SENATE CALENDAR
No. 44
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
SENATE CONVENES at 10:00 AM
Order of Business
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS
Reference of Bills and Concurrent Resolutions
298–
SB 298, AN ACT concerning higher education; authorizing technical colleges and community colleges to affiliate with universities; amending K.S.A. 71-204, 71-501, 71-617, 71-1802, 72-3810, 74-32,413 and 76-712 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Ways and Means
(Ways and Means)
2223–
HB 2223, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to optometry; modifying certain provisions of the optometry law related to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements; amending K.S.A. 65-1501, 65-1509a, 65-1512, 65-1523 and 74-1504 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1501a and 65-1505 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-1514 and 74-1505.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
2402–
HB 2402, AN ACT concerning education; creating the blue ribbon commission on higher education; establishing the membership and purpose of the commission; requiring the submission of preliminary and final reports to the legislature on the commission's findings and recommendations.
Committee on Appropriations
(Education)
Reference of Appointments
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
Consideration of Motions to Concur or Nonconcur
78–
SB 78, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; requiring such institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies; prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law; providing a cause of action for violations thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-1,142, 13-13a46 and 74-32,120 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-3046a and 79-3602 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Education
(As Amended by the House)
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
Consideration of Appointments
Consent Calendar
(Senate action to be taken on third day or thereafter)
146–(Second 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
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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(Be Passed as Amended)
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
(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
(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
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
S Sub 2240–
S Sub HB 2240, AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring approval by an act of the legislature prior to any state agency seeking or implementing any public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal government that expands eligibility for any public assistance program, increases cost to the state or makes certain changes in services for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities; authorizing approval of waivers or other authorizations by the legislative coordinating council when the legislature is not in session.
Committee on Government Efficiency
(Government Efficiency)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
ANTICIPATED END OF DEBATE CALENDAR
2334–
HB 2334, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to captive insurance companies; providing for incorporated cell captive insurance companies and protected cell captive insurance companies; enacting the Kansas protected cell captive insurance company act; providing for a provisional certificate of authority; expanding the types of insurance that a captive insurance company may provide; extending the period of time in-between financial examinations conducted by the commissioner; amending K.S.A. 40-4304, 40-4312 and 40-4314 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-4302 and 40-4308 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2192–
HB 2192, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against persons; limiting or prohibiting work release for an offender convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery; requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment; amending K.S.A. 21-5414 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2149–
HB 2149, AN ACT concerning distributed energy resources; requiring distributed energy system retailers to disclose certain information to customers who will construct, install and operate a distributed energy system; requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to establish a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof; requiring electric public utilities to disclose certain information to distributed energy retailers; providing criteria to determine appropriate system size for a customer's distributed energy system that is subject to parallel generation; establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of a distributed energy system; increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service; establishing powers and limitations relating thereto; establishing notification requirements for when a system is no longer producing energy or the customer seeks to repair or rebuild a distributed energy system; amending K.S.A. 66-1,184 and 66-1268 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
(Utilities)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2119–
HB 2119, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act; discontinuing such credit for qualified developments receiving a 4% federal tax credit; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,306 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
(Commerce)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2052–
HB 2052, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the possession thereof; updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun; requiring a license be surrendered to the attorney general upon suspension or revocation of such license; providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license; prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed; amending K.S.A. 75-7c07 and 75-7c22 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-7c04, 75-7c05 and 75-7c08 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
290–
SB 290, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for the state historical society to issue a scope statement, plan the work to be accomplished and issue a request for proposals for a master plan for the Quindaro ruins archaeological park in Wyandotte county, Kansas, and implement such master plan.
Committee on Ways and Means
(Ways and Means)
(Be Passed as Amended)
284–
SB 284, AN ACT concerning prescription drugs; relating to the federal 340B drug pricing program; enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
229–
SB 229, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; relating to occupational licensing; providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations; requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the legislature.
Committee on Commerce
(Commerce)
(Ways and Means)
(Commerce)
(Be Passed as Amended)
S Sub 2172–
S Sub HB 2172, AN ACT concerning water; establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding for such program; requiring the task force to establish a water planning working group and submit a report to the legislature and the governor.
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed)
259–
SB 259, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income and privilege taxes; providing that future tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding revenue estimates; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-1107, 79-1108 and 79-32,110 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
S Sub 2164–
S Sub HB 2164, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; making it unlawful for adult sex offenders to enter onto certain school property or attend certain school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation
thereof; amending K.S.A. 22-4901 and 22-4902 and repealing the existing
sections.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed)
2311–
HB 2311, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody or appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; creating a right of action for violations against the secretary for children and families.
Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2158–
HB 2158, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to food; requiring beekeepers who meet certain requirements to register with the department of agriculture if such beekeepers wish to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; providing that registered beekeepers are not required to have certain facilities or equipment under such act; amending K.S.A. 65-689 and repealing the existing section.
