Senate Bills and Resolutions in Committee:

Agriculture and Natural Resources - 15 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB80	Eliminating the authority of the secretary of wildlife and parks to issue nonresident landowner deer permits.
SB130	Amending the Kansas pet animal act to require the Kansas department of agriculture to maintain records of inspections for not less than five years and removing the requirement that the commissioner only apply federal rules and regulations to United States department of agriculture licensed animal distributors and animal breeders.
SB235	Making it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, use or distribute certain seeds coated with a pesticide that contains a neonicotinoid unless otherwise ordered by the governor.
SB511	Requiring the secretary of wildlife and parks to prepare and present any plans to reorganize the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to certain legislative committees and legislative approval of any such plans.
SB519	Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement.
HB2111	Increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years.
HB2114	Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring preconstruction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer.
HB2462	Requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations that allow for the direct and indirect potable reuse of treated wastewater.
HB2476	Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.
HB2477	Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes.
HB2502	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.
HB2505	Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act.
HB2511	Permitting moneys received from agricultural production on a state-owned property to be used for the management of all state-owned properties.
HB2568	Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks.
HB2633	Increasing the service charge fee for each license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department of wildlife and parks to an amount of not to exceed $2.00 and, in the case of each migratory waterfowl habitat stamp, an amount of not to exceed $1.00.

Assessment and Taxation - 63 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB25	Enacting the insurance savings account act, allowing individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions, providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts and establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas income tax act.
SB26	Providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases by bowling centers.
SB59	Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of personal property and services, sales of personal property and purchases of construction materials and services for not-for-profit animal shelters and rescue network managers licensed under the Kansas pet animal act.
SB72	Providing for transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits from the year that the credit was originally issued.
SB73	Modifying deadlines for mailing property tax statements to taxpayers and certification of tax levies to the director of property valuation to be earlier than the current deadlines and providing for the county clerk's use of the previous year's budget when a taxing subdivision fails to timely file its budget.
SB90	Providing for a property tax exemption from local government levies to the extent of the first $100,000 of appraised value for certain owner-occupied homes and authorizing local governments to propose a ballot question to opt out of such property tax exemption.
SB103	Authorizing cities and counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question and to levy such tax if approved by the electors of a city or county, requiring resubmission of the question, if approved, to the electors every 10 years, allowing certain credits and exemptions against the tax, providing for deductions by public and private employers of the tax from employee earnings and providing that revenue from any such tax be pledged for certain purposes.
SB107	Providing a sales tax exemption for period products, diapers and incontinence products.
SB108	Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.
SB109	Providing a remittance credit to retailers for the collection of sales and compensating use tax.
SB148	Excluding from sales taxation the service of installing or applying tangible personal property for the reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a building or facility.
SB152	Establishing a property tax valuation appeal process to the board of county commissioners for certain residential and commercial real property and providing for the purchase of the property by the county under certain conditions.
SB179	Establishing a child income tax credit.
SB190	Providing that payment of special assessments for years other than the year being redeemed is not required for purposes of partial redemption of homesteads with delinquent property taxes.
SB192	Requiring judicial foreclosure tax sales by public auction to be conducted in person at a physical location in the county.
SB195	Establishing the property tax task force that shall study the property tax system in Kansas and develop recommendations and suggest improvements to law.
SB201	Providing for a homestead property tax exemption for certain veterans and former law enforcement officers with service-connected disabilities.
SB209	Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices.
SB210	Providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases and sales by the Johnson county Christmas bureau association.
SB215	Excluding social security payments from household income and increasing the household income and appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax homestead claims.
SB217	Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.
SB223	Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Russell county for the purpose of financing costs of attendance centers or other school district facilities.
SB224	Providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act, establishing an income tax credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students.
SB225	Requiring counties to purchase homesteads at the appraised values set by county appraisers upon applications made by the owners under certain conditions.
SB226	Allowing an itemized deduction for certain losses from wagering transactions for individuals for income tax purposes.
SB267	Providing sales tax exemptions for certain services purchased on behalf of a provider in the provision of communication services and certain purchases by the Kansas fairgrounds foundation and modifying the definition of alcoholic beverages for purposes of the retailers' sales tax.
SB268	Clarifying modifications for certain business interest expenses and federal net operating loss carrybacks and providing a technical change to a statutory cross reference for recaptured moneys related to adoption savings accounts for purposes of Kansas income tax.
SB277	Exempting certain qualified tips from state income tax.
SB278	Providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases and sales by care to share cancer support group of Bourbon county, Kansas, inc.
SB280	Requiring the approval by a majority of electors voting at an election in order for the governing body of any taxing entity to increase its total amount of property tax to be levied by more than the annual rate of inflation.
SB283	Decreasing individual income tax rates, discontinuing tax credits of the high performance incentive program and the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act, discontinuing payroll withholding tax benefits of the promoting employment across Kansas act, discontinuing the crediting of certain amounts to the job creation program fund and repealing certain tax credits.
SB296	Eliminating certain tax credits, exemptions, incentives, refunds and limitations, a transitional adjustment, a checkoff and a restoration program administered by the secretary that have expired or are no longer applicable.
SB309	Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.
SB311	Eliminating state income tax on certain qualified overtime compensation.
SB320	Expanding property tax exemption eligibility to include commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that was acquired or transported into this state on or before June 30, 2006.
SB365	Providing for the election of county appraisers and discontinuing the authority to form appraisal districts with district appraisers.
SB378	Providing a one-time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit for eligible vehicles.
SB389	Providing a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products, diapers and incontinence products.
SB397	Providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year.
SB401	Requiring the county appraiser to conduct a new physical inspection before increasing the valuation of residential real property by more than 15%.
SB455	Restoring homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims.
SB470	Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity delivered to residential premises for noncommercial use.
SB476	Exempting certain property used for thrift store purposes by a church or religious organization from property tax.
SB488	Enacting the Kansas property tax freedom act of 2026, providing for the phased elimination of property taxation and for revenue replacement grants to taxing subdivisions, establishing the Kansas fair share purchase surcharge and providing such revenue to taxing subdivisions, the state general fund and the new property tax freedom reserve fund and providing for freedom dividend rebates.
SB489	Providing for a universal homestead exemption from ad valorem property taxation.
SB490	Authorizing the imposition of a privilege tax by a municipality for the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages, food and food ingredients and tobacco within a community improvement district.
SB512	Removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages and removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions.
SB521	Providing for credits for payment of employee's child care and contributions to a third party for increased child care options.
SCR1619	Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to decrease the assessment percentage used to determine the assessed value of real property used for residential purposes and mobile homes used for residential purposes from 11½% to 9% for purposes of property taxation.
SCR1621	Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to prohibit the levy of any property tax by the state or any political or taxing subdivision of the state.
HB2083	Providing a property tax exemption for new energy storage systems and excluding new energy storage systems from the commercial and industrial machinery and equipment exemption.
HB2096	Providing for transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits from the year that the credit was originally issued.
HB2318	Providing that future income and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding tax receipt revenues.
HB2336	Providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment of financial institution income by the receipts factor, deductions from income when using the single sales factor and receipts factor, the decrease in corporate income tax rates determining when sales other than tangible personal property are made in the state and excluding sales of a unitary business group of electric and natural gas public utilities.
HB2377	Providing that countywide retailers' sales tax is apportioned based on tangible property tax levies remain unchanged until December 31, 2026.
HB2390	Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Jackson county for the purpose of supporting hospital services in the county.
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.
HB2408	Providing that leased ground owned by a county-recognized community land trust shall be considered as a factor in determining fair market value for property tax purposes.
HB2440	Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions.
HB2464	Extending the number of years that new credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs and employers of program graduates.
HB2470	Providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area under the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act.
HB2642	Removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code in determining Kansas adjusted gross income.
HB2745	Requiring a vote of the electors to approve increases in property tax revenues for the next year, establishing the property tax relief fund and providing transfers to counties that limit property taxes to certain increases, establishing the property tax limit in lieu of the revenue neutral rate to provide for certain budget increases of taxing subdivisions and continuing in existence the taxpayer notification costs fund.

