Bill Reports
2015 Laws Report
Bills Approved By Governor
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SB4 - Bill by Appropriations
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| House Substitute for SB 4 by Committee on Appropriations - Appropriation revisions and supplementals for FY 2015 and FY 2016 for various state agencies. |
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SB7 - Bill by Appropriations
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| House Substitute for SB 7 by Committee on Appropriations - Creating the classroom learning assuring student success act; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 2015, June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, for the department of education. |
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SB8 - Bill by Legislative Post Audit Committee
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| Repealing school district audit teams and school district performance audit requirements. |
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SB11 - Bill by Appropriations
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| House Substitute for SB 11 by Committee on Appropriations - State employees; essential employee defined. |
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SB12 - Bill by Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
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| Civil commitment of sexually violent predators. |
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SB13 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Allowing victim notification on status change of person confined. |
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SB14 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Relating to the criminal justice information system line fund. |
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SB21 - Bill by Transportation
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| Regulation and safety requirements for private motor carriers. |
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SB34 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Penalties for voting crimes; prosecution of election crimes. |
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SB36 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
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| House Substitute for SB 36 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources-Creating the local conservation lending program. |
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SB38 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Substitute for SB 38 by Committee on Judiciary - Bad faith assertions of patent infringement. |
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SB43 - Bill by Transportation
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| Home on the range highway. |
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SB45 - Bill by Senators Bruce, Abrams, Arpke, Baumgardner, Bowers, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Holmes, Kelly, Kerschen, Knox, LaTurner, Longbine, Love, Lynn, Masterson, O'Donnell, Olson, Ostmeyer, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Powell, Pyle, Smith, Tyson, Wilborn
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| Authorizing the carrying of concealed handguns without a license under the personal and family protection act. |
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SB46 - Bill by Agriculture
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| Identification of domesticated deer. |
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SB47 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Establishing principle-based reserves and updating the standard nonforfeiture law for life insurance companies. |
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SB52 - Bill by Natural Resources
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| Water; augmentation; multi-year flex accounts; local enhanced management areas; public water supply storage. |
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SB73 - Bill by Transportation
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| Definitions of certain vehicles. |
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SB76 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Requiring certain insurers and insurance groups to maintain a risk management framework through an internal risk self-assessment. |
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SB91 - Bill by Energy and Environment
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| Substitute for SB 91 by Committee on Energy and Environment - Renewable energy standards act and property tax exemptions for renewable energy resources. |
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SB95 - Bill by Senators Love, Abrams, Arpke, Baumgardner, Bruce, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Holmes, Kerschen, Knox, LaTurner, Lynn, Masterson, McGinn, O'Donnell, Olson, Ostmeyer, Petersen, Pilcher-Cook, Powell, Pyle, Smith, Tyson, Wagle, Wilborn
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| Creating the Kansas unborn child protection from dismemberment abortion act. |
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SB101 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Health care provider insurance availability act; definitions; self-insurance; health care systems. |
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SB105 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Enacting updates to the uniform interstate family support act (UIFSA 2008). |
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SB108 - Bill by Commerce
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| Real estate brokers and salespersons; license fees; education; applicants; prohibited acts; transaction representation. |
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SB109 - Bill by Utilities
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| Emergencies and disasters and the Kansas disaster utilities response act. |
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SB113 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Creating a civil remedy statute for human trafficking victims; specifying restitution measures for such victims and directing certain restitution to the human trafficking victim assistance fund; changing statutory references to the crimes of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of a child. |
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SB120 - Bill by Natural Resources
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| Exception to the limitations of wildlife, parks and tourism authority to purchase land. |
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SB124 - Bill by Natural Resources
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| Kansas department of health and environment requirements for radioactive waste, solid waste disposal and landspreading. |
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SB127 - Bill by Transportation
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| Requiring payment prior to installation of commemorative road naming signs; designating 2nd Lieutenant Justin L Sisson memorial highway, George Ablah expressway, Kenneth W Bernard memorial highway, Clay county Vietnam veterans bridge and Bert Cantwell memorial interchange. |
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SB150 - Bill by Transportation
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| Allowing corporate officers to appear before the corporation commission for certain fines. |
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SB154 - Bill by Commerce
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| Amending unemployment insurance benefits determination; employer classification and contribution rates. |
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SB156 - Bill by Natural Resources
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| Department of agriculture; creating water conservation areas; labeling of agricultural liming materials; Arkansas river gaging fund expenditures. |
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SB189 - Bill by Agriculture
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| Animal care; institutional license to practice veterinary medicine; veterinary training program for rural Kansas; Kansas pet animal act, euthanasia regulations. |
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SB206 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Powers and duties of the insurance commissioner and attorney general relating to the vision care services act. |
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SB228 - Bill by Senate Select KPERS
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| Issuing $ 1 billion of pension obligation bonds to finance a portion of the unfunded actuarial liability of KPERS and establishing decreased employer contribution rates if certain debt service conditions are met. |
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SB240 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| State banking code and the state banking commissioner. |
