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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 42 - Issue 6 - February 9, 2023

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 26–February 1 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 2184, AN ACT concerning the judicial council; abolishing the judicial council fund; transferring all moneys and liabilities of such fund to the state general fund; repealing the transfer of funds from docket fees to the judicial council fund; transferring annually unencumbered funds from the publications fee fund to the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 20-362, 20-2207 and 20-2208 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on General Government Budget.

HB 2185, AN ACT concerning certain protection orders; relating to the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act; permitting short form notification service and alternative methods of service; clarifying precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 60-3104, 60-3107 and 60-31a04 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2186, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sex offenses; unlawful voluntary sexual relations; modifying the criminal penalties; removing registration requirements for offense; Kansas offender registration act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5507 and 22-4902 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2187, AN ACT concerning the Kansas commission on peace officers’ standards and training; relating to membership; adding more members; requiring that certain appointments be made with a preference to increase diversity; amending K.S.A. 74-5606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2188, AN ACT concerning food products; relating to the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; regulating the sale and distribution of kratom products; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-656 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2189, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to children in the custody of the secretary for children and families; providing for an extension or re-entry of custody for persons up to 21 years of age; amending K.S.A. 38-2202 and 38-2203 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Thomas.

HB 2190, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election procedures; clarifying duties of certain election officials; defining special elections; creating the crime of interference with an election official and the crime of failure to comply with the statewide voter registration database requirement; expanding the crimes of intimidation of voters and unauthorized voting disclosure; eliminating the criminal prosecution authority of the secretary of state; amending K.S.A. 25-1114, 25-1115, 25-2110a, 25-2303, 25-2304, 25-2320, 25-2415, 25-2422, 25-2435, 25-2501 and 25-2502 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2191, AN ACT concerning the children’s cabinet; authorizing the cabinet to establish a nonprofit corporation to raise funds to benefit the Dolly Parton’s imagination library book gifting program, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2192, AN ACT concerning state agencies; requiring the secretary of administration to include on the Kansas taxpayer transparency act website certain information concerning grants, grant awardees and grant applications; amending K.S.A. 74-72,123 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2193, AN ACT concerning the investment of state moneys; reestablishing the provisions of law authorizing the state treasurer to certify and transfer a portion of state moneys, equivalent to the aggregate net amount received for unclaimed property, available for investment to the KPERS board of trustees; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 75-2263 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2194, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; enacting the Representative Gail Finney memorial foster care bill of rights; establishing certain rights for children in need of care and foster parents, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2195, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employment after retirement; increasing the amount of retirant compensation subject to the statutory employer contribution rate; requiring participating employers to pay only the statutory employer contribution rate on all compensation of a retirant employed in a covered position for a period commencing July 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2024; amending K.S.A. 74-4937 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2196, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas deferred retirement option program act; expanding such program membership to all members of the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-4986l and 74-4986p and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2197, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the first-time home buyer savings account act; providing a procedure for the distribution of the account balance upon the death of an account holder; changing the term “transfer on death” to “payable on death” regarding beneficiaries; resolving a conflict when beneficiaries differ on a financial institution’s account records and on first-time home buyer savings account tax forms required by the secretary of revenue; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 58-4903, 58-4904, 58-4906 and 79-32,117 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2198, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; providing for membership affiliation for certain law enforcement officers and employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; establishing employee and employer contributions, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2199, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales tax; authorizing for the purchase of up to two motor vehicles owned by resident disabled veterans or surviving spouses thereof to be exempt from the tax imposed by the Kansas retailers’ sales tax act, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2200, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; establishing a property tax exemption for homestead property of certain retired and disabled veterans, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2201, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to the classification and appraised valuation notice; providing information on prior year tax valuations; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-1460 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2202, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for sales of over-the-counter drugs; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2203, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases made by sleep in heavenly peace, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2204, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a refundable family caregivers of disabled veterans tax credit, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2205, AN ACT creating the Udall 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 2206, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign finance; amending the definition of express advocacy; amending K.S.A. 25-4143 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2207, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; expanding the scope of the crime; amending K.S.A. 25-2407 and 25-4156 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2208, AN ACT concerning the disposition of certain state real property; authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; imposing certain conditions; prescribing costs of conveyance, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2209, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to workers compensation; providing that national guard members receive benefits under the workers compensation act. , by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2210, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to national guard officers; eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation thereof; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 48-208 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2211, AN ACT concerning security; establishing the office of homeland security; prescribing the powers and duties thereof, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2212, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; relating to juvenile offenders; eliminating the registration requirements for certain juvenile offenders; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-4902, 22-4903, 22-4904, 22-4906, 22-4907, 22-4908 and 22-4909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2213, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; relating to registration requirements; creating a mechanism to waive fees; registration at a single location; creating a mechanism to seek relief from registration for violent offenders; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-4904, 22-4905, 22-4907 and 22-4908 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2214, AN ACT concerning the department of corrections; relating to facilities; changing the name of the Larned correctional mental health facility to the Larned state correctional facility; removing references to facilities that no longer exist; amending K.S.A. 75-5202 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 75-52,167 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2215, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving controlled substances; creating the crime of utilizing a drug-masking product; providing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5701 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5701b, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2216, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to driving with a license that is canceled, suspended or revoked; removing the mandatory imprisonment term for a first offense in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 8-262 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2217, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing for nondrug crimes; creating a presumption of imprisonment for crimes committed against a person based on such person’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin or sexual orientation; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2218, AN ACT concerning education; establishing the sunflower education equity act; providing education savings accounts for students; establishing the sunflower education equity scholarship fund, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2219, AN ACT concerning income taxation; allowing an itemized deduction for certain wagering losses; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,120 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2220, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; establishing a five-year property tax exemption for city, county and township property used for business incubator purposes, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2221, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to rates; expanding the eligible uses for the 0% state rate for sales of certain utilities and providing for the levying of such tax by cities and counties; authorizing cities and counties to exempt sales of such utilities from such city or county taxes; amending K.S.A. 12-189a and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3603 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2222, AN ACT concerning federal rules and regulations; relating to enforcement by state agencies; prohibiting enforcement without approval of the legislature of the state of Kansas, by Representatives Jacobs, Fairchild, Garber, Houser, Murphy and Rhiley.

