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Agriculture and Natural Resources - 13 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2255 Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring licenses and education for service company operators, mandating annual device inspections, except for devices with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater used in grain elevators and requiring electric vehicle supply equipment to be tested and inspected annually.
HB2254 Requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust.
HB2174 Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act to provide financial assistance to lawyers and law students who practice law in rural areas.
HB2172 Establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding for such program and requiring a report thereon to the legislature and the governor.
HB2161 Providing an income tax credit for the sale and distribution of biodiesel and renewable diesel blends for motor vehicle fuels.
HB2153 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.
HB2135 Making certain provisions of the commercial industrial hemp act applicable only if the Kansas department of agriculture has submitted a state plan to the federal government for the state monitoring and regulation of industrial hemp within Kansas and such state plan is still active.
HB2114 Authorizing the chief engineer to adopt rules and regulations under the watershed district act and concerning fees and inspections of dams.
HB2111 Increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years.
HB2095 Establishing a pump installation contractor license and requiring additional examination, qualification and record-keeping requirements for licensed pump installation contractor and water well contractors.
HB2064 Removing the current solid waste permit exception for the disposal of solid waste generated by drilling oil and gas wells through the practice of land-spreading.
HB2063 Establishing various conservation funds, allocating state moneys for conservation, requiring reports to the governor and legislature, and authorizing fund transfers and providing for the use of such funds by the Kansas department of agriculture and the Kansas department of wildlife and parks.
HB2012 Providing an income tax credit for the sale and distribution of ethanol blends for motor vehicle fuels.

Appropriations - 5 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
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.
HB2195 Establishing the Kansas technical college operating grant fund administered by the state board of regents.
HB2165 Enacting the returning to nonaccountability of the executive branch agencies that report to the governor act, eliminating the budget process requirements of a program service inventory, integrated budget fiscal process and performance-based budgeting system.
HB2082 Making and concerning certain supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies.
HB2007 Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies.

Child Welfare and Foster Care - 6 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2207 Authorizing parents of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect or a child in need of care proceeding and victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to such investigation or proceeding.
HB2175 Requiring the secretary for children and families to notify the parent of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect of such parent's rights during such investigation and to complete a written report upon closing such an investigation, providing for an agreement between the parent of a child and the secretary if such child is removed from the home during an investigation of abuse or neglect and a parent to withhold certain information except when otherwise ordered by a court.
HB2132 Modifying the definition of neglect in the revised Kansas code for care of children, prohibiting the removal of a child from such child's home due solely to a lack of financial resources and requiring facts of imminent harm due to a lack of financial resources demonstrate more than one fact of such lack of financial resources.
HB2093 Authorizing victims of childhood abuse to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect and extending the time to file civil actions for recovery of damages caused by childhood sexual abuse.
HB2076 Reducing the authorized amount of days that a child may be placed in a secure facility and eliminating the court's option to extend such authorization.
HB2075 Requiring that a permanency hearing for a child in custody of the secretary be held within nine months from such child's removal from the home.

Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - 11 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2239 Requiring every employer to provide each employee with meal periods and rest periods.
HB2229 Amending the Kansas amusement ride act relating to inspections of amusement rides and inflatable devices, training regarding the operation of amusement rides and inflatable devices and establishing an annual permit fee for inflatable devices.
HB2158 Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act.
HB2151 Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour.
HB2123 Increasing the minimum wage for employees that receive tips and gratuities.
HB2119 Eliminating the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act effective July 1, 2025.
HB2118 Requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.
HB2117 Modifying certain business filing and fee requirements for business trusts, foreign corporations and limited partnerships; authorizing professional corporations or limited liability companies formed or organized to render a professional service to participate in transactions under the business entity transactions act; and making certain information provided by registered agents a public record.
HB2090 Establishing the Kansas employee emergency savings account (KEESA) program to allow eligible employers to establish employee savings accounts, providing an income and privilege tax credit for certain eligible employer deposits to such employee savings accounts and providing a subtraction modification for certain employee deposits to such savings accounts.
HB2088 Enacting the fast-track permits act to require local governments to meet specified deadlines for issuing building permits and other required approvals for real estate development.
HB2035 Amending the definition of land devoted to agricultural use for property tax purposes to include trail rides as a ranching activity to qualify as an agritourism activity.

