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Proposed Kansas Firearm Legislation SB356

Legislation Overview

Title: House Substitute for SB356 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to a firearm owner at the termination of the firearm hold agreement, preempting municipalities from imposing any regulations or additional terms on firearm hold agreements, providing that firearm hold agreements shall not give rise to any inference that the firearm owner lacked legal capacity or fitness to possess a firearm.

Description: House Substitute for SB356 by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to a firearm owner at the termination of the firearm hold agreement, preempting municipalities from imposing any regulations or additional terms on firearm hold agreements, providing that firearm hold agreements shall not give rise to any inference that the firearm owner lacked legal capacity or fitness to possess a firearm.

Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

Last Action: House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Last Action Date: March 12, 2026

History

Chamber	Date	Action
House	Mar 12, 2026	House Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
House	Mar 5, 2026	House Hearing: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Senate	Feb 18, 2026	Senate Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
House	Feb 18, 2026	House Received and Introduced
House	Feb 18, 2026	House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 17, 2026	Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed
Senate	Feb 10, 2026	Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Feb 4, 2026	Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
Senate	Jan 22, 2026	Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Senate	Jan 21, 2026	Senate Introduced

Texts

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

Amendments

Title	Description	Date	State Link	Text	Adopted
House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Mar 12, 2026	State Link	amendment text	No
Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs Report	Feb 10, 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
Senate Final Action - Passed - Yea: 40 Nay: 0	02/18/2026	40	0	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) Yea 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) Yea 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) Yea 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
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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