Volume 41 - Issue 8 - February 24, 2022

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 10–16 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 2681, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the disposition thereof by law enforcement agencies; requiring all forfeited or seized firearms to be disposed of in accordance with the Kansas code of criminal procedure; amending K.S.A. 22-3904 and 32-1047 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-4117 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2682, AN ACT concerning sales and use tax; relating to city and county retailers’ sales tax levies; validating the election held to approve a retailers’ sales tax levy by the city of Latham, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2683, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for sales tax exemption for crisis pregnancy centers; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2684, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for area agencies on aging; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2685, AN ACT concerning education; relating to private and public schools; establishing the Kansas student achievement accountability act; requiring students to show grade level proficiency on state assessments before promotion to the next grade level; requiring certain state assessments to be provided in each grade level; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-5170 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2686, AN ACT concerning the water and environment of Kansas; creating the Kansas department of water and environment within the executive branch of government; transferring certain powers, duties and functions; abolishing the Kansas water office, the Kansas department of health and environment, division of environment, the Kansas department of agriculture, division of conservation and the Kansas department of agriculture, division of water resources; updating statutory references thereof; establishing the water and environment maintenance fund; modifying procedures for elections of the board of directors for a groundwater management district, board of directors eligibility, definition of eligible voter and term limits of board of directors; requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual financial reports to the legislature and to submit water conservation and stabilization plans to the chief engineer; increasing water protection fees for public water supply systems, industrial use and stockwatering permit holders; authorizing the chief engineer to issue certain orders without review by the secretary of water and environment; establishing a civil penalty for obstructions in streams violations and creating the water structures emergency fund; amending K.S.A. 2-3302, 2-3703, 2-3704, 2-3710, 12-2707, 19-27a03, 19-27a12, 19-27a17, 19-2963, 19-3704, 24-407, 24-418, 24-656, 24-659, 24-1202, 24-1204, 24-1211, 24-1212, 32-1152, 32-1154, 32-1403, 42-701, 42-725, 47-1214, 47-1511, 49-403, 55-527, 65-153f, 65-156, 65-157, 65-159, 65-162a, 65-163, 65-163c, 65-163d, 65-163g, 65-164, 65-165, 65-166, 65-166a, 65-166b, 65-167, 65-169, 65-170, 65-170b, 65-170d, 65-170e, 65-170g, 65-171a, 65-171b, 65-171c, 65-171d, 65-171e, 65-171f, 65-171h, 65-171l, 65-171m, 65-171n, 65-171o, 65-171p, 65-171q, 65-171r, 65-171t, 65-171u, 65-1,107, 65-1,178, 65-1,182, 65-1,201, 65-1,222, 65-1629, 65-3002, 65-3003, 65-3005, 65-3011, 65-3018, 65-3022, 65-3027, 65-3303, 65-3308, 65-3309, 65-3310, 65-3311, 65-3312, 65-3313, 65-3321, 65-3329, 65-3330, 65-3401, 65-3402, 65-3419, 65-3423, 65-3424d, 65-3424i, 65-3426, 65-3427, 65-3430, 65-3446, 65-3458, 65-3491, 65-34,102, 65-34,126, 65-34,133, 65-34,142, 65-34,144, 65-34,153, 65-34,162, 65-34,175, 65-34,176, 65-34,178, 65-4501, 65-5301, 65-7003, 68-1414, 68-2203, 74-2608, 74-2609, 74-2622, 74-99f04, 75-3084, 75-37,121, 75-5601, 75-5608, 75-5608a, 75-5609a, 75-5657, 75-5672, 82a-220, 82a-301, 82a-301a, 82a-303a, 82a-303b, 82a-305a, 82a-326, 82a-328, 82a-405, 82a-603, 82a-612, 82a-701, 82a-731, 82a-732, 82a-733, 82a-737, 82a-738, 82a-739, 82a-762, 82a-767, 82a-771, 82a-773, 82a-902, 82a-903, 82a-905, 82a-906, 82a-922, 82a-923, 82a-954, 82a-1021, 82a-1023, 82a-1025, 82a-1027, 82a-1034, 82a-1042, 82a-1101, 82a-1103, 82a-1203, 82a-1214, 82a-1216, 82a-1301, 82a-1303, 82a-1311a, 82a-1315b, 82a-1315c, 82a-1332, 82a-1333, 82a-1335, 82a-1345, 82a-1347, 82a-1348, 82a-1349, 82a-1360, 82a-1361, 82a-1362, 82a-1363, 82a-1364, 82a-1367, 82a-1368, 82a-1370, 82a-1402, 82a-1501, 82a-1502, 82a-1604, 82a-1605, 82a-1606, 82a-1608, 82a-1609, 82a-1703, 82a-1704, 82a-1803, 82a-1804, 82a-1805, 82a-1901, 82a-1904, 82a-1905, 82a-1906, 82a-2001, 82a-2007, 82a-2101, 82a-2301, 82a-2302, 82a-2303, 82a-2304, 82a-2305, 82a-2310, 82a-2311, 82a-2312, 82a-2313, 82a-2314, 82a-2317, 82a-2324, 82a-2402, 82a-2403, 82a-2404, 82a-2406, 82a-2407, 82a-2408, 82a-2411, 82a-2412, 82a-2414, 82a-2415, 82a-2416 and 82a-2419 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 2-1903, 2-1904, 2-1915, 2-1933, 2-3318, 2-3702, 2-3708, 2-3709, 12-541, 12-636, 12-761, 12-766, 12-2713, 48-1603, 48-1606, 48-1608, 49-511, 49-512, 49-513, 49-517, 49-603, 49-618, 49-623, 55-153, 55-1,117, 55-1,117a, 55-1,119, 65-171v, 65-180, 75-3036, 75-5133, 82a-736, 82a-1602, 82a-1603 and 82a-1702 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2687, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; eliminating certain level-dollar employer contribution payments; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4920 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2688, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to cereal malt beverage retailer licenses; requiring issuance thereof to a licensed farm winery that satisfies the statutory requirements for such retailer license; amending K.S.A. 41-2703 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2689, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to coal-fired electric generation facilities; limiting a public utility’s cost recovery when replacing or retiring facilities; requiring electric public utilities to make efforts to sell such facilities; obligations to purchase electricity from purchased facilities; exempting certain facilities from commission jurisdiction; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 66-104 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2690, AN ACT concerning education; establishing the legislature’s intention to focus on academic achievement; creating the every child can read act to support literacy proficiency by third grade; establishing the legislative award for excellence in teaching program to provide merit-based teaching bonus awards to high-performing teachers; creating the legislative award for excellence in teaching fund; requiring the state department of education to provide an annual written report on academic achievement outcomes; establishing the legislative award for excellence in teaching fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-5178 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2691, AN ACT concerning real estate brokers; relating to the real estate brokers’ and salespersons’ license act; prohibiting the denial of access or membership in a multiple-listing service based on certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 58-3062 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2692, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to the Kansas commission on peace officers’ standards and training; increasing the membership of the commission; requiring certain appointments be made with a preference for diversity and to be made by the Kansas state conference of NAACP branches; amending K.S.A. 74-5606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2693, AN ACT concerning the division of vehicles; eliminating the division of vehicles modernization surcharge; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 75-5160, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2694, AN ACT concerning the financing of civil litigation; enacting the third-party litigation financing consumer protection act; requiring registration and regulation of litigation financers by the secretary of state; disclosure of certain information; annual report by the secretary of state, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2695, AN ACT concerning the regulation of traffic; prohibiting smoking when persons under the legal age to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products are present; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2696, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to certain renewable energy facilities; establishing generation requirements for those facilities providing baseload generation, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2697, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to competency to stand trial; mobile competency evaluations; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-3302, 22-3303, 22-3305, 22-3428 and 22-3429 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2698, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the practice of pharmacy; establishing the joint committee on pharmacy workplace conditions and patient safety; requiring such committee to report to the legislature, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2699, AN ACT concerning skilled nursing care facilities; relating to the quality care assessment; exempting facilities for which the secretary for aging and disability services is appointed as receiver from such assessment; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 75-7435 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2700, AN ACT concerning children and minors; requiring the Kansas department for children and families to review certain items related to the child’s needs and attachments before consenting to an adoption; requiring the court to make a finding that such review was conducted by the department before entering an order; amending K.S.A. 38-2270 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Children and Seniors.

