SENATE CALENDAR
No. 45
Thursday, March 20, 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
Sub 2299–
Sub HB 2299, AN ACT concerning antisemitism; declaring antisemitism to be against public policy; defining antisemitism and antisemitic for purposes of state law.
Committee on Education
(Education)
Reference of Appointments
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
Consideration of Motions to Concur or Nonconcur
29–
SB 29, AN ACT concerning public health; removing the authorization for a county or joint board of health or local health officer to prohibit public gatherings when necessary for the control of infectious or contagious diseases;
amending K.S.A. 65-119 and 65-129b and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-101 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Public Health and Welfare
(As Amended by the House)
30–
SB 30, AN ACT concerning criminal history record information; relating to state and national criminal history record checks; authorizing the attorney general and the state gaming agency to receive more criminal history records; updating criminal history record language related to the state bank commissioner; requiring the secretary of labor to conduct such checks on employees who have access to federal tax information; amending K.S.A. 75-5702 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 9-555, 9-565, 9-2411, 22-4714 and 75-7b01 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Judiciary
(As Amended by the House)
64–
SB 64, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; adjusting certain internal references; extending the time for filing administrative appeals; updating provisions relating to compliance with the federal internal revenue code; amending K.S.A. 74-4902 and 74-4904 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-49,123 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
(As Amended by the House)
125–
SB 125, 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 and directing payment of certain claims against the state; authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing.
Committee on Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State
(As Amended by the House)
135–
SB 135, AN ACT concerning certain protection orders; relating to the protection from abuse act; providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-3107 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Judiciary
(As Amended by the House)
156–
SB 156, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer; providing criminal penalties therefor.
Committee on Judiciary
(As Amended by the House)
157–
SB 157, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to search and seizure; requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer; relating to release prior to trial; forfeiture of appearance bonds; requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties; allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances if a surety can show that the defendant was deported from the United States; requiring remission in certain circumstances; prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required; amending K.S.A. 22-2502 and 22-2807 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-2809b and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Judiciary
(As Amended by the House)
250–
SB 250, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to treatments for life-threatening illnesses; enacting the right to try for individualized treatments act to permit certain manufacturers to make individualized investigative treatments available to eligible requesting patients.
Committee on Public Health and Welfare
(As Amended by the House)
269–
SB 269, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the state board of tax appeals; prohibiting a filing fee when a previous appeal remains pending before the board; amending K.S.A. 74-2438a and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(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–(Third 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
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
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)
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)
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)
2335–
HB 2335, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the healthcare provider insurance availability act; adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 40-3401 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Insurance
(Public Health and Welfare)
(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)
S Sub 5011–
S Sub HCR 5011, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; limiting valuation increases for real property and for personal property classified as mobile homes used for residential purposes.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Adopted)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
2152–
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)
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)
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)
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; increasing the maximum age to qualify for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses and removing the expiration date for such 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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
S Sub 2313–
S Sub HB 2313, AN ACT concerning technology produced by certain foreign countries; relating to artificial intelligence platforms; prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence platforms of concern on state-issued devices and networks; prohibiting medical and research facilities from using genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in or by a foreign adversary.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(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)
2039–
HB 2039, AN ACT concerning healthcare; relating to the Kansas credentialing act; amending definitions to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies; amending K.S.A. 65-5101 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Health and Human Services
(Public Health and Welfare)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2255–
HB 2255, AN ACT concerning weights and measures; consolidating chapter 83 definitions into a single section; defining device for weighing, measuring or both; increasing the minimum fee per invoice from $50 to $70; authorizing licensed service companies and city or county departments of weights and measures to remove rejection tags for test or repair purposes; requiring any such entity to replace the rejection tag with a substitute if the device or equipment cannot be repaired and notify the secretary; requiring persons desiring to operate as a service company to obtain a license; establishing fees and procedures for such licensure; requiring nonresident service companies to designate a resident agent; requiring technical representatives to be licensed, attend continuing education seminars and pass an examination; authorizing the secretary to charge a fee for continuing education seminars; prohibiting service companies from receiving or renewing a license until their weights or measures, or both, are tested and sealed; authorizing the secretary to accept a calibration certificate in lieu of a test; authorizing the secretary to revoke, suspend, decline to renew or decline to issue a service company or technical representative license after notice and hearing for certain violations; requiring weights or measurers, or both used commercially to be tested and inspected annually by a licensed technical representative, an authorized city or county representative or the secretary; requiring test weights or equipment used in grain elevators to be approved and sealed annually, or every three years for those with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater; requiring reports of tests and inspections to be furnished to the owner or operator and the secretary within 10 days; amending K.S.A. 83-201, 83-202, 83-207, 83-208, 83-214, 83-215, 83-216, 83-217, 83-218, 83-219, 83-220, 83-221, 83-222, 83-224, 83-225, 83-304, 83-305, 83-404, 83-405 and 83-501 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 83-149, 83-154, 83-155, 83-301, 83-302, 83-303, 83-308, 83-311, 83-326, 83-401, 83-402, 83-403, 83-407, 83-409, 83-410, 83-411 and 83-502.
Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
(Agriculture and Natural Resources)
(Be Passed as Amended)
2004–
HB 2004, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers' sales tax; providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Seward county for the purpose of financing the costs of roadway and bridge construction, maintenance and improvement in the county; eliminating certain election validations; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases and sales by care to share cancer support group of Bourbon county, Kansas, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187, 12-189, 12-192 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections.
