SENATE CALENDAR
No. 43
Tuesday, March 18, 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
2349–
HB 2349, AN ACT concerning the scrap metal theft reduction act; authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 50-6,109aand repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
2390–
HB 2390, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers' sales tax; providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Jackson county for the purpose of supporting hospital services in the county; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
Reference of Appointments
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
Consideration of Motions to Concur or Nonconcur
27–
SB 27, 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 Financial Institutions and Insurance
(As Amended by the House)
28–
SB 28, 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 Financial Institutions and Insurance
(As Amended by the House)
32–
SB 32, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to taxation; reducing insurance company premium tax rates; discontinuing remittance and crediting of a portion of the premium tax to the insurance department service regulation fund; amending K.S.A. 40-112 and 40-252 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(As Amended by the House)
42–
SB 42, AN ACT concerning motor vehicle liability insurance; providing for the establishment of a web-based online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance; amending K.S.A. 8-173 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
(As Amended by the House)
84–
SB 84, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving property; modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards; amending K.S.A. 21-5828 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(As Amended by the House)
139–
SB 139, AN ACT concerning banks and trust companies; relating to the state banking code; updating certain definitions, terms and conditions therein; specifying that certain hearings be held in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act; updating certain internal references; requiring immediate notification of changes in board members; specifying that the charter of certain banks be deemed void on the effective date of a merger; establishing conditions under which it would be lawful to engage in banking without first obtaining authority from the commissioner; amending K.S.A. 9-519, 9-1111, 9-1114, 9-1724, 9-1807, 9-2011, 9-2108 and 9-2111 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 9-2107 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 9-2101 and 16-842.
Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
(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)
Brigadier General, Kansas National Guard:
Michael McCoy
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Confirmed)
Member, Central Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission:
Kate Gleeson, at the pleasure of the Governor
(Utilities)
(Be Confirmed)
Consent Calendar
(Senate action to be taken on third day or thereafter)
2085–(Third Day)
HB 2085, AN ACT concerning livestock; relating to the department of health and environment; extending the expiration of permits issued under the water pollution control permit system from five to 10 years; allowing the secretary to issue permits for terms of less than 10 years, if valid cause exists; amending K.S.A. 65-166a and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Water
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed)
2182–(Third Day)
HB 2182, AN ACT concerning protection orders; 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 and similar proceedings based on the laws of other jurisdictions; amending K.S.A. 28-110 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed)
2238–(Third Day)
HB 2238, AN ACT concerning legislative staff agencies; relating to duties and functions of the legislative research department and legislative administrative services; directing legislative administrative services to be responsible for the preparation of committee minutes; amending K.S.A. 46-1210 and 46-1212a and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Appropriations
(Government Efficiency)
(Be Passed)
2254–(Third Day)
HB 2254, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to financial accounts used to hold and disburse milk producer funds; defining milk producer to include any cooperative association that sells or markets milk on behalf of members; requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust; allowing milk producers to require escrow accounts for payments, with specific conditions for deposits and account management; specifying that funds in trust or escrow are the property of the milk producer; exempting milk processors from escrow or trust requirements if certain conditions are not met; prohibiting milk processors from purchasing raw milk without compliance with federal milk marketing orders and agreed provisions; holding milk processors liable for unpaid raw milk, including purchase price, interest and attorney fees.
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed)
146–(First Day)
SB 146, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to the conveyance of certain real property in Miami county, Kansas, to the city of Osawatomie, Kansas, for economic development; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services and the city of Osawatomie to execute and record an amendment to the original deed for conveyance that amends the reversionary
interest of the state of Kansas in such real property to July 1, 2046; amending K.S.A. 75-3369a and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed)
Final Action on Bills and Concurrent Resolutions
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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(Be Passed as Amended)
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
(Be Passed as Amended)
2201–
HB 2201, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the FFA license distinctive plate.
