Volume 41 - Issue 7 - February 17, 2022

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 3–9 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 2594, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to vehicle identification numbers; exempting certain modifications on antique vehicles from vehicle identification number offense seizures and dispositions; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-116 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2595, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to antique vehicles; making certain antique vehicle titling procedures applicable to vehicles having a model year of 1960 or later instead of 1950 or later; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-170 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2596, AN ACT concerning transportation; relating to transportation network companies; authorizing the board of education of a school district to contract with transportation network companies to provide certain transportation services, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2597, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for four distinctive license plates for the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; amending K.S.A. 32-901 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2598, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing state educational institutions to convey real property given to such institution as an endowment, bequest or gift, following board of regents policies; authorizing the board of regents to adopt such policies; amending K.S.A. 75-6609 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Higher Education Budget.

HB 2599, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of the university of Kansas to exchange and convey certain real property in Douglas county, Kansas, and to accept certain real property in Douglas county, Kansas, from the Kansas university endowment association, by Committee on Higher Education Budget.

HB 2600, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Emporia state university to sell certain real property in the city of Emporia, Lyon county, Kansas, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2601, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university to sell certain real property in Riley county and Cherokee county, Kansas, and Douglas county, Nebraska, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2602, AN ACT concerning education; relating to virtual schools; establishing an alternative method for calculating graduation rates for virtual schools for purposes of accreditation; amending K.S.A. 72-3713 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2603, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to limitations on actions; extending the time to file a claim for damages caused by childhood sexual abuse; reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-523 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2604, AN ACT concerning industrial hemp; relating to final hemp products; prohibiting final hemp products that are intended for food, seed, seed meal and seed oil for consumption from containing any tetrahydrocannabinol; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 2-3901 and 2-3908 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2605, AN ACT concerning animal care; relating to the veterinary training program for rural Kansas; establishing an advisory committee; increasing the rural population requirement maximum; creating a food animal percentage requirement in lieu of such rural population requirement; amending K.S.A. 76-4,112 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture.

HB 2606, AN ACT concerning transfers from the state general fund; relating to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund, county and city revenue sharing fund and special city and county highway fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-2959, 79-2964 and 79-3425i and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2607, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to habeas corpus; clarifying time limitations for filing; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-1507 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2608, AN ACT concerning judgments; relating to criminal restitution; removing civil enforcement provisions; authorizing contracts for collection services for restitution; wage garnishment; providing that undisputed payments are not subject to refund or recoupment; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 20-169, 21-6604, 22-3424, 60-2310 and 60-2403 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 60-4301, 60-4302, 60-4303 and 60-4304 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-4305, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2609, AN ACT concerning driver’s licenses; relating to restricted driver’s licenses; allowing restricted driver’s license holders to drive to and from worship services for any religious organization at age 15; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2,101 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Esau, Blex, Burris, Carlson, Clayton, Clifford, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Donohoe, Ellis, Eplee, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, French, Garber, Helmer, Highland, Howe, Humphries, Jacobs, T. Johnson, Lynn, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Newland, Penn, Probst, Resman, Rhiley, Samsel, Sanders, Sawyer, Schmidt, Seiwert, Smith, C., Smith, E., Sutton, Thomas, Toplikar, Turner, Waggoner, Wasinger and Woodard.

HB 2610, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family protection act; allowing postsecondary educational institutions to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in buildings by unlicensed persons and licensees but only if adequate security measures exist; amending K.S.A. 75-7c20 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Woodard.

HB 2611, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; authorizing the delivery of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage by licensed retailers and third-party delivery services to patrons; amending K.S.A. 41-102, 41-2701 and 41-2728 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2612, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; retirement benefits; self-funded cost-of-living adjustment option; amending K.S.A. 74-4918 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2613, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family protection act; providing permanent exemptions for postsecondary educational institutions; amending K.S.A. 75-7c20 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Ballard.

HB 2614, AN ACT concerning firearms; creating the gun violence restraining order act; authorizing the issuance of protective orders prohibiting firearm acquisition and possession, by Representative Ballard.

HB 2615, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to school districts; authorizing policies to allow students to earn course credit through alternative educational opportunities outside the classroom, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2616, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; reducing the rate of tax imposed on sales of food and food ingredients; amending K.S.A. 79-3620 and 79-3710 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3602, 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2617, AN ACT concerning health; relating to the uniform vital statistics act; disclosure of records; allowing for an adopted person to inspect and be issued records of an immediate family member who is deceased; amending K.S.A. 65-2422d and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation and Public Safety Budget.

