Volume 42 - Issue 5 - February 2, 2023
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 19–25 during the 2023 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 2080, AN ACT concerning virtual schools; relating to state assessments; authorizing students enrolled in virtual school to take virtual state assessments; amending K.S.A. 72-3711 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
HB 2081, AN ACT establishing the aspiring future teacher of the year scholarship program; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, for the department of education for such scholarships, by Committee on Education.
HB 2082, AN ACT concerning counties; allowing counties to create a code inspection and enforcement fund and expanding the county equipment reserve fund to include electronic technology; allowing counties to create a municipalities fight addiction fund for the expenditure of opioid settlement monies received pursuant to the Kansas fights addiction act; amending K.S.A. 19-119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.
HB 2083, AN ACT concerning real property; creating the Kansas vacant property act; prohibiting municipalities from imposing certain fees and other requirements on vacant property, by Committee on Local Government.
HB 2084, AN ACT concerning food products; regulating the preparation, distribution and sale of kratom products; prohibiting the preparation, distribution and sale of adulterated or contaminated kratom products; establishing fines and penalties; requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations to administer the act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2085, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; including certain juvenile corrections officer positions in the definition of “security officer” for purposes of determining retirement dates, benefits and the employer contribution rate for certain employees of the department of corrections; amending K.S.A. 74-4914a and 74-4914e and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Proctor.
HB 2086, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election procedures; clarifying duties and qualifications of certain election officials; redefining certain election crimes; amending K.S.A. 10-120, 15-809, 19-303, 19-804, 19-3419, 19-3422, 19-3439, 25-105, 25-203, 25-208a, 25-211, 25-212, 25-213, 25-303, 25-305, 25-308, 25-321, 25-432, 25-433, 25-604, 25-610, 25-901, 25-1122, 25-1214, 25-1903, 25-2005, 25-2008, 25-2018, 25-2021, 25-21a02, 25-2310, 25-2507, 25-26a03, 25-2702, 25-2703, 25-2704, 25-2705, 25-2706, 25-2805, 25-2812, 25-2905, 25-3002, 25-3005, 25-3005a, 25-3104, 25-3107, 25-3201, 25-3301, 25-3303, 25-3304, 25-3801, 25-4004, 25-4005, 25-4148d, 25-4322, 25-4612, 25-4703, 25-4709 and 71-1415 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-3424, 25-3009 and 25-4414 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-222, 25-305b, 25-1709, 25-1710, 25-2601, 25-4502, 25-4503, 25-4505, 25-4506, 25-4507 and 25-4508, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2087, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to selection of presidential electors; directing political parties to have procedures for the selection of presidential electors; amending K.S.A. 25-301, 25-801, 25-802, 25-804 and 25-1435 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-803, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2088, 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 Representative Winn.
HB 2089, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to prepaid service plans; certificates of registration; discontinuing annual registration fees for such plans; modifying the requirement to report individuals who solicit memberships on behalf of such plans from semi-annually to annually and upon application for registration; amending K.S.A. 40-4209 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 40-4203, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2090, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the uniform insurance agents licensure act; public adjusters licensing act; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees; requiring information obtained from background checks, fingerprinting and criminal history records checks be used solely for the purpose of verifying the identification of an applicant and the fitness of an applicant to be issued a license as an insurance agent; amending K.S.A. 40-4905, 40-4906 and 40-5505 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2091, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; requiring the secretary of agriculture to establish a division of sustainable agriculture that shall apply for federal grant funds under the greenhouse gas reduction fund to assist farmers in converting to renewable energy and sustainable agriculture practices, by Representatives Murphy, Seiwert and Highberger.
HB 2092, AN ACT concerning municipal universities; relating to the membership of the Washburn university board of regents; reapportioning the districts of certain members thereof; amending K.S.A. 13-13a04 and 13-13a05 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Borjon, Corbet, Haskins, F. Patton, Schlingensiepen and Weigel.