Committee on Transportation
(Be Passed as Amended)
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
(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
(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
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)
Sub 2102–
Sub HB 2102, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to enrollment; providing for the advance enrollment of a military student whose parent or person acting as parent will be stationed in this state; correcting federal statutory citations in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; amending K.S.A. 72-8268 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Education
(Education)
(Be Passed)
2185–
HB 2185, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the national guard; permitting guard members to transfer unused tuition assistance benefits from the Kansas national guard educational assistance act to an eligible dependent; including doctoral and professional degrees in the Kansas national guard educational master's for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program; amending K.S.A. 74-32,145, 74-32,146, 74-32,147 and 74-32,148 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-32,149, 74-32,305, 74-32,306, 74-32,308 and 74-32,309 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Education
(Education)
(Be Passed)
2312–
HB 2312, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to certified drug abuse treatment programs; excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in such programs; authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs; amending K.S.A. 21-6824 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-52,144 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
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)
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)
S Sub Sub 2007–
S Sub Sub HB 2007, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects and fees, imposing certain restrictions and limitations and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 65-180, 74-50,107, 74-8711, 74-99b34, 75-2263, 75-5748, 75-6706, 75-6707, 76-775, 76-7,107, 76-7,155, 79-2989, 79-3425i, 79-34,171, 79-4804 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Ways and Means
(Ways and Means)
(Be Passed)
2107–
HB 2107, AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to liability for fire event damages; providing for claims and recovery for damages; limiting recovery of punitive damages; requiring the state corporation commission to convene a workshop on wildfire risk and mitigation and authorizing the commission to open a general investigation or convene additional workshops to further assess wildfire risk and mitigation.
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
(Utilities)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2046–
HB 2046, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to travel insurance; authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,239 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
ANTICIPATED END OF DEBATE CALENDAR
2249–
HB 2249, AN ACT concerning rural emergency hospitals; relating to nursing facility physical environment regulatory requirements; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant waivers to certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2195–
HB 2195, AN ACT concerning technical colleges; establishing the Kansas technical college operating grant fund administered by the state board of regents.
Committee on Appropriations
(Ways and Means)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2221–
HB 2221, AN ACT concerning state funds; relating to the alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; creating the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; transferring moneys and liabilities of the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund to the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; abolishing the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; amending K.S.A. 74-7336 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
(Ways and Means)
(Be Passed)
2365–
HB 2365, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to state hospitals; establishing the south central regional mental health hospital; amending K.S.A. 21-5413, 39-1602, 39-1613, 40-3401, 41-1126, 65-4921, 65-5601, 75-3099, 75-3373, 76-384, 76-12a01, 76-12a31, 76-1407, 76-1409 and 76-1409a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-1401, 59-2006b, 59-2946, 59-29b46, 59-29b54, 59-29b57, 59-3077, 74-3292, 76-1936 and 76-1958 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
S Sub 2056–
S Sub HB 2056, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the election crime of false representation of an election official; requiring specific intent of the offender as an element of such criminal offense; amending K.S.A. 25-2438 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed)
2304–
HB 2304, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to government transparency; requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive program information to the secretary of commerce; defining such programs; requiring the secretary of commerce to post such information on the economic development incentive program database maintained by the secretary; requiring certain search result presentation formats, a comprehensive report and a summary report; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 and 74-50,227 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Government Efficiency)
(Be Passed as Amended)
5004–
HCR 5004, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require individuals to be citizens of the United States, at least 18 years of age and a resident of the voting area in which
such person seeks to vote in order to vote in this state.
Representatives Proctor, Awerkamp, Barrett, Bergquist, Blex, Bohi, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, B. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Fairchild, Francis, Goddard, Helwig, Hill, Howell, Howerton, James, Lewis, McNorton, Moser, Neelly, Penn, Pickert, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Sanders, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, C. Smith, Steele, Stiens, Tarwater, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, White, K. Williams, Wolf
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Adopted)
2160–
HB 2160, AN ACT concerning municipalities; enacting the Kansas municipal employee whistleblower act; establishing legal protections for certain municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct; providing an administrative appeal process for municipalities.
Committee on Local Government
(Local Government, Transparency and Ethics)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2101–
HB 2101, AN ACT concerning public assistance; prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or implementing a guaranteed income program; rendering prior adopted programs null and void; defining guaranteed income program.
Committee on Welfare Reform
(Government Efficiency)
(Be Passed)
1612–
SCR 1612, A PROPOSITION to amend article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto; concerning the power of the legislature to contract public debt and pledges to the payment thereof the full faith, credit and taxing power of the state.
