Bill Reports
2017 Laws Report
Bills Approved By Governor
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SB13 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
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| House Substitute for SB 13 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Alcoholic beverages; sale of beer by cereal malt beverage licensees. |
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SB14 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Providing for limited lines insurance coverage of self-storage units. |
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SB15 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Updating the effective date of risk based capital instructions. |
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SB16 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Enacting new insurance holding company regulatory law and corporate governance annual disclosure law. |
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SB17 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Enacting the fair access to insurance requirements plan act. |
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SB19 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Creating the Kansas school equity and enhancement act. |
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SB20 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Amending the state banking code. |
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SB21 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Pensions
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| House Substitute for SB 21 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions – Sunsetting special exemptions and modifying certain other KPERS working after retirement provisions. |
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SB22 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Updating statutes relating to the regulation of third party administrators. |
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SB23 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Consolidating criminal prosecutions for fraud and abuse under the jurisdiction of the attorney general and establishing the office of the securities commissioner as a division under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance. |
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SB26 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
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| Increasing the vessel registration fee cap. |
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SB32 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| State psychiatric hospital privatization prohibition amendments and medical student loan agreements for psychiatry. |
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SB36 - Bill by Transportation
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| Concerning definitions and regulations relating to motor carriers. |
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SB40 - Bill by Judiciary
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| House Substitute for SB 40 by Committee on Judiciary - Amending human trafficking and related crimes; creating certain new crimes; requiring training for commercial driver's license applicants; addressing offender registration, expungement of juvenile adjudications and victim compensation. |
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SB42 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| House Substitute for SB 42 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Making updates to the revised juvenile justice code. |
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SB43 - Bill by Ethics, Elections and Local Government
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| Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications. |
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SB46 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
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| Water conservation areas and remedies for the impairment of a valid water right. |
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SB50 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state. |
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SB51 - Bill by Health and Human Services
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| House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Scheduling of controlled substance analog, controlled substances and new drugs. |
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SB55 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Public construction contracts and performance and payment bonds. |
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SB60 - Bill by Agriculture
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| House Substitute for SB 60 by Committee on Agriculture - Extending the sunset of certain department of agriculture fees and allowing the secretary of agriculture to charge and collect a paper document processing fee. |
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SB63 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Enacting the revised uniform fiduciary access to digital assets act. |
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SB65 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Allowing creditor sale of repossessed alcoholic liquors pledged as collateral for satisfaction of debt. |
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SB66 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Mid-term appointments of state bank board members. |
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SB68 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Enacting the Kansas lay caregiver act. |
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SB70 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| House Substitute for SB 70 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act. |
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SB74 - Bill by Transportation
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| Substitute for SB 74 by Committee on Transportation – Providing for a placard, license plate decal and identification card for persons needing assistance with cognition; also providing for a notation on state-issued drivers’ licenses and identification cards. |
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SB83 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Regulating abortion practice; requiring certain physician information to be provided under the woman's-right-to-know act. |
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SB85 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Healthcare and information requirements concerning the withholding of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation from minors. |
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SB86 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| House Substitute for SB 86 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Amendments to the Kansas amusement ride act. |
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SB89 - Bill by Transportation
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| Repossessed certificates of title fees, repealing the repossessed certificates of title fee fund; creating the seat belt safety fund and increasing the fine for adult seat belt violations. |
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SB95 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Substitute for Substitute for SB 95 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing telephonic signatures for public assistance applications. |
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SB96 - Bill by Assessment and Taxation
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| Concerning the department of revenue; requiring people with access to federal tax information to be fingerprinted and allowing conversion of certain driver’s license examiners positions from classified to unclassified. |
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SB100 - Bill by Senator Baumgardner
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| Allowing scholarships for mental health nurses in the nursing service scholarship program. |
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SB101 - Bill by Judiciary
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| House Substitute for SB 101 by Committee on Judiciary - Amending the protection from abuse act and protection from stalking act to establish the protection from stalking and sexual assault act; providing exceptions to the parental notification requirement when a sexual assault evidence collection examination of a minor has taken place; authorizing certain claims for compensation through the crime victims compensation board. |
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SB110 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
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| Authorizing the board of regents to provide supplemental health insurance coverage for certain state employees. |