HB 2093, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to certain group-funded insurance pools; discontinuing payments paid to the group-funded pools fee fund and the group-funded workers’ compensation fee fund; transferring such balances and abolishing such funds; establishing the group-funded pools refund fund; refunding the balance thereof and abolishing such fund on July 1, 2024; amending K.S.A. 44-588 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 12-2623 and 44-587, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2094, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health maintenance organizations and medicare provider organizations; applications for certificates of authority; specifying certain requirements necessary to demonstrate fiscal soundness; amending K.S.A. 40-3203 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2095, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to coverage for autism spectrum disorder; changing the required number of employees contained in the definitions of “large employer” and “small employer”; amending K.S.A. 40-2,194 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2096, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to premium tax; adjusting the basis upon which certain premium tax calculations are made; requiring such premium taxes to be paid 90 days after each calendar year and basing such premium taxes upon the gross premiums collected for the previous calendar year; amending K.S.A. 12-2624 and 44-588 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2097, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to penalties; failure of agents or brokers to pay premiums; removing the requirement of a documented written demand for premiums as part of a prima facie case; amending K.S.A. 40-247 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2098, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to insurance laws and enforcement thereof; adding certain legal entities to the definition of “person”; amending K.S.A. 40-2,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2099, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to third party administrators; discontinuing certain exemptions from the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-3821 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2100, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital requirements; updating the version of instructions in effect; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2101, AN ACT concerning real estate transactions; regulating contract for deed transactions; making certain deceptive actions violations of the consumer protection act, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2102, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the state treasurer; relating to the repurchase of certain revenue bonds issued to finance the unfunded actuarial pension liability of the Kansas public employees retirement system, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2103, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; Kansas public employees retirement fund; investment standards; eliminating the statutory 15% alternative investment percentage limit thereto; requiring the board of trustees to set alternative investment percentage limit; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-4921 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2104, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; probation or assignment to community corrections; setting maximum supervision terms; defining early discharge options; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6608 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.
HB 2105, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to earned wage access services; enacting the Kansas earned wage access services act; establishing the administration of such act by the office of the state bank commissioner; providing for registration, bond requirements; duties, prohibited acts, reports, records retention, orders, civil fines, penalties and fees, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2106, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for sales of property and services used in the provision of communications services; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2107, 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. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2108, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for sales of certain school supplies, computers and clothing during an annual sales tax holiday, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2109, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the determination of Kansas adjusted gross income; increasing the income limit to qualify for a subtraction modification for social security income; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2110, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to apportionment of business income; allowing sales factor for certain taxpayers; election; requiring the secretary of revenue to report to the legislature; amending K.S.A. 79-3271 and 79-3279 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2111, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; reducing the rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients; providing an exemption for sales of children’s diapers and feminine hygiene products; relating to STAR bonds; establishing the STAR bonds food sales tax revenue replacement fund and providing certain transfers thereto; altering the calculation for STAR bond districts; relating to income tax; discontinuing the food sales tax credit; amending K.S.A. 12-17,162 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,271, 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3606, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2112, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; enacting the Representative Gail Finney foster care bill of rights; establishing certain rights for children in need of care and foster parents, by Committee on Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
HB 2113, AN ACT concerning expungement; relating to expungement under the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts, the Kansas criminal code and the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting denial of a petition for expungement due to the petitioner’s inability to pay outstanding costs, fees, fines or restitution; providing that the waiting period for expungement starts on the date of conviction or adjudication; authorizing expungement of a juvenile adjudication if the juvenile has not committed a felony offense in the previous two years; amending K.S.A. 12-4516 and 38-2312 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6614 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
HB 2114, AN ACT concerning the joint committee on corrections and juvenile justice oversight; renaming the committee in honor of Representative J. Russell (Russ) Jennings; requiring the committee to monitor the implementation of juvenile justice reform and the work of the juvenile justice oversight committee; amending K.S.A. 46-2801, 65-536 and 74-9101 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 46-2802, by Committee on Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
HB 2115, AN ACT concerning the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings; authorizing exceptions if the court holds a hearing and makes certain findings on the record; defining hearing under the code; amending K.S.A. 38-2302 and 38-2353 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight.