HB 2223, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas school equity and enhancement act; removing the sunset for the high-density at-risk student weighting; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 72-5151 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2224, AN ACT concerning education; increasing the number of school days and hours that must be provided by school districts each school year; amending K.S.A. 72-3115 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2225, AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to electric utilities; including cost recovery of transmission-related costs for transmission facilities constructed as a result of a directive from the regional transmission organization; excluding cost recovery for transmission facilities constructed as a result of internal or local planning; amending K.S.A. 66-1237 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2226, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; relating to the Kansas underground utility damage prevention act; extending the time period for notice for excavations; permitting virtual whitelining of excavation sites; amending K.S.A. 66-1804 and 66-1810 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 66-1802, 66-1805 and 66-1806 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2227, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to electric public utilities; authorizing certain sales of electricity pursuant to power purchase agreements; exempting such sales from the retail electric suppliers act and certain renewable energy suppliers from public utility regulation; requiring utilities to enter into parallel generation contracts with certain customers of the utility; amending K.S.A. 66-1,170, 66-1,184 and 66-1264 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 66-104 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2228, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to net metering; requiring electric cooperative public utilities and municipal public utilities to make net-metering available under the net-metering and easy connection act; increasing the system-wide capacity limit for net metered facilities; removing the load-size limitation of certain net-metered systems; amending K.S.A. 66-1264, 66-1265, 66-1266 and 66-1267 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2229, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to motor vehicles; providing for a deduction for calculating tax owed when selling a motor vehicle that is purchased within 180 days of the sale of another vehicle; amending K.S.A. 12-199 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Turner and Resman.