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SB112 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Requiring electronic recording of certain felony custodial interrogations; sentencing for domestic battery and creation of aggravated domestic battery; reducing criminal penalties for unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; making burglary of a dwelling a person felony; mandatory expungement of arrest records due to mistaken identity or identity theft; increasing criminal penalties for crimes committed against a law enforcement officer; modifying procedures for custody and disposition of cruelly treated animals; clarifying the subject matter of criminal post-trial motions for correction of sentence; modifying postrelease supervision for sexually violent offenders. |
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SB120 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Updating the code of civil procedure. |
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SB124 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Amending factors considered in determinations of child custody, residency and parenting time; clarifying admissibility of certain tests for drugs or alcohol in proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children. |
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SB126 - Bill by Children and Seniors
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| House Substitute for SB 126 by Committee on Children and Seniors - Establishing the child welfare system task force. |
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SB149 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Enacting rules for briefs in a criminal matter or postconviction case in the supreme court or court of appeals; authorizing the attorney general to establish a system of legal representation charges and collect such charges from state agencies; office of the inspector general; enforcement of the scrap metal theft reduction act. |
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SB154 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Amendments to home health agency licensure. |
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SB166 - Bill by Education
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| Exempting Cleveland university-Kansas City from the private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act. |
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SB174 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Authorizing Wichita area technical college to affiliate with Wichita state University. |
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SB184 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Authorizing the Kansas intelligence fusion center. |
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SB201 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Kansas consumer protection act; protected consumer to include member of the military. |
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SB202 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Approving a compact between the Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas and the State of Kansas and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the State of Kansas relating to cigarette and tobacco sales, taxation and escrow collection. |
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SB205 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| KPERS; participating service credit; KP&F surviving spouse benefits; exempting board of regents' plan from certain working after retirement provisions; assumed rate of return. |
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HB2006 - Bill by Representative Claeys
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| County commission boards; expansion of commissioners; special election or next general election. |
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HB2017 - Bill by Representative Esau
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| Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress. |
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HB2025 - Bill by Health and Human Services
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| Assistant attorneys general for the board of nursing. |
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HB2026 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2026 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - KanCare process and contract requirements. |
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HB2027 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2027 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Healing arts anatomic pathology billing, institutional licenses and licensee reporting. |
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HB2030 - Bill by Health and Human Services
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| Pharmacist, pharmacy student or intern, administration of any vaccine to a person six years of age or older. |
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HB2041 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Extending the judicial branch surcharge fund; also requiring the responsible party to pay for the cost of collection services for debts owed to courts or restitution. |
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HB2043 - Bill by Insurance
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| Amending certain financial examination requirements. |
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HB2052 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2052 by Committee on Ways and Means - Appropriation revisions for FY 2017, FY 2018, FY 2019, FY 2020, 2021, FY 2022, FY 2023 and FY2024 for various state agencies. |
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HB2053 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2053 by Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the crisis intervention act. |
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HB2054 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Allowing agents and contractors of public official to access records from the department of labor; allowing for sharing information between state agencies and the Kansas sentencing commission; fee agencies, moneys transferred to the state general fund; notification to persons paying fees that moneys have been transferred; addressing requests by the department of corrections for law enforcement assistance from jurisdictions outside the state; amending the definition of “conviction” for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act. |
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HB2055 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2055 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Pharmacy act of the state of Kansas amendments. |
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HB2066 - Bill by Water and Environment
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| Public wholesale water supply districts and highway right-of-way. |
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HB2079 - Bill by Water and Environment
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| Providing reimbursement for medicaid ground emergency medical transportation services; increasing the health maintenance organization privilege fee and extending the medical assistance fee fund. |
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HB2080 - Bill by Water and Environment
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| Reinstatement of forfeited benefit units of rural water districts. |
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HB2085 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Concerning driving under the influence and other driving offenses; use of ignition interlock devices; expungement of convictions and diversions. |
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HB2092 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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| Clarifying procedure for disclosure of affidavits or sworn testimony relating to arrest warrants; allowing revocation of nonprison sanctions without graduated sanctions for persons given downward departure; clarifying criminal sentencing for certain persons subject to a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment for certain persons with intellectual disabilities convicted of capital murder; allowing certain juvenile adjudications to decay from criminal history; amending citizen grand jury petition sufficiency and right to appeal. |
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HB2094 - Bill by Local Government
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| Municipalities; contracts with other municipalities; interlocal cooperation act.. |
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HB2095 - Bill by Transportation
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| Providing a special vehicle permit for certain vehicle combinations. |
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HB2096 - Bill by Transportation
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| Concerning roads and highways; allowing transit buses to operate on certain shoulders in Wyandotte county and renaming a portion of United State highway 75 as the Eldon K. Miller memorial highway. |