HB 2116, AN ACT concerning elections; regarding voter registration rolls; requiring the secretary of state to join the electronic registration information center, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2117, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; requiring the secretary of state to use the systematic alien verification for entitlements program to check citizenship status of persons registering to vote, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2118, AN ACT concerning elections; regarding voter registrations; requiring the secretary of state to cross-check voter registration rolls with lists of state welfare recipients, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2119, 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 Elections.
HB 2120, AN ACT concerning elections; regarding voter registration rolls; requiring the secretary of state to investigate discrepancies in names and multiple voters at the same residential area address, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2121, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to trials; speedy trial; providing reasons for granting a request to be discharged from criminal liability; addressing time assessed during the COVID-19 public health emergency; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3402 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2122, AN ACT concerning elections; regarding advance voting; requiring a witness for each signature on an advance voting ballot envelope; limiting such witness to not more than 10 such envelopes; amending K.S.A. 25-1121 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 25-1124 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2123, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the right-to-start act; relating to the department of commerce; establishing the office of entrepreneurship within the department of commerce; encouraging that 5% of state contracts and certain incentive funding go toward Kansas businesses that have been in operation for less than five years; the elimination of first-year business fees; requiring the office of entrepreneurship to submit an annual report to the house standing committee on commerce, labor and economic development and the senate standing committee on commerce, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
HB 2124, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to the Kansas cereal malt beverage act; allowing businesses to sell cereal malt beverage by the drink on Sundays without requiring that 30% of such businesses’ gross receipts be derived from the sale of food; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 41-2704 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
HB 2125, AN ACT concerning the Kansas state board of cosmetology; relating to powers, duties and functions thereof; requiring certain administrative actions to be in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act and reviewable under the Kansas judicial review act; providing for charitable event permits and demonstration permits to provide tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or body piercing services; authorizing cease and desist orders against unlicensed providers of tattooing, cosmetic tattooing or body piercing services; amending K.S.A. 65-1941 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
HB 2126, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medications; authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets, by Representatives Fairchild, Barth, Droge, Goetz, Jacobs, Murphy, Poetter, Proctor, Rhiley, Roth and Schmoe.
HB 2127, AN ACT concerning the Kansas probate code; adjusting time requirements linked to notice by publication and mailing; relating to hearing dates; sales at public auction; amending K.S.A. 59-2209 and 59-2308 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2128, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to intimate partners; creating definitions in the Kansas criminal code; requiring law enforcement policies to apply to intimate partner violence; certain considerations to be made when determining bond; amending K.S.A. 22-2803 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5111, 22-2307 and 22-2802 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2129, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to identification and detection of crimes and criminals; petitions for forensic DNA testing; requiring defendants to notify the court and request a hearing when such testing is complete; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-2512 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2130, AN ACT concerning the Kansas probate code; increasing certain dollar amounts; relating to allowance to spouse and minor children; supplemental elective share amount; transfers within two years of death; homestead or homestead allowance; payment of benefits to certain relatives; small estates affidavit for personal property; remission of court costs for small estates; exhibition of demands and allowance without a hearing; refusal to grant letters of administration; appealable orders and bond; requests for transfer from magistrate to district judge; amending K.S.A. 59-6a202, 59-6a205, 59-1507a, 59-2215 and 59-2237 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 59-403, 59-6a215, 59-1507b, 59-2287, 59-2401 and 59-2402a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2131, AN ACT concerning the judicial council; relating to duties and mission; amending K.S.A. 20-2203 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2132, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the Kansas promise scholarship act; expanding the eligible fields of study; establishing a maximum scholarship amount for certain private postsecondary institutions; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-32,272, 74-32,273 and 74-32,274 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2133, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to payments made with credit and debit cards; allowing a surcharge for use of such cards; amending K.S.A. 12-16,125 and 72-1176 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-122 and 75-30,100 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 16a-2-403, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2134, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to motor vehicles; providing for a deduction for calculating tax owed when selling a recently purchased vehicle that is a wrecked or damaged vehicle and purchasing a subsequent vehicle; amending K.S.A. 12-199 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2135, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income, privilege and premium tax credits; establishing a tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2136, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the determination of Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for sales of property subject to eminent domain; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2137, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to tax levy rates; authorizing taxing subdivisions to send notices required to exceed the revenue neutral rate if the county clerk fails to send such notice; providing for reimbursement of printing and postage costs; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-2988 and 79-2989 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2138, AN ACT concerning education; relating to career technical education; creating the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act; providing state aid to school districts for students who obtain a credential; establishing the career technical education credential and transition incentive fund, by Committee on Education.