Corrections and Juvenile Justice - 8 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2228 Requiring the secretary of corrections to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment related documentation prior to release from custody.
HB2227 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.
HB2221 Abolishing the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund, creating the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund and transferring the moneys and liabilities from such abolished fund to the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund.
HB2215 Modifying the definition of public-private partnership to increase the allowable cost-share limit for expenditures by the department of corrections on certain correctional institution construction projects.
HB2192 Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery.
HB2181 Enacting the uniform family law arbitration act.
HB2179 Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
HB2177 Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when the person has prior convictions of the offense.

Education - 19 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HCR5005 Proposing to amend section 6 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit the use of elementary and secondary public funds for secular public schools and prohibit public funds from being used for private nonpublic schools.
HB2259 Requiring school districts to adopt policies to limit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours and requiring the state board of education to designate a period of time for social media awareness and develop goals and materials relating thereto.
HB2203 Including children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorder under the definition of other health impairment in the special education for exceptional children act.
HB2202 Requiring the state board of regents and postsecondary educational institutions to provide certain pre-service teachers with essential knowledge and skills to support children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome disorder.
HB2186 Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours and to prohibit students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms.
HB2185 Updating the Kansas national guard educational assistance act to include dependents of national guard members and the Kansas national guard educational master's for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program to include other advanced degrees.
HB2176 Requiring the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and a multiplier factor that adjusts certain schools' student attendance.
HB2156 Establishing the education opportunity tax credit to provide an income tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children who are not enrolled in public school.
HB2142 Requiring each school district adopt an independent review process as part of such district's policies prohibiting and preventing bullying.
HB2141 Requiring school districts to offer parents the opportunity to object to educational materials and activities that are not included in approved curriculum or standards or that impair a parent's beliefs, values or principles.
HB2140 Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.
HB2139 Increasing the minimum expenditure amount for school districts for contracted goods and services without requiring sealed bids and the minimum expenditure amount for goods and services that the district superintendent may acquire on behalf of the school district.
HB2138 Authorizing school districts to levy an annual tax levy of up to two mills for the purposes of school building safety, security and compliance with the Americans with disabilities act and including such levy in the capital outlay state aid determination for such school districts.
HB2137 Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install, operate and maintain school bus cameras.
HB2136 Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program and providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions.
HB2103 Including participation in certain learning experiences and agricultural activities as a valid excuse for absence from school and authorizing school boards to make rules therefor.
HB2102 Providing for the advance enrollment of military students whose parent or person acting as parent will be stationed in this state.
HB2034 Authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept such persons as volunteers.
HB2033 Including programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations accredited by the international multisensory structured language education council as approved at-risk educational programs.

Elections - 21 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HCR5009 Proposing a constitutional amendment reserving the power of initiative to the people of Kansas.
HCR5007 Proposing a constitutional amendment to lower the voting age to 16 years in state elections.
HB2258 Terminating the secretary of state's authority to appoint election commissioners and transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in those counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county.
HB2257 Enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.
HB2206 Renaming the Kansas governmental ethics commission to the Kansas public disclosure commission, defining terms in the campaign finance act, requiring the filing of statements of independent expenditures and prohibiting agreements requiring contributions in the name of another.
HB2205 Prohibiting lobbying for or by foreign adversaries; authorizing the attorney general to file civil lawsuits; providing for civil penalties for violations thereof.
HB2190 Declaring the even-numbered year general election day as a legal public holiday.
HB2143 Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.
HB2106 Banning contributions from foreign nationals for the support or defeat of a proposed amendment to the Kansas constitution.
HB2091 Requiring discharged inmates be offered the opportunity to register to vote and requiring the secretary of state to develop a voter registration program that offers voter registration services through certain state agencies and accredited high schools.
HB2056 Specifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office based on the form of nomination used.
HB2055 Providing for the filling of a vacancy in the office of state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance by appointment of a person of the same political party as the incumbent office holder and making such appointment subject to senate confirmation.
HB2054 Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act and eliminating such limits on contributions to party committees.
HB2053 Repealing restrictions on municipal regulation of political signs during certain periods of time around election days.
HB2023 Creating the election crime of interference with an election official.
HB2022 Clarifying that a special election shall not be held within 45 days before or after a general or primary election.
HB2021 Authorizing the secretary of state, in consultation with county election officers, to adopt rules and regulations for the use of remote ballot boxes.
HB2019 Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.
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.
HB2017 Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.
HB2016 Including private online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from voter registration books.

Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - 11 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2226 Providing incumbent electric transmission owners a right of first refusal for the construction of certain electric transmission lines.
HB2225 Prohibiting mobile home park landlords from limiting a tenant's access to communications and video services.
HB2180 Establishing the blind information access act to require the state library to provide on-demand information access services to persons who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or print disabled.
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.
HB2148 Prohibiting the permitting and siting of electric transmission lines within any area designated by the United States department of energy as a national interest electric transmission corridor.
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.
HB2109 Authorizing public utilities and law enforcement agencies to enter into utility pole attachment agreements for the installation of law enforcement equipment on structures located in the public right-of-way and exempting public utilities from liability relating thereto.
HB2108 Requiring the state corporation commission to establish and enforce a code of conduct and agricultural mitigation protocol for the development, operation and decommissioning of certain large energy facilities.
HB2107 Providing for claims to recover damages from fire events caused by electric public utilities, specifying recovery for such damages and requiring the state corporation commission to provide trainings on wildfire risk and mitigation.
HB2041 Requiring a competitive bid process for the permitting of electric transmission lines.
HB2032 Authorizing the state corporation commission to increase or decrease an electric public utility's return on equity based on whether such utility's all-in average retail rate has increased or decreased.

Federal and State Affairs - 26 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HCR5006 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.
HCR5001 Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.
HB2265 Designating the polka as the state dance.
HB2204 Declaring that the world health organization, the united nations and the world economic forum have no power within the state of Kansas or any political subdivisions thereof to enforce any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate.
HB2200 Creating a traffic infraction for not securely storing a firearm in an unattended vehicle, providing exceptions and penalties therefor and requiring the office of the attorney general to conduct a secure storage of firearms educational campaign and create materials therefor.
HB2198 Enacting the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.
HB2196 Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.
HB2171 Creating the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove certain exceptions to the cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion.
HB2167 Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
HB2164 Authorizing persons who are 20 years of age or older to apply for certification as a police officer or law enforcement officer under the Kansas law enforcement training act.
HB2150 Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.
HB2147 Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.
HB2146 Increasing transfers from the lottery operating fund, to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
HB2127 Authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county.
HB2115 Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.
HB2104 Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.
HB2094 Authorizing the sale of electronic cigarettes in cigarette vending machines.
HB2066 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.
HB2065 Providing for the appointment of delegates to a convention under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.
HB2051 Requiring legislative approval of any national heritage area or national historic trail in the state of Kansas and prohibiting state funding of any national heritage area or national historic trail unless such funding is first approved by the legislature of the state of Kansas.
HB2028 Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.
HB2026 Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.
SCR1602 Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
SCR1602 Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
SCR1602 Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
SCR1602 Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.