Commerce - 31 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB95	Providing that the legislature may approve the creation of port authorities by enactment of a bill and authorizing the governing body of the unified government of Wyandotte county and Kansas City, Kansas, to create a port authority.
SB153	Establishing the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act requiring employers to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave.
SB189	Providing injured employees the freedom of choice to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation.
SB216	Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act.
SB218	Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees.
SB297	Providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.
SB369	Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.
SB370	Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement.
SB371	Requiring landlords to offer to sell certain rental properties to the tenants of such properties before offering such properties for sale to the public.
SB388	Setting a maximum fee for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.
SB393	Authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the FIFA 2026 world cup.
SB471	Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $16 an hour and making such minimum wage applicable to employers and employees covered under the provisions of the federal fair labor standards act.
SB495	Enacting the motor vehicle right to repair act.
SB518	Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.
SCR1609	Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations.
SCR1609	Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations.
HB2119	Discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit for qualified developments receiving a 4% federal tax credit.
HB2340	Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain property located in Johnson county.
HB2343	Creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act, supporting the development and growth of such businesses by limiting the regulatory power of municipalities.
HB2346	Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events, providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund or from the state general fund if funds are not available therefrom.
HB2357	Substitute for HB 2357 by Committee on Judiciary - Providing for the sealing and expungement of court records and consideration of mediation in eviction actions in which the underlying rental agreement is governed by the residential landlord and tenant act and providing that certain violations of this act constitute unconscionable acts or practices under the provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act.
HB2400	Amending the definition of land devoted to agricultural use to include trail rides as a ranching activity to qualify as an agritourism activity.
HB2466	Extending the sunset for the angel investor tax credit to 2031.
HB2481	Removing the two-bedroom requirement to qualify as hotel, motel or tourist court requiring collection of tax from all such qualifying rentals.
HB2504	Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective tenants receipt of housing assistance or eviction or criminal history, and permitting cities and counties to prohibit discrimination by landlords on the basis of receipt of veterans benefits.
HB2588	Providing for statewide electrician licensing by the board of technical professions.
HB2596	Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes under the prison-made goods act.
HB2602	Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes.
HB2700	Establishing the Kansas right-to-repair act to provide the right for persons who purchase or lease digital electronic equipment to obtain the legal authorization and necessary documentation and parts from original equipment manufacturers to diagnose, maintain and repair such equipment.
HB2719	Providing an exception to the rules and regulations filing act for technical amendments, creating a process for certain rules and regulations to receive priority status in the adoption process, removing references to revival of rules and regulations, clarifying that the department of the budget is not required to approve proposed rules and regulations mandated by the federal government and adding references to department of corrections rules and regulations that are not subject to the act.
HB2739	Providing that fire sprinkler systems shall not be required in this state for multi-family dwellings of four attached units or fewer, prohibiting municipal fire sprinkler requirements for multi-family dwellings of four or fewer attached living units and defining apartment buildings for purposes of the fire code.

