SENATE CALENDAR
No. 39
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
SENATE CONVENES at 2:30 PM
Order of Business
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
Reference of Bills and Concurrent Resolutions
295–
SB 295, AN ACT concerning marijuana; removing the criminal penalties for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana; creating a marijuana infraction; amending K.S.A. 21-5706 and 21-5709 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6607 and 22-3717 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
2111–
HB 2111, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas conservation reserve enhancement program; increasing the acreage cap for CREPs from 40,000 to 60,000 acres; clarifying the county acreage cap for CREPs and that the last eligible offer for enrollment exceeding applicable acreage caps may be approved; removing the limitation on acres eligible for CREP enrollment based on expired federal contracts; adding a general ineligibility criterion based on federal ineligibility; allowing CREP contracts for dryland farming or limited irrigation for water quantity goals; removing the prohibition on participation in CREP for government-owned water rights; clarifying current CREP criteria related to water right usage, sanctions and reporting; allowing exceptions to eligibility criteria based on factors such as location in high-priority water conservation areas, high-flow capacity wells, circumstances like bankruptcy or probate and enrollment in other water conservation programs; modifying the reporting requirements to cover the preceding five years; amending K.S.A. 2-1933 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Water
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
2400–
HB 2400, AN ACT concerning agritourism; including trail rides as a ranching activity to qualify as an agritourism activity; classifying such land as used for agritourism for purposes of property tax valuation as agricultural land; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-1432 and 79-1476 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Taxation
(Commerce)
Reference of Appointments
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
Consideration of Motions to Concur or Nonconcur
45–
SB 45, AN ACT concerning education; relating to graduation rate determinations; requiring the state board of education to calculate graduation rates for purposes of accreditation using an alternative calculation for all school districts; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3713 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Education
(As Amended by the House)
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
Consideration of Appointments
By the Governor:
Chief Hearing Officer, State Board of Tax Appeals:
Thomas Browne, term ends January 15, 2029
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Confirmed)
Member, State Board of Tax Appeals:
Kristen Wheeler, term ends January 15, 2029
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Confirmed)
Secretary, Department of Wildlife and Parks:
Christopher Kennedy, at the pleasure of the Governor
(Without Recommendation)
Member, University of Kansas Hospital Authority:
Donald Hall, term ends March 15, 2029
Maureen Mahoney, term ends March 15, 2027
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Confirmed)
Consent Calendar
(Senate action to be taken on third day or thereafter)
2092–(Third Day)
HB 2092, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; relating to professional employer organizations; providing that registrations of such organizations with the secretary of state shall expire on October 15 following issuance; providing an exception therefrom for registrations issued on or after January 1, 2025, that shall expire on October 15, 2026; making the time for filing annual audits by such organizations coincide with the time of renewing of registrations; limiting the means of providing surety by a professional employer organization with insufficient working capital to the provision of a bond and eliminating the market value measure of the sufficiency of such bond; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 44-1704 and 44-1706 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed)
2117–(Third Day)
HB 2117, AN ACT concerning business entities; requiring a business trust to file a certificate of dissolution or withdrawal with the secretary of state and pay associated fees when surrendering authority to transact business in Kansas; requiring a foreign corporation to use a form prescribed by the secretary of state when filing merger or consolidation information or amendments to such corporation's articles of incorporation; 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; making certain information provided by registered agents a public record; modifying filing requirements and associated fees for limited partnerships; amending K.S.A. 17-2037, 17-7302, 17-78-110 and 17-7929 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 56-1a151 and 56-1a605 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed)
2166–(Third Day)
HB 2166, AN ACT concerning the open records act; relating to public records; continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure thereof; amending K.S.A. 65-7616 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 45-229 and 48-962 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 45-229d.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed)
Final Action on Bills and Concurrent Resolutions
2027–
HB 2027, AN ACT concerning public assistance; reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute; updating cross references; amending K.S.A. 39-757 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Welfare Reform
(Be Passed)
2029–
HB 2029, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of K-5 highway as the Rep Marvin S Robinson memorial highway; redesignating a current portion of the Harry Darby memorial highway for interstate highway 635; amending K.S.A. 68-1037 and repealing the existing section.