HB 2618, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; establishing a five-year property tax exemption for city, county and township property used for business incubator purposes in counties with a population of 40,000 or less, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.

HB 2619, AN ACT concerning elected officers; relating to the total compensation thereof; requiring each county and city to post compensation information for elected county and city officers on such county’s or city’s website, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.

HB 2620, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against the public peace; creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a hospital; relating to battery; increasing the criminal penalty for battery of a healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5413 and repealing the existing section, by None.

HB 2621, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state school for the deaf; prohibiting the dismissal or transfer of a student who gains access to hearing, by Committee on Education.

HB 2622, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the financing of motor vehicles; enacting the motor vehicle financial protection products act; providing definitions, requirements and procedures for offering debt waivers and vehicle value protection agreements; administration and enforcement by the consumer and mortgage lending division of the office of the state bank commissioner, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.

HB 2623, AN ACT concerning rural development; relating to employment in rural areas; enacting the rural remote worker incentive act; establishing administrative responsibilities, powers, duties and rules and regulations authority with the secretary of commerce; providing definitions, requirements, procedures and incentives; creating the rural remote worker incentive fund in the state treasury, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.

HB 2624, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to the protection from abuse act; protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act; restraining orders issued pursuant to acts; time limitations; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-3107 and 60-31a06 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2625, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election crimes; creating the crime of elector fraud and providing penalties therefor, by Representatives Ruiz, S., Carlin, Clayton, Featherston, Osman, Probst, Sawyer, Schmidt, Winn and Woodard.

HB 2626, AN ACT concerning the teacher service scholarship program; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state board of regents to fund such scholarships, by Representatives Poskin, Byers, Featherston, Schmidt, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Clayton, Clifford, Esau, Finney, Francis, Gartner, Haswood, Helmer, Highberger, Hoheisel, Howe, Hoye, T. Johnson, Kuether, Lynn, Meyer, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Probst, Ruiz, S., Victors, Waggoner, Winn, Wolfe Moore and Xu.

HB 2627, AN ACT establishing the aspiring future teacher of the year scholarship and grant program; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the department of education for such scholarships and grants, by Representative Poskin.

HB 2628, AN ACT concerning the regulation of traffic; relating to reckless driving; expanding the definition of reckless driving to include operating a vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or more; amending K.S.A. 8-1566 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2629, AN ACT concerning driver’s licenses; relating to habitual violators; removing mandatory jail time for a habitual violator convicted of driving while the driver’s license of the person is canceled, suspended or revoked; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-262 and 8-287 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2630, AN ACT concerning transportation; relating to the transportation of radioactive materials; establishing fees for the transportation of certain radioactive materials through and within the state; establishing the radioactive materials transportation operating fund, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2631, AN ACT concerning education; relating to career technical education; enacting the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act; providing state aid to school districts for students obtaining a credential; establishing the career technical education credential and transition incentive fund, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2632, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to procedures in investigations of child abuse or neglect; requiring a child abuse review and evaluation examination; creating a program in the department of health and environment for the training and payment for child abuse review and evaluation examinations; defining child abuse review and evaluation providers, networks and examinations and child abuse medical resource centers; amending K.S.A. 38-2202 and 38-2226 and repealing the existing sections, by None.

HB 2633, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the city of Hutchinson and the city of Topeka distinctive license plates, by Representatives Probst, Clifford, Gartner, Helmer, Kuether, Miller, Murphy, Seiwert, Stogsdill, Waggoner and Weigel.

HB 2634, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to conditions of release; release prior to trial; requiring a waiver of extradition proceedings; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2635, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the unfair trade practices act; adopting the national association of insurance commissioner’s amendments thereto; excluding commercial property and casualty insurance producers, brokers and insurers from prohibitions on giving rebates, discounts, gifts or other valuable consideration as an inducement to sales; amending K.S.A. 40-966, 40-2404 and 40-4909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2636, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Pittsburg state university to sell certain real property in the city of Pittsburg, Crawford county, Kansas, by Committee on Higher Education Budget.