HB 2230, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; updating certain provisions related to the Kansas army and air national guard; providing for the appointment of a state judge advocate; amending K.S.A. 48-101, 48-202, 48-205, 48-209, 48-211, 48-214, 48-216, 48-242, 48-243, 48-252c, 48-301, 48-509 and 48-516 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 48-204 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 48-103, 48-219, 48-221, 48-222, 48-223, 48-237 and 48-252, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2231, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for an exemption for residential property where a property day care facility operates; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2232, AN ACT concerning county appraisers; relating to qualifications for designation as a registered mass appraiser; granting authority to the director of property valuation to develop qualifying courses; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-430 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2233, AN ACT concerning the historic Kansas act; eliminating the annual cap on tax credits that may be claimed for the restoration and preservation of certain commercial structures; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,211c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2234, AN ACT relating to state construction or building improvement projects; increasing the cost threshold for the mandatory convening of a negotiating committee by the secretary of administration or agency head and the selection of architectural, engineering or land surveying services from a list of qualified firms; changing the measure of the cost threshold from “total project cost” to “construction cost”; amending K.S.A. 75-1253 and 75-5804 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2235, AN ACT concerning the department of administration; relating to the division of printing; authorizing the division to print for units of local government and schools; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 75-1005 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2236, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; establishing parents’ right to direct the education and upbringing of their children including the right to object to harmful or inappropriate educational materials and activities, by Committee on Education.

HB 2237, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to public right-of-way; authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate in the county right-of-way; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 17-1902 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2238, AN ACT concerning education; relating to student athletes; creating the fairness in women’s sports act; restricting participation on women’s teams to female students; providing a cause of action for violations of the act, by Committee on Education.

HB 2239, AN ACT concerning occupational licensure; relating to continuing education requirements; allowing exemptions from continuing education requirements for work experience, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2240, AN ACT concerning the department for children and families; relating to qualified residential treatment programs; requiring the clerk of the district court to give notice of placement; amending K.S.A. 38-2291 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2241, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to finance charges; increasing the amount charged per annum on closed end credit consumer loans; amending K.S.A. 16a-2-401 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2242, AN ACT concerning the uniform consumer credit code; relating to consumer loans; providing restrictions and requirements for certain alternative small installment loans; requiring lender reporting; amending K.S.A. 16a-2-308, 16a-2-401, 16a-2-404 and 16a-2-501 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2243, 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 Pensions.

HB 2244, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family protection act; providing permanent exemptions for postsecondary educational institutions; amending K.S.A. 75-7c20 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Ballard, Amyx, Featherston, Haswood, Highberger, Martinez, Meyer, Miller, D., Neighbor, Ruiz, S., Schlingensiepen, Winn and Woodard.

HB 2245, AN ACT concerning firearms; creating the gun violence restraining order act; authorizing the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals, by Representatives Ballard, Amyx, Featherston, Haswood, Highberger, Martinez, Meyer, Miller, D., Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Ruiz, S., Schlingensiepen, Winn and Woodard.

HB 2246, AN ACT concerning the adult care home licensure act; relating to involuntary transfer or discharge of residents from an adult residential care facility; creating a right to appeal an involuntary transfer or discharge; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to review notices and preside over appeals, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2247, AN ACT concerning minors; related to children in the custody of the secretary; prohibiting banks from requiring a cosigner for an account of a child in the custody of the secretary; amending K.S.A. 9-1204 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2248, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring boards of education to adopt policies and procedures to ensure parental review of educational materials and records pertinent to their child, by Committee on Education.

HB 2249, AN ACT concerning the Kansas national guard; creating the defend the guard act; establishing when the national guard may be released into active duty combat, by Representatives Fairchild, Garber, Jacobs, Murphy, Rhiley and Roth.

HB 2250, AN ACT enacting the supported decision-making agreements act; providing requirements for decision-making assistance for adults; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5417 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2251, AN ACT concerning school buses; relating to school bus safety; illegal passing of school buses; authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor for the installation, operation and maintenance of stop signal arm video recording devices; establishing procedures for violations and civil penalties; requiring an annual report to the legislature, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2252, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; providing a cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirants, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2253, AN ACT concerning public employees; relating to the executive branch of state government; hiring and promotion preferences; providing for a preference for persons with a disability, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2254, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to classification of land; including properties used for registered agritourism activities as land devoted to agricultural use; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-1476 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Neelly.