Representatives Penn, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barrett, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Hawkins, Helgerson, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, James, Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, Martinez, McDonald, McNorton, Meyer, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Pickert, Pishny, Poskin, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, A. Smith, C. Smith, Steele, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Wilborn, Willcott, K. Williams, L. Williams, Wolf, Woodard, Xu
(Be Passed as Amended)
2062–
HB 2062, AN ACT concerning children and families; relating to orders of child support; providing for child support for unborn children from the date of conception {and including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother}; providing for an income tax exemption for unborn children; amending K.S.A. 20-165, 23-2205 and 23-3001 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,121 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2124–
HB 2124, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 160 as the CPL Monte Wayne Forrest memorial highway, 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.
Representative Hoffman
(Be Passed as Amended)
2155–
HB 2155, AN ACT concerning sheriffs; relating to liability; specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails; amending K.S.A. 19-811 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Be Passed as Amended)
2347–
HB 2347, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft; changing the culpability required for certain types of theft; increasing the criminal penalty when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500 but less than $1,500; amending K.S.A. 21-5801 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Be Passed as Amended)
INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS
CORRECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL
CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS AND SENATE RESOLUTIONS
REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES
General Orders
213–
SB 213, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during the hunting season except on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays; applying such restriction to department lands and waters, federal lands and waters managed by the United States army corps of engineers at specified reservoirs, the bureau of reclamation at certain reservoirs and the United States fish and wildlife service at designated refuges; exempting properties designated as walk-in hunting access areas, navigable rivers in Kansas and the conservation order for light geese season from such restriction; reducing fees for migratory waterfowl
habitat stamps; amending K.S.A. 32-939 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed)
Sub 2145–
Sub HB 2145, AN ACT concerning fairs; relating to certain county fair boards; establishing the membership for the Butler county fair board; providing for the appointment of members thereto; allowing up to five members of such board to be appointed from the county at large; amending K.S.A. 2-128 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 19-2699.
Committee on Local Government
(Local Government, Transparency and Ethics)
(Be Passed)
2106–
HB 2106, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating to support for or opposition to proposed amendments to the Kansas constitution; banning contributions from foreign nationals and out-of-state persons; amending K.S.A. 25-4180 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Elections
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2042–
HB 2042, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to title insurance; requiring title agents to make their audit reports available for inspection upon request of the commissioner of insurance instead of submitting such reports annually; requiring the amount of surety bonds filed with the commissioner to be $100,000; eliminating the controlled business exemption in certain counties; amending K.S.A. 40-1139 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-1137 and 40-2404 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2043–
HB 2043, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to unfair and deceptive acts or practices; requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days; authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2404 and 40-4909 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2045–
HB 2045, AN ACT concerning insurance; reducing the number of board members appointed by the commissioner on certain insurance-related boards and the frequency of the meetings of the committee on surety bonds and
insurance; amending K.S.A. 40-2102, 40-2109, 40-3116, 40-3413 and 75-4101 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
ANTICIPATED END OF DEBATE CALENDAR
2333–
HB 2333, AN ACT concerning insurance; renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance; renaming the office of the securities commissioner of Kansas as the department of insurance, securities division; renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance assistant commissioner, securities division; eliminating the requirement that the senate confirm the department of insurance assistant commissioner, securities division appointee; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-102 and 75-6301 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-6302, 75-6303, 75-6304, 75-6305, 75-6306 and 75-6307.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2044–
HB 2044, AN ACT concerning insurance; requiring that third party administrators maintain separate fiduciary accounts for individual payors and not contain funds collected or held on behalf of multiple payors and disclose to the commissioner of insurance any bankruptcy petition filed by or on behalf of such administrator pursuant to chapter 9 or chapter 11 of the United States bankruptcy code; amending K.S.A. 40-3807 and 40-3809 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2049–
HB 2049, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to licensing requirements for insurance agents and public adjusters; pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal; amending K.S.A. 40-5510 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-4909 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2116–
HB 2116, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to the authority of certain cities and counties to enter into contracts; requiring that certain contractual provisions be incorporated into all such contracts, including the
provisions of department of administration form DA-146a; providing certain exceptions.
