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SB 79

AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections.

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House - Emergency Final Action - Passed; - 03/19/2025

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (65):

Anderson, Awerkamp, Barrett, Barth, Bergkamp, Blex, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Chauncey, Croft, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Huebert, Humphries, Kessler, Lewis, Long, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Penn, Pickert, Pishny, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Rhiley, Roth, Sanders, Seiwert, A. Smith, Steele, Sutton, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, White, Wilborn, Willcott, K. Williams, Wolf,

Nay - (58):

Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Bergquist, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brownlee Paige, Butler, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Collins, Corbet, Curtis, Esau, Featherston, Haskins, Helgerson, Hoheisel, Hoye, James, Johnson, King, Martinez, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Mosley, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Resman, Roeser, S. Ruiz, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Schwertfeger, Simmons, C. Smith, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sweely, Vaughn, Weigel, Wikle, L. Williams, Winn, Woodard, Xu,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (2):

Poetter Parshall, L. Ruiz,

Not Voting - (0):