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HB2098 - Bill by Agriculture
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| Naming the mined land wildlife area bison herd. |
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HB2102 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Board of county commissioners; meetings; regional library system board appointments. |
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HB2109 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Authorizing the state board of regents to sell, exchange and convey certain real property in Riley county and Sedgwick county on behalf of Kansas state university and Wichita state university. |
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HB2110 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Pensions
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| Requiring nonresident trust entity applicants to prove that their home state authorizes Kansas trust entities. |
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HB2118 - Bill by Insurance
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| Providing liability exceptions and inactive provider coverage limits under the health care provider insurance availability act and exempting certain licensed providers from the act. |
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HB2128 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Amending provisions concerning annual examinations, transitional and conditional release of sexually violent predators. |
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HB2132 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2132 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Sale of property by port authorities |
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HB2136 - Bill by Agriculture
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| Updating provisions relating to weights and measures. |
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HB2137 - Bill by Local Government
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| Cities and counties; governing body members, certain volunteer activities. |
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HB2140 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
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| Authorizing the governor to enter into the great plains interstate fire compact. |
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HB2153 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Amending the Kansas general corporation code to include public benefit corporations. |
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HB2158 - Bill by Representative Miller
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| Election law; write-in candidates; advance voting, including by mail; notice of change in voting place; information for campaign officer and political committee reports; filing locations for contribution reports preceding an election. |
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HB2164 - Bill by Education
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| Adding an additional member to the board of trustees of Cowley county community college. |
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HB2170 - Bill by Transportation
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| Allowing bicycles to be equipped with either a rear lamp or reflector. |
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HB2174 - Bill by Transportation
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2174 by Committee on Transportation -Creating distinctive license plates for autism awareness and the Kansas 4-H foundation; decals for certain military medals or badges; handicapped decals. |
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HB2191 - Bill by Agriculture
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| Relating to licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism. |
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HB2192 - Bill by Agriculture
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| Renaming Lake Scott state park. |
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HB2212 - Bill by Education
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| Relating to taxation; property exempt from taxation; sales and use tax, Marion county, definitions; income tax, reporting requirements. |
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HB2213 - Bill by Education
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| Reauthorizing the fee schedule in the Kansas private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act. |
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HB2217 - Bill by Health and Human Services
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| Standards governing the use and administration of emergency opioid antagonists. |
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HB2219 - Bill by Health and Human Services
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| Relating to diabetes information reporting. |
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HB2230 - Bill by Taxation
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| Substitute for HB 2230 by Committee on Taxation - Enforcement of certain provisions of the cigarette and tobacco products act involving licenses, permits, records, unlawful acts and remittance of taxes and deposits; electronic cigarettes, definitions, rates. |
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HB2277 - Bill by Local Government
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| Substitute for HB 2277 by Committee on Local Government - Alcoholic liquor; common consumption areas; cities and counties; class B club membership, waiting period. |
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HB2301 - Bill by Judiciary
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| Removing addresses from lists of prospective jurors;; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records; procedure and justifications for closed or executive meetings; closed or executive meetings of the governor's domestic violence fatality review board. |
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HB2304 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2304 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Child care facilities background check and sleeping area requirements. |
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HB2312 - Bill by Water and Environment
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| Amending the administrative hearing process for the department of agriculture. |
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HB2329 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
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| Amending certain employment security benefit provisions relating to receipt of separation pay. |
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HB2353 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
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| Revising qualified vendor requirements under state use law. |
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HB2356 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
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| Certification of businesses as a certified business by the department of administration pursuant to competitive bid process for state contracts. |
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HB2387 - Bill by Taxation
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| Sales tax exemption for purchases necessary to reconstruct, repair or replace certain fences destroyed by wildfires occurring in 2016 and 2017. |
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HB2407 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Duties of the attorney general and the secretary of administration concerning certain real estate transfers and authorizing the Kansas department of wildlife, parks and tourism to purchase certain real property in Sherman county. . |
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HB2409 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Prohibiting state contracts with companies that are engaged in an anti-Israeli boycott. |
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HB2426 - Bill by Appropriations
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| Reconciling amendments to certain statutes. |
Bills Becoming Law Without Governors Signature
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HB2278 - Bill by Ways and Means
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| Senate Substitute for HB 2278 by Committee on Ways and Means - Prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons in certain buildings. |
Bills Vetoed By Governor; Veto Overridden
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SB30 - Bill by Assessment and Taxation
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| Concerning taxation; income tax, determination of Kansas adjusted gross income, modifications, rates, itemized deductions and credits; sales and compensating use tax, collection and distribution thereof, STAR bonds. |