Committee on Local Government
(Local Government, Transparency and Ethics)
(Be Passed)
2201–
HB 2201, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the FFA license distinctive plate.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2307–
HB 2307, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions; transferring the power to authorize and oversee certain activities regarding prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions awareness programs from the department of health and environment to the Kansas council on developmental disabilities; amending K.S.A. 65-1,259 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed)
2170–
HB 2170, AN ACT concerning days of commemoration; designating the first week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed)
2048–
HB 2048, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner; eliminating the requirement that the commissioner submit certain reports to the governor; removing certain specific entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law; amending K.S.A. 40-108 and 40-2253 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,125 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2061–
HB 2061, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility; defining a critical infrastructure facility used for telecommunications or video services to include aboveground and belowground lines, cables, wires and certain other structures and equipment; amending K.S.A. 21-5818 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2016–
HB 2016, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; including private online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-2316c and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Elections
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
5008–
HCR 5008, A PROPOSITION to amend article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto; providing legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Adopted)
2099–
HB 2099, AN ACT concerning private rental housing; authorizing the city of Topeka to conduct code inspections when the property owner receives direct public financial assistance from the United States department of housing and urban development; amending K.S.A. 12-16,138 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Local Government
(Local Government, Transparency and Ethics)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2020–
HB 2020, AN ACT concerning driver's licenses of noncitizens; requiring the director of the division of motor vehicles to make quarterly reports of names and addresses of noncitizens to the secretary of state; amending K.S.A. 8-240 and repealing the existing section.
Representative Proctor
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2068–
HB 2068, AN ACT concerning licensure compacts; relating to the practice of cosmetology; enacting the cosmetologist licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for cosmetologists; relating to physician assistants; enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2069–
HB 2069, AN ACT concerning licensure compacts; relating to school psychologists; enacting the school psychologist compact to provide interstate
practice privileges; relating to dieticians; enacting the dietician compact to provide interstate practice privileges.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2075–
HB 2075, AN ACT concerning minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; requiring that a permanency hearing for a child in custody of the secretary be held within nine months of such child's removal from such child's home and subsequent hearings be held every six months thereafter; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2264 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2134–
HB 2134, AN ACT concerning the open records act; limiting certain charges for copies of records by the state executive branch and other public agencies excluding the legislative and judicial branch of state government; amending K.S.A. 45-219 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2212–
HB 2212, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; increasing the amount of money that the secretary of corrections may reimburse inmates for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence; requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum; amending K.S.A. 46-920 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2183–
HB 2183, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy; prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement; providing an exception for cable services in the crime of breach of privacy; prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person; amending K.S.A. 21-5510 and 21-5611 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6101 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2371–
HB 2371, AN ACT concerning business entities; relating to the Kansas revised limited liability company act; providing for document form, signature and delivery options; specifying that a subscription for a limited liability company interest is irrevocable under certain circumstances; modifying requirements related to domestic limited liability company division, certificates of division and certificates of amendment of certificate of division and certificates of merger or consolidation of series; relating to series limited liability companies; authorizing a limited liability company and any of its series to elect to consolidate its operations as a single taxpayer and elect to be treated as a single business for certain purposes; permitting operating agreements to impose restrictions, duties and obligations on members; specifying that wrongful transfer of property with intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors or to defraud shall be deemed void; relating to the business entity transactions act; modifying requirements related to certificates of merger, certificates of interest exchange, certificates of conversion and certificates of domestication; relating to the business entity standard treatment act; including certificates of amendment to certificate of designation and certificates of merger or consolidation of series as documents related to limited liability companies to be filed with the secretary of state; specifying circumstances under which changes related to a resident agent shall be deemed a change of name of the person or entity acting as a resident agent; amending K.S.A. 17-7662, 17-7663, 17-7668, 17-7670, 17-7681, 17-7682, 17-7685a, 17-7686, 17-7687, 17-7690, 17-7695, 17-7698, 17-76,143, 17-76,143a, 17-76,145, 17-76,146, 17-76,148, 17-76,149, 17-76,151, 17-76,152, 17-78-205, 17-78-206, 17-78-305, 17-78-306, 17-78-405, 17-78-505, 17-7904, 17-7925, 17-7927 and 17-7929 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 17-76,136 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 17-76,150.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2110–