Education - 52 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB48	Requiring school districts to demonstrate improvement in academic performance and be in compliance with all federal and state statutes and rules and regulations to achieve or maintain accreditation.
SB49	Requiring that each attendance center needs assessment be conducted by the local board of education and include input from board members, teachers, school site councils and school administrators and that board members receive certain state assessment data and identify allocations of money in the school district budget and budget summary.
SB123	Providing state general funds for school meals programs and prohibiting local boards from collecting money for such meals.
SB134	Authorizing school districts to request and receive an applicant teacher’s employment files from another school district if such teacher was previously employed by such other school district and establishing which school district is responsible for and the custodian of teacher employment files that are records under the Kansas open records act.
SB140	Requiring school districts to provide certain information on school district annual budget forms.
SB142	Authorizing each school district to include a teacher representative as a nonvoting member of such district's board of education.
SB154	Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours and students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms.
SB159	Requiring school district budget forms and summaries to include all expenditures of bond proceeds.
SB162	Requiring certain school district employees to receive training in seizure recognition and related first aid.
SB163	Prohibiting school employment contracts from excluding documentation of disciplinary actions or behavioral corrective actions taken with regard to an employee.
SB164	Prohibiting discriminatory practices on the basis of religion at public educational institutions and authorizing the attorney general to investigate violations and assess civil penalties under the Kansas act against discrimination.
SB165	Requiring school district bond elections and other tax levy question submitted elections be held only on primary or general election dates and only permitting one such bond election to be conducted each calendar year.
SB252	Expanding the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act to allow certain high school students and students eligible to be enrolled in certain school districts to be eligible for scholarships, increasing the tax credit for contributions and the aggregate tax credit limit, providing for aggregate tax credit increases under certain conditions and providing for program administration by the state treasurer.
SB270	Requiring grants awarded pursuant to the Kansas educator registered apprenticeship program for education apprentice tuition and fees to be made twice per year and at the time payments for such tuition and fees are due.
SB275	Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality.
SB281	House Substitute for Substitute for SB 281 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
SB302	Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.
SB338	Including a home school within the definition of private elementary and secondary school and defining home school.
SB342	Extending the expiration date of the Kansas school equity and enhancement act from 2027 to 2028.
SB343	Requiring the state board of regents to adopt rules and regulations to prohibit state moneys from being allocated for certain low-earning outcome programs and prohibiting political subdivisions from allocating state moneys for certain low-earning outcome programs.
SB349	Requiring the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system for activities based on student attendance and a multiplier factor that adjusts certain schools' student attendance.
SB350	Enacting the age-appropriate school device act to establish safety standards and requirements for the use of school-issued devices in certain grade levels and authorizing parents to opt students out of certain uses of such devices.
SB383	Adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher and authorizing special education state aid reimbursement for qualified teachers who provide approved special education or related services to students with an IEP administered by such school district pursuant to a contract.
SB385	Establishing Erin's law to require school districts to provide training and age-appropriate student instruction on the identification and reporting of signs of child sexual abuse.
SB386	Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.
SB420	Enacting the Holocaust education act to require school districts to provide instruction on Holocaust education and awareness as part of the social studies curriculum for students in grades six through 12.
SB424	Enacting the student secular bill of rights to establish statutory protections against religious coercion and discrimination in public schools.
SB437	Establishing the technical college funding task force to design and make recommendations for a pilot outcomes-based funding model for Kansas technical colleges.
SB438	Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility program, providing a financial hardship exception from such participation and requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation.
SB440	Authorizing a special education pilot program that provides provisional accreditation to a private entity for the purpose of operating a special education teacher training program, allowing such entity to collect data from such program and providing requirements for full accreditation of such program.
SB441	Enacting the applied behavior analysis services in school act to authorize the provision of medically necessary behavioral health services by private providers in schools and requiring school districts to adopt policies for the provision of such services.
SB458	Requiring state assessments performance levels and cut scores to be based on the 2024 performance levels and cut scores.
SB477	Establishing the Kansas first responder scholarship program to provide postsecondary tuition assistance to certain first responders and dependents of such first responders.
SB491	Enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act to establish the office of education inspector general, authorize the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions, require reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents, require certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry, require criminal history record checks of school employees and agents and provide for civil penalties for violations of this act.
SB496	Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to provide annual training on freedom of speech, association and exercise of religion to certain individuals based on materials, programs and procedures developed by the state board of regents, in consultation with the attorney general, requiring the state board of regents to confirm that each such institution has complied with training requirements and authorizing the attorney general to bring an action to enforce compliance.
SB514	Authorizing students to participate in school activities immediately upon transfer to another school unless such students were recruited, induced or unduly influenced to transfer for athletic activity participation.
SB515	Authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities for such nonpublic schools.
SB517	Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting.
HB2299	Substitute for HB 2299 by Committee on Education - Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.
HB2320	Authorizing children in the custody of the secretary of the department for children and families to attend school in any school district, requiring records for such students to be timely transferred between school districts and requiring a transportation plan if the child remains in the school of origin.
HB2374	Creating the specialty practice student loan program and the specialty practice student loan repayment fund, allowing for the transfer of funds from the OBGYN and psychiatry medical student loan repayment funds to the specialty practice student loan repayment fund and abolishing the OBGYN and psychiatry medical student loan repayment funds.
HB2402	Creating the blue ribbon commission on higher education to study and set long-term goals for higher education in the state of Kansas and requiring the submission of reports to the legislature.
HB2468	Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.
HB2482	Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider.
HB2485	Authorizing the chief executive officer of the state board of regents to negotiate and settle any repayment obligations arising under any scholarship, grant or other financial aid program administered by the board and prohibiting the payment of additional funds to any student who is subject to repayment obligations under such financial aid programs.
HB2487	Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program.
HB2489	Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain supplies of naloxone in each school.
HB2530	Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments towards a degree.
HB2560	Authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey certain real property in the city of Manhattan, Riley county, Kansas, on behalf of Kansas state university.
HB2618	Requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on federal moneys received by the state, ending certain educational reporting requirements and applying expiration dates to other educational reporting requirements.
HB2663	Modifying the requirements for student cohorts and achievement goals for school district at-risk accountability plans.
HB2761	Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants.

