Volume 44 - Issue 4 - January 23, 2025
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 13 – January 17 during the 2025 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 2001, AN ACT concerning the taxpayer notification costs fund; continuing the reimbursement from such fund for printing and postage costs of county clerks through calendar year 2029; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-2989 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Fairchild, Rhiley and Xu.
HB 2002, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the lay caregiver act; requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with such act and report such audit results to the legislature; amending K.S.A. 65-431a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Legislative Post Audit Committee.
HB 2003, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to electric vehicles; establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act and providing for a road repair tax on the distribution of electricity from public charging stations, by Representative Rhiley.
HB 2004, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Seward county for the purpose of financing the costs of roadway and bridge construction, maintenance and improvement in the county; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Francis.
HB 2005, AN ACT concerning income taxation; establishing the veterans’ valor property tax relief act; providing an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, by Representatives Proctor, Barrett, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Buehler, Butler, Chauncey, Collins, Delperdang, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Goddard, Howerton, Kessler, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Steele, Sweely, Thompson, Turk and Waymaster.
HB 2006, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; affiliation and membership of certain security officers of the department of corrections in the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; providing for employee and employer contributions; authorizing certain participating service credit purchases of previous KPERS security officer participating service for purposes of KP&F retirement benefits, by Representatives Proctor, Buehler, Johnson, Neelly and Resman.
HB 2007, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects and fees, imposing certain restrictions and limitations and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 65-180, 74-50,107, 74-99b34, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-3425i, 79-34,171 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Waymaster.
HB 2008, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; modifying the definition of security officer to include certain juvenile corrections officer positions 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 Representatives Proctor, Buehler, T. Johnson, Neelly and Resman.
HB 2009, AN ACT concerning abortion; prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman; providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition; amending K.S.A. 65-2837, 65-6731, 65-67a01, 76-3308 and 79-32,195 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1906, 65-2401, 79-32,182b, 79-32,261 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-4a02, 65-4a03, 65-4a04, 65-4a05, 65-4a06, 65-4a07, 65-4a08, 65-4a09, 65-4a10, 65-4a11, 65-4a12, 65-6702, 65-6703, 65-6704, 65-6705, 65-6707, 65-6709, 65-6710, 65-6711, 65-6712, 65-6714, 65-6715, 65-6721, 65-6722, 65-6724, 65-6725, 65-6726, 65-6741, 65-6743, 65-6744, 65-6745, 65-6746, 65-6747, 65-6748 and 65-6749 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-4a01, 65-6701, 65-6708, 65-6716, 65-6723 and 65-6742, by Representatives Fairchild, Hill, Poetter, Rhiley, Schwertfeger and Seiwert.
HB 2010, 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. 21-5301, 21-5302, 21-5303, 65-2837, 65-6731, 65-6732, 65-67a01, 65-67a02, 65-67a04, 65-67a07, 76-3308 and 79-32,195 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1901, 60-1906, 65-2401, 79-32,182b, 79-32,261 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 38-2003, 65-4a02, 65-4a03, 65-4a04, 65-4a05, 65-4a06, 65-4a07, 65-4a08, 65-4a09, 65-4a10, 65-4a11, 65-4a12, 65-6702, 65-6703, 65-6704, 65-6705, 65-6707, 65-6709, 65-6710, 65-6711, 65-6712, 65-6714, 65-6715, 65-6721, 65-6722, 65-6724, 65-6725, 65-6726, 65-6741, 65-6743, 65-6744, 65-6745, 65-6746, 65-6747, 65-6748, 65-6749 and 65-67a09 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-445, 65-4a01, 65-6701, 65-6708, 65-6723 and 65-6742, by Representatives Fairchild, Poetter, Rhiley, Schwertfeger and Seiwert.
HB 2011, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-5142 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2012, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing a tax credit for the sale and distribution of ethanol blends for motor vehicle fuels, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2013, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; discontinuing the imposition of tax on cable, community antennae and television services; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3603 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2014, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers; amending K.S.A. 79-213 and 79-5501 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2015, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.
