HB 2468

Feb 12, 2026 · House · Final Passage

Outcome: passed

Yea: 70

Nay: 49

Absent: 6

AFL-CIO Key Vote: OPPOSE

Doubling Private School Scholarship Tax Credits to $20 Million

This bill doubles the tax credit cap for donations to private school scholarship programs from $10 million to $20 million and opts Kansas into a new federal tax credit that lets wealthy individual donors stack additional subsidies on top. By diverting more public dollars to private schools that lack union protections and collective bargaining, this bill threatens funding, jobs, and bargaining power for public school employees — including teachers and support staff who are union members.

Vote Weight: 4x

Yea (70)

Name	Party	District
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
Brian Bergkamp	R	93
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
Daniel Hawkins	R	100
David Buehler	R	40
Dawn Wolf	R	107
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
John Resman	R	121
Ken Rahjes	R	110
Kevin Schwertfeger	R	114
Kristey Williams	R	77
Kyle Hoffman	R	116
Kyler Sweely	R	102
Lance W. Neelly	R	42
Lauren Bohi	R	15
Leah Howell	R	82
Leo Delperdang	R	94
Lisa M. Moser	R	106
Lon Pishny	R	122
Megan Steele	R	51
Mike King	R	74
Nick Hoheisel	R	97
Pat Proctor	R	41
Paul Waggoner	R	104
Rebecca Schmoe	R	59
Rick James	R	4
Robyn R. Essex	R	78
Ronald Ellis	R	47
Ron Bryce	R	11
Samantha Poetter Parshall	R	6
Sandy Pickert	R	88
Sean Tarwater	R	27
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
Webster T. Roth	R	79
Will Carpenter	R	75

Nay (49)

Name	Party	District
Abi Boatman	D	86
Adam Smith	R	120
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 Goddard	R	7
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
Jim Minnix	R	118
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
Kyle McNorton	R	50
Laura Williams	R	30
Lewis "Bill" Bloom	R	64
Linda Featherston	D	16
Lindsay Vaughn	D	22
Lynn Melton	D	36
Mari-Lynn Poskin	D	20
Mark Schreiber	R	60
Marty Long	R	124
Melissa Oropeza	D	37
Mike Amyx	D	45
Nathan Butler	R	68
Nikki McDonald	D	49
Pam Curtis	D	32
Rui Xu	D	25
Sean Willcott	R	62
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
Troy Waymaster	R	109
Virgil Weigel	D	56
Wanda Brownlee Paige	D	35

Absent (6)

Name	Party	District
Doug Blex	R	12
Joe Seiwert	R	101
Ken Corbet	R	54
Louis Ruiz	D	31
Rick Wilborn	R	73
Valdenia Winn	D	34