HB2798

Substitute for HB 2798 by Committee on Higher Education Budget - Granting authority to state educational institutions regarding transactions involving contracts, easements and the procurement of goods and services, exempting the state educational institutions from statutes governing such transactions and authorizing legislators to request copies of certain documents.

Chamber Passed·3/18/26

Kansas HB2798 grants authority to state educational institutions for transactions involving real property, buildings, infrastructure, easements, and.

Kansas HB2798 establishes research universities, granting them authority to conduct transactions involving real property, buildings, infrastructure, easements, and procurement of goods and services. These universities are exempt from certain statutes governing such transactions. The bill amends various sections of Kansas Statutes Annotated to reflect these changes, including definitions and procedures for state agencies and research universities. It also repeals certain existing sections and establishes new provisions for the Kansas Quality Program and building space utilization plans.

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Where it stands

Last
Passed the House · 111–12 · Mar 18
Current
Education Committee
Next
Senate floor vote

Sponsors

0
0
Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

House Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended - Yea: 111 Nay: 12

111 Yea

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12 Nay

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2 Absent

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Calendar

Mar 12

1:30 PM

House Higher Education Budget Hearing

History

Mar 20

Senate

Senate Referred to Committee on Education

Mar 19

House

House Engrossed on Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Mar 18

Senate

Senate Received and Introduced