Volume 41 - Issue 3 - January 20, 2022
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 10-12 during the 2022 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.org/li/.
House Bills
HB 2455, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; authorizing early release from prison for blood donation; requiring the secretary of corrections to create a system for inmates to earn blood donation credit; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6821 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Fairchild.
HB 2456, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; establishing the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license, by Representatives Corbet, Awerkamp, Barker, Croft, Ellis, Highland, Houser, Mason, Seiwert and Tarwater.
HB 2457, AN ACT concerning school districts; requiring teacher salaries to be increased commensurate with annual increases to school district budgets, by Representative Fairchild.
HB 2458, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of U.S. highway 56 as the PFC Shane Austin memorial highway, by Representatives Collins, Proctor and Sutton.
HB 2459, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; enacting the Kansas health act; creating a universal single-payer guaranteed healthcare coverage program; pertaining to eligibility and enrollment, benefits, board of trustees, healthcare providers, care coordination, program standards, rules and regulations, retraining of impacted employees, advisory council and revenue proposal; establishing the Kansas health trust fund, by Representative Coleman.
HB 2460, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance plans; mandating coverage of certain diagnostic services for breast cancer; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, for the university of Kansas medical center; enacting Samantha’s law; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Coleman.
HB 2461, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for sales tax exemption for hygiene products; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Miller.
HB 2462, AN ACT concerning the joint committee on state-tribal relations; removing the requirement that members be selected from the membership of certain standing committees; amending K.S.A. 46-2303 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Victors.
HB 2463, AN ACT concerning medical assistance; prohibiting changes to the medical assistance program for a certain time; requiring the extension of the current medical assistance program and related contracts, by Representative Arnberger.
HB 2464, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for reconstructing, repairing or replacing certain fencing damaged or destroyed by wildfires; amending K.S.A. 79-3606d and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Waymaster, Rahjes, Smith, A. and Wasinger.
HB 2465, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; enacting the legalized homegrown psilocybin mushroom act of 2022; relating to unlawful cultivation or distribution of controlled substances; possession of controlled substances; psilocyn and psilocybin; reducing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5705 and 21-5706 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Coleman.
HB 2466, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the promoting advancement in computing knowledge act; requiring computer science courses of instruction in high schools; making and concerning appropriations for the state board of regents and the state department of education for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, by Representative Huebert.
HB 2467, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor, Blex, Burris, Collins, Dodson, M., Ellis, French, T. Johnson, Neelly, Resman, Rhiley, Smith, E. and Waggoner.
HB 2468, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; caring for children in the custody of the secretary; enacting the Kansas foster youth bill of rights, by Representative Finney.
HB 2469, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children, placement of child in custody of the secretary, foster parents; enacting the Kansas foster parents bill of rights, by Representative Finney.
HB 2471, AN ACT concerning the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings; authorizing exceptions if the court holds a hearing and makes certain findings on the record; amending K.S.A. 38-2302 and 38-2353 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
HB 2472, AN ACT concerning evidence-based programs; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, for the department of corrections, by Committee on Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
HB 2473, AN ACT concerning law libraries; relating to the board of trustees; removing the requirement that all district court judges serve on the board of trustees of the Douglas county law library; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 20-3127 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Highberger and Neelly.
HB 2474, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to dissolution of marriage; change of name; allowing change to name other than former or maiden name; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-2716 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Highberger and Neelly.
HB 2475, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to Kansas highway patrol spot inspections; prohibiting spot inspections of commercial motor vehicles on highways with a posted speed limit above 40 miles per hour unless certain conditions exist; amending K.S.A. 8-1759 and 66-1324 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Collins.
HB 2476, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the silver star medal and bronze star medal distinctive license plates; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-1,141 and 8-1,147 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives T. Johnson, Ellis, French and Neelly.
HB 2477, AN ACT concerning governmental response to COVID-19; relating to health and healthcare; renewing provisions of law authorizing expanded practice by certain healthcare professionals; providing for exceptions thereto; suspending certain licensure and other requirements for adult care homes; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-966 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2478, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 166 as the SGT Evan S Parker memorial highway, by Representative Rhiley.
