Volume 43 - Issue 4 - January 25, 2024
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 11–January 17 during the 2024 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 2493, AN ACT concerning water; relating to rural water districts; requiring rural water districts to award contracts in excess of $25,000 through a public letting process; creating exemptions therefor, by Representatives T. Johnson, Buehler, Neelly and Proctor.
HB 2494, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to school security and emergency response policies; establishing requirements for school safety and security plans and cardiac emergency response plans; creating the school safety and security grant fund and the school cardiac emergency response grant fund, by Committee on Education.
HB 2495, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers and increasing expenditure limitations to the foregoing; funding of the fiscal year 2024 salary increase for certain state employees, by Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2496, AN ACT concerning elections; enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-802 and 25-804 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Miller, V., Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Martinez, McDonald, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Stogsdill, Winn, Woodard and Xu.
HB 2497, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to search warrants; providing that district magistrate judges do not have the power to issue search warrants; amending K.S.A. 22-2202, 22-2502, 22-2503, 22-2504, 22-2506 and 22-2512 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Miller, V., Probst, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Hougland, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Stogsdill, Woodard and Xu.
HB 2498, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the first city of Kansas distinctive license plate, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2499, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a vehicle in a school zone or a road construction zone or by individuals under 18 years of age; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2500, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the delta waterfowl distinctive license plate, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2501, AN ACT designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2502, AN ACT designating the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad.
HB 2503, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the duty of drivers approaching certain stationary vehicles; providing a penalty for unlawful passing thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2504, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election audits; requiring that only physical paper ballots be used for purposes of conducting such audits; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-3009 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2505, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; permitting vehicle dealers to sell vehicles on consignment contracts under certain conditions; providing definitions therefor, by Representative Fairchild.
HB 2506, AN ACT concerning the Kansas state high school activities association; authorizing students enrolled in virtual schools to participate in activities that are regulated by the Kansas state high school activities association at such student’s resident school district without a minimum enrollment requirement in such resident school district; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-7121 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.
HB 2507, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating bridge No. 160-96-293.72 in Sumner county as the SrA Derek Scott Martin memorial bridge, by Representative Rhiley.
HB 2508, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund; authorizing a transfer of state general fund moneys to such fund in fiscal year 2025 and all fiscal years thereafter; requiring that all moneys received from such fund by political subdivisions be credited to residential property taxpayers in the form of a rebate; providing a formula for such rebate amount; amending K.S.A. 65-163j, 65-3306, 65-3327, 75-2556, 79-1479, 79-2960 and 79-2961 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-2959 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Clifford, Curtis, Dodson, M., Featherston, Goddard, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Seiwert, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Weigel, Winn, Woodard and Xu.
HB 2509, AN ACT concerning education; relating to career technical education; providing reimbursement payments for the cost of career technical education credential assessments to school districts under the career technical education credential and transition incentive for employment success act; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3825 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3820, 72-3821, 72-3822 and 72-3823, by Committee on Education.
HB 2510, AN ACT concerning the code of civil procedure; relating to litigation funding by third parties; authorizing discovery of an agreement thereof; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-226 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2511, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to candidate names on ballots; allowing candidates for nonpartisan offices to have such candidate’s political party affiliation added on the ballot with such candidate’s name; amending K.S.A. 25-613 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2512, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring that if such ballots are cast in person that they be received in the county election office by 7:00 p.m. on the second day preceding the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1128 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1122 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2513, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; extending the time for transmittal of such ballots to 22 days prior to an election; requiring the return of such ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1123 and 25-1132 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1122 and 25-2311 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2514, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; open enrollment; requiring school districts to give priority to students who reside in Kansas over students who do not reside in the state except under certain circumstances; providing for continued enrollment of students who attended a school district of nonresidence in school year 2023-2024; authorizing school districts to deem students as not in good standing prior to enrollment; requiring student transfer policy revisions to be published on the school district’s website; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3123, 72-3124, 72-3126 and 72-3127 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Williams, K., Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Bryce, Clifford, Delperdang, Droge, Goetz, Hill, Hoffman, Howe, Howerton, Humphries, T. Johnson, Kessler, Mason, Murphy, Penn, Pickert, Rhiley, Schmoe, Seiwert, Sutton, Tarwater and Wasinger.
HB 2515, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; amending the born-alive infants protection act; creating a civil cause of action against any healthcare provider who injures a child during an attempted abortion; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-6754, 65-6756, 65-6757 and 65-6758 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2516, AN ACT concerning elections; raising the number of signatures required for nomination petitions for independent candidates for statewide office; eliminating the ability of independent candidates for statewide office to pay a filing fee; amending K.S.A. 25-4119f and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-303 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2517, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; deleting the requirement for listing the name of the treasurer of the sponsoring organization of the advertisement; amending K.S.A. 25-4156 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2518, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; authorizing the secretary of state, after consultation with county election officers, to adopt rules and regulations for the use of remote ballot boxes, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2519, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; amending the crime of corrupt political advertising to expand the crime to include constitutional amendment propositions, bond issues and other question submitted propositions; amending K.S.A. 25-4156 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2520, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from statewide school levy; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Clifford, Curtis, Dodson, M., Haskins, Highberger, Martinez, McDonald, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Probst, Ruiz, L., Sawyer, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Weigel, Winn and Xu.
HB 2521, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state board of education; authorizing teaching licenses for individuals who complete an alternative teacher certification program, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.
HB 2522, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to release of offenders; requiring the secretary to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment related documentation prior to release from custody, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.