HB 2701, AN ACT concerning the Kansas rural housing incentive district act; allowing use of bond proceeds under the act for residential vertical development and renovation of certain buildings within economically distressed urban areas; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-5242 and 12-5249 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2702, AN ACT concerning the employment security law; making privately contracted school bus drivers eligible for unemployment benefits; amending K.S.A. 44-706 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2703, AN ACT concerning employment security law; relating to the employment security fund; employer contribution rates; revising the definition of employment for conformity with federal law; making changes to the my reemployment plan program including making the program mandatory; providing that the secretary of labor is to request that claimants create resumes in the Kansasworks system and that the secretary of commerce shall provide assistance to claimants through Kansasworks and may require claimants to participate in reemployment services; providing claimants with additional time to respond; providing the educational institution providing work skills training shall monitor compliance and report to the secretary of commerce and secretary of labor; amending K.S.A. 44-703, 44-710a and 44-775 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2704, AN ACT concerning workers compensation; making notification to an injured employee by an employer or insurance carrier of changes to or termination of medical or disability benefits discretionary; providing that an employee seeking benefits waives the patient privilege preventing access to medical records and healthcare providers; prohibiting infringement of the employer’s right to direct medical treatment; requiring questions by the director of workers compensation to a healthcare provider in the case of an examination ordered by the director to be in writing; providing that a partial week be counted as a full week for purposes of computing average wages; excluding costs for expert witnesses from court costs to be awarded to a claimant; amending K.S.A. 44-510c, 44-510e, 44-510h, 44-510k, 44-511 and 44-516 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2705, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving controlled substances; distribution of a controlled substance; replacing the rebuttable presumption of intent to distribute with a permissive inference; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5705 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2706, AN ACT concerning industrial hemp; relating to hemp products; specifying that final hemp products may contain a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3%; allowing certain hemp products to be manufactured, marketed, sold or distributed; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 2-3901 and 2-3908 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2707, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; expanding the scope of the crime and clarifying the application thereof; amending K.S.A. 25-2407 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2708, AN ACT concerning medical marijuana; relating to laboratory testing and licensure of persons; establishing standards for laboratory licenses that test medical marijuana, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2709, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for sales tax exemption for a not-for-profit corporation operating a community theater; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2710, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; increasing the percentage of alcohol by volume in domestic table wine and domestic fortified wine; amending K.S.A. 41-102 and 41-501 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2711, AN ACT concerning taxation; reducing the rate of sales and compensating use tax imposed on all sales and further reducing the rate on sales of food and food ingredients; relating to income tax; making the food sales tax credit a refundable income tax credit and discontinuing such credit when sales tax on food is 0%; amending K.S.A. 13-13a39, 79-32,271, 79-3620 and 79-3710 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a, 79-3602, 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5029, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION making application to the Congress of the United States for a limited national convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing term limits for members of Congress, by Representatives Sutton, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Fairchild, Murphy, Owens, Resman, Sanders, Tarwater and Waggoner.

