Volume 41 - Issue 4 - January 27, 2022
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 13–19 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 2479, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to unlawful actions; making unlawful the capture or possession of ornate box turtles; amending K.S.A. 32-1015 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Gartner, Amyx, Ballard, Curtis, Kuether, Miller, Neighbor, Probst, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S. and Victors.
HB 2480, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the financing of public water supply projects; allowing financing for projects that are related to the diversion or transportation of water acquired through a water transfer; amending K.S.A. 65-163d and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.
HB 2481, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; authorizing the purchase of participating service credit for certain in-state nonfederal governmental employment; providing certain terms and conditions, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.
HB 2482, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; discontinuing the sales tax exemption for vehicles purchased for rental or lease; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2483, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the daughters of the American revolution license plate, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2484, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a 0% state rate for sales of food and food ingredients and providing for the levying of such tax by cities and counties; relating to income tax; discontinuing the nonrefundable food sales tax credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,271 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a, 79-3602, 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2485, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for sales tax exemption for sales made by student organizations that contract with schools; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2486, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to defining and using electronic poll books; approval of electronic poll books by the secretary of state; granting the secretary of state authority to adopt rules and regulations governing their use; prohibiting election systems from having the capability of being connected to the internet or other computer or communications networks; requiring election judges to ensure such systems are not so connected; providing that post-election equipment testing must occur within five days of the county vote canvass and that notice of such testing be provided on county websites; expanding the crime of electronic or electromechanical voting system fraud to include fraudulent use of or unauthorized possession of electronic poll books; amending K.S.A. 25-4401, 25-4402, 25-4403, 25-4404, 25-4405, 25-4406, 25-4407, 25-4408, 25-4409, 25-4411, 25-4414, 25-4415, 25-4610 and 25-4613 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Proctor and Ellis.
HB 2487, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a 0% state rate for sales of food and food ingredients and providing for the levying of such tax by cities and counties; providing for an exemption for sales of farm products sold at farmers’ markets; relating to income tax; discontinuing the nonrefundable food sales tax credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,271, 79-3620 and 79-3710 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a, 79-3602, 79-3603, 79-3606 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Sawyer, Gartner, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Burroughs, Carlin, Carmichael, Clark, Clayton, Curtis, Fairchild, Featherston, Finney, Garber, Haswood, Helgerson, Henderson, Highberger, Hoye, Jacobs, Kuether, Lee-Hahn, Meyer, Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Schmidt, Seiwert, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Victors, Weigel, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard and Xu.
HB 2488, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to electric vehicles; establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act and providing for a road repair tax on the distribution of electricity from public charging stations, by Representative Rhiley.
HB 2489, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions; pertaining to procedures when undercapitalized or insolvent; fees and assessments; grounds for denial of application; examinations; insurance and capital requirements; disclosures to consumers; mandatory reporting of elder abuse; amending K.S.A. 39-1401 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 9-2301, 9-2302, 9-2303, 9-2304, 9-2305, 9-2306, 9-2307, 9-2310, 9-2311, 9-2312, 9-2317, 9-2318 and 9-2325 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.
HB 2490, 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 Children and Seniors.
HB 2491, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 73 as the Col Chuck Rambo memorial highway; amending K.S.A. 68-1034 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor, Eplee and Neelly.
HB 2492, AN ACT concerning certain claims against the state; making appropriations; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing, by Committee on Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State.
HB 2493, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to classifications of real property; providing certain requirements for property classified for residential purposes and land devoted to agricultural use; amending K.S.A. 79-1439 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2494, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for sales tax exemption for DCCCA, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2495, AN ACT concerning records; relating to personal information about affiliation with organizations exempt from federal income taxation under section 501(c) of the federal internal revenue code; prohibiting a public agency from disclosing information related to such affiliation and providing exemptions, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2496, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to arbitration agreements; enacting the uniform family law arbitration act, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2497, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the attracting powerful economic expansion act; relating to tax and other incentives for projects in specified industries or for a national corporate headquarters with specified capital investment requirements of at least $1,000,000,000; providing for a refundable income, privilege and premium tax credit for a portion of such investment; reimbursement of certain payroll costs and training and education costs; retention of certain payroll withholding taxes; sales tax exemption for project construction and a property tax incentive for certain projects located in a foreign trade zone; establishing the attracting powerful economic expansion payroll incentive fund and the attracting powerful economic expansion new employee training and education fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5022, A PROPOSITION to amend sections 2 and 5 of article 9 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require that a sheriff be elected in each county for a term of four years, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HCR 5023, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION denouncing price gouging and market manipulation in the natural gas marketplace and supporting investigations into the extraordinary price increases of wholesale natural gas during the extreme cold weather event of February 2021, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.