HB 2016, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; including private online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-2316c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2017, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring the return of such ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1132 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2018, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the qualifications of poll workers; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents as poll workers on the basis of residency or registered voter status, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2019, AN ACT concerning county elections; authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2020, AN ACT concerning driver’s licenses of noncitizens; requiring the director of the division of motor vehicles to make monthly reports of names and addresses of noncitizens to the secretary of state; amending K.S.A. 8-240 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Proctor.
HB 2021, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; authorizing the secretary of state to adopt rules and regulations for the use of remote ballot boxes, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2022, AN ACT concerning elections; clarifying when special elections may be held; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-2502 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2023, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election crimes; creating the crime of interference with an election official; providing penalties for violations thereof, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2024, AN ACT concerning income taxation; enacting the fighting chance for firefighters act; providing a tax credit for firefighters who incur unreimbursed medical expenses for screening for occupation-related cancer, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2025, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to planning and zoning; eliminating 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 Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2026, AN ACT concerning marriage; requiring persons to be 18 years of age or older to be eligible to give consent for marriage; excluding certain days from being counted toward the current three-day waiting period; amending K.S.A. 23-2505 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Clayton.
HB 2027, AN ACT concerning public assistance; reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute; updating cross references; amending K.S.A. 39-757 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Welfare Reform.
HB 2028, AN ACT concerning wildlife; licenses; requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older; removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-9,101 and repealing the existing section; reviving and amending K.S.A. 32-9,100 and repealing the revived section; also repealing K.S.A. 32-9,100, as amended by section 64 of chapter 7 of the 2023 Session Laws of Kansas, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2029, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of K-5 highway as the Representative Marvin S Robinson II memorial highway; redesignating a current portion of the Harry Darby memorial highway for interstate highway 635; amending K.S.A. 68-1037 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Penn, Amyx, Anderson, Awerkamp, Ballard, Barrett, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Corbet, Croft, Curtis, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Hawkins, Helgerson, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, James, T. Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, Martinez, McDonald, McNorton, Meyer, Miller, S., Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Pickert, Pishny, Poskin, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sanders, Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, C., Steele, Stiens, Stogsdill, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Wilborn, Willcott, Williams, K., Williams, L., Wolf, Woodard and Xu.
HB 2030, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; excluding dealers and manufacturers of trailers from certain provisions thereof; exceptions thereto, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2031, AN ACT concerning drivers’ training; relating to motorcycle instructors; providing that driving school instructors may possess a motorcycle driver’s license from any state; amending K.S.A. 8-276 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2032, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; authorizing the commission to increase or decrease an electric public utility’s return on equity based on whether such utility’s all-in average retail rate has increased or decreased; requiring the commission to amend rates based on such changes; defining all-in average retail rate, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.
HB 2033, AN ACT concerning education; relating to at-risk educational programs; including programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations accredited by the international multisensory structured language education council as approved at-risk educational programs; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-5153 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
HB 2034, AN ACT concerning school districts; authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept chaplains as volunteers to provide support, services and programs for students; prohibiting certain persons from serving as chaplain, by Representative Rhiley.
House Resolutions
HR 6001, A RESOLUTION providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2025 legislative session, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.
HR 6002, A RESOLUTION providing for the assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2025 Legislative session, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.
HR 6003, A RESOLUTION providing temporary rules for the House of Representatives until permanent rules are adopted, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.
HR 6004, A RESOLUTION adopting the permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 biennium, by Representatives Hawkins and Croft.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5001, 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 Representative Sutton.
HCR 5002, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing messages from the Governor, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the Adjutant General, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.
HCR 5003, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopting joint rules for the Senate and the House of Representatives for the 2025-2026 biennium, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.
HCR 5004, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require individuals to be citizens of the United States, at least 18 years of age and a resident of the voting area in which such person seeks to vote in order to vote in this state, Representatives Proctor, Awerkamp, Barrett, Bergquist, Blex, Bohi, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, B. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Fairchild, Francis, Goddard, Helwig, Hill, Howell, Howerton, James, Lewis, McNorton, Moser, Neelly, Penn, Pickert, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Sanders, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Smith, C., Steele, Stiens, Tarwater, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, White, Williams, K. and Wolf.
Senate Bills
SB 1, AN ACT exempting the state of Kansas from daylight saving time; providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move, by Senator Titus.