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SB252 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Relating to the unlawful abuse of toxic vapors. |
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SB270 - Bill by Taxation
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| Providing for a sales and compensating use tax rate of 6.85% and a rate of 5.9% on food; eliminating certain itemized deductions; decreasing the rate of tax on resident individuals; tax amnesty. |
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SB276 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Integrating certain statutes pertaining to business filings and limited liability companies. |
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SB290 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Kansas code of military justice, Article 15; commanding officer's nonjudicial punishment. |
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HB2003 - Bill by Representative Houser
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| Limiting annexation of non-adjoining land in cities. |
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HB2005 - Bill by Legislative Post Audit Committee
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| Judicial branch; relating to court fees, docket fees and court costs; relating to dispositive motions; judicial branch surcharge fund, electronic filing and management fund and judicial branch docket fee fund; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2016, and June 30, 2017, for the judicial branch. |
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HB2006 - Bill by Representative Goico
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| Disabled veterans; public parking facility; no charge. |
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HB2009 - Bill by Legislative Post Audit Committee
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| Authorizing the division of post audit to background check contractors and other workers. |
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HB2010 - Bill by Legislative Post Audit Committee
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| Conducting information technology audits. |
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HB2013 - Bill by Representative Finney
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| Creating the commercial driver's license test fee fund; remitting examination fees. |
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HB2023 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records. |
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HB2025 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Peer support counseling sessions for emergency services personnel and law enforcement personnel, confidentiality of communications; also amending the Kansas law enforcement training act. |
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HB2042 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2042 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Statutorily created boards, councils and committees. |
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HB2043 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2043 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare — Secretary for aging and disability services; criminal history record information; programs for all-inclusive care for the elderly. |
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HB2044 - Bill by Transportation
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| License, registration and safety requirements for autocycle; omega psi phi license plate. |
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HB2048 - Bill by 2014 Special Judiciary
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| Regulated scrap metal; crimes of theft and criminal damage to property, related sentencing provisions; regulation of scrap metal dealers, including unlawful acts and penalties; scrap metal theft reduction fee fund. |
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HB2051 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Amendments concerning good time and program credits for certain inmates; use of risk assessment tool for community corrections placement. |
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HB2053 - Bill by 2014 Special Judiciary
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| Clarifying comparable offenses for criminal history. |
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HB2055 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Criminal history classification; conversion of out of state misdemeanors; counting of prior DUI-related offenses when a person is convicted of certain crimes. |
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HB2061 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
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| Amending the powers and duties of the Kansas department of agriculture division of conservation and the state conservation commission. |
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HB2064 - Bill by Insurance
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| Insurance; legal services; nonprofit dental service corporations; updating certain definitions; excluding individual accident and sickness policies from certain uniform policy provisions; health care provider insurance availability act. |
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HB2066 - Bill by Insurance
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| Amending certain statutes relating to investments by life insurance and other than life insurance companies. |
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HB2085 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Contracts between the secretary of transportation and the Kansas Turnpike Authority; annual reports from the authority; director of operations. |
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HB2090 - Bill by Transportation
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2090 by Committee on Transportation - Relating to motor vehicle registration, apportioned registration for fleet vehicles, decal serial numbers and annual registration. |
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HB2094 - Bill by Transportation
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2094 by Committee on Transportation -Reconciling amendments to certain statutes. |
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HB2095 - Bill by
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2095 by Select Committee on KPERS - Providing working after retirement provisions for certain retirants and extending current sunset for teachers; proscribing certain appeal duties for joint committee on pensions, investments and benefits; enacting the deferred option program act. |
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HB2097 - Bill by Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
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| State fire marshal; search and rescue teams and hazardous materials response teams; tort claims immunity; emergency response fund. |
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HB2101 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2101 by Committee on KPERS — Definition of “police” for purposes of eligibility in the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system. |
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HB2103 - Bill by Representative S. Swanson
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| Designating bridge no. 14 (030) in Clay county as the Clay county Vietnam veterans bridge. |
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HB2104 - Bill by Elections
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| Elections; municipal election dates changed; filling vacancies of nominees; presidential preference primary. |
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HB2106 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Amending criminal penalties under the Kansas uniform securities act. |
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HB2109 - Bill by Assessment and Taxation
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2109 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing for sales and compensating tax rates and lower rate on food purchases and exemption sunset; income tax subtraction modifications and credits; cigarette tax rate changes and taxation of cigarettes; local sales tax authority; rural opportunity zones; fire district tax authority and creating joint committee on tax exemptions and income tax credits. |
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HB2111 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Courts; district magistrate judge jurisdiction and power; county law libraries; code of civil procedure, items allowable as costs; court costs, fees, fines and restitution; debts owed to courts. |
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HB2124 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Senate Substitue for HB 2124 by Committee on Judiciary - Amendments relating to the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. |
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HB2126 - Bill by Insurance