HB 2523, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to farm permits; allowing farm permit holders beginning at age 14 to drive to and from religious activities held by any religious organization; amending K.S.A. 8-296 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2524, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to cabins and camp sites; elimination of certain fees for senior citizens, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2525, 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. 2023 Supp. 55-1,117 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
House Resolutions
HR 6031, A RESOLUTION supporting the strengthening of Kansas’ trade partnership with Ireland to create a more prosperous future for all, by Representatives Tarwater, Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Blew, Bloom, Borjon, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carpenter, Carpenter, 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, McDonald, McNorton, Meyer, Miller, Miller, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Owens, 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, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Vaughn, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Williams, Williams, Winn, Woodard, Xu and Younger.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5020, A PROPOSITION to amend section 4 of the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right; clarifying that such right includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, by Representatives B. Carpenter, Schmoe, Anderson, Awerkamp, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Corbet, Delperdang, Donohoe, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Estes, Fairchild, Garber, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Humphries, Jacobs, T. Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Mason, Maughan, McNorton, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poetter, Proctor, Rahjes, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, Sanders, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, C., Smith, E., Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk, Underhill, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, White and Williams, K.
Senate Bills
SB 333, AN ACT concerning the state use law; removing the expiration provision for the state use law committee; amending K.S.A. 75-3322c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 334, AN ACT Designating the Abilene & Smoky Valley Railroad as the official state heritage railroad, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 335, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to unlawful passing of stationary authorized emergency vehicle; increasing penalties for certain violations; creating a crime for injuring or causing death of certain authorized emergency vehicle operators and providing a penalty therefor; amending K.S.A. 8-1520a, 8-2116 and 8-2118 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 336, AN ACT concerning health and environment; relating to underground storage tanks; removing the requirement for underground storage tank operating permits to be obtained annually; amending K.S.A. 65-34,135 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 337, AN ACT designating the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe #3415 as the official state steam locomotive, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 338, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to group-funded liability and group-funded workers compensation pools; changing certain reporting requirements; amending K.S.A. 12-2620, 44-584 and 44-590 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 339, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital requirements; updating the version of instructions in effect; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 340, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to insurance laws and enforcement thereof; removing automobile club from the definition of person; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 40-2,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 341, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; authorizing certain individuals with revoked licenses to be eligible for restricted driving privileges; permitting individuals with restricted driving privileges to drive to and from dropping off or picking up children from school or child care; amending K.S.A. 8-286 and 8-2110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 342, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the Sedgwick county zoo distinctive license plate, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 343, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; prohibiting the mailing of applications therefor except by a county election official and only upon the request of the voter; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1122 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 344, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring voter verification of identity when transmitting such ballots to the county election office; amending K.S.A. 25-1121 and 25-1123 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1124 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 345, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; enacting the commercial financing disclosure act; requiring the disclosure of certain commercial financing product transaction information; providing for civil penalties; authorizing enforcement of such act by the attorney general, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 346, AN ACT concerning planning and zoning; relating to proposing amendments to city or county zoning regulations; restricting who can propose rezoning amendments; amending K.S.A. 12-757 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 347, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to the wildlife and parks commission; requiring senate confirmation of appointees thereto; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-805 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 348, AN ACT concerning the Kansas children’s cabinet; relating to the position of executive director thereof; requiring that appointments to such position be subject to senate confirmation; amending K.S.A. 38-1901 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 349, AN ACT concerning the passenger rail service program; establishing the intercity passenger rail service program; making transfers annually into the passenger rail service revolving fund; amending K.S.A. 75-5089 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 350, AN ACT concerning the Kansas fights addiction act; adding for-profit private entity to the definition of “qualified applicant”; authorizing members of the Kansas fights addiction grant review board to be paid subsistence allowances, mileage and other expenses when attending meetings of the board after January 8, 2024; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-776 and 75-778 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 351, AN ACT establishing requirements for school safety and security plans and cardiac emergency response plans; creating the school safety and security grant fund and the school cardiac emergency response grant fund, by Committee on Education.
SB 352, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the John D. Springer patient’s bill of rights; requiring hospitals to allow in-person visitation in certain circumstances; requiring hospitals to adopt visitation policies and procedures; creating a civil cause of action for violation of such rights, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 353, AN ACT concerning gender identity medical care; creating a civil cause of action against a physician who performs childhood gender reassignment service; requiring revocation of a physician’s license if such physician performs childhood gender reassignment service; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-2836 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 354, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the healthcare provider insurance availability act; designating certain facilities where elective abortions are performed as being ineligible to purchase professional liability insurance from the healthcare stabilization fund; requiring such facilities to maintain continuous professional liability coverage equivalent to that provided by the healthcare stabilization fund as a condition of licensure; amending K.S.A. 40-3401 and 40-3403a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 355, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding medical assistance eligibility; enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act; directing the department of health and environment to study certain medicaid expansion topics; adding meeting days to the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight to monitor implementation of expanded medical assistance eligibility; amending K.S.A. 39-7,160, 40-3213, 65-6207, 65-6210, 65-6211, 65-6212 and 65-6217 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-6208, 65-6209 and 65-6218 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 356, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to examinations; requiring that insurance examiner per diem amounts and expenses, outside consulting and data processing fees and pro rata funding for examination equipment and software be reasonable; establishing a tiered fee structure for examinations of insurance companies and societies based on gross premiums; amending K.S.A. 40-223 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 357, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 81 as the Merle Miller memorial highway; amending K.S.A. 68-1036 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1731, A RESOLUTION supporting the strengthening of Kansas’ trade partnership with Ireland to create a more prosperous future for all, by Senators Erickson, Alley, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Dietrich, McGinn, O’Shea, Pettey, Pittman, Shallenburger and Wilborn.
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