HB 2110, AN ACT concerning emergency communication services; relating to the Kansas 911 act; 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 in the state treasury; rescheduling the date on which all moneys collected pursuant to the Kansas 911 act are to be transferred to the state treasury; requiring certain transfers to be made to the state 911 operations fund; authorizing the state 911 board to transfer annually any unencumbered moneys of the state 911 operations fund to the state 911 grant fund; amending K.S.A. 12-5363, as amended by section 11 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5367, as amended by section 15 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5368, as amended by section 18 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5369, as amended by section 19 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5370, as amended by section 20 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5372, as amended by section 22 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5374, as amended by section 25 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, and 12-5375, as amended by section 28 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-5377, 12-5387, 12-5388, 12-5389 and 12-5390 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
(Utilities)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2030–
HB 2030, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; excluding dealers and manufacturers of trailers from certain provisions thereof; exceptions thereto.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2040–
HB 2040, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; relating to electric transmission line siting permits; extending the time in which the commission shall make a final order on an electric transmission line siting application; amending K.S.A. 66-1,178 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
(Utilities)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2222–
HB 2222, AN ACT concerning driving; relating to ignition interlock devices; requiring manufacturers of such devices to pay fees to the highway patrol for the administration of the ignition interlock program; creating the IID fee program fund; amending K.S.A. 8-1016 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed)
2122–
HB 2122, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to vehicle registrations; modifying the threshold limit for allowing quarterly payments of certain truck and truck tractor annual vehicle registration fees; eliminating the two-quarter grace period for truck or truck tractor owners that have delinquent quarterly payments before certain penalties apply; amending K.S.A. 8-143a and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed)
254–
SB 254, AN ACT concerning immigration; relating to state and local public benefits and eligibility thereof; prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law; requiring individuals 18 years of age and older who apply for any state or local public benefit to provide proof of being lawfully present; prohibiting the state or any county or local agency from providing any public benefit to any alien without first verifying that the alien is lawfully present by use of the existing systematic alien verification for entitlements program; requiring state and local agencies administering public benefits to cooperate with the United States department of homeland security in achieving verification of an alien's lawful presence; relating to release prior to criminal trial; requiring any person charged with a crime who is not a citizen or national of the United States to undergo verification of such person's immigration status; creating a rebuttable presumption that a person determined to be an alien who is unlawfully present is at risk of flight; amending K.S.A. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2022–
HB 2022, AN ACT concerning elections; requiring that any special election be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April or on the same day as a general or primary election; amending K.S.A. 25-2006 and 25-2019 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 10-120, 25-1115 and 25-2502 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Elections
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
119–
SB 119, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license application and certificate of title fees; increasing the amount of fees retained by the county treasurer, the division of vehicles or a contractor for processing motor vehicle license applications and certificate of titles; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Ways and Means)
(Transportation)
(Be Passed)
2168–
HB 2168, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the blackout distinctive license plate; creating the license plate replacement fund to be administered by the secretary of revenue; depositing the fees from the blackout license plate into such fund for purposes of replacing exhausted license plates.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2289–
HB 2289, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; allowing an applicant for a personalized license plate to be issued one such license plate rather than two; eliminating the requirement that applications for personalized license plates be made within 60 days from vehicle registration renewals; discontinuing the option for a person to display a personalized license plate on the front of a vehicle; modifying current requirements for the design and issuance of license plate registration decals; amending K.S.A. 8-132 and 8-147 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-134 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2242–
HB 2242, AN ACT concerning federal jurisdiction; relating to federal property; authorizing the governor to accept requests from the federal government to establish concurrent jurisdiction in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 27-102 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2031–
HB 2031, AN ACT concerning drivers' training; relating to driving instructors; providing that driving school instructors and motorcycle instructors may possess a driver's license or motorcycle driver's license from any state; amending K.S.A. 8-276 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
231–
SB 231, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit such applications; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-1122 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed)
74–
SB 74, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing a tax credit for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
48–
SB 48, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school district accreditation; requiring school districts to demonstrate improvement in academic performance and be in compliance with state statutes and rules and regulations
to achieve or maintain accreditation; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-5170 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-5170a.