Financial Institutions and Pensions - 9 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2235 Updating provisions of the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions (TEFFI) act by making the act part of the state banking code, adjusting and providing certain definitions, reducing the TEFFI charter application fee, authorizing the issuance of certificates and trust certificates, providing for the supervision of TEFFIs by the state bank commissioner and including Kansas nonprofit corporations as qualified charities for the TEFFI income tax credit.
HB2194 Providing a KPERS working after retirement exemption from the employer contribution rate for retirants who are employed as teachers by a school district in a position for which a certificate to teach is required.
HB2152 Authorizing financial institutions to secure governmental unit deposits in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the FDIC by utilizing a public moneys pooled method of securities, prohibiting investment advisers that execute bids for the investment of public moneys from managing moneys directly from such bid, allowing municipal bond proceeds and governmental unit deposits to be invested at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution, establishing certain public moneys investment rates, requiring certification from a governmental unit that deposits in the municipal investment pool fund were first offered to a financial institution in the preceding year and allowing financial institutions to file complaints upon the failure to comply with such certification.
HB2130 Authorizing retirement and disability benefits under KPERS, KP&F and the retirement system for judges to be paid on either a biweekly or monthly basis at the option of a member or recipient.
HB2129 Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.
HB2089 Enacting the consumer inflation reduction and tax fairness act and exempting the portion of a credit card transaction constituting a tax or gratuity from assessment of the fee charged by the card issuer.
HB2086 Adjusting the KPERS 3 dividend interest credit by lowering the dividend interest credit threshold to 5% and increasing the dividend share to 80%.
HB2008 Modifying the definition of security officer to include certain juvenile corrections officer positions for purposes of the KPERS correctional employees group.
HB2006 Providing membership in the KP&F retirement system for certain security officers of the department of corrections and allowing certain service credit purchases of previous KPERS security officer service for purposes of KP&F retirement benefits.

Health and Human Services - 26 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2267 Prohibiting certain licensed individuals from using conversion therapy on minors.
HB2266 Enacting the advanced practice registered nurse licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for advanced practice registered nurses.
HB2252 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.
HB2251 Requiring the state board of healing arts to grant provisional licensure to certain international physicians with offers of employment at healthcare providers operating in Kansas.
HB2250 Increasing the annual assement rate on hospital providers.
HB2249 Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care.
HB2236 Establishing the mental health intervention team program in the Kansas department for aging and disability services in state statute and providing incentives for coordination between school districts, qualified schools and mental health intervention team providers.
HB2230 Enacting the kratom consumer protection act, defining kratom as a food product, prohibiting the distribution and sale of kratom that is adulterated, requiring persons to be at least 21 years of age to purchase such product, establishing civil fines for violations of the act and requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the act.
HB2223 Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.
HB2219 Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for physician assistants.
HB2218 Amending the definition of "psilocybin" in the uniform controlled substances act to exclude the pharmaceutical composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin and adding crystalline polymorph psilocybin to schedule IV of the uniformed controlled substance act.
HB2217 Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto.
HB2216 Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to create an informational video describing abortion laws in Kansas.
HB2193 Enacting the every mom matters act to require the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption.
HB2170 Designating the first full week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.
HB2159 Creating the emergency opioid antagonists assistance grant fund to provide emergency opioid antagonists to law enforcement agencies and removing law enforcement from the state board of pharmacy's statewide opioid antagonist protocol.
HB2157 Expanding pharmacist's scope of practice to include point-of-care testing for and treatment of COVID-19.
HB2100 Establishing statewide standards governing the use of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, permitting a pharmacist to initiate such medication to certain patients, providing civil liability protections to pharmacists who initiate prophylactic therapy to patients for post-exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.
HB2072 Enacting the art therapist licensure act to provide for the regulation and licensing of professional art therapists.
HB2070 Enacting the dietitian licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dietitians.
HB2069 Enacting the school psychologist licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for school psychologists.
HB2068 Enacting the cosmetology compact to provide interstate practice privileges.
HB2039 Amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies.
HB2010 Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.
HB2009 Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition.
HB2002 Requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with the lay caregiver act and report the results of such audit to the legislature.

Higher Education Budget - 2 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2248 Establishing the Kansas nursing initiative grant program and authorizing the state board of regents to approve need-based or competitive grants for the expansion of nursing faculty, laboratory supplies and tools for student success at postsecondary educational institutions.
HB2120 Authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey certain real property in Riley county, Kansas, and Douglas county, Nebraska, on behalf of Kansas state university and Kansas state university veterinary medical center.

Insurance - 8 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2247 Prohibiting certain terms in a contract between a health insurer and a dentist and requiring that reviews, audits or investigations of healthcare providers be completed within six months.
HB2246 Enacting the consumer protection related to hospital price transparency act.
HB2245 Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.
HB2244 Modifying the composition of the board of pharmacy and prohibiting the board of pharmacy from adopting rules and regulations that would limit or condition the use of telepharmacy.
HB2199 Authorizing the Kansas state employees health care commission to provide insurance coverage for certain allergen introduction dietary supplements for infants under the state health care benefits program and requiring the commission to submit an impact report to the legislature if such coverage is provided.
HB2128 Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register, allowing certain life insurers to follow health financial reports and adopting certain provisions from the national association of insurance commissioners holding company system regulatory act relating to group capital calculations and liquidity stress testing.
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.
HB2047 Providing for the establishment of an online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance.