HCR 5030, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the growing problem of antisemitism in the United States and calling for the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism as an important tool to address the problem, by Representatives Osman, Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Arnberger, Ballard, Barker, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Borjon, Burris, Burroughs, Carlin, Carlson, W. Carpenter, Clark, Clayton, Clifford, Coleman, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Dodson, M., Donohoe, Ellis, Eplee, Esau, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Finch, Francis, French, Garber, Gartner, Haswood, Hawkins, Helgerson, Helmer, Henderson, Highberger, Highland, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Houser, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, Jacobs, S. Johnson, T. Johnson, Kessler, Kuether, Lee-Hahn, Long, Lynn, Mason, Meyer, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Neighbor, Newland, Ousley, Owens, F. Patton, Penn, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Proehl, Rahjes, Ralph, Resman, Rhiley, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Ryckman, Sanders, Sawyer, Schmidt, Schreiber, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, C., Smith, E., Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Turner, Vaughn, Victors, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, Wheeler, K. Williams, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard and Xu.

Senate Bills

SB 488, AN ACT concerning the division of vehicles; eliminating the division of vehicles modernization surcharge; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 75-5160, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 489, AN ACT concerning infectious or contagious diseases; relating to the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; restricting the powers thereof; amending K.S.A. 65-119, 65-128 and 65-129b and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-101 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-126, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 490, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the newborn infant protection act; allowing the surrender of physical custody of an infant to an infant refuge crib; amending K.S.A. 38-2282 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 491, AN ACT concerning workers compensation; relating to post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders; amending K.S.A. 44-508 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 492, AN ACT concerning grand juries; relating to citizen-initiated grand juries; providing immunity from civil liability for the person who files a citizen-initiated grand jury petition; requiring such person to be the first witness called by such grand jury; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-3001 and 22-3008 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 493, AN ACT concerning cities and counties; prohibiting the regulation of plastic and other containers designed for the consumption, transportation or protection of merchandise, food or beverages, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 494, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the employment status of a driver of a motor carrier; prohibiting the altering of employment status for requiring safety improvements on the vehicle, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 495, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; establishing the salt parity act; allowing pass-through entities to elect to pay state income tax at the entity level; amending K.S.A. 79-3220 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and 79-32,138 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117q, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 496, AN ACT concerning education; relating to schools and school districts; establishing the parents’ bill of rights, by Committee on Education.