Committee on Ways and Means
(Ways and Means)
(Be Adopted)
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)
2169–
HB 2169, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; modifying the documentation requirements for military veteran license plates to align with updated military veteran documentation standards; eliminating the requirement for applicants to submit military license plate applications 60 days prior to vehicle registration renewals; amending K.S.A. 8-1,146, 8-1,194, 8-1,195, 8-1,196, 8-1,197, 8-1,198 and 8-1,199 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2037–
HB 2037, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to tourism; increasing the membership of the council on travel and tourism appointed by the governor and updating the house committee assignment required for the house members of the council from the committee on agriculture and natural resources to the committee on commerce, labor and economic development; equalizing the allocation of funds from the department of commerce's matching grant program for the promotion of tourism for private, public and nonprofit entities and removing the restriction on the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-1410 and 32-1420 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed)
2291–
HB 2291, AN ACT creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general; establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend administrative rules and regulations for program participants; amending K.S.A. 75-4319 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed)
2338–
HB 2338, AN ACT concerning the practice of cosmetology; relating to demonstration permits; authorizing the Kansas state board of cosmetology to issue temporary location permits and temporary guest body artist permits; establishing criteria to issue such permits; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1958 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed)
2088–
HB 2088, AN ACT concerning housing; enacting the fast-track permits act; requiring local governments to meet specified deadlines for issuing building permits for real estate development; requiring the secretary of health and environment to issue a decision within 45 days on an application for an authorization to discharge stormwater runoff from construction activities under
the federal national pollutant discharge elimination system general permit or a rainfall erosivity waiver.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed as Amended)
Sub 66–
Sub SB 66, AN ACT concerning local governmental ethics; relating to filing requirements of the statement of substantial interests; requiring annual filing by city or county elected or appointed officials; providing that elected or appointed officials of a governmental subdivision other than a city or county file statements of substantial interests if any change in substantial interests occurred; requiring governmental officials with a substantial interest in a real estate development project to verbally disclose such interest prior to first participating in any discussion, review or action on a proposed zoning change or permit; amending K.S.A. 75-4302a and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
(Local Government, Transparency and Ethics)
(Be Passed)
2118–
HB 2118, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; 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; providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2280–
HB 2280, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to emergency medical services; establishing that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional; permitting nonemergency ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year; permitting ambulance services in rural counties to operate with one emergency medical services provider; requiring entities placing automated external defibrillators for use within the state to register with the emergency medical services board; amending K.S.A. 65-6121 and 65-6149a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-6112, 65-6119, 65-6120, 65-6129a, 65-6135 and 65-6144 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2342–
HB 2342, AN ACT concerning the secretary of commerce; relating to employment with the department of commerce; authorizing national criminal history background checks for final applicants for certain sensitive positions and employees in such positions; authorizing the secretary of commerce to request the Kansas bureau of investigation to conduct the background checks and provide the results to the secretary; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
211–
SB 211, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to the wildlife and parks commission; modifying member appointments and qualifications; authorizing such commission to direct the secretary to report on or develop rules and regulations; allowing members to submit potential rules and regulations to such commission; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-805 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2120–
HB 2120, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university veterinary medical center to sell certain real property in the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university to sell certain real property in the city of Manhattan, Riley county, Kansas.
Representative Roeser
(Education)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2109–
HB 2109, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to public utilities; authorizing law enforcement agencies to attach and operate law enforcement equipment on utility poles in the public right-of-way; exempting public utilities from civil liability relating thereto.
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
(Utilities)
(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)
2275–
HB 2275, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers' sales tax; providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Finney county for the purpose of financing the construction or remodeling of a courthouse, jail, law enforcement center facility or other county administrative facility and for Pawnee county for the purpose of healthcare services and furnishing and equipping county-supported public safety operations; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2263–