Federal and State Affairs - 79 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB15	Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons convicted of a felony if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
SB38	Creating the defend the guard act to establish when the Kansas national guard may be released into active duty combat.
SB43	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.
SB56	Authorizing home delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage by licensed retailers, drinking establishments and third-party delivery services.
SB83	Extending voter franchise in city elections to qualified electors living in areas subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulations.
SB100	Enacting the fair chance housing and homelessness reduction act to limit the use of past evictions and rental arrears to deny applicants from renting a home.
SB118	Imposing conditional term limits on members of the legislature and requiring nomination for office by petition after such term limits have run.
SB133	Enacting the responsible gun ownership act to establish the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm.
SB136	Limiting contributions under the campaign finance act made to political committees for the purpose of independent contributions and requiring the accounting, reporting and auditing of such independent contributions.
SB143	Imposing term limits on members of the legislature but allowing additional terms conditioned on the vote in the next primary election.
SB176	Amending the Kansas indoor clear air act to prohibit smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility and amending the definition of smoking to include the use of an electronic cigarette and smoking marijuana.
SB177	Increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions under the campaign finance act, providing for automatic increases to such limits based on the consumer price index and eliminating such limits on contributions to party committees.
SB178	Requiring certain law enforcement agencies to apply for and enter into agreements with United States immigration and customs enforcement for the enforcement of federal immigration laws.
SB196	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.
SB234	Prohibiting the use of genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in a foreign adversary.
SB258	Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official.
SB261	Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue certain licenses to persons convicted of certain felonies if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
SB265	Designating November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas.
SB272	Creating a procedure for appointment of delegates to a convention of the states under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.
SB273	Requiring that special elections be held on the first Tuesday in March.
SB279	Amending the campaign finance act and the state governmental ethics laws regarding the qualifications of members of the governmental ethics commission, actions of the commission, formation of political committees, reporting requirements and requirements for "paid for" attributions.
SB287	Prohibiting law enforcement agencies and officers from participating in immigration enforcement in places of religious worship, elementary and secondary schools and hospitals.
SB292	Prohibiting the transfer of hemp-derived cannabinoid products to any person under the age of 21, establishing packaging and labeling requirements for such products and amending the definition of industrial hemp and hemp products.
SB294	Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.
SB295	Removing the criminal penalties for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana and creating a civil penalty for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana.
SB310	Regulating the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of campaign contribution.
SB313	Prohibiting members of the legislature from engaging in transactions involving stocks and other securities during legislative sessions.
SB314	Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to qualified electors.
SB333	Prohibiting the use of fluoride additives in public water supplies.
SB336	Providing for a presidential preference primary election every four years commencing in 2028 and aligning the special election date in March with the presidential preference primary election date.
SB347	Terminating the secretary of state's authority to appoint election commissioners and transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county.
SB354	Modifying member appointment, compensation and meeting requirements of the Kansas fire service training commission.
SB376	Changing the age for determining when a slot machine is an antique for purposes of exempting such devices from criminal gambling statutes.
SB377	Requiring cardiac emergency response plans at all recreational youth facilities, including the placement of automatic external defibrillators.
SB395	Requiring treasurers of candidates and persons who support or oppose constitutional amendments to report lists of small donors' names and addresses to the public disclosure commission and providing that such lists shall not be a part of any report required to be made public.
SB405	Making it unlawful for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to encourage or support suicide or the unlawful killing of another person, provide emotional support, develop emotional relationships, act as a healthcare professional, simulate humans or encourage isolation.
SB449	Enacting the clean air preservation act to prohibit solar radiation modification, geoengineering, weather modification, cloud seeding and other polluting atmospheric experiments or interventions and creating a crime for violation thereof.
SB453	Enacting the Kansas critical infrastructure protection act to prohibit access to state critical infrastructure by countries of concern and the acquisition of critical software and other technology used in state infrastructure from countries of concern.
SB483	Requiring all legislators and the spouses of legislators who are in leadership positions to disclose the amount of any salary they receive paid by public funds, providing that such information be published on the legislative website and requiring such information be provided in statements of substantial interest.
SB484	Moving marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the uniform controlled substances act.
SB499	Enacting the Kansas age-appropriate design code act to require businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors, enacting the Kansas stopping likeness abuse by nonconsensual digital replicas act to create a private right of action for the unauthorized digital replication and distribution of individuals' digital likenesses and enacting the Kansas saving human connection act to prohibit deceptive practices and ensure transparency in chatbot interactions.
SB503	Removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and firearm barrel length qualification requirement.
SB507	Prohibiting the enforcement of federal immigration laws at polling places and locations designated for the canvassing, auditing and recounting of ballots.
SB508	Increasing the annual limit on transfers from the lottery operating fund to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund.
SB516	Exempting certain devices and contests from the crime of unlawful gambling.
SB520	Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages.
SB525	Establishing requirements for a county sheriff operating a jail for the enforcement of detainer requests issued by the United States immigration and customs enforcement, requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage for law enforcement that enforces federal laws, requiring the state to pay certain judgments in federal court actions, requiring the attorney general to provide representation in certain civil actions and exempting section 287(g) agreements from certain provisions of the interlocal cooperation act.
SCR1605	Proposing a constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.
SCR1605	Proposing a constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.
SCR1607	Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.
SCR1607	Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.
SCR1608	Proposing an amendment to 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.
SCR1608	Proposing an amendment to 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.
SCR1610	Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
SCR1610	Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
SCR1614	Urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants.
SCR1614	Urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants.
SCR1618	Proposing amendments to article 10 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to establish requirements for reapportioning congressional, state senatorial, state representative and board of education districts and prohibit the reapportionment thereof except when required by the constitution of the state of Kansas or when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SCR1623	Proposing a constitutional amendment to section 1 of the Kansas bill of rights to affirm that men and women are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights from conception.
HB2018	Prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents as poll workers by county election officers on the basis of residency or registered voter status.
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.
HB2204	Declaring that the world health organization, the united nations and the world economic forum have no power within the state of Kansas or any political subdivisions thereof to enforce any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate.
HB2271	Removing the expiration of provisions relating to moving cybersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government.
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.
HB2437	Authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records.
HB2438	Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.
HB2446	Deleting the requirement that the name of treasurers be listed in attributions for political advertising.
HB2448	Requiring citizenship status be listed on driver's licenses.
HB2451	Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to qualified electors.
HB2491	Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits.
HB2501	Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement.
HB2503	Repealing the mail ballot election act.
HB2569	Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county.
HB2622	Modifying the municipal lease-purchase protest petition requirements.
HB2635	Enacting the pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act to protect the ability of private pregnancy centers to provide life-affirming care.
HB2711	Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.
HB2727	Providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of the woman's-right-to-know act and making the laws providing for medical malpractice screening inapplicable when such election is made.
HB2729	Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to provide forms and notices to physicians pursuant to the woman's-right-to know act.
HB2733	Requiring any person who is candidate or who has been elected to certain offices shall be and must remain a resident of the state or the appropriate district.