HB 2139, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sports officials; creating the crime of abuse of a sports official and providing penalties therefor, by Committee on Education.
HB 2140, AN ACT concerning food assistance; increasing the age range of able- bodied adults without dependents required to complete an employment and training program to receive food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.
HB 2141, AN ACT concerning food assistance; requiring cooperation with child support to determine food assistance eligibility for custodial and non-custodial parents; disqualifying such parents from food assistance when delinquent in child support payments; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.
HB 2142, AN ACT concerning schools and school districts; relating to the health and safety of school drinking water; creating the get the lead out of school drinking water act; requiring schools to comply with legal limits on lead content in school drinking water; establishing the get the lead out of school drinking water grant fund, by Committee on Education.
HB 2143, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to bullying; requiring adoption of policies prohibiting and preventing bullying; amending K.S.A. 72-6147 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
HB 2144, AN ACT concerning trusts; authorizing modification of a noncharitable irrevocable trust to provide that the rule against perpetuities is inapplicable; providing that the Kansas uniform statutory rule against perpetuities is inapplicable to trusts under certain circumstances; modifying the definition of resident trust in the Kansas income tax act; amending K.S.A. 59-3404 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 58a-411 and 79-32,109 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2145, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to city elections; extending voter franchise to qualified electors living in areas subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulations; amending K.S.A. 12-184b and repealing the existing section, by Representative Blew.
HB 2146, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the uniform fine schedule for traffic infractions; increasing penalties for operating a vehicle in excess of 30 miles per hour over the speed limit; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2147, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to abandoned or towed vehicles; requiring an individual or agency to acquire a certificate of title before selling an abandoned or towed vehicle; exempting such abandoned or towed vehicles from vehicle registration requirements; exempting individuals or agencies selling such abandoned or towed vehicles from the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; amending K.S.A. 8-128, 8-1102, 8-1103, 8-1104 and 8-2403 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2148, AN ACT concerning vehicles; relating to registration and titles; increasing fees for certain services provided by county treasurers and the division of vehicles; decreasing fees associated with administrative costs for such services; modifying the disposition of certain registration and titling fees; eliminating the division of vehicles modernization surcharge; amending K.S.A. 8-132, 8-135, 8-135a, 8-139, 8-143, 8-143j, 8-145, 8-145d, 8-167, 8-170, 8-172, 8-195, 8-198, 74-2013 and 79-3604 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 58-4204 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-5160, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2149, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; allowing distinctive license plates to be personalized license plates; amending K.S.A. 8-1,141 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2150, AN ACT concerning planning and zoning; relating to planning and zoning by a city; repealing the authority of a city to adopt planning and zoning regulations for land located outside of such city; amending K.S.A. 12-749 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 12-715b, 12-715c and 12-715d, by Representatives Corbet, Buehler, Clifford, Ellis, Fairchild, Garber, Helgerson, Hoffman, Jacobs, Mason, Neelly, F. Patton, Poetter, Proctor, Rahjes, Rhiley, Sanders, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, E., Sutton, Tarwater, Turk, Waggoner, Waymaster and Williams, K.
HB 2151, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to custody of inmates; requiring the secretary to notify certain persons when an inmate is released from custody, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2152, AN ACT concerning education; requiring the display of the national motto in public schools, colleges and universities, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2153, 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 Child Welfare and Foster Care.
