Committee Bill Hearings

March 17, 2025

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Committee	Chamber	Bill	Short Title	Time	Room	Status
Agriculture and Natural Resources	Senate	HB2028	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.	08:30 AM	144-S	Past
Federal and State Affairs	House	SCR1604	Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government.	09:00 AM	346-S	Past
Federal and State Affairs	House	SCR1604	Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government.	09:03 AM	346-S	Past
Financial Institutions and Insurance	Senate	HB2152	Substitute for HB 2152 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Mandating financial institutions to secure governmental unit deposits in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the FDIC by utilizing a public moneys pooled method of securities, prohibiting investment advisers that execute bids for the investment of public moneys from managing moneys directly from such bid, allowing governmental unit deposits to be invested at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution, requiring certification from a governmental unit that deposits in the municipal investment pool fund were first offered to a financial institution in the preceding year and allowing financial institutions to file complaints upon the failure to comply.	09:30 AM	546-S	Past
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	HB2396	Authorizing the use of a protest petition to limit funding of a taxing jurisdiction by property tax revenues exceeding a certain amount, establishing the acknowledging stewardship of tax revenue and appropriations (ASTRA) fund; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to qualifying cities and counties and eliminating the revenue neutral rate requirements by taxing subdivisions and the taxpayer notification costs fund.	09:30 AM	548-S	Past
Assessment and Taxation	Senate	HCR5011	Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to provide that valuations of residential property, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes personal property shall be determined based on the lesser of the fair market value or the average fair market value.	09:30 AM	548-S	Past
Financial Institutions and Insurance	Senate	SB284	Enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution.	09:30 AM	546-S	Past
Federal and State Affairs	Senate	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.	10:30 AM	144-S	Past
Federal and State Affairs	Senate	SB146	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 of certain real property in Miami county that amends the reversionary interest of the state of Kansas to July 1, 2046.	10:30 AM	144-S	Past
Judiciary	Senate	SB116	Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.	10:30 AM	346-S	Past
Judiciary	Senate	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.	10:30 AM	346-S	Past
Ways and Means	Senate	SCR1612	Proposing to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas by allowing the legislature to contract public debt and pledges to the payment thereof the full faith, credit and taxing power of the state and giving the legislature authority over all matters concerning the contracting of public debt.	10:30 AM	548-S	Past
Ways and Means	Senate	SB290	Providing funding 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.	10:30 AM	548-S	Past
Ways and Means	Senate	HB2221	Abolishing the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund, creating the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund and transferring the moneys and liabilities from such abolished fund to the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund.	10:30 AM	548-S	Past
Ways and Means	Senate	HB2195	Establishing the Kansas technical college operating grant fund administered by the state board of regents.	10:30 AM	548-S	Past
Utilities	Senate			01:30 PM	548-S	Past
Judiciary	House	SB237	Requiring the court to consider the value of retirement accounts if a person loses income for certain reasons and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations.	03:30 PM	582-N	Past
Judiciary	House	HB2404	Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.	03:30 PM	582-N	Past
Agriculture and Natural Resources	House	HB2268	Prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during certain times and places and increasing fees for migratory waterfowl habitat stamps.	03:30 PM	112-N	Past