HB 2255, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to municipalities and housing authorities; requiring public housing authorities to implement work requirements for able-bodied adults to receive public housing assistance; instituting waivers for households with no able-bodied adults; amending K.S.A. 17-2345 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2256, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to sales of food, food ingredients and prepared food; reducing the rate of tax imposed; modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Clayton and Corbet.

HB 2257, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the state board of healing arts; providing for the licensure and regulation of music therapists; establishing the music therapy advisory committee, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2258, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to behavioral and mental health; prohibiting certain licensed individuals from using conversion therapy on minors; amending K.S.A. 40-2,215, 40-2,216, 65-2837 and 74-7507 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-1120 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2259, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to mental health; medications; providing that certain medications be available without prior authorization to treat medicaid patients; abolishing the mental health medication advisory committee; amending K.S.A. 39-7,121 and 39-7,121b and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2260, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the medical student loan program; loan agreements for mental healthcare; increasing the number of loan agreements that may be provided; prohibiting impediments to students switching between residency training programs; amending K.S.A. 76-382 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2261, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to the local boards of education of school districts; authorizing school districts to compensate members of local boards of education for the work and duties performed by such board members; amending K.S.A. 72-1137 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2262, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to embalmer educational requirements; allowing an individual to complete six months of an embalmer apprenticeship prior to enrolling in a school of mortuary science; amending K.S.A. 65-1701a and 65-1703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2263, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to pharmacy; authorizing pharmacy technicians to administer certain vaccines; amending K.S.A. 65-1635a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2264, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the no patient left alone act; relating to hospitals, adult care homes and hospice facilities; requiring such facilities to allow in-person visitation in certain circumstances; requiring such facilities to adopt visitation policies and procedures, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2265, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services; providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies thereby; creating the supplemental nursing services agency regulation fund, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2266, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to dental benefits; defining non-covered services; amending K.S.A. 40-2,186 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

House Resolutions

HR 6007, A RESOLUTION congratulating Eldon Headrick of Norwich EMS, by Representative Murphy.

Senate Bills

SB 103, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the regulation of dentists; Kansas dental board; requiring that treating dentist information be given to patients upon request; prohibiting agreements that limit a patient’s ability to file complaints; eliminating the minimum personal presence requirements of licensee in dental office using licensee’s name; amending K.S.A. 65-1430, 65-1435, 65-1436 and 65-1467 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 104, 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 Insurance.

SB 105, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to Jewell county; authorizing the department of wildlife and parks to purchase land therein, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 106, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to devices that are counterfeit supplemental restraint system components and nonfunctional airbags; creating the crime of knowingly or intentionally manufacturing, importing, distributing, selling, offering for sale, installing or reinstalling such devices and providing for criminal penalties for violation thereof, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 107, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; providing that family members of certain deceased crime victims have the right to sit in a designated seating area at or near the prosecution table during certain court proceedings; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3436 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 108, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; prohibiting motorcycle profiling by law enforcement agencies, by Senators Pittman and Kloos.

SB 109, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to residency of students; deeming certain refugees as residents of the state for purposes of tuition and fees; amending K.S.A. 76-729 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 110, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; eliminating the income limitation to receive the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Blasi.