HB 2154, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to the regulation and oversight of public utilities; providing for the statewide election of the commissioners of the state corporation commission; establishing an election schedule for the election of such commissioners; authorizing gubernatorial appointments until commissioners are elected; relating to the attorney general; requiring the office of the attorney general to represent and protect the collective interests of utility customers in utility rate-related proceedings before the state corporation commission and in any other judicial or administrative proceeding; establishing the utilities regulation division within the office of the attorney general and providing duties therefor; exempting the state corporation commission from the open meetings act; amending K.S.A. 25-101, 25-101a, 25-4001, 25-4142, 66-117a, 66-1236, 66-1502, 66-1503, 66-2204, 74-601, 74-605, 74-630 and 75-4318 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 66-1,251 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.
HB 2155, AN ACT concerning electric utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; requiring the commission to evaluate the regional rate competitiveness of an electric utility’s rates in rate proceedings; amending K.S.A. 66-101b and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.
HB 2156, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; authorizing public utilities to establish rates to benefit low-income residential customers, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.
HB 2157, AN ACT concerning postsecondary educational institutions; creating the campus intellectual diversity act; requiring an office of public policy events at each postsecondary educational institution, by Representative Garber.
HB 2158, AN ACT concerning postsecondary educational institutions; creating the campus free speech act; requiring the governing body of each such institution to adopt a policy of free expression; establishing a committee on free expression at each such institution; providing a cause of action for violations of the act, by Representative Garber.
HB 2159, AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment; relating to fees established for the regulation of wastewater treatment facilities, water wells and underground injection control wells; providing for additional sources of revenue for the water program management fund; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to establish additional fees for the regulation of underground injection control wells; amending K.S.A. 65-166b, 65-4514 and 82a-1206 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 55-1,117 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2160, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the secured loading of vehicles; exempting the transport of cotton bales from the secured load requirements under certain conditions; amending K.S.A. 8-1906 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2161, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the patient right to visitation act; relating to hospitals, adult care homes and hospice facilities; requiring in-person visitation in certain circumstances, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2162, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for sales tax exemption for hygiene products; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Helgerson, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Robinson, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Smith, C., Stogsdill, Vaughn, Weigel, Winn, Woodard and Xu.
HB 2163, 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 Committee on Education.
HB 2164, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election crimes; creating the crime of elector fraud and providing penalties therefor, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2165, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating to governmental ethics; extending the time frame for governmental ethics commission hearings; making technical amendments; amending K.S.A. 25-4148, 25-4156, 25-4161, 25-4174, 46-255, 46-256, 46-265 and 46-280 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2166, 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 Elections.
HB 2167, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; regulating the use of cryptocurrency; prohibiting the use of campaign funds for a candidate for federal office; amending K.S.A. 25-4153 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2168, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to industrial hemp; allowing the fiber, grain and seeds thereof to be used as food for livestock, poultry and pets; adding hemp grain to the definition of grain; authorizing the secretary to utilize performance-based sampling when inspecting industrial hemp; lowering license and registration fees; extending license and registration periods to two years; exempting certain hemp processors from fingerprinting and background check requirements; amending K.S.A. 2-3901, 2-3906, 2-3907, 2-3908 and 34-223 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Blew and Williams, K.
HB 2169, AN ACT concerning statutes of limitation for childhood sexual abuse; relating to time limitations for commencement of prosecution in criminal actions; permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time; relating to limitations on civil actions; permitting a claim for damages caused by childhood sexual abuse to be brought at any time; reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5107 and 60-523 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2170, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to spirits distributors, wine distributors and cereal malt beverage distributors; regulating samples; amending K.S.A. 41-306, 41-306a and 41-307 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2171, AN ACT concerning healthcare providers; relating to peer review; providing that privilege does not apply to factual information; amending K.S.A. 65-4925 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-4915 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2172, AN ACT concerning trusts; enacting the uniform trust decanting act; relating to the power of an authorized fiduciary to distribute property of a first trust to one or more second trusts or to modify the terms of the first trust, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2173, AN ACT concerning political subdivisions of the state; relating to building codes or similar rules; providing that such provisions shall not prohibit refrigerants approved for use under federal law, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
HB 2174, AN ACT concerning housing discrimination; relating to the Kansas act against discrimination; authorizing the removal of unlawful restrictive covenants; amending K.S.A. 44-1017a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.
