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Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

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SB27 - Substitute for SB 27 by Committee on Ways and Means - Appropriation revisions for FY 2017, 2018 and FY 2019 for various state agencies.
SB38 - Establishing the KanCare bridge to a healthy Kansas program.
SB44 - Including volunteer members of regional search and rescue teams within workers compensation coverage under the state workers compensation self-insurance fund.
SB94 - Increasing the health maintenance organization privilege fee and extending the medical assistance fee fund.
SB115 - State finances; requiring the KPERS board to liquidate the pooled money investment portfolio investment pursuant to K.S.A. 2016 Supp. 75-2263; transferring money to the state general fund and to the pooled money investment portfolio; authorizing the pooled money investment board to invest idle funds available for long term investment.
SB137 - Death benefits for certain KP&F surviving spouses.
SB138 - KPERS working after retirement; exempting licensed school retirants from earnings limitation; sunsetting special exemptions; waiting period.
SB142 - State health care benefits program amendments.
SB160 - Establishing an independent home and community based services ombudsman.
SB161 - Allotments; requiring the governor and secretary of administration to act under certain circumstances.
SB162 - Amending statutes concerning dangerous regulated animals.
SB172 - Prohibiting the use of conversion therapy.
SB173 - Department of health and environment-division of health care finance, appropriations for fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 for 5% rate increase for providers under the home and community based services medicaid waivers.
SB174 - Authorizing Wichita area technical college to affiliate with Wichita state University.
SB184 - Authorizing the Kansas intelligence fusion center.
SB186 - Reimbursement to eligible providers for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services.
SB189 - Substitute for SB 189 by Committee on Ways and Means - Appropriations for FY 2017, FY 2018, FY 2019 and FY 2020 for various state agencies.
SB190 - Making appropriations for FY 18 and FY 19 for the judicial branch.
SB191 - Appropriation revisions for FY 2017, FY 2018, FY 2019, FY 2020, FY 2021, FY 2022 and FY 2023 for various state agencies.
SB193 - Appropriation revisions for FY 2017, FY 2018 and FY 2019 for various state agencies.
SB194 - Amending groundwater management district water user charges.
SB195 - Creating a suspended eligibility status for recipients of state medicaid services.
SB197 - Establishing the social work examining committee.
SB204 - Enacting the Kansas cybersecurity act.
SB205 - Allowing certain time away from work or normal duties to be credited as participating service under KPERS and KP&F.
SB208 - County commission boards; expansion of commissioners; special election.
SB210 - Prohibiting the carrying of concealed firearms in certain buildings.
SB216 - Updating statutory references as necessitated by 2012 Executive Reorganization Order No. 41.
SB217 - Updating certain statutory references relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services and the Kansas department for children and families.
SB226 - Providing for the appointment of the state librarian and the members of the state library of Kansas board by the legislative coordinating council.
SB227 - Providing a post-retirement benefit increase (COLA) for certain retirants of KPERS.
SB228 - Enacting the Kansas medicaid reform act.
SB229 - County elections commissioners; appointment by county commission.
SB232 - Amendments to the developmental disabilities reform act.
SB233 - Creating the education finance act.
SB235 - Prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons in certain buildings.
SB238 - Amending the compulsory school attendance requirements.
SB240 - Authorizing a land purchase in Sherman county by the Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism.
SB241 - Maximum retirement benefits for KP&F members.
SB242 - Amending the definition of "service-connected" in the Kansas police and firemen's retirement system.
SB244 - Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
SB245 - Requiring state agencies to review rules and regulations and report to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations.
SB246 - Legislators compensation limited to 70 days unless the ensuing fiscal year's budget is passed, exceptions.
SB247 - Cemetery districts; deannexation of land located within a city; board of county commissioners hearing and order.
SB251 - Creating the Kansas school equity and enhancement act.
SB253 - Establishing the prompt payment act.
SB269 - Substitute for SB 269 by Committee on Ways and Means – Appropriation revisions for FY 2018, FY 2019, FY 2020, FY 2021, FY 2022, FY 2023 and FY 2024 for various state agencies.
SB270 - Making appropriations for FY2018, FY2019, FY2020, FY2021, FY2022, and FY2023 for the department of education.
SB271 - Making appropriations for FY 2018 and FY 2019 for the department of education.
SB276 - Adjusting the biannual transfer of certain balances in the motor carrier license fees fund to the state highway fund.
SB285 - Substitute for SB 285 by Committee on Ways and Means - Establishing the joint legislative transportation task force for evaluation of the state highway fund and the state highway transportation system.
SB300 - Prohibiting substantial change to the Kansas medical assistance program without prior legislative approval.
