Committee Bill Hearings

March 06, 2025

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Committee	Chamber	Bill	Short Title	Time	Room	Status
Public Health and Welfare	Senate	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.	08:30 AM	142-S	Past
Public Health and Welfare	Senate	HB2307	Transferring the power to authorize and oversee certain activities regarding prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions awareness programs from the department of health and environment to the Kansas council on developmental disabilities.	08:30 AM	142-S	Past
Public Health and Welfare	Senate	HB2170	Designating the first full week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.	08:30 AM	142-S	Past
Transportation	Senate	HB2201	Providing for the FFA distinctive license plate.	08:30 AM	546-S	Past
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications	House	HB2149	Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to customers who are offered a contract to finance the construction, installation or operation of a distributed energy system and establishing requirements for a customer's construction, installation and operation of a renewable energy system subject to parallel generation services.	09:00 AM	582-N	Past
Water	House	SB58	Modifying the requirements and allocations for multi-year flex accounts.	09:00 AM	218-N	Past
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	SB283	Decreasing individual income tax rates, discontinuing tax credits of the high performance incentive program and the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act, discontinuing payroll withholding tax benefits of the promoting employment across Kansas act, discontinuing the crediting of certain amounts to the job creation program fund and repealing certain tax credits.	09:30 AM	548-S	Past
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	HB2125	Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Pawnee county for the purpose of healthcare services and furnishing and equipping county-supported public safety operations.	09:30 AM	548-S	Past
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	SB280	Requiring the approval by a majority of electors voting at an election in order for the governing body of any taxing entity to increase its total amount of property tax to be levied by more than the annual rate of inflation.	09:30 AM	548-S	Past
Government Efficiency	Senate	SB256	Enacting the back to work act to require all full-time state employees to perform such employees' duties in their assigned office, facility or field location, provide for certain exceptions by agency heads and require certain reports regarding such exceptions.	09:30 AM	144-S	Past
Financial Institutions and Insurance	Senate	HB2087	Authorizing certain nonadmitted insurers to transact certain business in Kansas and requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers.	09:30 AM	546-S	Past
Financial Institutions and Insurance	Senate	HB2086	Adjusting the KPERS 3 dividend interest credit by lowering the dividend interest credit threshold to 5% and increasing the dividend share to 80%.	09:30 AM	546-S	Past
Federal and State Affairs	Senate	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.	10:30 AM	144-S	Past
Federal and State Affairs	Senate	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.	10:30 AM	144-S	Past
Judiciary	Senate	HCR5008	Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials.	10:30 AM	346-S	Past
Commerce	Senate	HB2119	Eliminating the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act effective July 1, 2025.	01:30 PM	159-S	Past
Welfare Reform	House	SB79	Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance.	01:30 PM	152-S	Past
Welfare Reform	House	SB85	Directing the secretary for children and families to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility.	01:30 PM	152-S	Past
Health and Human Services	House	HB2223	Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.	01:30 PM	112-N	Past
Utilities	Senate	HB2107	Providing for claims to recover economic damages from fire events caused by electric public utilities, establishing a statute of limitations for such claims and requiring the state corporation commission to convene a workshop on utility wildfire risk and mitigation.	01:30 PM	548-S	Past
Health and Human Services	House	SB175	Updating the definition of athletic trainer and providing an exemption for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas.	01:30 PM	112-N	Past
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development	House	SB166	Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations.	01:30 PM	346-S	Past
Education	House	SB78	Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof.	01:30 PM	218-N	Past
Judiciary	House	SB222	Prohibiting deference to a state agency's interpretation of a statute, rule or regulation or document by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action.	03:30 PM	582-N	Past
Elections	House	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.	03:30 PM	218-N	Past
Taxation	House	SB51	Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements.	03:30 PM	346-S	Past
Taxation	House	SB117	Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.	03:30 PM	346-S	Past
Agriculture and Natural Resources	House	SB89	Authorizing the animal health commissioner to adopt rules and regulations to administer the poultry disease control act and to establish an annual participation fee for participation in the national poultry improvement plan, a certification fee for persons performing testing and diagnostic services and a testing fee per visit to each location participating in the plan.	03:30 PM	112-N	Past