Judiciary - 18 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HCR5008 Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials.
HB2253 Making the theft of livestock or implements of husbandry a severity level 5, nonperson felony.
HB2243 Requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military installations to refer children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to a military family advocacy program.
HB2242 Authorizing the governor to accept requests of concurrent jurisdiction from the federal government in certain circumstances.
HB2241 Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
HB2224 Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.
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.
HB2187 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.
HB2183 Including any photograph, film, video picture, digital or computer-generated image or picture that has been created, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means in the definition of a visual depiction for certain criminal offenses.
HB2182 Prohibiting a sheriff from charging a fee for service of process for proceedings under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act.
HB2173 Authorizing certain offenders to petition for relief from registration requirements under the Kansas offender registration act.
HB2166 Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.
HB2155 Specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails.
HB2144 Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for adults who want decision-making assistance and amending the crime of mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person.
HB2134 Amending the Kansas open records act regarding charges for records in the state executive branch and other public agencies other than the state legislative and judicial branches, prohibiting charges for electronic copies of records and for determining whether a record exists and limiting charges for employee time required to make records available.
HB2131 Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
HB2062 Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception.
HB2061 Including aboveground and belowground lines, cables and wires in the definition of a critical infrastructure facility used for telecommunications or video services for the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility.

Legislative Modernization - 2 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2238 Directing legislative administrative services to prepare all committee minutes.
HB2060 Requiring the information technology executive council to provide certain information technology reports to the joint committee on information technology.

Local Government - 7 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2264 Restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.
HB2191 Authorizing legal publications to be made on internet websites selected by the governing body of a city, county or school district.
HB2160 Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.
HB2145 Establishing the Butler county fair board as consisting of 15 members, providing for the appointment of members to such board and allowing up to five members of such board to be appointed from the county at large.
HB2116 Requiring that certain contractual provisions be incorporated in all contracts for certain cities and counties, including the provisions of form DA-146a, with certain exceptions.
HB2099 Permitting periodic inspections by a city or county for code violations of private residential rental housing where the property owner is receiving governmental rental subsidies.
HB2025 Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities.

Social Services Budget - 1 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2184 Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.

Taxation - 40 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2234 Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases by Junction City main street, inc.
HB2233 Disqualifying from the carbon dioxide capture and sequestration property tax exemption and the income tax accelerated depreciation deduction if machinery and equipment are used to inject animal manure into the ground.
HB2232 Establishing a child income tax credit.
HB2231 Providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers.
HB2211 Providing funding for STAR bond districts to replace lost food sales tax revenue.
HB2210 Establishing a child income tax credit.
HB2209 Expanding the current sales tax exemption for purchases by domestic violence shelters to domestic and sexual violence programs.
HB2208 Establishing the endow Kansas tax credit act to provide tax credits for endowment gifts to certain endowment funds held by qualified community foundations.
HB2197 Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by sleep in heavenly peace, inc.
HB2189 Providing an income tax subtraction modification for sales or taking of property subject to eminent domain.
HB2163 Providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act, establishing an income tax credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students.
HB2162 Excluding from sales taxation the service of installing or applying tangible personal property for the reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a building or facility.
HB2154 Imposing property tax on rental and leased vehicles and discontinuing the excise tax on the rental and lease of such vehicles.
HB2133 Providing for a property tax exemption for one motor vehicle for firefighters.
HB2126 Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas legal services, inc.
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.
HB2098 Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases by not-for-profit corporations operating a community theater.
HB2097 Providing for approval by the department of wildlife and parks for qualified program or management plans to qualify for the nongame and endangered species habitat credit.
HB2096 Providing for transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits from the year that the credit was originally issued.
HB2084 Allowing an itemized deduction for certain wagering losses for individual income tax purposes.
HB2083 Providing a property tax exemption for new energy storage systems and excluding new energy storage systems from the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment exemption.
HB2081 Providing a sales tax exemption for community pharmacies serving medically underserved individuals and families.
HB2080 Restricting residential homestead property taxes to not more than the established base year for those individual 65 years of age and older.
HB2079 Requiring that comparable sales of residential property occur within the subdivision or township or the closest-located subdivision or township where such property is located for valuing real property.
HB2078 Providing an income tax credit for contributions to a child care provider or intermediary.
HB2077 Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of personal property and services, sales of personal property and purchases of construction materials and services for not-for-profit animal shelters and rescue network managers licensed under the Kansas pet animal act.
HB2074 Including homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims.
HB2073 Providing a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers.
HB2067 Establishing a feminine hygiene product grant program and grant fund to award moneys to qualifying title I schools to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no cost.
HB2059 Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts paid by the taxpayer during the taxable year as a member of a health care sharing ministry.
HB2058 Providing for an increased amount of income for eligibility of individuals for the selective assistance for effective senior relief income tax credit.
HB2038 Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program.
HB2036 Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces.
HB2024 Providing a tax credit for firefighters who incur unreimbursed medical expenses for screening for occupation-related cancer, enacting the fighting chance for firefighters act.
HB2014 Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.
HB2013 Discontinuing the imposition of sales tax on cable, community antennae and television services.
HB2005 Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals.
HB2001 Continuing the reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs of county clerks through calendar year 2029.
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.
SB10 Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

