Committee Bill Hearings

February 27, 2025

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Committee	Chamber	Bill	Short Title	Time	Room	Status
Transportation	Senate	HB2168	Providing for the blackout distinctive license plate and creating the license plate replacement fund to deposit the royalty fees from such license plate into for purposes of replacing exhausted license plates.	08:30 AM	546-S	Past
Public Health and Welfare	Senate	HB2027	Reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute.	08:30 AM	142-S	Past
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	Past
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications	House	SB92	Extending the time in which the state corporation commission shall make a final order on a transmission line siting application.	09:00 AM	582-N	Past
Appropriations	House	SB125	Authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state.	09:00 AM	112-N	Past
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	Past
Financial Institutions and Insurance	Senate	HB2046	Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.	09:30 AM	546-S	Past
Government Efficiency	Senate	HB2261	Providing that Kansas highway patrols officers majors are to be within the unclassified service under the Kansas civil service act and a superintendent, assistant superintendent or major shall be returned to a rank with permanent status not lower than the rank held when the officer was appointed to such respective position.	09:30 AM	144-S	Past
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	SB108	Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.	09:30 AM	548-S	Past
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	Past
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	Past
Judiciary	Senate	HB2212	Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.	10:30 AM	346-S	Past
Judiciary	Senate	HB2155	Specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails.	10:30 AM	346-S	Past
Judiciary	Senate	HB2062	Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception.	10:30 AM	346-S	Past
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	Past
Utilities	Senate	HB2110	Eliminating the requirement that the state 911 board shall contract with a local collection point administrator for services, rescheduling the date on which the state 911 operations fund, state 911 grant fund and state 911 fund shall be established, requiring certain transfers to be made to the state 911 operations fund and rescheduling the date for transferring all 911 fee moneys currently held outside the state treasury to the state treasury.	01:30 PM	548-S	Past
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development	House	HB2294	Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for staff of child care centers, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements , 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.	01:30 PM	346-S	Past
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	Past
Transportation	House	SB8	Requiring drivers to proceed with due caution when passing stationary vehicles displaying hazard warning lights.	01:30 PM	582-N	Past
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	Past
Judiciary	House	SB241	Providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a restraint of trade in certain circumstances.	03:30 PM	582-N	Past
Judiciary	House	SB84	Modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards.	03:30 PM	582-N	Past
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	Past
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	Past
Elections	House	SB6	Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.	03:30 PM	218-N	Past