--- title: Kansas Bill Bans Welfare Recipients From Spending Benefits on Cruises description: Kansas legislators passed a bill on Thursday that imposes a wave of new restrictions on how welfare recipients can spend their money. canonical: https://time.com/3771550/kansas-legislation-bans-welfare-benefits-cruises/ author: Noah Rayman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-04T19:46:10.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:42:26.755Z article:section: U.S. og:title: Kansas Legislation Bans Welfare Recipients From Spending Benefits on Cruises og:description: Welfare recipients would be barred from spending benefits at liquor stores, pools and cruises og:url: https://time.com/3771550/kansas-legislation-bans-welfare-benefits-cruises/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kansas Legislation Bans Welfare Recipients From Spending Benefits on Cruises twitter:description: Welfare recipients would be barred from spending benefits at liquor stores, pools and cruises twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Kansas Legislation Bans Welfare Recipients From Spending Benefits on Cruises ## Video: What Makes Cities Smart [Watch (HLS stream): What Makes Cities Smart](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/kS00Lo2o.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2011-01-06. Prominent US Mayors discuss what is needed to build intelligent cities that can compete in the global economy_  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Apr 4, 2015 7:46 PM CUT  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Apr 4, 2015 7:46 PM CUT Kansas legislators have passed a bill that [imposes a wave of new restrictions](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/04/kansas-welfare%5Fn%5F7001116.html "undefined") on how welfare recipients can withdraw and spend their money. The bill, which was approved on Thursday, still requires a signature from Republican Gov. Sam Brownback, who has supported the legislation in the past. Welfare recipients will be limited to withdrawing a maximum of $25 a day and will be prohibited from spending the funds at certain businesses, including liquor stores, swimming pools and cruise ships, according to The Huffington Post. “We’re trying to make sure those benefits are used the way they were intended,” State Representative Michael O’Donnell, a Republican, told the [_Topeka Capital-Journal_](http://www.hutchnews.com/news/local%5Fstate%5Fnews/senate-moves-bill-containing-gop-backed-welfare-reforms/article%5F830f1a8d-a577-559a-9e44-87e40a638270.html "undefined"). “This is about prosperity. 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