HB 2175, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to rates; providing for future decreases contingent on the retention of a 7.5% state general fund ending balance; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2176, AN ACT creating the Arkansas city area public library district act; requiring an election to create such district; authorizing a tax levy therefor; amending K.S.A. 75-2554 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Rhiley and Roth.
HB 2177, AN ACT concerning marriage; relating to the recognition of marriages; eliminating the requirement that parties are of opposite sex; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 23-2501, 23-2504 and 23-2508 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Woodard, Meyer and Ruiz, S.
HB 2178, AN ACT concerning the Kansas act against discrimination; adding sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a veteran 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, Meyer and Ruiz, S.
HB 2179, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to child care assistance; removing non-cooperation with child support from disqualifications for child care assistance; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2180, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; increasing good time and program credit for certain offenders; eliminating liability protection for wrongful act or omission in making calculations thereof; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6821 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.
HB 2181, AN ACT concerning abortion; prohibiting abortion; creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo and establishing penalties therefor; restricting the use of fetal tissue; relating to exclusions from sales and use tax exemptions for certain abortion providers; amending K.S.A. 65-2401, 65-2837, 65-6731, 65-6732, 65-67a01, 65-67a02, 65-67a04, 65-67a07, 76-3308 and 79-32,195 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5301, 21-5302, 21-5303, 60-1901, 60-1906, 79-32,182b, 79-32,261 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 38-2003, 65-445, 65-4a01, 65-4a02, 65-4a03, 65-4a04, 65-4a05, 65-4a06, 65-4a07, 65-4a08, 65-4a09, 65-4a10, 65-4a11, 65-4a12, 65-6701, 65-6702, 65-6703, 65-6704, 65-6705, 65-6707, 65-6708, 65-6709, 65-6710, 65-6711, 65-6712, 65-6714, 65-6715, 65-6721, 65-6722, 65-6723, 65-6724, 65-6725, 65-6726, 65-6741, 65-6742, 65-6743, 65-6744, 65-6745, 65-6746, 65-6747, 65-6748, 65-6749 and 65-67a09, by Representatives Jacobs, Fairchild, Garber, Goetz, Hill, Murphy and Rhiley.
HB 2182, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas film and digital media production development act; establishing an income tax credit, sales tax exemption and loan and grant program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing film, video or digital production in Kansas; establishing the Kansas film and digital media production development act education fund and the Kansas film and digital media production development act workforce training and business direct investment fund; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
HB 2183, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to wrongful death actions; removing the cap on the amount of damages that may be awarded; amending K.S.A. 60-1903 and 60-1904 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
House Resolutions
HR 6006, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Thomas, Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Boyd, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carmichael, Carpenter, Carpenter, Carr, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Dodson, Donohoe, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Featherston, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Haswood, Hawkins, Helgerson, Highberger, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Hougland, Houser, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Humphries, Jacobs, Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Lewis, Martinez, Mason, Maughan, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Miller, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Owens, Patton, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, Ruiz, Ruiz, Sanders, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Seiwert, Smith, Smith, Smith, Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Vaughn, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Williams, Williams, Winn, Woodard, Xu and Younger.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5004, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the U.S. Congress to fully fund the federal government’s original funding promise under the individuals with disabilities education act, by Representatives K. Williams, Thomas, Boyd, Donohoe, Estes, Featherston, Goddard, Haskins, Hill, Johnson, Landwehr, S. Miller, Murphy, Ousley, Poskin, Rhiley, L. Ruiz, Sanders, Schmoe, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Winn and Younger.
HCR 5005, 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, Barth, Bergkamp, Bryce, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Croft, Eplee, Essex, Fairchild, Garber, Goetz, Hill, Hoffman, Howe, Howell, Kessler, Lewis, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Seiwert, Smith, A., Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Turk, Wasinger and L. Williams.
