Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2151: Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning labor and employment; increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour; amending K.S.A. 44-1202 and 44-1203 and repealing the existing sections.
From the introduced text, January 29, 2025:
AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour; amending K.S.A. 44-1202 and 44-1203 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 44-1202 is hereby amended to read as follows: 441202. As used in K.S.A. 44-1201 to 44-1213, inclusive, and amendments thereto, unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Secretary" means the secretary of labor. (b) "Wage" means compensation due to an employee by reason of the employee's employment, payable in legal tender of the United States or checks on banks convertible into cash on demand at full face value, subject to such allowances as may be permitted by regulations of the secretary under K.S.A. 44-1207, and amendments thereto. (c) "Employ" means to suffer or permit to work. (d) "Employer" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, business trust or any person or group of persons acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee, but shall. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 44-1203, and amendments thereto, "employer" does not include any employer who is subject to the provisions of the fair labor standards act of 1938 (, U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq.), and any other acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto. (e) "Employee" means any individual employed by …
Sponsors
- Brandon Woodard (D) · primary sponsor
- John Alcala (D)
- Mike Amyx (D)
- Sydney Carlin (D)
- John Carmichael (D)
- Ford Carr (D)
- Linda Featherston (D)
- Kirk Haskins (D)
- Hoye, Jo Ella (D, 17)
- Angela Martinez (D)
- McDonald, Nikki (D, 49)
- Lynn Melton (D)
Latest actions
- : Died in Committee
- : Engrossed on Sunday, February 22, 2026
- : Referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- : Received and Introduced
- : Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0
- : Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- : Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- : Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Appropriations
- : Hearing: Thursday, January 29, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- : Referred to Committee on Appropriations
Subjects: Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is HB2151?
- HB2151 is a bill in the Kansas Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour.
- What does HB2151 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning labor and employment; increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour; amending K.S.A. 44-1202 and 44-1203 and repealing the existing sections.
- What is the status of HB2151?
- In committee as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: Died in Committee (April 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB2151?
- Brandon Woodard (D), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB2151?
- On the Kansas Legislature website: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2151/
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