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House Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 9:00 am Location: 346-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB1 - Exempting the state of Kansas from daylight saving time but providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move.
    SB260 - Amending the Kansas parimutuel racing act regarding qualifications for an organization license, the definition of horsemen's associations and horsemen's nonprofit organizations and the distribution of certain tax revenues.
    HB2026 - Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.
    HB2051 - Requiring legislative approval of any national heritage area or national historic trail in the state of Kansas and prohibiting state funding of any national heritage area or national historic trail unless such funding is first approved by the legislature of the state of Kansas.
    HB2066 - Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.
    HB2094 - Authorizing the sale of electronic cigarettes in cigarette vending machines.
    HB2104 - Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.
    HB2115 - Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.
    HB2127 - Authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county.
    HB2146 - Increasing transfers from the lottery operating fund, to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
    HB2147 - 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 and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.
    HB2150 - Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.
    HB2167 - Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
    HB2196 - Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.
    HB2198 - Enacting the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.
    HB2200 - Creating a traffic infraction for not securely storing a firearm in an unattended vehicle, providing exceptions and penalties therefor and requiring the office of the attorney general to conduct a secure storage of firearms educational campaign and create materials therefor.
    HB2265 - Designating the polka as the state dance.
    HB2279 - Exempting the department of wildlife and parks from proposed rule and regulation restrictions on implementation and compliance costs.
    HB2283 - Requiring at least one member of the Kansas state fair board to be a resident of Reno county.
    HB2373 - Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.
    HB2379 - Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish a Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.
    HB2384 - Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; requiring deeds and conveyances contain restrictive covenants prohibiting any gaming or gambling on such property; requiring a report by the Shawnee Tribe every two years for a 10-year period to the joint committee on state-tribal relations regarding the rehabilitation of the property and consultations with other tribes.
    HB2391 - Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.
    HB2405 - Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state.
    HB2407 - Amending the Kansas act against discrimination to include sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a veteran.
    Resolutions In Committee
    HCR5010 - Supporting the authorization and funding of the public safety autonomous technologies research, testing, certification and commercialization program and the passage of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2025 .
    HCR5012 - Urging Attorney General Kobach to protect Kansas federal employees by ensuring the legal integrity of governmental operations.
    HCR5016 - Urging the attorney general to join efforts to hold Elon Musk accountable for unlawful executive action.
    Sponsored Bills
    HB2025 - Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities.
    HB2028 - Reviving a law providing for discounted hunting and fishing licenses for persons who are 65 years of age or older; changing the amount charged for lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for children five and younger to $300 and for those children ages six to 15 to $400, prohibiting non-residents from hunting migratory waterfowl on public lands during the hunting season except on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays; raising certain hunting fees; and requiring the department of wildlife and parks to report to the house and senate committees on agriculture and natural resources on the impact of limiting out of state waterfowl hunters.
    HB2051 - Requiring legislative approval of any national heritage area or national historic trail in the state of Kansas and prohibiting state funding of any national heritage area or national historic trail unless such funding is first approved by the legislature of the state of Kansas.
    HB2052 - Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and 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.
    HB2065 - Providing for the appointment of delegates to a convention under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.
    HB2066 - Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.
    HB2094 - Authorizing the sale of electronic cigarettes in cigarette vending machines.
    HB2146 - Increasing transfers from the lottery operating fund, to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
    HB2147 - 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 and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.
    HB2167 - Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
    HB2188 - Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat.
    HB2268 - Prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during certain times and places and increasing fees for migratory waterfowl habitat stamps.
    HB2279 - Exempting the department of wildlife and parks from proposed rule and regulation restrictions on implementation and compliance costs.
    HB2280 - Adding a citation to the code of federal regulations to the definition of veteran and disabled veteran and removing the active requirement from military service members for occupational licensure.
    HB2331 - Authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions.
    HB2332 - Establishing a seal for the house of representatives and providing for its custody and use.
    HB2372 - Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council.
    HB2373 - Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.
    HB2376 - Transferring the licensure of on-premise cereal malt beverage retailers and off-premise cereal malt beverage retailers from cities and counties to the alcoholic beverage control division of the department of revenue; allowing continued local licensure by cities or counties.
    HB2378 - Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages.
    HB2379 - Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish a Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.
    HB2384 - Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; requiring deeds and conveyances contain restrictive covenants prohibiting any gaming or gambling on such property; requiring a report by the Shawnee Tribe every two years for a 10-year period to the joint committee on state-tribal relations regarding the rehabilitation of the property and consultations with other tribes.
    HB2389 - Requiring certain prior convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
    HB2391 - Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.
    HB2397 - Increasing state financial assistance for local health departments under certain circumstances.
    HB2399 - Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment services and extending the transfer of moneys to the Kansas newborn screening fund.
    HB2401 - Providing that prior convictions of a crime that is determined unconstitutional by an appellate court shall not be used for criminal history scoring purposes unless the basis of the determination of unconstitutionality by the appellate court is later overruled or reversed.
    HB2403 - Establishing the order of priority of a decedent's surviving parents who cannot agree on the disposition of such decedent's remains.
    HB2405 - Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state.
    HB2407 - Amending the Kansas act against discrimination to include sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a veteran.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2025 Legislative Session
    HCR5012 - Urging Attorney General Kobach to protect Kansas federal employees by ensuring the legal integrity of governmental operations.
    HCR5016 - Urging the attorney general to join efforts to hold Elon Musk accountable for unlawful executive action.
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