HB 2587

Mar 27, 2026 · House · Conference Committee Report

Outcome: passed

Yea: 77

Nay: 42

Absent: 6

AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE

Citizenship Status on Driver's Licenses (Conference Committee)

This conference committee report gutted a healthcare bill and replaced it with the contents of HB 2448, requiring citizenship status to be printed on Kansas driver's licenses. Because driver's licenses are routinely presented during employment verification and workplace interactions, this creates a government-issued marker that makes immigrant workers — including union members in Kansas meatpacking, construction, and agriculture — more visible targets for employer intimidation and less likely to report safety violations, file wage claims, or participate in union organizing.

Vote Weight: 4x

Yea (77)

Name	Party	District
Adam Smith	R	120
Adam Turk	R	117
Allen Reavis	R	63
Angela Stiens	R	39
Avery Anderson	R	72
Barb Wasinger	R	111
Bill Rhiley	R	80
Bill Sutton	R	43
Blake Carpenter	R	81
Bob Lewis	R	123
Bradley Barrett	R	76
Brett Fairchild	R	113
Carl Turner	R	28
Carolyn Caiharr	R	33
Charlotte Esau	R	14
Chip VanHouden	R	26
Chris Croft	R	8
Chuck Smith	R	3
Clarke Sanders	R	69
Courtney Sappington	R	5
Cyndi Howerton	R	98
Dale Helwig	R	1
Dan Goddard	R	7
Daniel Hawkins	R	100
David Buehler	R	40
Dawn Wolf	R	107
Doug Blex	R	12
Duane Droge	R	13
Emil Bergquist	R	91
Francis Awerkamp	R	61
Fred Gardner	R	9
Gary White	R	115
Greg Wilson	R	70
Jason W. Goetz	R	119
Jill Ward	R	105
Jim Minnix	R	118
Joe Seiwert	R	101
Ken Corbet	R	54
Kevin Schwertfeger	R	114
Kristey Williams	R	77
Kyle Hoffman	R	116
Kyle McNorton	R	50
Kyler Sweely	R	102
Lance W. Neelly	R	42
Leah Howell	R	82
Lewis "Bill" Bloom	R	64
Lisa M. Moser	R	106
Lon Pishny	R	122
Marty Long	R	124
Megan Steele	R	51
Mike King	R	74
Mike Storm	R	121
Nick Hoheisel	R	97
Pat Proctor	R	41
Paul Waggoner	R	104
Rebecca Schmoe	R	59
Rick James	R	4
Rick Wilborn	R	73
Robyn R. Essex	R	78
Ronald Ellis	R	47
Ron Bryce	R	11
Sandy Pickert	R	88
Sean Tarwater	R	27
Sean Willcott	R	62
Shannon Francis	R	125
Shawn Chauncey	R	65
Sherri Brantley	R	112
Steve Brunk	R	85
Steve Huebert	R	90
Steven K. Howe	R	71
Susan Estes	R	87
Susan Humphries	R	99
Timothy Johnson	R	38
Tom Kessler	R	96
Troy Waymaster	R	109
Webster T. Roth	R	79
Will Carpenter	R	75

Nay (42)

Name	Party	District
Abi Boatman	D	86
Alexis Simmons	D	58
Angela Martinez	D	103
Angelina Roeser	R	67
Barbara Ballard	D	44
Brandon Woodard	D	108
Brooklynne Mosley	D	46
Cindy Neighbor	D	18
Dan Osman	D	48
Ford Carr	D	84
Heather Meyer	D	29
Henry Helgerson	D	83
Jarrod Ousley	D	24
Jerry Stogsdill	D	21
Jesse Borjon	R	52
Jo Ella Hoye	D	17
John Alcala	D	57
John Carmichael	D	92
KC Ohaebosim	D	89
Kenneth Collins	R	2
Kirk Haskins	D	53
Laura Williams	R	30
Lauren Bohi	R	15
Linda Featherston	D	16
Lindsay Vaughn	D	22
Lynn Melton	D	36
Mari-Lynn Poskin	D	20
Mark Schreiber	R	60
Melissa Oropeza	D	37
Mike Amyx	D	45
Nathan Butler	R	68
Nikki McDonald	D	49
Pam Curtis	D	32
Rui Xu	D	25
Stephanie Sawyer Clayton	D	19
Susan Ruiz	D	23
Suzanne Wikle	D	10
Sydney Carlin	D	66
Tobias Schlingensiepen	D	55
Tom Sawyer	D	95
Valdenia Winn	D	34
Wanda Brownlee Paige	D	35

Absent (6)

Name	Party	District
Brian Bergkamp	R	93
Ken Rahjes	R	110
Leo Delperdang	R	94
Louis Ruiz	D	31
Samantha Poetter Parshall	R	6
Virgil Weigel	D	56