Senate Bills
SB 334, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions; pertaining to procedures when undercapitalized or insolvent; fees and assessments; grounds for denial of application; examinations; insurance and capital requirements; disclosures to consumers; mandatory reporting of elder abuse; amending K.S.A. 39-1401 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 9-2301, 9-2302, 9-2303, 9-2304, 9-2305, 9-2306, 9-2307, 9-2310, 9-2311, 9-2312, 9-2317, 9-2318 and 9-2325 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 335, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health insurance; exempting certain qualified trade, merchant, retail and professional associations and business leagues that provide health insurance in the state but are not subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance from payment of the annual premium tax; amending K.S.A. 40-2222b and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 336, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to permissible investments made by life insurance companies; updating certain investment limitation requirements to provide increased options for Kansas domiciled life insurance companies investing in equity interests and preferred stock; amending K.S.A. 40-2b06 and 40-2b07 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 337, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; pertaining to the pilot program; converting the conditional charter to a full fiduciary financial institution charter; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 9-2325 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 338, AN ACT concerning the Kansas city area transportation authority; relating to property lease by such authority to private developers; restricting property and sales tax exemptions for such property; amending K.S.A. 79-201a and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.
SB 339, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a 0% state rate for sales of food and food ingredients and providing for the levying of such tax by cities and counties; relating to income tax; discontinuing the nonrefundable food sales tax credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,271 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a, 79-3602, 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 340, AN ACT concerning higher education; relating to the Kansas promise scholarship program; responsibilities of the state board of regents and postsecondary educational institutions; authorizing designation of additional eligible programs and fields of study; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-32,271, 74-32,272, 74-32,273, 74-32,274, 74-32,275 and 74-32,276 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.
SB 341, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas school equity and enhancement act; removing federal impact aid from the determination of local foundation aid; amending K.S.A. 72-5135 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-5132 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.
SB 342, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a 0% state rate for sales of food and food ingredients and providing for the levying of such tax by cities and counties; providing for an exemption for sales of farm products sold at farmers’ markets; relating to income tax; discontinuing the nonrefundable food sales tax credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,271, 79-3620 and 79-3710 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a, 79-3602, 79-3603, 79-3606 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Sykes, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Hawk, Holland, Holscher, Pettey, Pittman and Ware.
SB 343, AN ACT concerning persons with hearing loss; relating to statutory terminology; updating the term “hearing impairment” to “hard of hearing” and other related terms concerning persons with hearing loss; amending K.S.A. 19-2698, 36-517, 39-1107, 65-3276, 65-6511, 72-3253, 72-3404, 75-3740, 75-5391, 75-5397c, 75-5399 and 76-1001b and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 50-676 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 344, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to principles of criminal liability; providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong; amending K.S.A. 22-3219, 22-3221 and 22-3222 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-736, 21-5209, 22-3428 and 22-3428a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 345, AN ACT concerning animals; relating to transporting animals into the state; authorizing the animal health commissioner to assess a civil penalty for violations relating thereto; amending K.S.A. 47-607c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 346, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to milk and dairy products; allowing on-farm retail sale of milk and milk products; extending certain milk and dairy license fees; authorizing the secretary of agriculture to declare an imminent health hazard; authorizing civil penalties for certain dairy law violations; amending K.S.A. 65-771, 65-778, 65-781, 65-786 and 65-788 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 347, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the attracting powerful economic expansion act; relating to tax and other incentives for projects in specified industries or for a national corporate headquarters with specified capital investment requirements of at least $1,000,000,000; providing for a refundable income, privilege and premium tax credit for a portion of such investment; reimbursement of certain payroll costs and training and education costs; retention of certain payroll withholding taxes; sales tax exemption for project construction and a property tax incentive for certain projects located in a foreign trade zone; establishing the attracting powerful economic expansion payroll incentive fund and the attracting powerful economic expansion new employee training and education fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.
SB 348, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to cosmetology; hair removal; exempting persons engaged in threading from the practice of cosmetology and the requirements thereof; amending K.S.A. 65-1901 and 65-1928 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 349, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; providing limitations upon certain retail electric rate increases, exceptions, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 350, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; authorizing rate recovery for certain electric generation facilities; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 66-1239 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 351, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to defining and using electronic poll books; approval of electronic poll books by the secretary of state; granting the secretary of state authority to adopt rules and regulations governing their use; prohibiting election systems from having the capability of being connected to the internet or other computer or communications networks; requiring election judges to ensure such systems are not so connected; providing that post-election equipment testing must occur within five days of the county vote canvass and that notice of such testing be provided on county websites; expanding the crime of electronic or electromechanical voting system fraud to include fraudulent use of or unauthorized possession of electronic poll books; amending K.S.A. 25-4401, 25-4402, 25-4403, 25-4404, 25-4405, 25-4406, 25-4407, 25-4408, 25-4409, 25-4411, 25-4414, 25-4415, 25-4610 and 25-4613 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 352, AN ACT concerning sexually oriented businesses; crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; prohibiting certain acts; creating criminal penalties for violations; establishing the community defense and human trafficking reduction act; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-3901 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 353, AN ACT concerning wind generation facilities; relating to construction and setback requirements; requiring local boards of county commissioners to approve applications for construction; establishing certain notification and health and safety requirements; establishing certain operating conditions for existing facilities, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 354, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exclusions from the sales or selling price; excluding discounts and coupons; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3602 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1723, A RESOLUTION relating to assignment of seats of the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.
SR 1724, A RESOLUTION supporting the Global Covid Summit Physicians Declaration II and its three foundational principles for public policy in response to COVID-19, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.
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