HCR 5006, A PROPOSITION to repeal section 16 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, relating to marriage being only between individuals of the opposite sex by Representatives Woodard, Meyer and S. Ruiz.
Senate Bills
SB 60, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for custom meat processing services; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 61, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax rates; providing a 5% tax rate for individuals and corporations and providing that future tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding revenue estimates; relating to privilege tax rates; decreasing the surtax; amending K.S.A. 79-1107 and 79-1108 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 62, AN ACT concerning securities; relating to financial exploitation and the protection of vulnerable adults therefrom; enacting the protect vulnerable adults from financial exploitation act; requiring reporting of instances of suspected financial exploitation under certain circumstances; providing civil and administrative immunity to individuals who report such instances; amending K.S.A. 17-12a412 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 63, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the campaign finance act; expanding the scope of permitted uses of campaign contributions to include family caregiving services; amending K.S.A. 25-4157a and repealing the existing section, by Senators Corson, Blasi, Claeys, O’Shea, Pittman and Straub.
SB 64, AN ACT concerning certain statewide elected officials; prohibiting outside employment or income to the office holder or officer holder’s family, by Senator Corson.
SB 65, AN ACT concerning abortion; authorizing cities and counties to enact local laws more stringent than state law regarding regulation of abortion; amending K.S.A. 65-6702 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 66, AN ACT concerning education; relating to teacher licensure; enacting the interstate teacher mobility compact; recognizing equivalent teacher licenses from other member states, by Committee on Education.
SB 67, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the department of administration; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to the budget stabilization fund of the department of administration, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 68, AN ACT concerning electric transmission lines; relating to construction and ownership of certain electric transmission lines; providing incumbent electric transmission owners a right of first refusal, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 69, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional, state senatorial, representative and board of education districts; imposing requirements for the drawing thereof, by Senator Corson.
SB 70, 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 Senator Corson.
SB 71, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; requiring the secretary of agriculture to establish a division of sustainable agriculture that shall apply for federal grant funds under the greenhouse gas reduction fund to assist farmers in converting to renewable energy and sustainable agriculture practices, by Senators Alley and Francisco.
SB 72, AN ACT concerning civil procedure; relating to the rules of evidence; creating a hearsay evidence exception for statements made to translators; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 60-460 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 73, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving property; burglary and aggravated burglary; adding domestic battery and violation of a protection order to the list of crimes a person has intent to commit; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5807 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 74, AN ACT concerning the code of civil procedure; relating to litigation funding by third parties; providing for joint liability for costs and sanctions; requiring certain discovery disclosures; payment of certain costs for nonparty subpoenas in third-party funded action; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 60-226 and 60-245 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 75, AN ACT concerning the legal rate of interest; relating to the percentage rate used to calculate interest; amending K.S.A. 16-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 76, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to producer licensure 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 77, AN ACT concerning housing discrimination; relating to the Kansas act against discrimination; authorizing the removal of unlawful restrictive covenants; amending K.S.A. 44-1017a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 78, AN ACT concerning electric utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; requiring the commission to evaluate the regional rate competitiveness of an electric utility’s rates in rate proceedings; amending K.S.A. 66-101b and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 79, AN ACT concerning taxation; authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 80, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to homestead property tax refund claims; excluding social security payments from household income for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-4508a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 81, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for the federal work opportunity tax credit and the employee retention credit disallowances; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 82, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the school sports head injury prevention act; requiring schools to establish concussion management teams; standards of care protocols; biennial education; amending K.S.A. 72-7119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
SB 83, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the tax credit for low income students scholarship program; providing for additional student eligibility; increasing the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program; amending K.S.A. 72-4353 and 72-4357 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 72-4352 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.
SB 84, 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 85, AN ACT concerning travel insurance; relating to the licensing and registration of limited lines travel insurance producers and travel retailers; enacting the Kansas travel insurance act; establishing a premium tax for travel insurers; regulating the sale and marketing of travel insurance and travel protection plans; providing for travel administrators; establishing standards for travel insurance policies; amending K.S.A. 40-4903 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 86, AN ACT concerning governmental ethics; relating to actions of local governmental officials affecting the development, construction and operation of certain renewable energy systems; requiring local governmental officials and candidates for local office to disclose substantial interests in a renewable energy system; prohibiting local governmental officials who have a substantial interest from acting on matters relating to the renewable energy system; amending K.S.A. 75-4301a, 75-4303a and 75-4306 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.