SB 497, AN ACT concerning human trafficking; relating to the attorney general; authorizing the attorney general to coordinate training regarding a multidisciplinary team approach to intervention for law enforcement agencies; requiring training on human trafficking awareness and identification for certain child welfare agencies, juvenile justice agencies, mental health professionals and school personnel; amending K.S.A. 75-756 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 498, AN ACT concerning the department of agriculture; relating to animal health; establishing the animal facilities inspection program under the supervision of the secretary; amending K.S.A. 47-1701, 47-1702, 47-1703, 47-1704, 47-1706, 47-1706a, 47-1707, 47-1708, 47-1709, 47-1710, 47-1711, 47-1712, 47-1713, 47-1715, 47-1718, 47-1719, 47-1720, 47-1721, 47-1723, 47-1725, 47-1726, 47-1727, 47-1731, 47-1732, 47-1733, 47-1734, 47-1735 and 47-1736 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 499, AN ACT concerning virtual schools; relating to virtual school state aid; increasing certain state aid amounts; providing for additional state aid for certain students who transfer to virtual schools; requiring a second count date of students included in the full-time equivalent enrollment of a virtual school; amending K.S.A. 72-3715 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 500, AN ACT concerning inpatient psychiatric care; relating to psychiatric residential treatment facilities; establishing a long-term care facility for individuals who do not qualify for admission to psychiatric residential treatment facilities or any state psychiatric hospital; amending K.S.A. 39-2001 and 39-2002 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 501, AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring able-bodied adults without dependents to complete an employment and training program in order to receive food assistance; requiring state agencies to conduct cross-checks to verify public assistance eligibility; requiring the department of health and environment to seek approval to eliminate mandatory hospital presumptive eligibility; requiring hospitals to follow standards established for presumptive eligibility determinations; requiring state agencies to make data from fraud investigations relating to food assistance and medical assistance publicly available on such agencies’ websites; amending K.S.A. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 502, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to licensure of maternity centers; providing for separate authority to license such centers; amending K.S.A. 65-177, 65-501, 65-503, 65-504, 65-505, 65-506, 65-507, 65-508, 65-512, 65-513, 65-523, 65-525 and 75-4319 and repealing the existing sections.

SB 503, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to judicial tax lien foreclosure sales; providing requirements for publication service and confirmation of sale; expanding costs included in redemption fees; amending K.S.A. 79-2801, 79-2803, 79-2804b, 79-2804g, 79-2804h and 79-2812 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 504, AN ACT concerning worker’s compensation; relating to benefit reductions due to retirement benefits funded by the employer; providing such benefit reductions shall apply to benefits for permanent disability; exempting benefits the employee was receiving prior to the injury and under the federal social security act from such reductions; amending K.S.A. 44-501 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 505, AN ACT concerning zoning and planning; relating to regulation of home-based work; prohibiting the enactment or enforcement of zoning regulations that are barriers to home-based work; enacting the protect home-based work act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 506, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the north central Kansas down syndrome society license plate, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 507, AN ACT concerning open records; relating to disclosure of records under the open records act; continuing in existence certain exceptions to disclosure; amending K.S.A. 40-2,203 and 40-3805 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 9-2216a, 22-4620, 50-1124 and 50-1128 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-6011, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 508, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; eliminating certain level-dollar employer contribution payments; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4920 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 509, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to refunds; providing a refund of state tax paid on certain purchases to reconstruct, repair or replace buildings and improvements damaged by certain disasters, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 510, AN ACT concerning real property; enacting the Kansas vacant property act; prohibiting municipalities from imposing certain fees and other requirements on vacant property, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 511, AN ACT concerning public employee and professional employees’ organizations; relating to dues; commencement and cessation of withholding of dues; procedure; providing certain rights to employees; amending K.S.A. 44-319, 72-2219, 72-2241, 75-4324, 75-4327 and 75-5501 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 512, AN ACT concerning vehicles; relating to registration; eliminating the division of vehicles modernization surcharge; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 75-5160, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 513, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; allowing certain property used as a thrift store to qualify for exemption; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 514, AN ACT concerning income taxation; establishing a checkoff for contributions to the Kansas historic site fund, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 515, AN ACT concerning education; relating to nondiscrimination in classroom instruction; establishing penalties for violations therefor; requiring the state board of education to review, identify and remove inherently divisive concepts from the board’s policies, guidelines and other materials; requiring public access to learning materials, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 516, 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 Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 517, AN ACT concerning public records; relating to disclosure thereof under the open records act; requiring public agencies to allow certain persons to listen to audio recordings or to view video recordings that were made at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile intake and assessment services facility and relate to an incident in which a juvenile was seriously injured or died; amending K.S.A. 45-254 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 518, AN ACT concerning state agencies; relating to contracts and investments; enacting the Kansas reliable energy investment protection act; requiring the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system to divest from investments with entities that boycott energy companies; establishing conditions and procedures for divestment; prohibiting state contracts without written verification that a company is not boycotting energy companies, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 519, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; increasing the Kansas standard deduction; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 520, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing a credit for school and classroom supply expenditures by teachers, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1728, A RESOLUTION designating February 10, 2022, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol, by Senators Billinger, Alley, Baumgardner, Bowers, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Hawk, Hilderbrand, Holland, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Pittman, Pyle, Ryckman, Steffen, Straub, Suellentrop, Sykes, Tyson, Ware, Warren and Wilborn.

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