HB 2637, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health insurance; pertaining to health maintenance organizations; enacting the health maintenance organization preauthorization exemption act; establishing an exemption for certain physicians and other providers from certain preauthorization requirements when providing certain healthcare services, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2638, AN ACT concerning service contracts; amending the definition thereof; adding automobile windshield repair and replacement to the list of covered services; amending K.S.A. 40-201a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2639, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employment after retirement; reducing the required waiting period to 30 days for a period ending June 30, 2023; amending K.S.A. 74-4937 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2640, AN ACT concerning asset forfeiture; relating to criminal forfeiture of property with a value of less than $100,000; enacting the criminal forfeiture act; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-4103 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Osman.

HB 2641, AN ACT concerning state educational institutions; relating to the fixing of tuition, fees and charges; prohibiting the state board of regents from fixing higher rates for nonresident students; amending K.S.A. 76-719 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 76-729, 76-730, 76-731 and 76-731a, by Representatives Howe, Bergkamp, Garber, Helmer, Rhiley and Sanders.

HB 2642, AN ACT concerning courts; relating to judges; nonpartisan selection of judges of the district court; allowing a proposition related to the method of selecting judges to be submitted to the voters more than once every eight years; amending K.S.A. 20-2901 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Toplikar.

HB 2643, AN ACT concerning alcoholic and cereal malt beverages; prohibiting the sale or consumption of such beverages on the premises of any sexually oriented business; prohibiting the issuance of a club and drinking establishment license to persons with a beneficial interest in such business; amending K.S.A. 41-2623 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2644, AN ACT designating the Sandhill plum as the official state fruit, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2645, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to county election officers ensuring security of electronic data and digital images; requiring digital images of ballots to be open records and searchable by precinct, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2646, AN ACT concerning elections; establishing specifications for paper ballots used in state and federal elections; requiring reimbursement of county expenditures, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2647, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to legal custody, residency and parenting time; factors for the court to consider; requiring a court to consider evidence of sexual abuse or the commission of any sex offense against a child; creating a rebuttable presumption against awarding parenting time to a parent who is subject to certain sex offender registration requirements; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-3203 and 23-3205 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2648, AN ACT concerning seizure and forfeiture of property; relating to property seized by law enforcement officers; offenses giving rise to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act; requiring a criminal conviction; remitting proceeds to the state general fund; removing provision making motor vehicles with altered vehicle identification numbers contraband; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-116, 22-2512, 60-4104, 60-4105, 60-4106, 60-4107, 60-4112, 60-4113, 60-4117 and 60-4127 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2649, AN ACT concerning education; relating to virtual schools; prohibiting virtual schools from offering or providing any financial incentive for a student to enroll in a virtual school; amending K.S.A. 72-3713 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2650, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to healthcare providers; permitting advanced practice registered nurses to sign do not resuscitate orders or directives; amending K.S.A. 65-4941 and 65-4942 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Children and Seniors.

HB 2651, AN ACT concerning the uniform act regulating traffic on highways; relating to fees, fines and court costs; permitting people to petition the court for a payment plan; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2652, AN ACT concerning the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas; extending the authority of the board of healing arts to grant certain temporary emergency licenses; imposing requirements related thereto and expiring such provisions; extending the suspension of certain requirements related to medical care facilities and expiring such provisions; modifying the COVID-19 response and reopening for business liability protection act; extending immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers, certain persons conducting business in this state and covered facilities for COVID-19 claims until January 20, 2023; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-963, 48-964, 48-965, 60-5503, 60-5504, 60-5508 and 65-468 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2653, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to electronic or electromechanical voting systems and optical scanning equipment; requiring images of ballots counted by such systems and equipment to be provided to candidates on request, by Representative Toplikar.

HB 2654, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to supervision of criminal offenders; offenders under supervision of both the department of corrections and court services officers; providing guidance for consolidation of supervision into one supervision entity or agency; requiring the department of corrections and the office of judicial administration to enter into a memorandum of understanding related to the supervision of such offenders; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6610 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2655, AN ACT concerning the department of corrections; relating to inmates in the custody of the secretary; requiring the secretary to establish procedures to provide inmates an opportunity to take a nationally recognized career readiness assessment; amending K.S.A. 75-5210, 75-5210a and 75-5211 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2656, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to law enforcement profiling; defining motorcycle profiling; requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies prohibiting motorcycling profiling; requiring training for law enforcement officers on motorcycle profiling; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-4606 and 22-4610 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2657, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; enacting the reduce armed violence act; increasing criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2658, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; conditions of probation or suspended sentence; replacing the list of standard conditions of probation and allowing for special conditions to be imposed; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6607 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2659, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to athletic activities; enacting the sudden cardiac arrest prevention act; requiring the state department of education and schools to provide information and develop policies to address sudden cardiac arrest in athletic activities, by Representatives Lynn and Stogsdill.

