Committee Bill Hearings

February 27, 2025

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Committee	Chamber	Bill	Short Title	Time	Room	Status
Public Health and Welfare	Senate	HB2027	Reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute.	08:30 AM	142-S	Scheduled
Transportation	Senate	HB2029	Designating a portion of K-5 highway as the Representative Marvin S Robinson II memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the Harry Darby memorial highway for interstate highway 635.	08:30 AM	546-S	Scheduled
Appropriations	House	SB125	Authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state.	09:00 AM	112-N	Scheduled
Appropriations	House	HB2237	Authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses in state agencies' employee award and recognition program, increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000, eliminating the secretary of administration's authority to adopt rules and regulations and requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses.	09:00 AM	112-N	Scheduled
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	SB108	Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.	09:30 AM	548-S	Scheduled
Local Government, Transparency and Ethics	Senate	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.	09:30 AM	142-S	Scheduled
Financial Institutions and Insurance	Senate	HB2049	Updating public adjuster and insurance agent statutes pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal.	09:30 AM	546-S	Scheduled
Federal and State Affairs	Senate	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.	10:30 AM	144-S	Scheduled
Education	Senate	SB263	Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.	01:30 PM	144-S	Scheduled
Transportation	House	SB8	Requiring drivers to proceed with due caution when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights.	01:30 PM	582-N	Scheduled
Utilities	Senate	HB2040	Extending the time in which the state corporation commission shall make a final order on a transmission line siting application.	01:30 PM	548-S	Scheduled
Taxation	House	HB2276	Providing an income tax credit for an eligible small business that purchases qualified local news organization advertising.	03:30 PM	346-S	Scheduled
Taxation	House	SB35	Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund.	03:30 PM	346-S	Scheduled
Elections	House	SB6	Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.	03:30 PM	218-N	Scheduled