HB 2263, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a future interchange on K-10 highway as the Kris Norton memorial interchange.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2231–
HB 2231, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to personal exemptions; providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers; increasing the personal exemption for certain disabled veterans; relating to homestead property tax refund claims; modifying the definition of household income and increasing the household income and the appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,121 and 79-4508a and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2284–
HB 2284, AN ACT concerning the department of administration; relating to the procurement of managed care organizations for the Kansas program of medical assistance; requiring adoption of policies.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed)
S Sub 2125–
S Sub HB 2125, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to tax levies and tax statements; modifying the deadline for mailing tax statements to taxpayers to be earlier than the current deadline; modifying the deadline for governing bodies to certify the amount of property tax to be levied to the county clerk; providing for the county clerk's use of the previous year's budget when a taxing subdivision fails to timely file its budget; relating to the revenue neutral rate; modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice; extending reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs for county clerks for calendar years 2025 and 2026; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-1801, 79-2001, 79-2930, 79-2988 and 79-2989 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed)
2215–
HB 2215, AN ACT concerning the department of corrections; relating to public-private partnership construction projects; modifying the definition of public-private partnerships to increase the allowable cost-share limit for expenditures by the department of corrections on such construction projects; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-52,167 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed)
2121–
HB 2121, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to annual license fees of electric and electric hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles; increasing the annual fee and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund; amending K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Transportation
(Transportation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2050–
HB 2050, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of insurance; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees; requiring the publication of certain fees in the Kansas register; amending K.S.A. 40-205a, 40-218, 40-252, 40-2,133, 40-504, 40-956, 40-22a04, 40-2604, 40-2702, 40-3213, 40-3304, 40-3812, 40-3813, 40-3814, 40-4103, 40-4116, 40-4323, 40-4334, 40-4503, 40-5003 and 40-5509 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-3823, 40-3824, 40-4209, 40-4302 and 40-4903 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-3217.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2087–
HB 2087, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to nonadmitted insurers; requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers; authorizing certain nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks; specifying requirements and conditions therefor; amending K.S.A. 8-2405, 40-246b and 40-246e and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2033–
HB 2033, AN ACT concerning education; relating to at-risk educational programs; including programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations accredited by the international multisensory structured language education council as approved at-risk educational programs; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-5153 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Education
(Education)
(Be Passed)
2359–
HB 2359, AN ACT concerning guardians and conservators; enacting the uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act and the uniform guardianship, conservatorship and other protective arrangements act; amending K.S.A. 9-1215, 17-2263, 17-2264, 21-5417, 38-2217, 44-513a, 44-1601, 58-662, 58-24a15, 59-1701, 59-2949, 59-2951, 59-2960, 59-29b49, 59-29b51, 73-507, 76-729, 76-12b04 and 77-201 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-656, 58-4802, 58-4814, 58a-103, 59-2401a, 59-2946, 59-2948, 59-29b46, 59-29b48, 59-29b60, 59-29c03 and 75-652 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 59-2701, 59-2702, 59-2703, 59-2704, 59-2705, 59-2706, 59-2707, 59-2708, 59-3050, 59-3054, 59-3057, 59-3063, 59-3064, 59-3066, 59-3071, 59-3072, 59-3074, 59-3076, 59-3079, 59-3081, 59-3082, 59-3084, 59-3085, 59-3087, 59-3088, 59-3089, 59-3090, 59-3091, 59-3092, 59-3093, 59-3095 and 59-3096 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 59-3051, 59-3052, 59-3053, 59-3055, 59-3056, 59-3058, 59-3059, 59-3060, 59-3061, 59-3062, 59-3065, 59-3067, 59-3068, 59-3069, 59-3070, 59-3073, 59-3075, 59-3077, 59-3078, 59-3080, 59-3083, 59-3086, 59-3094 and 59-3097.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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, 213, 222, 227, 237, 241, 244, 250, 260, 269
Senate bills killed in Senate:
Senate bills passed by the House: Nos. 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 32, 42, 45, 63, 82, 84, 88, 92, 98, 105, 121, 126, 139, 166, 175, 193, 194
Senate bills killed in the House:
Senate bills in conference: Nos. 9, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 45, 82, 92, 98, 121, 126, 193
Senate bills awaiting the signature of the Governor: Nos. 4, 7, 8
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, 1714, 1715
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: Nos. 2027, 2029, 2042, 2043, 2045, 2062, 2092, 2106, 2117, 2124, 2145, 2155, 2166, 2261, 2347