HB 2660, AN ACT concerning the state capitol; relating to permanent displays and murals; directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment; creating the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment mural fund; amending K.S.A. 75-2264 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Winn, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Burroughs, Byers, Carlin, Clayton, Curtis, Featherston, Finney, Haswood, Henderson, Hoye, Meyer, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schmidt, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Victors, Weigel, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2661, AN ACT authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol; establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund, by Representatives Winn, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Burroughs, Byers, Carlin, Clayton, Clifford, Curtis, Ellis, Featherston, Finney, Haswood, Hoye, Meyer, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schmidt, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Victors, Weigel, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2662, AN ACT concerning education; relating to schools and school districts; establishing the parents’ bill of rights and academic transparency act; affirming certain parental rights relating to the education and upbringing of a child; requiring school districts to adopt policies to promote transparency and parental involvement in a child’s education; requiring each school district to establish an academic transparency portal on the school district’s website to provide information on learning materials and activities in each school; eliminating the affirmative defense for schools to the crime of promotion to minors of material that is harmful to minors; prohibiting teachers from being negatively evaluated for refusal to teach through critical pedagogy philosophies or against sincerely held religious beliefs; amending K.S.A. 72-2410 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6402 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2663, AN ACT concerning nursing facilities; relating to reimbursement rates; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to base such rates upon actual costs; amending K.S.A. 75-5958 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2664, AN ACT concerning unfair business practices; prohibiting banks, trust companies, credit unions and other business entities from discriminating based on certain subjective or arbitrary standards; establishing civil penalties for violations, by Representatives Murphy, Blex, Esau, French, Garber, Helmer, Hoffman, Humphries, Jacobs, Lee-Hahn, Mason, Neelly, Newland, Owens, Penn, Proctor, Resman, Rhiley, Seiwert, Smith, E., Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Waggoner and K. Williams.

HB 2665, AN ACT concerning the Kansas act against discrimination and acts supplemental thereto; relating to the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity or expression as protected classes under the act; amending K.S.A. 12-16,107, 44-1001, 44-1002, 44-1004, 44-1005, 44-1006, 44-1009, 44-1015, 44-1016, 44-1017, 44-1027 and 44-1030 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Woodard, Byers, Meyer and Ruiz, S.

HB 2666, AN ACT concerning driver’s licenses; relating to gender designations on driver’s licenses; allowing an individual to have a gender designation of “X” and for an individual to change their gender designation on a driver’s license, instruction permit or nondriver’s identification card; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-240 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Byers, Featherston, Haswood, Highberger, Hoye, Meyer, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, S., Vaughn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2667, AN ACT concerning the legislative branch; requiring the state capitol and legislative meetings to be open to the public, by Representatives Lee-Hahn and Garber.

HB 2668, AN ACT concerning freedom of worship; prohibiting certain restrictions on such freedom by governmental entities and public officials; limiting related state of disaster emergency powers of the governor and state of local disaster emergency powers of counties and cities; related powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Lee-Hahn and Garber.

HB 2669, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to vaccinations; children and minors; requiring a child care facility or school to grant religious exemptions from vaccination requirements without inquiring into the sincerity of the religious beliefs; amending K.S.A. 65-508 and 72-6262 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Lee-Hahn and Garber.

HB 2670, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to responses to infectious or contagious disease by certain public and private entities; prohibiting certain acts by business entities, governmental entities or public officials based upon a person’s vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport; relating to access to services, goods, facilities and opportunities; proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children; proceedings related to legal custody, residency and parenting time of a child under the Kansas family law code; access to healthcare services and prohibiting discrimination in rendering healthcare services; modifying the Kansas act against discrimination to define unlawful employment practices related to vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport; limiting powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; amending K.S.A. 38-2269, 44-1002 and 44-1009 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-3201, 65-101, 65-201, 65-202, 65-1120 and 65-2836 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Lee-Hahn and Garber.