Committee on Education
(Education)
(Be Passed as Amended)
(Ways and Means)
49–
SB 49, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; boards of education; requiring attendance center needs assessments to be conducted by the board and include input from board members, teachers, school site councils and administrators; requiring that board members receive certain state assessment data and identify allocations of moneys in the district budget and budget summary; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-1163 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Education
(Education)
(Be Passed)
(Ways and Means)
210–
SB 210, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases and sales by the Johnson county Christmas bureau association; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed)
184–
SB 184, AN ACT concerning the environment; relating to the Kansas drycleaner environmental response act; amending such act to change the penalties for violations thereof; modifying the deductible rate for corrective actions, the environmental surcharge rate and the solvent fee; updating the delinquency penalty related to environmental surcharges and solvent fees; amending K.S.A. 65-34,142, 65-34,144, 65-34,147, 65-34,148, 65-34,150, 65-34,151 and 65-34,154 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed as Amended)
1606–
SCR 1606, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County and Kansas city, Kansas.
Senator Haley
(Commerce)
(Be Adopted)
69–
SB 69, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to rural opportunity zones; extending the time period for eligibility for the loan repayment program and the income tax credit; adding down payment assistance and child care reimbursement as program benefit options; expanding eligibility for the income tax credit; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,223 and 79-32,267 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
181–
SB 181, AN ACT concerning state finances; limiting the annual amount of expenditures and transfers from the state general fund; requiring certification by the state treasurer; providing for additional requirements on the governor's and legislature's budget plans and legislative measures; amending K.S.A. 75-3721 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Ways and Means
(Ways and Means)
(Be Passed)
26–
SB 26, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases by bowling centers; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
113–
SB 113, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to reckless driving; including operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or more and 35 miles per hour over the posted speed limit under the crime of reckless driving; amending K.S.A. 8-254 and 8-1566 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed)
Bills Adversely Reported
Status of Bills and Resolutions
Senate bills passed in Senate: Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 42, 44, 45, 47, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 58, 63, 64, 67, 70, 71, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 92, 97, 98, 104, 105, 114, 117, 121, 125, 126, 128, 135, 137, 138, 139, 156, 157, 161, 166, 175, 186, 193, 194, 197, 199, 204, 222, 227, 237, 241, 244, 250, 260, 269
Senate bills killed in Senate:
Senate bills passed by the House: Nos. 4, 7, 8, 9, 14, 20, 21, 22, 45, 63, 92, 105
Senate bills killed in the House:
Senate bills in conference: Nos. 9, 20, 21, 22, 92
Senate bills awaiting the signature of the Governor:
Senate bills signed by the Governor:
Senate bills becoming law without Governor's signature:
Senate bills vetoed by Governor: No. 63
Senate bills line item vetoed by Governor:
Senate bills becoming law notwithstanding Governor's veto: No. 63
Senate resolutions adopted: Nos. 1701, 1702, 1703, 1704, 1705, 1707, 1708, 1710, 1711, 1712, 1713
Senate resolutions killed:
Senate concurrent resolutions adopted: Nos. 1601, 1602, 1604, 1613
Senate concurrent resolutions killed:
Senate concurrent resolutions adopted by House: Nos. 1601, 1613
Senate concurrent resolutions killed in House:
House bills passed in the Senate: No. 2261
House bills killed in the Senate:
House bills in conference:
House concurrent resolutions adopted by the Senate: Nos. 5002, 5003
House concurrent resolutions killed in the Senate:
House concurrent resolutions in conference:
Bills in Senate Committees
Agriculture and Natural Resources–
Senate Bills: Nos. 80, 130, 211, 235
House Bills: Nos. 2028, 2085, 2113, 2158, 2172, 2254, 2255
Assessment and Taxation–
Senate Bills: Nos. 25, 59, 72, 73, 90, 103, 107, 108, 109, 148, 152, 179, 190, 192, 195, 201, 209, 215, 217, 223, 224, 225, 226, 259, 267, 268, 277, 278, 280, 283
House Bills: Nos. 2004, 2083, 2096, 2125, 2231, 2275, 2396
Commerce–
Senate Bills: Nos. 95, 153, 189, 216, 218
Senate Concurrent Resolutions: No. 1609
House Bills: Nos. 2037, 2088, 2119, 2291, 2338, 2340, 2343
Confirmation Oversight–
Education–
Senate Bills: Nos. 123, 134, 140, 142, 154, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 252, 263, 270, 275
House Bills: Nos. 2033, 2102, 2120, 2185, 2382
Federal and State Affairs–
Senate Bills: Nos. 1, 15, 38, 43, 56, 65, 83, 100, 118, 133, 136, 143, 146, 176, 177, 178, 196, 234, 258, 261, 265, 272, 273, 279, 287, 292, 294
Senate Concurrent Resolutions: Nos. 1605, 1607, 1608, 1610, 1614
Senate Resolutions: Nos. 1706, 1709
House Bills: Nos. 2018, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2060, 2206, 2271, 2313, 2331, 2372
Appointments:
Brigadier General, Kansas National Guard:
Michael McCoy, at the pleasure of the Governor
Financial Institutions and Insurance–
Senate Bills: Nos. 16, 34, 39, 55, 115, 147, 202, 212, 232, 238, 282, 284
House Bills: Nos. 2047, 2050, 2086, 2087, 2128, 2152, 2245, 2334
Government Efficiency–
Senate Bills: Nos. 151, 256, 281
House Bills: Nos. 2101, 2238, 2240, 2304
Interstate Cooperation–
Judiciary–
Senate Bills: Nos. 60, 61, 62, 91, 94, 96, 102, 110, 111, 116, 127, 129, 141, 155, 160, 180, 183, 185, 187, 188, 203, 205, 206, 208, 220, 221, 239, 240, 242, 243, 245, 246, 247, 248, 255, 262, 288
House Bills: Nos. 2118, 2164, 2177, 2182, 2192, 2215, 2228, 2312, 2323, 2327, 2342, 2359, 2378
Local Government, Transparency and Ethics–
Senate Bills: Nos. 12, 37, 40, 66, 112, 120, 124, 144, 285, 286
House Bills: No. 2160
Organization, Calendar and Rules–
Public Health and Welfare–
Senate Bills: Nos. 3, 19, 31, 41, 132, 145, 149, 150, 158, 172, 174, 182, 198, 207, 219, 236, 249, 251, 253, 257, 264, 271, 276, 291
House Bills: Nos. 2039, 2070, 2219, 2246, 2249, 2280, 2284, 2311, 2335, 2365
Select Committee on Veterans Affairs–
Senate Bills: Nos. 106, 200
House Bills: Nos. 2273, 2274
Transportation–
Senate Bills: Nos. 17, 122, 230
House Bills: Nos. 2121, 2169, 2263
Utilities–
Senate Bills: Nos. 11, 46, 81, 93, 131, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 191, 233, 266, 274, 289
House Bills: Nos. 2107, 2109
Appointments:
Member, Central Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission:
Kate Gleeson, at the pleasure of the Governor
Ways and Means–
Senate Bills: Nos. 57, 68, 75, 86, 99, 101, 214, 228, 229, 290, 293
Senate Concurrent Resolutions: No. 1612
House Bills: Nos. 2007, 2195, 2221
Senate Committee Agenda
The following is a tentative schedule of Committees and is subject to change day-to-day. Committees not listed have no meetings scheduled.