SB 111, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; enacting the massage therapist licensure act; providing for regulation and licensing of massage therapists; powers, duties and functions of the state board of healing arts, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 112, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the regulation of nursing; registered nurse anesthetists; authorizing independent practice and the prescribing of drugs; amending K.S.A. 65-1158 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 113, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to naturopathic doctors; providing naturopathic doctors a certificate of authorization for a business entity to practice medicine; amending K.S.A. 17-2710 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-28,134 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 114, AN ACT concerning solid waste; relating to advanced recycling; creating definitions for “advanced recycling” and related terms; separating advanced recycling from the current solid waste management system; amending K.S.A. 65-3402 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 115, AN ACT concerning adoption; relating to the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act; required notice of hearing on a petition for adoption; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 59-2133 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 116, AN ACT concerning education; relating to firearms; standardizing firearm safety education training programs in school districts, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 117, AN ACT concerning the disposition of certain state real property; authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; imposing certain conditions; prescribing costs of conveyance, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 118, AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment; relating to the duties of the secretary; providing for the study and investigation of maternal deaths in the state of Kansas; continuing in existence exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act related to maternal death investigations; amending K.S.A. 65-177 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 119, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to insurance law; updating certain obsolete statutory references contained therein; amending K.S.A. 40-201, 40-216, 40-241 and 40-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 120, AN ACT concerning water; relating to water infrastructure projects; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations for an annual certification program for the replacement of distributions systems segments; increasing the amortization period on loans from the Kansas water pollution control revolving fund; amending K.S.A. 65-163 and 65-3326 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 121, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the practice of naturopathy; licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors; broadening the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors; amending K.S.A. 65-7201, 65-7207, 65-7208, 65-7209 and 65-7214 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-1626, 65-4101 and 65-7202 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-7212 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-4101d, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 122, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas school equity and enhancement act; removing the sunset for the high-density at-risk student weighting; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 72-5151 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 123, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to residency determination of certain students; deeming veterans and dependents or spouses of such veterans who were stationed in the state for at least 11 months as residents for purposes of tuition and fees; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 48-3601 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Pittman and Peck.

SB 124, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; providing a Kansas itemized deduction for wagering losses; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,120 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Pittman.

SB 125, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to certain net operating losses; allowing a carryback on loss from the sale of certain historic hotels; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,143 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 126, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing a tax credit for certain residential solar and wind energy property expenditures, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 127, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Dickinson county; amending K.S.A. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 128, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to tax credits for education expenses; providing an ad astra opportunity tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children not enrolled in public school, by Senators Straub, Peck, Steffen and Thompson.

SB 129, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of tangible personal property or services by doorstep inc.; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 130, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; requiring certain license plates to have the county of registration for the motor vehicle identified on the plate, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 131, AN ACT concerning certain healthcare providers; relating to the powers, duties and functions thereof; providing an exemption from licensure requirements for certain out-of-state physicians practicing medicine on a limited basis in the state during certain sporting events; authorizing the state board of healing arts to adopt rules and regulations related thereto, by Senators Pittman, Doll and Erickson.

SB 132, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the buffalo soldier license plate, by Senators Pittman, Faust-Goudeau and Haley.

SB 133, AN ACT concerning philanthropic gifts; relating to judicial enforcement of donor-imposed restrictions on endowment fund or other gifts to charitable organizations; enacting the donor intent protection act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 134, AN ACT concerning the Kansas commission on peace officers’ standards and training; relating to membership; adding more members; requiring that certain appointments be made with a preference to increase diversity; amending K.S.A. 74-5606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 135, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medical cannabis; creating the medical cannabis regulation act; providing for licensure and regulation of the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis; delegating administrative duties and functions to the secretary of health and environment, secretary of revenue, board of healing arts, board of pharmacy and the director of alcohol and cannabis control; imposing fines and penalties for violations of the act; establishing the medical cannabis registration fund, the medical cannabis business regulation fund, the pharmacist consultant registration fee fund, the local medical cannabis enforcement fund, the local medical cannabis enforcement refund fund and the state medical cannabis enforcement fund; creating the crimes of unlawful storage and unlawful transport of medical cannabis; making exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 38-2269, 41-201, 44-501, 44-1015, 65-28b08, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-101a, 21-5703, 21-5705, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 23-3201 and 65-1120 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 136, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing a tax credit for the installation of certain water conservation systems in newly constructed houses, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 137, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to firearms; creating the responsible gun ownership act; establishing the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm, by Senator Holscher.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1603, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the President of the United States to consider current geopolitical tensions and support policies to ensure America’s long-term energy affordability, security, leadership and progress, by Senators Fagg, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Gossage, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pyle, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Steffen, Straub, Thompson, Warren and Wilborn.

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