Transportation - 15 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2263 Designating a future interchange on K-10 highway as the Kris Norton memorial interchange.
HB2262 Permitting micro utility trucks to be operated on certain highways and streets and providing conditions for such operation.
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.
HB2260 Prohibiting the use of an electronic communications device while operating a motor vehicle and providing penalties for violations thereof.
HB2222 Requiring ignition interlock device manufacturers to pay fees to the state for the administration of the ignition interlock program.
HB2220 Permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit to 25 miles per hour without an engineering and traffic investigation.
HB2201 Providing for the FFA distinctive license plate.
HB2169 Modifying the documentation requirements for military veteran license plates to align with updated military veteran documentation standards and eliminating the requirement for such military veteran license plate applications to be submitted 60 days prior to vehicle registration renewals.
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.
HB2124 Designating a portion of United States highway 160 as the CPL Monte Wayne Forrest memorial highway.
HB2122 Modifying the threshold limit for allowing quarterly payments of certain truck and truck tractor annual vehicle registration fees and eliminating the two-quarter grace period for truck or truck tractor owners that have delinquent quarterly payments before certain penalties apply.
HB2121 Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund.
HB2105 Designating a portion of United States highway 77 as the POW MIA memorial highway and bridge No. 82-14-6.88 (026) in Clay county as the POW MIA memorial bridge.
HB2031 Permitting driving school instructors to possess a motorcycle driver's license from any state.
HB2003 Establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act (EVEERRT act) and providing for a road repair tax on electricity distributed from a public charging station for electric vehicles.

Veterans and Military - 4 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2256 Directing the governor to create and award the order of the sunflower to recognize military spouses' service to their communities.
HB2214 Enacting the safeguarding American veteran empowerment (SAVE) act to limit compensation for assisting in veterans benefits matters.
HB2213 Prohibiting certain conduct and improper collection of veterans benefits fees.
HB2188 Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat.

Water - 3 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2113 Transferring $5,000,000 each July 1 to match federal funding for soil conservation districts, providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and sunsetting such enhancements and the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund on July 1, 2028.
HB2112 Requiring water supply system and wastewater treatment facility operator certification examination fees to not exceed the costs for such exams and eliminating the certification of operators through correspondence courses.
HB2085 Extending the expiration of permits issued under the water pollution control permit system from five to 10 years.

Welfare Reform - 4 bills and 0 resolutions


Bill Number Shorttitle
HB2240 Requiring legislative approval of any medicaid state plan, state plan amendment, demonstration or waiver that expands coverage or increases cost to the state.
HB2178 Allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
HB2101 Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.
HB2015 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.
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