SB301 - Requiring hunting guides and outfitters to register with the department of wildlife, parks and tourism.
SB307 - Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act concerning home-owned amusement rides and agritourism activities.
SB313 - Redevelop authorities; Johnson and Labette counties.
SB314 - Townships; special highway improvement fund.
SB315 - Kansas state employee health care commission, increasing members; adding the chairpersons of the senate committee on ways and means, house committee on appropriations, senate committee on public health and welfare, and house committee on health and human services, or their designees; authorizing the members to elect the chairperson.
SB342 - Enacting the Kansas cybersecurity act.
SB343 - Authorizing the board of regents and the state of Kansas to convey certain real property in Sedgwick county to Wichita state university.
SB352 - Amending the school finance transportation weighting calculation and requiring transportation funding for school districts from the state general fund, not the state highway fund; making and concerning appropriations to the department of education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019.
SB353 - Abolishing the boiler inspection fee fund; transferring balances to the fire marshal fee fund.
SB389 - Changing requirements to administer certain tests, questionnaires, surveys and examinations under the student data privacy act and allowing disclosure of de-identified student data.
SB404 - Providing for the Korean war, operation desert storm, operation Iraqi freedom and operation enduring freedom license plates.
SB405 - Clarifying animal conversion units for poultry facilities with dry manure systems.
SB406 - Budget process; exempting postsecondary educational institutions from the program service inventory, integrated budget fiscal process and performance-based budgeting system if such institution has implemented performance agreements.
SB414 - Moving egg repackaging requirements from statute to rules and regulations adopted by the secretary of the Kansas department of agriculture.
SB415 - Depositing all state sales tax revenues from sales on the Kansas state fairgrounds into the state fair capital improvements fund.
SB422 - Amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act by requiring local school boards to notify the state board of education of their intent to increase local option budget authority, calculating supplemental state aid based on current year LOB, eliminating the 10% at-risk floor and eliminating the expanded uses of capital outlay.
SB423 - Amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act by eliminating the 10% at-risk floor and expanded uses of capital outlay.
SB428 - Changing licensure requirements for a child care facility operating in a public recreation center or school.
SB430 - Extending the high performance incentive program tax credit carry forward period from 16 to 25 years.
SB431 - Creating the extreme risk protective order act.
SB436 - Providing medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments.
SB438 - Removing prior authorization requirements for medicaid recipients receiving treatment from certain mental and behavioral healthcare providers.
SB439 - Clarifying methods of recording grand jury proceedings.
SB440 - Providing a sales tax exemption for midland care connection, inc.
SB441 - Creating the negligent driving traffic violation.
SB442 - Amending the Kansas school equity and enhancement act regarding the transportation weighting.
SB447 - Authorizing the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism to purchase land in Kingman county.
SB451 - Updating statutory references related to the Kansas department for aging and disability services and the Kansas department for children and families in accordance with 2012 executive reorganization order no. 41.
SB452 - Recording requirements for pesticide applications and requiring the department of agriculture to review and develop sound pesticide management practices and report its findings to the legislature.
SB458 - Requiring at least 16 emergency preparedness drills to be conducted by schools each year including fire, tornado and crisis drills.
SB460 - Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 to strike provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget and transfer funds from the supplemental general fund to certain categorical funds; restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly.
SB461 - Reconciling amendments to certain statutes.
SB462 - Amending Substitute for Senate Bill No. 423 relating to provisions requiring school districts to adopt a minimum local option budget, restoring certain provisions relating to local option budgets and adjusting the BASE aid accordingly.
HB2002 - Appropriation revisions for fiscal years 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 for various state agencies, omnibus appropriation act.
HB2052 - Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2052 by Committee on Ways and Means - Appropriation revisions for FY 2017, FY 2018, FY 2019, FY 2020, FY 2021, FY 2022, FY 2023, FY 2024, and FY 2025 for various state agencies.
HB2129 - Senate Substitute for HB 2129 by Committee on Ways and Means - Department of administration; exempting division of legislative post audit from the monumental building surcharge; energy audit exception; regulations on contracts and purchase orders; payroll deductions for indemnity insurance.
HB2130 - Senate Substitute for HB 2130 by Committee on Ways and Means - Increasing the health maintenance organization privilege fee and extending the medical assistance fee fund.
HB2278 - Senate Substitute for HB 2278 by Committee on Ways and Means – Prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons in certain buildings.
HB2359 - Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2359 by Committee on Ways and Means - Appropriations for FY 2018, FY 2019 and FY 2020 for various state agencies; capital improvement projects; omnibus appropriation act.
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