HB 2671, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to teacher employment contracts; requiring due process procedures when non-renewing or terminating certain contracts; amending K.S.A. 72-2252, 72-2253, 72-2254 and 72-2260 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Stogsdill, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Burroughs, Carlin, Carmichael, Clayton, Coleman, Curtis, Featherston, Finney, Gartner, Haswood, Helgerson, Henderson, Highberger, Hoye, Kuether, Meyer, Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Samsel, Sawyer, Schmidt, Toplikar, Vaughn, Weigel, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2672, AN ACT concerning labor; relating to licensing of professional occupations; creating the open borders for Kansas jobs act; providing for issuance of Kansas licenses or certifications to practice certain professions to persons holding credentials from other states that have substantially equivalent requirements for such licenses or certifications as Kansas; amending K.S.A. 1-302, 65-1152, 65-1505, 65-1663, 65-2833, 65-28a04, 65-28b03, 65-2906, 65-4203, 65-5406, 65-5506, 65-5910, 65-7203, 65-7503, 72-2157 and 75-7b04 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-6129 and 65-6322 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2673, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing for drug crimes; expanding the number of presumptive probation and border grid blocks; modifying the sentence terms for certain drug offenders; authorizing more offenders to be sentenced to participate in the certified drug abuse treatment program; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6805 and 21-6824 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2674, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to conditions of release prior to trial; requiring a forfeiture of an appearance bond to be set aside in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2807 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2675, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding medical assistance eligibility; requiring the department of health and environment to direct certain individuals to a work referral program and to study certain medicaid expansion topics, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2676, AN ACT concerning counties; allowing counties to create a code inspection and enforcement fund and expanding the existing equipment fund to include electronic technology; amending K.S.A. 19-119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2677, AN ACT concerning the personal and family protection act; prohibiting the collection of personal information regarding off-duty law enforcement officers entering buildings or requiring the officer to wear anything identifying the person as a law enforcement officer or being armed; amending K.S.A. 75-7c22 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2678, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to responses to infectious or contagious disease by certain public and private entities; ensuring a right to in-person visitation at medical care facilities and adult care homes; prohibiting certain public health orders related to isolation and quarantine, stay-at-home orders, curfews and face masks; providing criminal penalties for an individual who disregards an isolation or quarantine recommendation when great bodily harm to another person or death of another person results from such act; limiting state of disaster emergency powers of the governor and state of local disaster emergency powers of counties and cities related to stay-at-home orders, curfews and face masks; powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; isolation or quarantine recommendations; amending K.S.A. 65-129, 65-129b, 65-129c and 65-129d and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5424, 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Lee-Hahn and Garber.

HB 2679, AN ACT concerning commerce; prohibiting certain restrictions on the operation of private businesses by governmental entities and public officials; limiting related state of disaster emergency powers of the governor and state of local disaster emergency powers of counties and cities; related powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Lee-Hahn and Garber.

HB 2680, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to income and privilege tax incentives for employee savings accounts; establishing the Kansas employee emergency savings account (KEESA) program; providing an income and privilege tax credit for certain eligible employer deposits to employee savings accounts established under the program; providing a subtraction modification for certain employee deposits to savings accounts established under the program; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Poskin,Clayton and Tarwater.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5028, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to equal rights, by Representatives Garber, Huebert, Jacobs, Lee-Hahn, Murphy and Rhiley.

