Kansas Legislature

HB 2829

AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to the armed forces of the United States; clarifying the definition of armed forces; updating the definition thereof to include the space force; amending K.S.A. 44-706, 48-3401 and 65-1116 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 48-3407, 48-3408, 48-3601 and 65-6129 and repealing the existing sections.

House - Emergency Final Action - Passed; - 03/21/2024

On roll call the vote was:

Yea - (119):

Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barth, Bergkamp, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carmichael, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Carr, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Dodson, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Haswood, Hawkins, Helgerson, Highberger, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Hougland, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Humphries, Jacobs, Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Lewis, Martinez, Mason, Maughan, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, D. Miller, S. Miller, V. Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, L. Ruiz, S. Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, E. Smith, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Vaughn, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, K. Williams, L. Williams, Winn, Xu, Younger,

Nay - (1):

Woodard,

Present but not Voting - (0):

Absent and Not Voting - (5):

Bergquist, Carlin, Houser, Neighbor, Rahjes,

Not Voting - (0):