SB 2, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to question submitted elections on the issuance of bonds by a school district; validating the election results for the bond issuance question submitted by the board of education of USD 200, Greeley county, by Senators Blew and Clifford.
SB 3, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the lay caregiver act; requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with such act and report such audit results to the legislature; amending K.S.A. 65-431a and repealing the existing section, by Legislative Post Audit Committee.
SB 4, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring the return of such ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1132 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 5, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the legislature; amending K.S.A. 25-2436 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 6, AN ACT concerning elections; prohibiting the use of any form of ranked-choice voting methods in conducting elections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 7, AN ACT concerning townships; relating to the bonding authority thereof; increasing the statutory limits on such bonding authority based on the population of the township; increasing the statutory limit on bonding authority for improvements to a township fire department; amending K.S.A. 80-113 and 80-1910 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.
SB 8, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the duty of drivers approaching stationary vehicles; providing a penalty for unlawful passing thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 9, AN ACT concerning United States public land surveys; relating to reports filed with the state historical society; extending the time to file such reports from 30 to 90 days; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-2011 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 10, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers; amending K.S.A. 79-213 and 79-5501 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Tyson, Alley, Blasi, Bowers, Bowser, Claeys, J.R., Claeys, Joseph, Clifford, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Gossage, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Rose, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson and Warren.
SB 11, AN ACT concerning emergency communication services; relating to the state 911 board and public safety answering points; requiring the state 911 board to establish minimum training requirements for 911 telecommunicators to receive 911 telecommunicator-cardiopulmonary resuscitation training and continuous education in telecommunicator-cardiopulmonary resuscitation; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-5384 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 12, AN ACT concerning the power of eminent domain; relating to the exercise of such power by municipalities for recreational projects; requiring approval by each member of the governing body whose district territory includes the land being acquired; amending K.S.A. 26-201 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Shallenburger.
SB 13, AN ACT concerning the secretary of state; relating to the filing of public records with the secretary of state; eliminating the requirement for labor organizations to file such organization’s constitution, bylaws and annual reports and fees associated with such filings; eliminating the requirement that business agents of labor organizations register and the fees and filings associated with such registration; eliminating requirements for the board of regents to file reciprocal agreements for use of educational facilities; eliminating the requirement for the secretary of revenue to file an annual report and lists of tax indebtedness and liabilities; eliminating the requirement that river bank easements be filed; eliminating requirements for warehousemen to be licensed by the secretary of state and for filing any associated records; amending K.S.A. 44-809, 44-810, 44-823, 74-3220, 74-3221, 75-5501, 79-6a14, 79-3233g, 82-165 and 82-169 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3233b and 82a-220 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 44-804, 44-805, 44-806, 44-806a, 44-807, 44-812, 75-4336, 75-4337, 82-163, 82-164 and 82-167, by Committee on Government Efficiency.
SB 14, AN ACT concerning the state budget; providing for a continuous budget until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature; temporary reallocations; establishing conditions and limitations therefor, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 15, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to eligibility for licensure under the Kansas liquor control act and the club and drinking establishment act; authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses to convicted felons when such conviction occurred more than 10 years prior to application for a license and a determination of sufficient rehabilitation is made; amending K.S.A. 41-2623 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 41-311 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 16, AN ACT concerning financial services; prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies on the basis of social credit score; requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients prior to investing client moneys in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 17, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the size, weight and loads of vehicles; excepting haulers of grain and other agricultural goods from gross weight limitations for vehicles; amending K.S.A. 8-1909 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 18, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the hunter nation distinctive license plate; decreasing the guarantee number of distinctive plates required for production; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1,141 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1,141a, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 19, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to medical care; enacting the conscientious right to refuse act; prohibiting discrimination against individuals who refuse certain medical interventions and creating a civil cause of action against entities who discriminate based upon such medical care refusal; revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose penalties for violations thereof; repealing K.S.A. 65-126, 65-127, 65-129 and 65-129c, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 20, AN ACT concerning insurance; reducing the number of board members appointed by the commissioner on certain insurance-related boards and the frequency of the meetings of the committee on surety bonds and insurance; amending K.S.A. 40-2102, 40-2109, 40-3116, 40-3413 and 75-4101 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 21, AN ACT concerning insurance; requiring that third-party administrators maintain separate fiduciary accounts for individual payors and not contain funds collected or held on behalf of multiple payors and disclose to the commissioner of insurance any bankruptcy petition filed by or on behalf of such