Financial Institutions and Insurance - 31 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB16	Prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies on the basis of social credit score and requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients prior to investing client moneys in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts.
SB34	Authorizing the KPERS board of trustees to invest in bitcoin exchange-traded products and providing requirements, limitations and definitions regarding such investments.
SB115	Enacting the Kansas bullion depository act to authorize the state treasurer to establish, administer or contract for the administration of bullion depositories and allowing for state moneys to be deposited in such bullion depositories and invested in specie legal tender.
SB147	Modifying uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage liability limitations for bodily injury or death.
SB202	Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.
SB212	Enacting the prescription drug cost and affordability review act to establish the prescription drug pricing board and prescription drug affordability stakeholder council to review the cost of prescription medications and establish upper payment limits for certain prescription drugs.
SB238	Providing a postretirement cost-of-living adjustment for certain KPERS 1 and KPERS 2 retirants and making appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for KPERS to pay the actuarial cost of such cost-of-living adjustment.
SB282	Enacting the Kansas retirement investment and savings plan (KRISP) act and establishing terms, conditions, requirements, membership elections, accounts, benefits, contributions and distributions related to such plan.
SB301	Authorizing the state bank commissioner to revoke a TEFFI charter, subject to approval by the legislative coordinating council.
SB316	Authorizing the state bank commissioner to establish a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of Kansas to provide charitable consumer financial education initiatives in Kansas.
SB330	Enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act to impose requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization in healthcare.
SB352	Creating the bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund and providing definitions, procedures and requirements for abandoned digital assets.
SB423	Requiring certain cost-sharing assistance be applied toward a covered individual's deductible or annual out-of-pocket limit under the individual's health benefit plan.
SB467	Enacting the use of artificial intelligence in medical decisions transparency act and requiring that all medical necessity determinations be made by a competent licensed physician or healthcare professional.
SB474	Enacting the Kansas short-term, limited duration insurance act; establishing definitions, disclosure, premiums, renewal and underwriting requirements relating thereto and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations to implement and oversee the act.
SB500	Creating the Kansas public employees retirement system cost-of-living adjustment commission, prescribing powers and duties of the commission and establishing procedures of the legislature relating to the annual cost-of-living adjustment rate recommended by the commission.
SB524	Requiring banks to enter into a written agreement with the state treasurer to be a depository of public moneys, increasing the market value of securities necessary to secure the deposit of public moneys, providing procedures for when a depository fails to follow the requirements of the state treasurer, modifying certain definitions, authorizing the state treasurer to assess a fee to operate the public moneys pooled method, creating the public moneys fee fund and providing exceptions to the public moneys pooled method if accounts are subject to conflicting federal law.
HB2047	Providing for the establishment of an online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance.
HB2086	Adjusting the KPERS 3 dividend interest credit by lowering the dividend interest credit threshold to 5% and increasing the dividend share to 80%.
HB2245	Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.
HB2497	Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily for personal, family or household purposes secured by a real estate mortgage.
HB2515	Enacting the virtual currency kiosk consumer protection act, providing definitions, establishing requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators, imposing certain limits on virtual currency kiosk transaction amounts and charges and authorizing the attorney general and any law enforcement agency to investigate reports of fraudulent money transmission and report to the state bank commissioner.
HB2540	Exempting contingent deferred annuities from certain requirements of the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities act and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to establish nonforfeiture benefits for such contingent deferred annuities through rules and regulations.
HB2564	Providing for the election of alternative payment methods by a dental provider and allowing such payment method to remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan.
HB2590	Enacting the Kansas community property trust act to authorize the use of community property trusts during the marriage of settlor spouses and amending the Kansas uniform trust code to allow trustees to reimburse settlors of grantor trusts, authorize the use of designated representatives for trusts and permit the terms of a governing instrument to expand, restrict or eliminate certain general rules applicable to fiduciaries, trusts and trust administration.
HB2591	Authorizing financial institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult account holder to a designated agency, notify any adult designated as a trusted contact by such account holder of suspected financial exploitation and place a temporary hold on certain transactions or disbursements.
HB2703	Enacting the Kansas health insurance affordability transparency act to require a report specifying the financial impact to covered individuals resulting from the passage of certain health insurance legislation.
HCR5013	Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.
HCR5013	Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.
HCR5013	Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.
HCR5013	Urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans.

Government Efficiency - 8 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB151	Requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration.
SB256	Enacting the back to work act to require all full-time state employees to perform such employees' duties in their assigned office, facility or field location, provide for certain exceptions by agency heads and require certain reports regarding such exceptions.
SB428	Requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies.
SCR1620	Recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and the threat to national security that such debt poses.
HB2573	Amending statutes concerning the Kansas board of accountancy; relating to licensure requirements for certified public accountants.
HB2574	Removing the expiration on certain cybersecurity requirements, modifying the duties of chief information security officers and cybersecurity programs, requiring assessment of executive branch agency compliance with cybersecurity requirements, providing for consideration of such compliance by the legislature during the budget process and creating the judicial branch technology oversight council.
HB2731	Substitute for HB 2731 by Committee on Welfare Reform - Requiring the department for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations.
HB2738	Directing the secretary for children and families to request or update a pending waiver application from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of food commonly marketed, advertised or recognized as candy and soft drinks.