Representative Francis
(Assessment and Taxation)
(Be Passed as Amended)
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)
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)
(Substitute Be Passed)
Sub 281–
Sub SB 281, AN ACT concerning the state treasurer; relating to the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program; removing the treasurer's authority to accept and approve the number of applications for such program in 2028; reducing the number of grants available and the number of audits required under such program; providing the audit process for certain withdrawals; amending K.S.A. 75-650 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Government Efficiency
(Education)
(Government Efficiency)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
S Sub 2054–
S Sub HB 2054, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign contribution limits; increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions; eliminating such limits on contributions to or by party committees; amending K.S.A. 25-4153 and repealing the existing section.
Committee on Federal and State Affairs
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed)
1–
SB 1, AN ACT exempting the state of Kansas from daylight saving time; providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move.
Senator Titus
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Be Passed as Amended)
S Sub Sub 2060–
S Sub Sub HB 2060, AN ACT concerning the state governmental ethics law; relating to state officers and employees; providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified nonprofit organizations and discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities; amending K.S.A. 46-237 and 46-237a and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics
(Federal and State Affairs)
(Local Government, Transparency and Ethics)
(Be Passed)
ANTICIPATED END OF DEBATE CALENDAR
S Sub 2228–
S Sub HB 2228, AN ACT concerning contingent fee contracts for legal services; relating to contracts entered into for legal services by a political subdivision; requiring an open meeting before a political subdivision may approve such a contract; requiring the attorney general to approve such contract before such contract becomes effective.
Committee on Judiciary
(Judiciary)
(Be Passed)
S Sub 2396–
S Sub HB 2396, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to property tax revenues of taxing jurisdictions; authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues above a certain amount; providing for a protest petition notice to be sent to taxpayers; establishing the protest petition notification costs fund; relating to the revenue neutral rate; modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-1801 and 79-2988 and repealing the existing sections.
Committee on Assessment and Taxation
(Assessment and Taxation)
(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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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, 69, 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, 231, 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, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 36, 42, 45, 50, 58, 63, 64, 67, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 88, 89, 92, 97, 98, 104, 105, 114, 121, 125, 126, 135, 139, 156, 157, 166, 175, 193, 194, 199, 250, 269
Senate bills killed in the House:
Senate bills in conference: Nos. 9, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 32, 42, 45, 50, 82, 84, 92, 98, 114, 121, 126, 139, 193, 199
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, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2033, 2037, 2040, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2061, 2062, 2068, 2069, 2075, 2085, 2087, 2088, 2092, 2101, 2102, 2106, 2107, 2110, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2120, 2122, 2124, 2134, 2145, 2155, 2166, 2168, 2169, 2182, 2183, 2185, 2201, 2215, 2231, 2238, 2240, 2242, 2249, 2254, 2261, 2263, 2275, 2280, 2284, 2289, 2291, 2307, 2312, 2333, 2338, 2342, 2347, 2359, 2365, 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: No. 2111
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. 2083, 2096, 2390
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
House Bills: No. 2402
Federal and State Affairs–
Senate Bills: Nos. 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, 2271, 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
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, 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
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. 2070, 2219, 2223, 2246
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, 298
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 20 - 21, 2025
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
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
Thursday, March 20
No doctor scheduled
Friday, March 21
No doctor scheduled
Senate Schedule
Week of March 24 - 28, 2025
Monday, March 24
10:00 a.m. Session
Tuesday, March 25
10:00 a.m. Session
Wednesday, March 26
10:00 a.m. Session
Thursday, March 27
10:00 a.m. Session
Friday, March 28
10:00 a.m. Session
Judiciary
10:30 a.m. Barbara Moore, Committee Assistant-785-296-6817 346-S
Monday, March 24 NOTE TIME CHANGED TO 9:00 A.M. AND ROOM CHANGED TO 281-N
Confirmation hearing on:
Lori A. Bolton Fleming, Chief Judge, Kansas Court of Appeals
Ways and Means
10:30 a.m. Nancy Fontaine, Committee Assistant-785-296-3775 548-S
Monday, March 24
Meeting on call of the chair
Tuesday, March 25
Meeting on call of the chair
Wednesday, March 26
Meeting on call of the chair
Thursday, March 27
Meeting on call of the chair
Friday, March 28
Meeting on call of the chair
On-Call Committees
Joint
Committee on
State Building Construction
11:30 a.m. Sky Westerlund, Committee Assistant 582-N
Monday, March 24
Change order
Legislative
Post Audit Committee
12:00 p.m. Whitney Watson, Committee Assistant-785-431-0123 118-N
Monday, March 24
Performance audits:
Veteran's Claims Assistance Program
KDOT Cost-Share Project (limited-scope)
Additional committee business
Security awareness training
Senate
Select Committee on
Veterans Affairs
12:00 p.m. Angela Gantzer, Committee Assistant-785-296-4335 159-S
Tuesday, March 25
Hearing on:
SB 200 — Designating Kansas as a purple heart state, requiring the governor to proclaim August 7 of each year as purple heart day and urging veterans organizations to plan special activities in observance thereof.
HB 2274 — Removing the active requirement from military servicemembers for occupational licensure.
SB 106 — Permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards and eliminating fees for homeless veterans to obtain birth certificates for purposes of nondriver identification card applications.
(Note: Testimony is due by 12:00 p.m. March 24. Please reach out to the committee assistant with questions.)
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Doctor of the Day
Telephone: 785-296-7397 480-W
For emergencies: contact Legislative Administrative Services at 785-296-2391
Monday, March 24
Edwin Kahembe, MD, Wichita
Tuesday, March 25
Sandra Archer, MD, Overland Park
Wednesday, March 26
Robert Freelove, MD, Salina
Thursday, March 27
Chad Johanning, MD, FAAFP, Lawrence
Friday, March 28
No doctor scheduled
Laurie Varner & Nancy Reddy, Calendar Clerks
Corey Carnahan, Secretary of the Senate
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