New or changed material for the present week will be printed in italics.
On-call Committees and Joint Committees will be listed at the end of the Agenda. Sub-Committees will be listed at the time of the Committee's regular meeting.
Any individual with a disability may request accommodations for any committee or legislative session. Requests should be made at least two (2) working days in advance of the meeting by contacting Legislative Administrative Service at: (785) 296-2391 TTY:711, or Email: [email protected]
2025
SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS SCHEDULE
All Committees will meet Daily
TIME MEETING ROOM
8:30 a.m. Agriculture and Natural Resources 144-S
Public Health and Welfare 142-S
Transportation 546-S
9:30 a.m. Assessment and Taxation 548-S
Financial Institutions and Insurance 546-S
Government Efficiency 144-S
Local Government, Transparency and Ethics 142-S
10:30 a.m. Federal and State Affairs 144-S
Judiciary 346-S
Ways and Means 548-S
1:30 p.m. Commerce 159-S
Education 144-S
Utilities 548-S
Note: Senate committees: Interstate Cooperation, Organization, Calendar and Rules, Confirmation Oversight, and any subcommittees are not listed. These committees are “On-call” and will appear in Daily Calendars.
Senate Schedule
Week of March 12 - 14, 2025
Wednesday, March 12
2:30 p.m. Session
Thursday, March 13
2:30 p.m. Session
Friday, March 14
9:00 a.m. Session – PRO FORMA
Agriculture and Natural Resources
8:30 a.m. Patti Mills, Committee Assistant-785-296-7742 144-S
Wednesday, March 12
Hearing on:
HB 2158 — 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.
Presentation on Bartlett Soybean Processing Plant
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Hearing on:
HB 2085 — Extending the expiration of permits issued under the water pollution control permit system from five to 10 years.
HB 2172 — 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.
HB 2254 — Requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust.
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Public
Health and Welfare
8:30 a.m. Suzanne Nelson, Committee Assistant-785-296-5123 142-S
Wednesday, March 12
Hearing on:
HB 2311 — Prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody and appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity and creating a right of action for violations.
HB 2365 — Establishing the south central regional mental health hospital.
Final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Hearing on:
HB 2335 — Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
Final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
No meeting scheduled
Transportation
8:30 a.m. Florence Deeter, Committee Assistant-785-296-7355 546-S
Wednesday, March 12
Hearing on:
HB 2169 — 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.
Possible action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Hearing on:
HB 2263 — Designating a future interchange on K-10 highway as the Kris Norton memorial interchange.
Possible action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
No meeting scheduled
Assessment and Taxation
9:30 a.m. John Gauntt, Committee Assistant-785-296-2713 548-S
Wednesday, March 12
Request for bill introductions
Possible action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Meeting on call of the chair
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Financial
Institutions and Insurance
9:30 a.m. Jackie Gutierrez, Committee Assistant-785-296-7648 546-S
Wednesday, March 12
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Hearing continuation on:
HB 2334 — Updating certain terms, conditions and definitions to the captive insurance act, providing for provisional certificates of authority, incorporated cell insurance companies and protected cell captive insurance companies.
Thursday, March 13
Hearing on:
SB 282 — Enacting the Kansas retirement investment and savings plan (KRISP) act and establishing terms, conditions, requirements, membership elections, accounts, benefits, contributions and distributions related to such plan.
Sub HB 2152 — Mandating 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 governmental unit deposits to be invested at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution, 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.