House bills killed in the Senate:
House bills in conference: Nos. 2029, 2042, 2043, 2045, 2124, 2155, 2347
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, 235
House Bills: Nos. 2028, 2111, 2158, 2172, 2255
Assessment and Taxation–
Senate Bills: Nos. 25, 39, 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, 296
House Bills: Nos. 2004, 2083, 2096, 2396
Commerce–
Senate Bills: Nos. 95, 153, 189, 216, 218, 229, 297
Senate Concurrent Resolutions: No. 1609
House Bills: Nos. 2119, 2340, 2343, 2400
Confirmation Oversight–
Education–
Senate Bills: Nos. 123, 134, 140, 142, 154, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 252, 263, 270, 275
House Bills: No. 2382
Federal and State Affairs–
Senate Bills: Nos. 1, 15, 38, 43, 56, 65, 83, 100, 118, 133, 136, 143, 176, 177, 178, 196, 234, 258, 261, 265, 272, 273, 279, 287, 292, 294, 295
Senate Concurrent Resolutions: Nos. 1605, 1607, 1608, 1610, 1614
Senate Resolutions: Nos. 1706, 1709
House Bills: Nos. 2018, 2052, 2054, 2206, 2271, 2313, 2331, 2372
Financial Institutions and Insurance–
Senate Bills: Nos. 16, 34, 55, 115, 147, 202, 212, 232, 238, 282, 284
House Bills: Nos. 2047, 2086, 2128, 2152, 2245, 2334
Government Efficiency–
Senate Bills: Nos. 151, 256, 281
House Bills: No. 2240
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. 2164, 2177, 2192, 2228, 2323, 2327, 2329, 2378
Appointments:
Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals:
Lori Bolton Fleming
Local Government, Transparency and Ethics–
Senate Bills: Nos. 12, 37, 40, 112, 120, 124, 144, 285, 286
House Bills: No. 2060
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, 2217, 2219, 2246, 2311, 2335
Select Committee on Veterans Affairs–
Senate Bills: Nos. 106, 200
House Bills: Nos. 2273, 2274
Transportation–
Senate Bills: Nos. 17, 122, 230
Utilities–
Senate Bills: Nos. 11, 46, 81, 93, 131, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 173, 191, 233, 266, 274, 289
House Bills: No. 2149
Ways and Means–
Senate Bills: Nos. 57, 68, 75, 86, 99, 101, 214, 228, 290, 293
House Bills: No. 2113
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 18 - 21, 2025
Tuesday, March 18
2:30 p.m. Session
Wednesday, March 19
10:00 a.m. Session
Thursday, March 20
10:00 a.m. Session
Friday, March 21
10:00 a.m. Session
Agriculture and Natural Resources
8:30 a.m. Patti Mills, Committee Assistant-785-296-7742 144-S
Tuesday, March 18
Final action on bills previously heard
Informational presentation on Animal Facility Inspection Program
Kansas Department of Agriculture
Public Health and Welfare
8:30 a.m. Suzanne Nelson, Committee Assistant-785-296-5123 142-S
Tuesday, March 18
Hearing on:
HB 2217 — Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto.
Final action on:
HB 2039 — Amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies.
HB 2217 — Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto.
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 2335 — Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
Transportation
8:30 a.m. Florence Deeter, Committee Assistant-785-296-7355 546-S
Tuesday, March 18
Presentation on emerging technology in aviation
Assessment and Taxation
9:30 a.m. John Gauntt, Committee Assistant-785-296-2713 548-S
Tuesday, March 18
Request for bill introductions
Hearing on:
SB 39 — Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
Possible action on bills previously heard
Financial Institutions and Insurance
9:30 a.m. Jackie Gutierrez, Committee Assistant-785-296-7648 546-S
Tuesday, March 18
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Government Efficiency
9:30 a.m. Connie Burns, Committee Assistant-785-296-5415 144-S
Tuesday, March 18
Meeting on call of the chair
Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
9:30 a.m. Randi Walters, Committee Assistant-785-296-7389 142-S
Tuesday, March 18
Informational hearing on:
SB 124 — Imposing unilateral annexation restrictions on cities and expanding the causes of action for landowners to challenge such annexations.
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Federal
and State Affairs
10:30 a.m. Angela Gantzer, Committee Assistant-785-296-4335 144-S
Tuesday, March 18
Request for bill introductions
Final action on bills previously heard
Judiciary
10:30 a.m. Barbara Moore, Committee Assistant-785-296-6817 346-S
Tuesday, March 18
Possible final action on bills previously heard
Informational briefing on:
H Sub SB 9 — Prohibiting foreign principals from acquiring interests in real estate in proximity to military installations, state agencies and local government from purchasing drones or critical components of drones from foreign principals or that are manufactured in countries of concern and foreign principals from receiving benefits from economic development programs.
Informational briefing on:
Government agencies, public utilities and other entities when exercising the power of eminent domain for recreational trails and park and recreational facilities.
Ways
and Means
10:30 a.m. Nancy Fontaine, Committee Assistant-785-296-3775 548-S
Tuesday, March 18
Meeting on call of the chair
Wednesday, March 19
Meeting on call of the chair
Thursday, March 20
Meeting on call of the chair
Friday, March 21
Meeting on call of the chair
Commerce
1:30 p.m. Connie Burns, Committee Assistant-785-296-7370 159-S
Tuesday, March 18
Meeting on call of the chair
Education
1:30 p.m. Cyndie Rexer, Committee Assistant-785-296-7476 144-S
Tuesday, March 18
No meeting scheduled
Utilities
1:30 p.m. Susanne Murphy, Committee Assistant-785-296-7678 548-S
Tuesday, March 18
Presentation on energy in transition
Dr. David Dismukes, Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University
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Doctor of the Day
Telephone: 785-296-7397 480-W
For emergencies: contact Legislative Administrative Services at 785-296-2391
Tuesday, March 18
Grant Walker, DO, PGY3, Wichita
Wednesday, March 19
Belinda Vail, MD, FAAFP, Kansas City
Thursday, March 20
No doctor scheduled
Friday, March 21
No doctor scheduled
Laurie Varner & Nancy Reddy, Calendar Clerks
Corey Carnahan, Secretary of the Senate
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