Judiciary - 106 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB37	Repealing the three-mile extraterritorial planning and zoning authority for cities.
SB60	Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
SB61	Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action.
SB62	Creating the crime of engaging in a street stunt, providing criminal penalties therefor and adding engaging in a street stunt to the list of crimes included in fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
SB91	Providing for payment of interest in civil actions for wrongful conviction and directing the attorney general to seek damages for the state from any person who knowingly contributed to the wrongful conviction and prosecute ouster and criminal proceedings as warranted.
SB94	Requiring a person convicted of an offense that resulted in the incapacitation or death of a victim who is the parent or guardian of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child support.
SB96	Creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing a civil action for victims.
SB102	Clarifying the identifying information in mandatory reports of abuse or neglect of children and increasing the penalty for failing to report such abuse or neglect.
SB110	Prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings under the revised Kansas juvenile justice code unless restraints are deemed appropriate by the court.
SB111	Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
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.
SB127	Expanding the hearsay exception for statements made to a physician to all healthcare providers.
SB129	Raising the mandatory retirement age for magistrate judges regularly admitted to practice law who serve in counties with a population of 10,000 or fewer people.
SB141	Enacting the right to speak your truth act to prohibit defamation actions in certain circumstances.
SB155	Adding harboring or concealing a person who has violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
SB160	Granting the attorney general concurrent authority to prosecute any crimes related to schools.
SB180	Requiring previous convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
SB183	Creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor.
SB185	Providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case.
SB187	Requiring certain records and files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile's record.
SB188	Requiring a secured release for release prior to trial when a person is charged with certain offenses and creating a mechanism for unsecured judicial release.
SB203	Authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for an unavailable witness or a material witness.
SB205	Increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of breach of privacy when the victim is a child.
SB206	Requiring any person convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death or register under the Kansas offender registration act for 15 years.
SB208	Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
SB220	Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws.
SB221	Changing the membership of the judicial council to have one resident lawyer from each judicial district instead of four resident lawyers.
SB239	Creating a special sentencing rule to add 100 months to a sentence for distribution of a controlled substance when the substance involved is fentanyl and the distribution causes the death of a child.
SB240	Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
SB242	Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
SB243	Requiring outpatient competency evaluations in certain circumstances and requiring the court to make specific findings for inpatient competency evaluations.
SB245	Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
SB246	Requiring all applicants for teaching licenses and certificates and employees of a school district or public innovative district to submit to a criminal history record check and creating the criminal history record check reimbursement fund for certain state and criminal history record checks conducted by the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
SB247	Eliminating the exemption for vehicle dealers from certain requirements of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
SB248	Requiring criminal history record check information relating to hemp producers to be sent to the state fire marshal, updating the fingerprinting language for the state banking commissioner for money transmitters and earned wage access services providers and authorizing the state gaming agency and attorney general to have access to more criminal history record information.
SB255	Authorizing certain inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections to petition the court for a resentencing hearing.
SB262	Requiring government agencies, public utilities and other entities when exercising the power of eminent domain to make a good faith offer for the property prior to filing an eminent domain action, providing the good faith offer, if greater than the appraiser's award, shall be deposited with the court, allowing appeals from that amount, prohibiting the exercise of eminent domain for recreational trails and park and recreational facilities and deleting the power of the legislature to condemn property for economic development.
SB288	Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.
SB305	Classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes.
SB306	Requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence to attend victim impact panel programs.
SB307	Requiring veterans with a condition from military service to be offered diversion for certain offenses and expanding the mitigating factor for departure at sentencing for veterans.
SB323	Modifying the definition of earnings to include paid compensation for wage garnishment exemption purposes.
SB326	Providing that the failure of an alcohol or drug test can be certified when the law enforcement officer administering such test had reasonable grounds to believe a person was attempting to operate a vehicle.
SB345	Removing breastfeeding mothers from the mandatory jury service exclusion list and including them in the discretionary jury service exclusion list.
SB346	Prohibiting plaintiffs from filing abusive civil actions against certain defendants with whom the plaintiff has a current or former family, household or dating relationship and authorizing the court to impose prefiling restrictions on such plaintiffs.
SB351	Requiring correctional facilities and jails to allow inmates and prisoners to make telephone calls at no cost.
SB359	Increasing the mandatory retirement age for certain judges, requiring more years of service prior to receiving a member contribution reduction and increasing the maximum retirement benefit.
SB399	Providing an exception to unauthorized practice of law under the Kansas consumer protection act for an employee of the judicial branch or a district court providing a standard form to a member of the public.
SB414	Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide money from the evidence-based programs account to residential facilities with behavioral health crisis intervention services for juveniles.
SB416	Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or when there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety.
SB442	Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy.
SB443	Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance.
SB446	Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
SB447	Creating a domestic violence task force to study domestic violence across the state and make policy recommendations.
SB454	Enacting the crush transnational repression in Kansas act to enhance the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and to require the development of transactional repression recognition and response training.
SB456	Creating the Kansas law enforcement trust fund, establishing the purposes and requirements for such fund and making a transfer from the state general fund to such fund during FY 2027.
SB460	Authorizing municpal court services agencies to issue identification certificates to individuals under probation supervision.
SB461	Requiring offenders convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death to register under the Kansas offender registration act.
SB466	Providing tenants with relief from use by landlords of old eviction or rental arrears records to deny housing.
SB469	Enacting the safe and transparent arrest act to require all law enforcement agencies operating in Kansas to adopt a written policy regarding the use of facial coverings and prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties except as expressly authorized by law.
SB478	Increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee.
SB479	Authorizing comprehensive wellness programs for the Kansas highway patrol and Kansas bureau of investigation, permitting law enforcement personnel of other state agencies to participate in such programs and making annual transfers from the state highway fund and the state general fund for the purpose of financing the implementation of such programs.
SB482	Requiring landlords to return the security deposit and certain portions of rent payments that would be due when a dwelling unit is condemned due to action or inaction of the landlord.
SB485	Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing, providing for the sealing and expungement of court records in eviction actions related to such rental agreements and requiring mediation in such eviction cases unless the court finds that mediation would not aid the parties materially.
SB486	Creating a civil cause of action for violations of the constitution or laws of the United States by any person acting under the color of law.
SB492	Requiring law enforcement agencies to share records with other law enforcement agencies about law enforcement officers related to criminal conduct or conduct giving rise to licensing or certification sanctions.
SB493	Adding an element to the crime of sexual exploitation of a child that involves communication through electronic means and social media and providing criminal penalties therefor.
SB494	Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery.
SB501	Requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies related to racial and other biased-based policing using technology and criminalizing violation of racial and other biased-based policing policies.
SB505	Prohibiting certain conduct in connection with the sale or resale of entertainment tickets and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.
SB506	Increasing the penalty for a second or subsequent adjudication of criminal use of weapons and modifying the penalties for the crime of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and the length of the ban on possessing a weapon for certain felons.
SB523	Authorizing the governor to make a declaration of need for enhanced security for an extraordinary event and providing certain powers to the governor during a period of such declaration.
HB2131	Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
HB2177	Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when the person has prior convictions of the offense.
HB2212	Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.
HB2243	Requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military installations to refer children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to a military family advocacy program.
HB2323	Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
HB2327	Establishing procedures and requirements for the secretary of corrections to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates.
HB2349	Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
HB2352	Requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege and requiring training for persons obligated to report abuse and neglect.
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.
HB2412	Increasing the criminal penalties for endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age.
HB2444	Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.
HB2518	Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of the crime of breach of privacy and modifying the culpable mental state required to commit such crime.
HB2519	Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act.
HB2521	Expanding the Kansas tort claims act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families.
HB2527	Prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant has any prior conviction or adjudication of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement for work release or educational release programs if the inmate has any prior conviction or adjudication of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender.
HB2535	Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.
HB2537	Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes.
HB2552	Requiring criminal presentence investigation reports and journal entries to be completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed and approved by the Kansas sentencing commission.
HB2589	Prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect, requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding reporting child abuse and neglect and allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect.
HB2593	Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
HB2594	Modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any videotape, photograph, film or image of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity by removing the connection to breach of privacy and describing the content of the videotape, photograph, film or image.
HB2595	Substitute for HB 2595 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act, providing stipends to law students who meet certain requirements and agree to practice law in rural areas and providing loan forgiveness to lawyers who meet certain requirements and practice law in rural areas.
HB2601	Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families and providing for registration and expungement processes that include administrative hearings and opportunities for subsequent appeals.
HB2609	Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance from one or more other adults, requirements for decision-making agreements and duties related thereto.
HB2610	Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance.
HB2613	Providing for the crime victims compensation board to establish fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims of sexual assault and authorizing the board to adopt rules and regulations to administer such fees and to use moneys in the crime victims compensation fund for the payment of such fees.
HB2614	Allowing certain exceptions to the confidentiality of records and information given to the crime victims compensation board.
HB2639	Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria and treatment provided at such centers and transferring moneys from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund for use at such centers.
HB2651	Authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity at any time after acknowledgment in cases of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that genetic testing results are considered a material mistake of fact.
HB2652	Requiring the clerk of the appellate courts to publish monthly a list of cases of the supreme court and court of appeals in which a decision has not been entered and filed within six months of submission and a list of cases in which a petition for review has not been granted or denied within six months of submission.
HB2655	Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program and providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program.
HB2688	Providing that a nondisclosure agreement by any party in an action related to childhood sexual abuse or human trafficking shall not be judicially enforceable in a dispute involving childhood sexual abuse or human trafficking allegations or claims.
HB2747	Specifying that courts shall consider certain factors in determining whether a prior violation of law is comparable to any act described in certain driving under the influence crimes when calculating a person's criminal history score under the Kansas sentencing guidelines act.
HB2762	Modifying the crime of unlawful sexual relations to describe who is a person in a position of authority for a school.

Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - 17 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB12	Requiring each member of a municipal governing body whose district territory includes land being acquired to approve the exercise of eminent domain for such acquisition when such land is to be used for a recreational project.
SB40	Requiring the termination of any candidate campaign account for an elected official who chooses to not run for reelection or who is defeated in a subsequent election.
SB112	Prohibiting cities and counties from requiring land as part of a right-of-way as a condition for issuing a building permit unless the property owner consents and is paid fair compensation.
SB120	Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.
SB124	Imposing unilateral annexation restrictions on cities and expanding the causes of action for landowners to challenge such annexations.
SB144	Invalidating restrictive covenants that limit or prohibit the installation of solar panels and allowing the adoption of reasonable rules by homeowners associations concerning solar panels.
SB285	Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for certain expenses incurred by state officers and employees for travel in attending conferences or events provided by nonprofit organizations and for discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities.
SB286	Relating to the definitions of lobbyist, lobbying and lobbying client for purposes of the state governmental ethics law.
SB308	Prohibiting members of the legislature from lobbying for a period of four years after leaving office.
SB444	Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety and allowing cities to abate certain interior code violations or delegate such authority to the county.
SB468	Repealing the prohibition on municipal establishment of guaranteed income programs.
HB2099	Permitting periodic inspections by a city or county for code violations of private residential rental housing where the property owner is receiving governmental rental subsidies.
HB2539	Requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions.
HB2571	Requiring cost-sharing agreements between municipalities for the maintenance of shared roads.
HB2603	Prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities.
HB2624	Authorizing the disorganization of a county fire district by the board of county commissioners when such district contains no territory.
HB2737	Enacting the taxpayer agreement act to provide for an alternative method of tax increment financing of municipal economic development projects through taxpayer agreements.

Public Health and Welfare - 51 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB3	Requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with the lay caregiver act and report the results of such audit to the legislature.
SB19	Enacting the conscientious right to refuse act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.
SB31	Updating certain provisions of the Kansas dental practices act relating to dentist information requested by patients, in-person practice requirements in dental office using licensee's name, unprofessional conduct and patient complaints.
SB41	Adding advanced practice registered nurses to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
SB132	Establishing certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and separating licensing duties between the secretary for health and environment and the executive director of early childhood.
SB145	Requiring immediate notification of a report of abuse or neglect to a law enforcement agency and providing for law enforcement agencies to request resources from the secretary for children and families.
SB149	Requiring that a haircare plan is part of the case plan for a child in custody of the secretary for children and family services and requiring the secretary to offer training on culturally competent haircare to caregivers.
SB150	Prohibiting the denial of coverage for the refilling of prescription topical eye medication.
SB158	Allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
SB172	Prohibiting a school from excluding a child who has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease without an isolation or quarantine order.
SB174	Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove certain exceptions to the cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion.
SB182	Enacting the Kansas medical loss ratios for dental healthcare services plans act.
SB198	Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of violations of such prohibition.
SB207	Requiring the Kansas children's cabinet and the department of health and environment to implement a pilot program to offer health services, telehealth consultations and medication reimbursements to child care providers, while prohibiting stricter local regulations, allowing local registration of providers, increasing state funding for the child and adult care food program and providing free training and education materials to providers.
SB219	Imposing certain health insurance coverage requirements for screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer.
SB236	Authorizing victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect.
SB249	Establishing the fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) advisory committee to prevent FASD and provide for treatment and support for affected individuals and their families.
SB251	Requiring the department of health and environment to submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the newborn screening program.
SB253	Enacting the massage therapist licensure act to provide for regulation and licensing of massage therapists.
SB257	Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the healthcare access for working Kansans (HAWK) act.
SB264	Removing noncooperation with child support from disqualifications for child care subsidies.
SB276	Removing the state fire marshal from the adult care home licensure act and the providers of disability services act and requiring the state fire marshal to complete training in person-centered care and responding to individuals with Alzheimer's disease and intellectual and developmental disabilities.
SB291	Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.
SB457	Establishing the Affordable Healthcare for Kansans program to expand medicaid eligibility.
SB464	Providing for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants.
SB475	Requiring hospitals use a surgical smoke plume evacuation system and adopt policies for the evacuation of surgical smoke during certain surgical procedures.
SB504	Enacting the Kansas healthcare professional employment mobility and patient access act to prohibit post-employment noncompete agreements.
SB522	Enacting the Kansas medical freedom act to prohibit the denial of an individual's access to certain services based on such individual's medical choices.
HB2070	Enacting the dietitian licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dietitians.
HB2132	Substitute for Substitute for HB 2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody.
HB2170	Designating the first full week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.
HB2219	Enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for physician assistants.
HB2246	Enacting the consumer protection related to hospital price transparency act.
HB2250	Substitute for HB 2250 - Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance.
HB2294	Substitute for HB 2294 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.
HB2364	Prohibiting certain health insurers from requiring cost-sharing for nonopioid prescription drugs or providing less favorable coverage for such drug than that for opioid or narcotic prescription drugs for the treatment of pain.
HB2478	Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.
HB2509	Adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
HB2520	Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16.
HB2524	Permitting the secretary for children and families to license family foster homes when certain persons reside in such home and creating an appeal process for family foster homes when licenses are not granted.
HB2528	Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical and advanced practice registered nurses, setting fees for late license renewal, limiting unprofessional conduct to acts related to the practice of nursing, prohibiting the board from taking retaliatory action against a licensee based on certain lawful actions and creating a civil cause of action for violation thereof, requiring that board members be subject to senate confirmation and requiring the board to issue refunds for overpayment or duplicate payment.
HB2533	Enacting the occupational therapy licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
HB2534	Enacting the respiratory care interstate compact to provide interstate practice privileges to respiratory therapists.
HB2536	Requiring proposed guardians for certain adults who have a cognitive impairment or are diagnosed with a neurological condition to complete training approved by the secretary for aging and disability services prior to appointment as a guardian.
HB2562	Permitting the issuance of a special license plate or permanent or temporary placard for a person with a disability based on documentation of satisfactory proof of disability from a physical therapist.
HB2587	Authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies.
HB2676	Permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist's education, training and experience.
HB2702	Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances.
HB2740	Adopting compounding standards established by the United States pharmacopeia and allowing for exemptions from such standards.
HB2760	Enacting the esthetics licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for estheticians.
HB2763	Enacting the athletic licensure trainer compact to provide interstate practice privileges for athletic trainers.

