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Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 10:30 am Location: 144-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB15 - Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons convicted of a felony if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
    SB38 - Creating the defend the guard act to establish when the Kansas national guard may be released into active duty combat.
    SB43 - Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
    SB56 - Authorizing home delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage by licensed retailers, drinking establishments and third-party delivery services.
    SB65 - Specifying when boards of directors for irrigation districts of 35,000 or more acres may conduct board member elections by mail ballot and establishing the terms for such members.
    SB83 - Extending voter franchise in city elections to qualified electors living in areas subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulations.
    SB100 - Enacting the fair chance housing and homelessness reduction act to limit the use of past evictions and rental arrears to deny applicants from renting a home.
    SB118 - Imposing conditional term limits on members of the legislature and requiring nomination for office by petition after such term limits have run.
    SB133 - Enacting the responsible gun ownership act to establish the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm.
    SB136 - Limiting contributions under the campaign finance act made to political committees for the purpose of independent contributions and requiring the accounting, reporting and auditing of such independent contributions.
    SB143 - Imposing term limits on members of the legislature but allowing additional terms conditioned on the vote in the next primary election.
    SB176 - Amending the Kansas indoor clear air act to prohibit smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility and amending the definition of smoking to include the use of an electronic cigarette and smoking marijuana.
    SB177 - Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act, providing for automatic increases to such limits based on the consumer price index and eliminating such limits on contributions to party committees.
    SB178 - Requiring certain law enforcement agencies to apply for and enter into agreements with United States immigration and customs enforcement for the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
    SB196 - Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.
    SB234 - Prohibiting the use of genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in a foreign adversary.
    SB258 - Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official.
    SB261 - Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue certain licenses to persons convicted of certain felonies if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
    SB265 - Designating November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas.
    SB272 - Creating a procedure for appointment of delegates to a convention of the states under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.
    SB273 - Requiring that special elections be held on the first Tuesday in March.
    SB279 - Amending the campaign finance act and the state governmental ethics laws regarding the qualifications of members of the governmental ethics commission, actions of the commission, formation of political committees, reporting requirements and requirements for "paid for" attributions.
    SB287 - Prohibiting law enforcement agencies and officers from participating in immigration enforcement in places of religious worship, elementary and secondary schools and hospitals.
    SB292 - Prohibiting the transfer of hemp-derived cannabinoid products to any person under the age of 21, establishing packaging and labeling requirements for such products and amending the definition of industrial hemp and hemp products.
    SB294 - Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.
    SB295 - Removing the criminal penalties for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana and creating a civil penalty for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana.
    SB299 - Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act.
    HB2018 - Prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents as poll workers by county election officers on the basis of residency or registered voter status.
    HB2119 - Eliminating the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act effective July 1, 2025.
    HB2271 - Removing the expiration of provisions relating to moving cybersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government.
    HB2331 - Authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions.
    HB2372 - Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council.
    Resolutions In Committee
    SCR1605 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.
    SCR1607 - Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.
    SCR1608 - Proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require individuals to be citizens of the United States, at least 18 years of age and a resident of the voting area in which such person seeks to vote in order to vote in this state.
    SCR1610 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
    SCR1614 - Urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB4 - Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.
    SB5 - Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the legislature.
    SB6 - Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.
    SB15 - Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons convicted of a felony if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
    SB16 - Prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies on the basis of social credit score and requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients prior to investing client moneys in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts.
    SB37 - Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities.
    SB38 - Creating the defend the guard act to establish when the Kansas national guard may be released into active duty combat.
    SB39 - Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
    SB43 - Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
    SB56 - Authorizing home delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage by licensed retailers, drinking establishments and third-party delivery services.
    SB65 - Specifying when boards of directors for irrigation districts of 35,000 or more acres may conduct board member elections by mail ballot and establishing the terms for such members.
    SB66 - Requiring certain local governmental officials to disclose substantial interests in the construction and operation of major development projects and to abstain from voting on governmental actions relating to such matters.
    SB83 - Extending voter franchise in city elections to qualified electors living in areas subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulations.
    SB100 - Enacting the fair chance housing and homelessness reduction act to limit the use of past evictions and rental arrears to deny applicants from renting a home.
    SB105 - Requiring the governor to appoint a person to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature.
    SB106 - Permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards and eliminating fees for homeless veterans to obtain birth certificates for purposes of nondriver identification card applications.
    SB107 - Providing a sales tax exemption for period products, diapers and incontinence products.
    SB115 - Enacting the Kansas bullion depository act to authorize the state treasurer to establish, administer or contract for the administration of bullion depositories and allowing for state moneys to be deposited in such bullion depositories and invested in specie legal tender.
    SB116 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
    SB132 - Establishing certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and separating licensing duties between the secretary for health and environment and the executive director of early childhood.
