Volume 41 - Issue 11 - March 17, 2022
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced March 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 2725, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to temporary parenting plans; creating a presumption that joint legal custody in a temporary parenting plan is in the best interests of a child; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 23-3212 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2726, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; imposing sales tax on vehicles purchased for rental or lease; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3602 and 79-3603 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2727, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the determination of Kansas adjusted gross income; increasing the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification for social security income; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2728, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a tax credit for contributions to a nonprofit organization for the purpose of installing qualified accessibility modification projects, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2729, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; establishing a property tax exemption for 50% of the first $200,000 in assessed value of homesteads of individuals 65 years of age and older; establishing the property tax refund fund, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2730, AN ACT concerning governmental action; relating to 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; local health officers to making recommendations; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2731, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to online third-party marketplaces and the sale of stolen merchandise; requiring such marketplaces to verify and authenticate the identity of third parties who sell products on their platforms; providing for enforcement by the attorney general, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2732, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Gage park improvement authority act; providing for the creation of the Gage park improvement authority; permitting a sales tax within the boundaries of Shawnee county for the purpose of benefiting Gage park, the Topeka zoo and the Kansas children’s discovery center thereof; requiring approval by the electors of the county to establish the sales tax and authority, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2733, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the regulation of pharmacy benefits managers; requiring licensure rather than registration of such entities; enacting the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act; amending K.S.A. 40-3821, 40-3822, 40-3823, 40-3824, 40-3826, 40-3827 and 40-3829 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2734, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences regulatory board; relating to licensure of health professions and practices; allowing board-approved postgraduate supervised experience to count toward graduate level supervised clinical practicum of supervised professional experience; permitting current master’s and clinical level licensees to take the addiction counselor test; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-6306 and 65-6610 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2735, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the right-to-start act; relating to tax incentives for new businesses; reducing the first $100,000 of new business income included in a taxpayer’s Kansas adjusted gross income by 20% for the first three tax years the taxpayer’s business is in operation; reducing the income tax on eligible new corporations to 3% for the first three years of such eligible corporation for the first $100,000 of income; requiring the department of administration to make certain reports to the legislature; establishing the office of entrepreneurship within the department of commerce; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,110, as amended by section 15 of 2022 Senate Bill No. 347, and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
House Resolutions
HR 6023, A RESOLUTION condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and urging the United States federal government to provide aid and support to the Ukrainian people, by Representatives Highberger, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Blex, Burroughs, Carlin, W. Carpenter, Clayton, Clifford, Curtis, Dodson, M., Ellis, Featherston, French, Gartner, Haswood, Helgerson, Henderson, Highland, Hoheisel, Hoye, Kuether, Meyer, Miller, Minnix, Neighbor, Newland, Osman, Ousley, Owens, Poskin, Probst, Ralph, Resman, Rhiley, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schmidt, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Thomas, Vaughn, Victors, Waggoner, Weigel, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard and Xu.
Senate Bills
SB 544, AN ACT concerning the legislature; relating to bills; requiring legislators who request certain curriculum or school finance bills to volunteer at a public school or consult with a team of teaching professionals; prohibiting certain legislators from requesting bills that divert state moneys from public schools to private schools, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 545, AN ACT concerning education; relating to certain nonpublic schools; requiring participation in certain assessments; requiring website publication of performance accountability and longitudinal achievement reports; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-5178 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 546, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to autonomous motor vehicles; providing for the use and regulation thereof; establishing the autonomous vehicle advisory committee; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2106 and 8-2204 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 547, AN ACT concerning the video competition act; exempting providers of broadcast satellite services and streaming services from the provisions of such act; providing requirements relating to audits of video service providers; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-2022 and 12-2024 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 548, AN ACT concerning water; relating to groundwater management districts; excepting matters related to water rights from the advice and assistance such districts may provide; amending K.S.A. 82a-1028 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 549, AN ACT concerning water; relating to groundwater management districts; allowing withdrawal from a groundwater management district in certain circumstances, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 550, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; authoring certain individuals with revoked licenses to be eligible for restricted driving privileges; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2110 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2110c, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 551, AN ACT concerning the department of agriculture; relating to animal health; establishing the pet animal facilities inspection division to be administered by a director 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, 47-1715, 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 Ways and Means.
SB 552, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to county foreclosures on property due to delinquent taxes; enacting the modernization of recovery through website outreach act; authorizing the state treasurer to publish information regarding such foreclosed property on the state treasurer’s website, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 553, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to qualified governmental retirement plans under the federal internal revenue code; state income tax treatment of certain pre-tax and Roth retirement contributions; enacting the Kansas thrift savings plan act; establishing terms, conditions and requirements related thereto; creating mandatory, deferred compensation, employer and rollover accounts; providing for plan document, membership elections, benefits, contributions, distributions and prospective plan changes by the legislature; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employer contribution rate; allowing total covered payroll to include compensation of thrift savings plan members; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4920 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 554, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to classification; land devoted to agricultural use; definition; agritourism activity and zoos; amending K.S.A. 79-1476 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 555, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to assessment and collection; allowing for the proration of value when certain personal property is acquired or sold prior to September 1 of any tax year; discontinuing collection of unpaid municipal utility fees using the property tax roll; amending K.S.A. 65-3410 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-808c and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 556, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; providing for a subtraction modification for the federal work opportunity tax credit and the employee retention credit disallowance; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 557, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon; exempting certain underlying felonies when a person has had the conviction of such crime expunged or has been pardoned for such crime; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6304 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1731, A RESOLUTION recognizing March 3, 2022, as National Vending Day in Kansas for the many contributions of the vending and convenience services industry, by Senator Alley.
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 1623, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the President of the United States to stop importing oil and gas from Russia and restore energy independence in the United States, by Senators Billinger, Alley, Baumgardner, Bowers, Claeys, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Gossage Hilderbrand, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Pittman, Pyle, Ryckman, Steffen, Straub, Suellentrop, Sykes, Thompson, Tyson, Warren and Wilborn.
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