Friday, March 14
No meeting scheduled
Government Efficiency
9:30 a.m. Connie Burns, Committee Assistant-785-296-5415 144-S
Wednesday, March 12
Presentation on Emporia State University
Ken Hush, President, Emporia State University
Discussion and final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Hearing on:
SB 281 — Establishing the Kansas postsecondary education savings account and Kansas ABLE savings account grant incentive program and eliminating the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program.
Discussion and final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Local
Government, Transparency and Ethics
9:30 a.m. Randi Walters, Committee Assistant-785-296-7389 142-S
Wednesday, March 12
Hearing on:
SB 286 — Relating to the definitions of lobbyist, lobbying and lobbying client for purposes of the state governmental ethics law.
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
No meeting scheduled
Federal
and State Affairs
10:30 a.m. Angela Gantzer, Committee Assistant-785-296-4335 144-S
Wednesday, March 12
Request for bill introductions
Final action on bills previously heard
Confirmation hearing on:
Col. Michael McCoy, Brigadier General
Hearing on:
HB 2206 — 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.
(Note: Testimony is due by 10:30 a.m. March 11. Please refer to the conferee rules for submission and presentation of testimony.)
Thursday, March 13
Request for bill introductions
Final action on bills previously heard
Hearing on:
SB 258 — Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official.
SB 234 — Prohibiting the use of genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in a foreign adversary.
(Note: Testimony is due by 10:30 a.m. March 12. Please refer to the conferee rules for submission and presentation of testimony.)
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Judiciary
10:30 a.m. Barbara Moore, Committee Assistant-785-296-6817 346-S
Wednesday, March 12
Hearing on:
HB 2215 — 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.
HB 2182 — 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.
HB 2118 — 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.
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Hearing on:
HB 2192 — Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery.
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Ways
and Means
10:30 a.m. Nancy Fontaine, Committee Assistant-785-296-3775 548-S
Wednesday, March 12
Request for bill introductions
Continuation of hearing on:
Sub HB 2007 — Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies.
Possible action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Request for bill introductions
Continuation of hearing on:
Sub HB 2007 — Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies.
Possible action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Commerce
1:30 p.m. Connie Burns, Committee Assistant-785-296-7370 159-S
Wednesday, March 12
Information hearing on sports tourism in Kansas
Continuation of hearing on:
HB 2338 — Authorizing the board of cosmetology to issue temporary location and temporary guest artist permits and establishing criteria therefor.
Hearing on:
HB 2343 — Creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act, supporting the development and growth of such businesses by limiting the regulatory power of municipalities.
Discussion and final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Information hearing on (AIM-K) Aviation and Innovative Manufacturing in Kansas
Discussion and final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Education
1:30 p.m. Cyndie Rexer, Committee Assistant-785-296-7476 144-S
Wednesday, March 12
Hearing on:
HB 2382 — Establishing the daily compensation rate for members of the state board of education in an amount that corresponds to the daily compensation rate of members of the legislature while in session.
Final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
Utilities
1:30 p.m. Susanne Murphy, Committee Assistant-785-296-7678 548-S
Wednesday, March 12
Confirmation hearing on:
Kate Gleeson, Kansas Commissioner, Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Thursday, March 13
Possible bill hearings
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Friday, March 14
Meeting on call of the chair
On-Call Committees
Joint Committee on
State-Tribal Relations
1:00 p.m. Connie Burns, Committee Assistant-785-296-7370 144-S
Wednesday, March 12
Organizational meeting
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Doctor of the Day
Telephone: 785-296-7397 480-W
For emergencies: contact Legislative Administrative Services at 785-296-2391
Wednesday, March 12
Saby Karuppiah, MD, FAAFP, Overland Park
Thursday, March 13
Bob Kraft, MD, Salina
Friday, March 14
No doctor scheduled
Laurie Varner & Nancy Reddy, Calendar Clerks
Corey Carnahan, Secretary of the Senate
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