable housing.
Wednesday, Feb. 25
Senate Assessment and Taxation 9:30 a.m. – Room 548S
Hearing: House Bill 2390 – Provides countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Jackson county for the purpose of supporting hospital services in the county
Senate Education 1:30 p.m. – Room 144S
Hearing: Senate Bill 441– Enacts the Applied Behavior Analysis Services in School Act to authorize the provision of medically necessary behavioral health services by private providers in schools and requires school districts to adopt policies for the provision of such services.
House Health and Human Services 1:30 p.m. – Room 112N
Tour: Kansas Department of Health and Environment Lab
House Social Services Budget 3:30 p.m. – Room 152S
Presentation: Stay Your Way Continuing Care at Home
Thursday, Feb. 26
House Appropriations 9:00 a.m. – Room 112N
Informational hearing: Haely Ordoyne, Kansas State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
House Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications 9:00 a.m. – Room 582N
Informational hearing: An act relating to the Kansas 911 Act to establish a statewide emergency medical dispatch and telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation program. (Senate Bill 379 pending referral)
House Taxation 3:30 p.m. – Room 346S
Informational hearing: Enacts the Health Care Sharing Ministries Tax Deduction Act to provide a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a qualified individual and certain qualified health care shares received by a qualified individual. (Senate Bill 368 pending referral) Provides county wide retailers' sales tax authority for Labette county for the purpose of providing financial support to fire departments located in the county. (Senate Bill 303 pending referral).
Friday, Feb. 27