House Resolutions
HR 6019, A RESOLUTION supporting the Team Roc lawsuit against the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department and recognizing the need for positive change within Kansas police departments, by Representative Coleman.
HR 6020, A RESOLUTION providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2022 legislative session, by Representatives. Ryckman, Hawkins and Sawyer.
HR 6021, A RESOLUTION providing for changes in seat assignments in the House of Representatives during the 2022 legislative session, by Representatives. Ryckman, Hawkins and Sawyer.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5020, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are duly organized and ready to receive communications, by Representatives Ryckman, Hawkins and Sawyer.
HCR 5021, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing messages from the Governor and the Supreme Court, by Representatives Ryckman, Hawkins and Sawyer.
Senate Bills
SB 316, AN ACT concerning zoning and planning; relating to the regulation of group homes in an area zoned for single family dwellings; authorizing regulations to establish a minimum distance between such group homes; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-736 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Faust-Goudeau.
SB 317, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; authorizing certain individuals with revoked licenses to be eligible for restricted driving privileges; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2110 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Faust-Goudeau.
SB 318, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for reconstructing, repairing or replacing certain fencing damaged or destroyed by wildfires; amending K.S.A. 79-3606d and repealing the existing section, by Senators Bowers, Billinger and Tyson.
SB 319, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to delinquent taxes; requiring judicial foreclosure public auctions to be conducted in person at a physical location in the county; amending K.S.A. 79-2804 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.
SB 320, AN ACT concerning evidence-based programs; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, for the department of corrections, by Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
SB 321, AN ACT concerning the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings; authorizing exceptions if the court holds a hearing and makes certain findings on the record; amending K.S.A. 38-2302 and 38-2353 and repealing the existing sections, by Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
SB 322, AN ACT concerning state property; relating to the sale of surplus real estate; eliminating the crediting to the Kansas public employees retirement fund of 80% of the proceeds from such sale; amending K.S.A. 75-6609 and repealing the existing section, by Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits.
SB 323, AN ACT concerning wind and solar leases and easements; providing certain requirements for such conveyances; requiring execution of a facility agreement with the landowner, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 324, AN ACT concerning property; relating to easements and leases involving wind or solar resources and technologies; providing circumstances for termination of such instruments; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 58-2272 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 325, AN ACT concerning property; relating to wind and solar energy facilities; requiring appropriate zoning of land prior to construction of such facilities; establishing protest procedures for county zoning resolutions; requirements for the recordation of wind and solar energy leases and easements; amending K.S.A. 58-2221 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 326, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing a credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures of short line railroads and associated rail siding owners or lessees, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 327, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to the sales or selling price; excluding separately stated delivery charges; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3602 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 328, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to rates; providing a 4.75% tax rate for individuals; amending K.S.A. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 329, AN ACT concerning persons with disabilities; relating to income taxation, ABLE savings accounts; authorizing the state treasurer to determine account owners and designated beneficiaries; adopting the federal definition for an eligible individual; adding persons who may open an account; requiring additional compliance with the federal internal revenue code; amending K.S.A. 75-651, 75-652, 75-653 and 75-655 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 330, AN ACT authorizing the construction of a permanent memorial honoring Kansas gold star families on the state capitol grounds; establishing the Kansas gold star families memorial fund, by Senators Longbine, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Bowers, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Hawk, Hilderbrand, Holland, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Pittman, Ryckman, Steffen, Straub, Suellentrop, Sykes, Thompson, Tyson, Ware, Warren and Wilborn.
SB 331, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital requirements; updating the version of instructions in effect; amending K.S.A. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 332, AN ACT concerning the regulation of traffic; prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating in a school zone or in a road construction zone or by individuals under 18 years of age; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 333, AN ACT concerning the regulation of traffic; requiring the secretary of transportation to study the use of zipper merges on highways, by Committee on Transportation.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1722, A RESOLUTION relating to the organization of the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.
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