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| Updating risk-based capital instructions effective date, expiration date for property and casualty actuarial opinion law and increasing the cap on consulting fees for certain insurance companies. |
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HB2135 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2135 by Committee on Ways and Means - For fiscal year 2016, authorizing the director of the budget to lapse moneys in certain state general fund accounts and transfer moneys from certain special revenue funds to the state general fund; excludes the legislative and judicial branches; further excludes debt service payments on bonds, KPERS employer contributions, certain department of education appropriations and any demand transfer to the school district capital improvements fund. |
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HB2142 - Bill by Insurance
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| Reconciling certain amendments to the local government budget election requirements statute to clarify January 1, 2018, as the effective date for the new provisions. |
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HB2149 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Kansas program of medical assistance; relating to donor human breast milk and medications used under medicaid. |
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HB2154 - Bill by Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
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| Authorizing private sector employers to establish a hiring preference for veterans. |
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HB2155 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2155 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs — Charitable gaming, bingo and raffles regulation; lottery, sale of tickets; fantasy sports. |
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HB2159 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Substitute for HB 2159 by Committee on Judiciary - Authorizing a driver’s license with a DUI-IID designation; creating the DUI-IID designation fund; amending authorized restrictions of driving privileges, ignition interlock device; amending timeframe for expungement of DUI and other driving offenses. |
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HB2170 - Bill by Education
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| Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2170 by Committee on Education -- Creating the freedom from unsafe restraint and seclusion act. |
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HB2183 - Bill by Elections
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| Governmental ethics; lobbying; campaign finance. |
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HB2192 - Bill by Energy and Environment
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| Kansas storage tank act. |
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HB2193 - Bill by Energy and Environment
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| Solid and hazardous waste and the risk management program act. |
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HB2216 - Bill by Financial Institutions
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| Amending the Kansas money transmitter act and the Kansas mortgage business act and creating the Kansas ABLE savings program. |
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HB2223 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Alcoholic liquor; infusing authorized; requirements for citations of liquor control act violations; powdered alcohol prohibited; wine dispensing machines authorized; liquor license eligibility expanded; alcohol in state capitol authorized for limited events; vineyard permits; catered events regulations relaxed; farm winery, farmers market sales permits expanded; samples, distributors; state fair permits expanded; other. |
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HB2224 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Substitute HB 2224 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Technical professions act; definitions clarification. |
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HB2225 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2225 by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Healing arts; relating to licenses, medical retainer agreements and access to health records. |
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HB2228 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Senate Substitute for HB2228 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs-Abortion; administration of abortifacient drugs. |
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HB2231 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
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| Licensing of oil and gas well operators and extension of the abandoned oil and gas well fund. |
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HB2233 - Bill by Energy and Environment
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| Electric utilities and carbon dioxide emissions. |
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HB2240 - Bill by General Government Budget Committee
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| Allowing employees of the board of tax appeals to serve as hearing officers; educational requirements for members of the board, salary of members. |
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HB2246 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Municipalities; payment of claims, notice of claims procedures; employees added. |
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HB2254 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
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| Exempting certain general contractors from the roofing contractor registration act. |
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HB2256 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Enforcement of open records and meetings; attorney general; attorney general’s open government fund. |
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HB2258 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2258 by Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Concerning Kansas department for children and families; eligibility requirements for public assistance. |
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HB2259 - Bill by Financial Institutions
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| Amending the county and municipal statement of indebtedness reporting deadlines. |
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HB2267 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Alternative project delivery; notice requirements and selection procedures. |
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HB2275 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Relating to substances included in schedules I, II, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act. |
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HB2281 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2281 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare – Public assistance; medical assistance fee fund, privilege fees and TANF cash assistance. |
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HB2331 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Limiting regulations on the possession of firearms. |
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HB2336 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Requiring use of risk assessment tool in certain juvenile cases; placement of juveniles in certain correctional facilities. |
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HB2352 - Bill by Financial Institutions
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| Insurance; coverage for autism spectrum disorder; notice of termination of coverage of motor vehicle insurance; consulting fees and examination period related to financial examinations; surplus lines insurance. |
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HB2353 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2353 by Committee on Ways and Means - Education; amendments regarding virtual school state aid, supplemental general state aid, capital outlay state aid and capital improvement state aid. |
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HB2364 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Improvement districts; filling vacancies of directors. |
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HB2391 - Bill by Appropriations
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| State employees; classified positions converted to unclassified positions. |
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HB2395 - Bill by Appropriations
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| State building projects; negotiating committees; alternative procurement. |
Bills Becoming Law Without Governors Signature
Bills Vetoed By Governor; Veto Overridden
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SB117 - Bill by Insurance
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| House Substitute for SB 117 by Committee on Insurance - Regulation of transportation network company services. |