Senate Bills

SB 436, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to responses to infectious or contagious disease by certain public and private entities; ensuring a right to in-person visitation at medical care facilities and adult care homes; prohibiting certain public health orders related to isolation and quarantine, stay-at-home orders, curfews and face masks; providing criminal penalties for an individual who disregards an isolation or quarantine recommendation when great bodily harm to another person or death of another person results from such act; limiting state of disaster emergency powers of the governor and state of local disaster emergency powers of counties and cities related to stay-at-home orders, curfews and face masks; powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; isolation or quarantine recommendations; amending K.S.A. 65-129, 65-129b, 65-129c and 65-129d and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5424, 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 437, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to responses to infectious or contagious disease by certain public and private entities; prohibiting certain acts by business entities, governmental entities or public officials based upon a person’s vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport; relating to access to services, goods, facilities and opportunities; proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children; proceedings related to legal custody, residency and parenting time of a child under the Kansas family law code; access to healthcare services and prohibiting discrimination in rendering healthcare services; modifying the Kansas act against discrimination to define unlawful employment practices related to vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport; limiting powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; amending K.S.A. 38-2269, 44-1002 and 44-1009 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-3201, 65-101, 65-201, 65-202, 65-1120 and 65-2836 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 438, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election audits; concerning election procedures; amending K.S.A. 25-3009 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 439, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; requiring a county election officer to send a confirmation notice if there is no election-related activity for any four calendar year period; amending K.S.A. 25-2316c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 440, AN ACT concerning health and health professions; relating to the occupational therapy practice act; authorizing occupational therapists to provide limited services to patients without a referral; amending K.S.A. 65-5401 and 65-5402 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 441, AN ACT enacting the biological laboratory accident transparency act; requiring institutions and organizations to report accidents and near-miss accidents at high-risk biological laboratories, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 442, AN ACT concerning mobile communication devices; relating to mobile phone providers; requiring parental notification of application downloads by a minor; requiring the distribution of material concerning the danger of social media applications to parents when a minor’s mobile phone is activated, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 443, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, for the department of administration; relating to legally defeasing or cash redeeming certain revenue bonds at their first optional redemption date, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 444, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects and fees, imposing certain restrictions and limitations, and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-50,107 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 445, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; prohibiting the use of additional ballot boxes; amending K.S.A. 25-1124 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 446, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating bridges on United States highway 166 and K-66 highway as veterans memorial bridge, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 447, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a certain bridge on K-126 as the Dennis and Jane Crain overpass, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 448, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the unfair trade practices act; adopting the national association of insurance commissioner’s amendments thereto; excluding commercial property and casualty insurance producers, brokers and insurers from prohibitions on giving rebates, discounts, gifts or other valuable consideration as an inducement to sales; amending K.S.A. 40-966, 40-2404 and 40-4909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 449, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to producer licensing requirements; providing for an exemption from continuing education requirements for certain individuals; amending K.S.A. 40-4903 and 40-5512 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 450, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing state educational institutions to convey real property given to such institution as an endowment, bequest or gift, following board of regents policies; authorizing the board of regents to adopt such policies; amending K.S.A. 75-6609 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 451, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to permanent hunting licenses; removing the requirement to submit proof that a person is at least 1/16 American Indian by blood; amending K.S.A. 32-929 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 452, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; including high school equivalency credentials in performance-based payments for such institutions; amending K.S.A. 74-32,434 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 453, AN ACT concerning adult care homes; relating to unlicensed employees; requiring unlicensed employee training courses to be taught and evaluated by professional licensed nurses; requiring a demonstration of skills to successfully complete training courses; allowing simulation experiences to be used as part of training courses; amending K.S.A. 39-936 and 65-5115 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 454, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to advanced practice registered nurses; licensure thereof; authorizing the prescribing of drugs without a supervising physician; requiring malpractice insurance coverage; rules and regulations; amending K.S.A. 65-1130 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-1626 and 65-4101 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 455, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school attendance; allowing students to transfer to and attend school in any school district in the state; requiring school districts to set transfer capacity and adopt certain transfer policies; establishing an appeals process if a transfer request is denied; amending K.S.A. 72-13,101, 72-3122, 72-3123, 72-3124 and 72-3125 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 456, AN ACT concerning the teacher service scholarship program; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state board of regents to fund such scholarships, by Committee on Education.

SB 457, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to conditions of release; release prior to trial; requiring a waiver of extradition proceedings; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 458, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to precinct committeemen and committeewomen; requiring such elected officials to report certain information to the county clerk; amending K.S.A. 25-3801 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transparency and Ethics.

SB 459, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the order of the eastern star license plate, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 460, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to procedures in investigations of child abuse or neglect; requiring a child abuse review and evaluation examination; creating a program in the department of health and environment for the training and payment for child abuse review and evaluation examinations; defining child abuse review and evaluation providers, networks and examinations and child abuse medical resource centers; amending K.S.A. 38-2202 and 38-2226 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 461, AN ACT concerning transportation; enacting the delivery service liability act; relating to the transportation and delivery of food, groceries and other products; pertaining to individuals who transport and deliver such products; assigning liability when such individuals cause damage to the property of others during the course of such transportation and delivery, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 462, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income taxation; providing homestead property tax refunds to certain persons based on the increase in property tax over the base year property tax amount; amending K.S.A. 79-4502, 79-4508 and 79-4509 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 463, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use taxation; relating to the collection and remittance of taxes; providing a credit to retailers, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 464, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to tax levies; discontinuing the state tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund; providing financing therefor; amending K.S.A. 76-6b01, 76-6b02, 76-6b04, 76-6b05 and 76-6b11 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 465, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; enacting the responsible gun ownership act; creating the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm, by Senator Holscher.