SB 87, AN ACT concerning children and minors; requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holland.
SB 88, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to the regulation and oversight of public utilities; providing for the statewide election of the commissioners of the state corporation commission; establishing an election schedule for the election of such commissioners; authorizing gubernatorial appointments until commissioners are elected; relating to the attorney general; requiring the office of the attorney general to represent and protect the collective interests of utility customers in utility rate-related proceedings before the state corporation commission and in any other judicial or administrative proceeding; establishing the utilities regulation division within the office of the attorney general and providing duties therefor; exempting the state corporation commission from the open meetings act; amending K.S.A. 25-101, 25-101a, 25-4001, 25-4142, 66-117a, 66-1236, 66-1502, 66-1503, 66-2204, 74-601, 74-605, 74-630 and 75-4318 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 66-1,251 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 89, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.
SB 90, AN ACT concerning vehicles; relating to registration and titles; increasing fees for certain services provided by county treasurers and the division of vehicles; decreasing fees associated with administrative costs for such services; modifying the disposition of certain registration and titling fees; eliminating the division of vehicles modernization surcharge; amending K.S.A. 8-132, 8-135, 8-135a, 8-139, 8-143, 8-143j, 8-145, 8-145d, 8-167, 8-170, 8-172, 8-195, 8-198, 74-2013 and 79-3604 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 58-4204 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-5160, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 91, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas film and digital media production development act; establishing an income tax credit, sales tax exemption and loan and grant program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing film, video or digital production in Kansas; establishing the Kansas film and digital media production development act education fund and the Kansas film and digital media production development act workforce training and business direct investment fund; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.
SB 92, AN ACT concerning conventions under article V of the constitution of the United States; providing for the appointment and qualifications of delegates; prescribing the duties and responsibilities thereof; authorizing instruction for delegates by the legislature; creating a joint committee of correspondence, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 93, AN ACT concerning federal mandates; creating the constitution and federalism defense act; establishing the joint commission on federalism to evaluate the constitutionality of federal mandates; creating the constitution and federalism defense fund, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 94, 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 from the state general fund; 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 95, AN ACT concerning statutes of limitation for childhood sexual abuse; relating to time limitations for commencement of prosecution in criminal actions; permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time; relating to limitations on civil actions; permitting a claim for damages caused by childhood sexual abuse to be brought at any time; reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5107 and 60-523 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 96, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income, privilege and premium tax credits; establishing a tax credit for contributions to eligible charitable organizations operating pregnancy centers or residential maternity facilities, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 97, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 98, AN ACT concerning postsecondary and postgraduate loan programs; relating to the university of Kansas school of medicine; medical student loan program and residency bridging program; encouraging the practice of obstetrics and gynecology; establishing the OBGYN medical loan repayment fund and the OBGYN medical residency bridging fund; amending K.S.A. 76-381, 76-383, 76-385 and 76-387 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 76-386a, by Committee on Education.
SB 99, AN ACT establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs; providing for the composition thereof; appointment of members; powers and duties, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 100, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to the conveyance thereof; prohibiting the conveyance of title to certain real property to foreign individuals and entities, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 101, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for a sales tax exemption for area agencies on aging; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 102, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to technical colleges; establishing residency criteria for students of technical colleges; amending K.S.A. 71-1803 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1704, A RESOLUTION honoring the outstanding achievements of Robert “Robby” Eugene Steinhardt, by Senator Francisco.
SR 1705, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2023 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Committee on Education.
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 1602, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION disapproving the designation of the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species in Kansas by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and supporting efforts to remove such designation, by Senators Kerschen, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Pyle, Ryckman, Steffen, Straub, Thompson, Tyson, Warren and Wilborn.
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