Representative Schmoe
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed as Amended)
Sub 2152–
Sub HB 2152, AN ACT concerning public moneys; relating to the deposit and investment thereof; mandating banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks to secure governmental unit deposits in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation by utilizing the public moneys pooled method; directing the state treasurer to establish procedures therefor; requiring financial institutions to make certain reports upon the request of a governmental unit; prohibiting investment advisers that execute bids for the investment of public moneys from engaging in a principal transaction with a governmental unit directly related to such public moneys; allowing governmental unit deposits to be invested in a financial institution at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution; requiring certification from governmental units that deposits in the municipal investment pool fund were first offered to a bank, savings and loan association or savings bank in the preceding year; allowing eligible financial institutions to file a complaint with the state treasurer upon the failure of a governmental unit to comply with certain requirements; establishing the investment rate for the pooled money investment board bank certificate of deposit program; amending K.S.A. 9-1402, 12-1675, 12-1677a and 12-1677b and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-
4237 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
5011–
HCR 5011, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; valuing residential real property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion.
Committee on Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Adopted)
2028–
HB 2028, AN ACT concerning wildlife; licenses; requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older; removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-9,101 and repealing the existing section; reviving and amending K.S.A. 32-9,100 and repealing the revived section; also repealing K.S.A. 32-9,100, as amended by section 64 of chapter 7 of the 2023 Session Laws of Kansas.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed as Amended)
S Sub 2382–
S Sub HB 2382, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to certain curriculum; requiring the inclusion of a human fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality.
Committee on Education
(Education)
(Be Passed)
263–
SB 263, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to crisis drills; establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools; amending K.S.A. 31-133 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Education)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2206–
HB 2206, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating to the Kansas governmental ethics commission; renaming the commission as the Kansas public disclosure commission; defining certain terms; requiring the filing of statements of independent expenditures; prohibiting agreements requiring contributions in the name of another person; amending K.S.A. 25-4119a, 25-4119b, 25-4119e, 25-4119f, 25-4142, 25-4150, 25-4152, 25-4153b, 25-4154, 25-4157, 25-4158a, 25-4180, 25-4186, 46-246a, 46-253, 46-265, 46-280, 46-288, 46-295, 75-3717, 75-4302a and 75-4303a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-4143, 25-4145, 74-50,297, 75-3036 and 77-440 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Elections
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed)
39–
SB 39, AN ACT concerning legal tender; establishing the Kansas legal tender act; reaffirming gold and silver coin as legal tender; providing an income taxation subtraction modification for gains from the sale of specie; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed)
2128–
HB 2128, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the regulation thereof; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register; allowing certain life insurers to follow health financial reports; adopting certain provisions from the national association of insurance commissioners holding company system regulatory act relating to group capital calculations and liquidity stress testing; exempting certain entities from state regulation as health benefit plans; amending K.S.A. 40-202, 40-2d01, 40-3302, 40-3305, 40-3306, 40-3307, 40-3308 and 40-4602 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-249 and 40-2c29.
Committee on Insurance
(Financial Institutions and Insurance)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2217–
HB 2217, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the office of the inspector general and the powers, duties and responsibilities thereof; expanding the power of the inspector general to investigate and audit all state cash, food and health assistance programs; amending K.S.A. 75-7427 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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, 36, 42, 45, 50, 58, 63, 78, 82, 84, 88, 92, 98, 105, 114, 121, 126, 139, 166, 175, 193, 194, 199
Senate bills killed in the House:
Senate bills in conference: Nos. 9, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 45, 82, 92, 98, 121, 126, 193
Senate bills awaiting the signature of the Governor: Nos. 2, 4, 7, 8, 88, 175
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. 2007, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2049, 2061, 2062, 2075, 2085, 2092, 2106, 2117, 2124, 2145, 2155, 2166, 2168, 2182, 2201, 2238, 2254, 2261, 2333, 2347, 2371
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. 2111, 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, 267, 268, 277, 278, 280, 283, 296
House Bills: Nos. 2004, 2083, 2096, 2390, 2396
Commerce–
Senate Bills: Nos. 95, 153, 189, 216, 218, 297
Senate Concurrent Resolutions: No. 1609
House Bills: Nos. 2340, 2343, 2400
Confirmation Oversight–
Education–
Senate Bills: Nos. 123, 134, 140, 142, 154, 159, 162, 163, 164, 165, 252, 270, 275
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, 2054, 2271, 2313, 2331, 2372
Financial Institutions and Insurance–
Senate Bills: Nos. 16, 34, 55, 115, 147, 202, 212, 232, 238, 282
House Bills: Nos. 2047, 2086, 2245
Government Efficiency–
Senate Bills: Nos. 151, 256, 281
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. 2177, 2228, 2323, 2327, 2329, 2349, 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, 2219, 2246, 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
Ways and Means–
Senate Bills: Nos. 57, 68, 75, 86, 99, 101, 214, 228, 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 19 - 21, 2025
Wednesday, March 19
10:00 a.m. Session
Thursday, March 20
10:00 a.m. Session
Friday, March 21
10:00 a.m. Session
Ways and Means
10:30 a.m. Nancy Fontaine, Committee Assistant-785-296-3775 548-S
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
On-Call Committees
Joint Committee on
State-Tribal Relations
1:00 p.m. Connie Burns, Committee Assistant-785-296-7370 144-S
Thursday, March 20
Consideration of proposed gaming compact between the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the state of Kansas
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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 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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