SB 466, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to responses to infectious or contagious disease by certain public and private entities; prohibiting certain acts by places of public accommodations based upon a person’s vaccination status or possession of an immunity passport; prohibiting governing bodies of any city or county, public officials of any city or county and local health officers from requiring that a person wear a face mask based on an epidemic or other public health reason; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 467, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the minimum wage; enacting the making work pay act; amending K.S.A. 44-1203 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Hawk, Holland, Holscher, Pettey, Sykes and Ware.

SB 468, AN ACT concerning the state capitol; relating to permanent displays and murals; directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a mural honoring the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment; creating the 1st Kansas (Colored) Voluntary Infantry regiment mural fund; amending K.S.A. 75-2264 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 469, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; removing certain limitations for food assistance eligibility; permitting certain persons convicted of a felony to be eligible for food assistance; amending K.S.A. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Sykes.

SB 470, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; requiring a prevailing wage for state public works construction contracts by state agencies; providing for the determination of prevailing wages by the secretary of labor; assigning enforcement of compliance to the secretary of administration and the attorney general; permitting assignment of workers claims to the secretary of labor; providing for certain civil and criminal penalties; permitting cities and counties to require a prevailing wage; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-16,131 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Sykes.

SB 471, AN ACT concerning health benefits; relating to health insurance plans; providing requirements for coverage of diagnostic examinations for breast cancer; relating to state health insurance; expanding eligibility for medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months; relating to insurance coverage for children; providing coverage for houses with income to be tied to current federal poverty income guidelines; amending K.S.A. 38-2001, 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Sykes.

SB 472, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding medical assistance eligibility; requiring the department of health and environment to direct certain individuals to a work referral program and to study certain medicaid expansion topics, by Senator Sykes.

SB 473, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to escape from custody and aiding escape; increasing penalties for such crimes involving sexually violent predators; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5911 and 21-5912 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Straub.

SB 474, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to emergency medical services; staffing of ambulances; permitting an ambulance to operate with one emergency medical service provider in rural counties; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-6135 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Straub.

SB 475, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the Kansas hope scholarship act; establishing the hope scholarship program; providing education savings accounts for students, by Committee on Education.

SB 476, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to a board of public utilities; capping the amount of fees included on a utility bill; amending K.S.A. 13-1223a, 13-1227 and 13-1228 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 477, AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to a board of public utilities; requiring the state corporation commission to provide certain information upon request by customers, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 478, AN ACT concerning wind energy conversion systems; relating to obstruction lighting; requiring installation of light-mitigating technology systems; authorizing boards of county commissioners to determine the type of lighting system required, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 479, AN ACT authorizing a permanent memorial commemorating the Kansas suffragist movement to be placed in the state capitol; establishing the Kansas suffragist memorial fund, by Senators Bowers, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Hawk, Hilderbrand, Holland, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Petersen, Pettey, Pittman, Pyle, Ryckman, Straub, Suellentrop, Sykes, Thompson, Tyson, Ware, Warren and Wilborn.

SB 480, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to electric, natural gas and water utilities; prohibiting recovery of dues, donations or contributions made to charitable and social organizations in customer rates; requiring the state corporation commission to disallow such expenditures in rate proceedings; amending K.S.A. 66-101f, 66-1,206 and 66-1,236 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 481, AN ACT concerning solar energy systems; relating to the siting and construction of commercial-scale and limited-scale solar energy conversion systems; requiring approval by boards of county commissioners prior to construction; establishing construction, siting, notification and health and safety requirements for such systems, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 482, AN ACT concerning government contracts; enacting the firearm industry nondiscrimination act; prohibiting certain contracts with entities that discriminate against firearm or ammunition industries, by Senators Warren, Alley, Erickson, Masterson and Wilborn.

SB 483, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft and criminal damage to property; increasing penalties for such crimes involving remote service units such as automated cash dispensing machines and automated teller machines; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5801 and 21-5813 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 484, AN ACT concerning education; relating to student athletes; enacting the fairness in women’s sports act; restricting participation on women’s teams to female students; providing a cause of action for violations, by Committee on Education.

SB 485, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the campaign finance act; expanding the scope of permitted uses of campaign contribution moneys to include family caregiving services; amending K.S.A. 25-4157a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 486, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the campaign finance act; expanding the scope thereof to include candidates for board membership of certain school districts and community colleges; amending K.S.A. 25-4143 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 487, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1619, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Legislature to adopt the conclusions and recommendations of the 2021 Special Committee on Taxation regarding the fiscal future of Kansas, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

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