Transportation - 21 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB17	Excepting haulers of grain and certain other agricultural goods from gross weight limitations for vehicles.
SB119	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.
SB122	Prohibiting the use of an electronic communications device while operating a motor vehicle and providing penalties for violations thereof.
SB230	Permitting the division of vehicles to contract with an entity to establish and issue a digital proof of drivers' license and digital proof of identification card, regulating the use thereof and providing a fee for such digital proofs of identification.
SB312	Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the deputy sheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway.
SB318	Requiring that vehicle turn signals be used when moving right or left or exiting a roundabout.
SB324	Prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in school or construction zones and providing penalties for violations thereof.
SB411	Providing for the use of triple trailers on highways, increasing the allowable gross weight for such vehicle combinations and allowing the use of trailers with dealer license plates.
HB2121	Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund.
HB2220	Permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without an engineering and traffic investigation.
HB2416	Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories.
HB2467	Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts and the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles.
HB2471	Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.
HB2522	Permitting highway construction and maintenance vehicles in road construction zones to display flashing amber, white or green lights at all times or flashing white and blue lights under certain conditions.
HB2542	Designating a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway.
HB2553	Providing for the PBS Kansas distinctive license plate.
HB2579	Designating a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway
HB2604	Including gross vehicle weight in the definitions for classes of commercial motor vehicles for drivers' license purposes and modifying the definition of commercial motor vehicle and creating a definition of air mile and gross vehicle weight in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act.
HB2605	Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway.
HB2606	Modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act.
HB2647	Authorizing the Kansas department of transportation to establish a statewide conduit system for fiber optic transmissions of broadband connections.

Utilities - 19 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB11	Requiring the state 911 board to establish requirements for 911 telecommunicators to receive training and continuous education in telecommunicator-cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
SB46	Establishing the blind information access act to require the state library to provide on-demand information access services to persons who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or print disabled.
SB81	Prohibiting large facilities receiving certain tariffs or failing to meet workforce and electric demand requirements from qualifying for economic development electric rates.
SB93	Providing for the statewide election of commissioners of the state corporation commission.
SB131	Requiring the state corporation commission to establish and enforce a code of conduct and agricultural mitigation protocol for the development, operation and decommissioning of certain large energy facilities.
SB167	Prohibiting electric public utilities from recovering from ratepayers the costs associated with electric vehicle charging stations and requiring electric public utilities to establish electric vehicle charging service rate schedules.
SB168	Requiring the director of legislative administrative services to remove legislative video recordings from cloud based servers and video on demand platforms after 10 years.
SB169	Prohibiting mobile home park landlords from limiting a tenant's access to communications and video services.
SB170	Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.
SB171	Authorizing the secretary of health and environment to license nuclear fusion systems, establishing such licensure fee and authorizing the secretary to impose late fees for any expired radiation protection and control license.
SB173	Providing that any lease or easement involving commercial wind or solar electric generation resources shall not be in force and effect until the board of county commissioners of the affected county approves the commercial wind or solar electric generation project.
SB191	Limiting the amount of fees, taxes and other charges on a utility bill assessed by a board of public utilities.
SB233	Establishing requirements for decommissioning of commercial solar and wind energy facilities.
SB266	Requiring legislative approval to construct high-impact electric transmission lines.
SB274	Requiring the state corporation commission to engage a consulting firm to conduct a technical and legal feasibility study on new nuclear energy generation.
SB289	Requiring economic development electric rate discounts offered by public utilities to cover the incremental and variable costs to serve customers that receive such a discount.
SB400	Requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption.
SB417	Establishing requirements for the development, construction, modification, maintenance, operation and decommissioning of certain industrial energy facilities and providing jurisdiction to the state corporation commission to control and permit such development, construction, modification, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of such facilities.
HB2435	Substitute for HB 2435 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Authorizing natural gas public utilities to recover certain growth-related investments in the gas system reliability surcharge, increasing the cap on the amount that the monthly fixed charge may be increased for residential customers and reducing the time for the state corporation commission to act on gas system reliability surcharge filings.

Ways and Means - 20 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB57	Requiring certain state agencies, counties, cities and political subdivisions to reimburse the owner or operator of communications or video service facilities for the costs to modify or relocate such facilities for certain road and highway projects.
SB68	Making and concerning certain supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies.
SB75	Establishing the education opportunity tax credit to provide an income tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children who are not enrolled in public school.
SB86	Establishing the intercity passenger rail service program and making transfers annually to the passenger rail service revolving fund.
SB99	Requiring the head of each state agency to certify the number of full-time positions paid from the state general fund that have been vacant for more than 180 calendar days and lapsing state general fund appropriations for such positions for fiscal year 2026.
SB101	Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.
SB214	Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act to provide financial assistance to lawyers and law students who practice law in rural areas.
SB228	Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.
SB293	Authorizing technical and community colleges to affiliate with universities.
SB298	Authorizing technical colleges and community colleges to affiliate with universities.
SB337	Making and concerning certain supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028 and 2029 for various state agencies.
SB357	Establishing the intercity passenger rail service program and making transfers annually to the passenger rail service revolving fund.
SB509	Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Sheridan county for the purpose of financing the costs of constructing a jail and law enforcement center.
SB510	Requiring interest earnings of the parks fee fund to be transferred to such fund each month.
SB513	Directing the Kansas department for children and families to develop, procure and implement software to provide direct child care subsidy payments to child care providers.
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.
HB2113	Establishing the state conservation fund and transferring $2,500,000 to such fund and providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and from the state water plan fund to the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund.
HB2237	Authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses in state agencies' employee award and recognition program, increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000, eliminating the secretary of administration's authority to adopt rules and regulations and requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses.
HB2393	Authorizing the supreme court to impose a charge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel through June 30, 2030.
HB2434	Substitute for HB 2434 by Committee on Appropriations - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.

Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs - 9 bills and 0 resolutions

Bill Number	Shorttitle
SB106	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.
SB200	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.
SB433	Prohibiting certain conduct and improper collection of veterans benefits fees and requiring mandatory counseling concerning the benefit claims process.
HB2214	Enacting the safeguarding American veteran empowerment (SAVE) act to limit compensation for assisting in veterans benefits matters.
HB2273	Adding a citation to the code of federal regulations to the definition of veteran and disabled veteran.
HB2626	Expanding veterans preference in government employment to include current members of the national guard and such members' eligible spouses.
HB2627	Expanding permissive preference in private employment to include current servicemembers and eligible spouses.
HB2732	Directing the state registrar of vital statistics to provide death certificates to survivors of deceased veterans with a service-connected disability that state in such certificates the relationship between the cause of death and the service-connected disability of such veterans.
HB2758	Directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a registry kiosk of Kansas military forces killed in action or who died of wounds incurred during active duty to be placed within the state capitol.

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