SENATE CALENDAR
No. 49
Wednesday, March 26, 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
Reference of Appointments
MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR
COMMUNICATIONS FROM STATE OFFICERS
MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE
Consideration of Motions to Concur or Nonconcur
REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES
Consideration of Appointments
Consent Calendar
(Senate action to be taken on third day or thereafter)
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
ANTICIPATED END OF DEBATE CALENDAR
1716–
SR 1716, A RESOLUTION approving an amendment to the gaming compact between the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska and the State of Kansas.
Joint Committee on State Tribal Relations
(Committee of the Whole)
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)
(Ways and Means)
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)
(Federal and State Affairs)
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)
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)
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)
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. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 39, 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, 146, 156, 157, 161, 166, 175, 181, 186, 193, 194, 197, 199, 204, 213, 222, 227, 229, 231, 237, 241, 244, 250, 259, 260, 269, 281, 284
Senate bills killed in Senate: No. 211
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, 35, 36, 42, 44, 45, 50, 54, 58, 63, 64, 67, 77, 78, 79, 82, 84, 88, 89, 92, 97, 98, 104, 105, 114, 117, 121, 125, 126, 135, 137, 139, 156, 157, 166, 175, 186, 193, 194, 199, 204, 227, 237, 241, 250, 269
Senate bills killed in the House: Nos. 53, 70, 71, 76, 87, 128
Senate bills in conference:
Senate bills awaiting the signature of the governor: Nos. 5, 6, 13, 14, 29, 36, 58, 67, 77, 78, 104, 105, 166, 194
Senate bills signed by the Governor: Nos. 2, 4, 7, 8, 88, 175
Senate bills becoming law without Governor's signature:
Senate bills vetoed by Governor: Nos. 4, 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, 1717, 1718
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, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2033, 2037, 2039, 2040, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2052, 2054, 2056, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2068, 2069, 2075, 2085, 2087, 2088, 2092, 2101, 2102, 2106, 2107, 2109, 2110, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2120, 2122, 2124, 2125, 2128, 2134, 2145, 2149, 2152, 2155, 2158, 2160, 2164, 2166, 2168, 2169, 2172, 2182, 2183, 2185, 2192, 2195, 2201, 2206, 2215, 2217, 2221, 2222, 2231, 2238, 2240, 2242, 2249, 2254, 2255, 2261, 2263, 2275, 2280, 2284, 2289, 2291, 2304, 2307, 2311, 2312, 2313, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2338, 2342, 2347, 2359, 2365, 2371, 2382
House bills killed in the Senate:
House bills in conference: Nos. 2007, 2016, 2022, 2028, 2029, 2039, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2056, 2062, 2068, 2069, 2075, 2087, 2088, 2116, 2118, 2122, 2124, 2125, 2128, 2134, 2155, 2158, 2160, 2164, 2169, 2172, 2183, 2192, 2231, 2240, 2242, 2249, 2255, 2275, 2280, 2289, 2312, 2313, 2333, 2334, 2335, 2342, 2347, 2365, 2371, 2382
House concurrent resolutions adopted by the Senate: Nos. 5002, 5003, 5004
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, 2318, 2336, 2377, 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: Nos. 2299, 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
House Concurrent Resolutions: No. 5013
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. 2131, 2177, 2323, 2327, 2329, 2349, 2378
Appointments: Member - 3, Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board: Rebecca Dickinson, Term ends March 15, 2029 Judge - 11, Kansas Court of Appeals: Lori Bolton Fleming, None
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, 2294
Senate 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: Nos. 2113, 2237
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 26 - 28, 2025
Wednesday, March 26
10:00 a.m. Session
Thursday, March 27
10:00 a.m. Session
Friday, March 28
10:00 a.m. Session
Ways and Means
10:30 a.m. Nancy Fontaine, Committee Assistant-785-296-3775 548-S
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
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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 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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