    SB137 - Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.
    SB146 - Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services and the city of Osawatomie to execute and record an amendment to the original deed for conveyance of certain real property in Miami county that amends the reversionary interest of the state of Kansas to July 1, 2046.
    SB149 - Requiring that a haircare plan is part of the case plan for a child in custody of the secretary for children and family services and requiring the secretary to offer training on culturally competent haircare to caregivers.
    SB173 - Providing that any lease or easement involving commercial wind or solar electric generation resources shall not be in force and effect until the board of county commissioners of the affected county approves the commercial wind or solar electric generation project.
    SB176 - Amending the Kansas indoor clear air act to prohibit smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility and amending the definition of smoking to include the use of an electronic cigarette and smoking marijuana.
    SB177 - Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act, providing for automatic increases to such limits based on the consumer price index and eliminating such limits on contributions to party committees.
    SB178 - Requiring certain law enforcement agencies to apply for and enter into agreements with United States immigration and customs enforcement for the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
    SB194 - Providing that covenants, conditions or restrictions established between January 1, 1948, and December 31, 1958, that restrict the use of real property owned by state educational institutions for only single-family residence purposes and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are against public policy and therefore void.
    SB196 - Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.
    SB208 - Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
    SB211 - Modifying member appointments to the wildlife and parks commission, authorizing the commission to direct the secretary to develop or report on rules and regulations and allowing members to submit potential rules and regulations to the commission.
    SB213 - Prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during certain times and places and increasing fees for migratory waterfowl habitat stamps.
    SB231 - Modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit an application for an advance voting ballot.
    SB232 - Modifying investment standards of moneys of the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system certified by the state treasurer as equivalent to the aggregate net amount received for unclaimed property to authorize investment in certain foreign governments.
    SB233 - Establishing requirements for decommissioning of commercial solar and wind energy facilities.
    SB234 - Prohibiting the use of genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in a foreign adversary.
    SB254 - Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.
    SB255 - Authorizing certain inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections to petition the court for a resentencing hearing.
    SB258 - Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official.
    SB261 - Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue certain licenses to persons convicted of certain felonies if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
    SB262 - Requiring government agencies, public utilities and other entities when exercising the power of eminent domain to make a good faith offer for the property prior to filing an eminent domain action, providing the good faith offer, if greater than the appraiser's award, shall be deposited with the court, allowing appeals from that amount, prohibiting the exercise of eminent domain for recreational trails and park and recreational facilities and deleting the power of the legislature to condemn property for economic development.
    SB263 - Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.
    SB265 - Designating November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas.
    SB266 - Requiring legislative approval to construct high-impact electric transmission lines.
    SB272 - Creating a procedure for appointment of delegates to a convention of the states under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.
    SB273 - Requiring that special elections be held on the first Tuesday in March.
    SB274 - Requiring the state corporation commission to engage a consulting firm to conduct a technical and legal feasibility study on new nuclear energy generation.
    SB275 - Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality.
    SB276 - Removing the state fire marshal from the adult care home licensure act and the providers of disability services act and requiring the state fire marshal to complete training in person-centered care and responding to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
    SB279 - Amending the campaign finance act and the state governmental ethics laws regarding the qualifications of members of the governmental ethics commission, actions of the commission, formation of political committees, reporting requirements and requirements for "paid for" attributions.
    SB284 - Enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution.
    SB285 - Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for certain expenses incurred by state officers and employees for travel in attending conferences or events provided by nonprofit organizations and for discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities.
    SB286 - Relating to the definitions of lobbyist, lobbying and lobbying client for purposes of the state governmental ethics law.
    SB287 - Prohibiting law enforcement agencies and officers from participating in immigration enforcement in places of religious worship, elementary and secondary schools and hospitals.
    SB288 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.
    SB289 - Requiring economic development electric rate discounts offered by public utilities to cover the incremental and variable costs to serve customers that receive such a discount.
    SB292 - Prohibiting the transfer of hemp-derived cannabinoid products to any person under the age of 21, establishing packaging and labeling requirements for such products and amending the definition of industrial hemp and hemp products.
    SB294 - Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.
    SB295 - Removing the criminal penalties for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana and creating a civil penalty for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana.
    SB297 - Providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.
    SB299 - Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act.
    HB2054 - Senate Substitute for HB 2054 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act.
    HB2056 - Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle.
    HB2313 - Senate Substitute for HB 2313 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Prohibiting the use of the artificial intelligence platform DeepSeek and other artificial intelligence platforms controlled by a country of concern on state-owned devices and on any state network and the use of genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in a foreign adversary.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2025 Legislative Session
    SCR1602 - Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
    SCR1604 - Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government.
    SCR1605 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.
    SCR1607 - Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.
    SCR1611 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission.
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