SESSION OF 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON HOUSE BILL NO. 2101
As Recommended by House Committee on
Welfare Reform
Brief*
HB 2101 would prohibit cities and counties from
adopting an ordinance or enforcing a resolution that
establishes or provides for the operation of a guaranteed
income program, and would render any such ordinance or
resolution adopted prior to July 1, 2025, null and void.
The bill would define “guaranteed income” to mean a
program that provides individuals with regular periodic cash
payment that may be used for any purpose without requiring
such individual to be employed, seek employment, or attend
employment-related training to receive such funds.
Background
The bill was introduced by the House Committee on
Welfare Reform at the request of Representative Awerkamp.
House Committee on Welfare Reform
In the House Committee hearing on February 6, 2025, a
representative of the Opportunity Solutions Project provided
proponent testimony citing the need to prevent guaranteed
income programs due to concerns regarding their impact on
the workforce and governmental spending and on their
overall economic impact.
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
https://klrd.gov/ Written-only neutral testimony was provided by a
representative of Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health.
Opponent testimony was provided by a representative
of the Kansas League of Municipalities, citing issues of
preemptive legislation and state constitutional concerns and
restrictions of future governmental assistance.
Written-only opponent testimony was provided by
representatives of Kansas Action for Children and the Kansas
Association of Counties and a private citizen.
Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, the League of Kansas Municipalities
reports that enactment of the bill would not have a fiscal
effect for cities. The Kansas Association of Counties states
that no counties currently utilize a guaranteed income
program so there is no fiscal effect on counties, but it notes
the legislation is preemptive and a future fiscal effect could
not be estimated.
Public assistance; Guaranteed Income Program; cities; counties; ordinance;
resolution; regular periodic cash payment; employment requirement
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