administrator pursuant to chapter 9 or chapter 11 of the United States bankruptcy code; amending K.S.A. 40-3807 and 40-3809 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 22, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to title insurance; requiring title agents to make their audit reports available for inspection upon request of the commissioner of insurance instead of submitting such reports annually; requiring the amount of surety bonds filed with the commissioner to be $100,000; eliminating the controlled business exemption in certain counties; amending K.S.A. 40-1139 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-1137 and 40-2404 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 23, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to unfair and deceptive acts or practices; requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days; authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2404 and 40-4909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 24, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of insurance; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees; requiring the publication of certain fees in the Kansas register; amending K.S.A. 40-205a, 40-218, 40-252, 40-2,133, 40-504, 40-956, 40-22a04, 40-2604, 40-2702, 40-3213, 40-3304, 40-3812, 40-3813, 40-3814, 40-4103, 40-4116, 40-4323, 40-4334, 40-4503, 40-5003 and 40-5509 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-3823, 40-3824, 40-4209, 40-4302 and 40-4903 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-3217, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 25, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to property and casualty insurance; enacting the insurance savings account act; allowing individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions; providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts; requiring the secretary of revenue to adopt certain rules and regulations; granting nonexclusive marketing authority to the state commissioner of insurance; establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas income tax act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117 and 79-32,138 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 26, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for certain purchases by bowling centers; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 27, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner; eliminating the requirement that the commissioner submit certain reports to the governor; removing certain specific entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law; amending K.S.A. 40-108 and 40-2253 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,125 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 28, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to licensing requirements for insurance agents and public adjusters; pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal; amending K.S.A. 40-5510 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-4909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 29, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to infectious or contagious diseases; enacting the constitutional right to health freedom act; revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose penalties for violations thereof; creating a civil cause of action against employers for employees discharged for following isolation or quarantine recommendations or because of vaccination status; amending K.S.A. 65-116g, 65-118, 65-119, 65-128, 65-129b and 65-129d and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-101, 65-202 and 72-5180 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-126, 65-127, 65-129 and 65-129c, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.
SB 30, AN ACT concerning criminal history record information; relating to state and national criminal history record checks; requiring the secretary of labor to conduct such checks on employees who have access to federal tax information; amending K.S.A. 75-5702 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 31, 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 32, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to taxation; reducing insurance company premium tax rates; discontinuing remittance and crediting of a portion of the premium tax to the insurance department service regulation fund; amending K.S.A. 40- 112 and 40-252 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 33, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to imposition of tax; excluding certain custom meat processing services from taxation; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3603 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 34, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; authorizing the board of trustees to invest up to 10% of the moneys of the Kansas public employees retirement fund in bitcoin exchange-traded products; providing requirements, limitations and definitions regarding such investments; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-4921 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Bowser.
SB 35, 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 and 76-6b11 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 76-6b05 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 36, AN ACT concerning conservation districts; relating to the financing of operating conservation districts; increasing the cap on the amount of moneys disbursed by the division of conservation to conservation districts; providing an increased matching basis for state moneys disbursed to conservation districts based on amounts allocated by the board of county commissioners for such districts; amending K.S.A. 2-1907c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 37, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to planning and zoning; eliminating 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 Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 38, 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 Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 39, AN ACT concerning legal tender; establishing the Kansas legal tender act; reaffirming gold and silver coin as legal tender; providing an income taxation subtraction modification for gains from the sale of specie; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1701, A RESOLUTION relating to the organization of the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.
SR 1702, A RESOLUTION relating to assignments of seats of the Senate, Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.
SR 1703, A RESOLUTION providing temporary rules for the Senate until permanent rules are adopted, Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 1601, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are duly organized and ready to receive communications, by Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.
SCR 1602, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION encouraging Governor Kelly to fully cooperate with the policies of the Trump administration in enforcing federal immigration laws, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SCR 1603, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; limiting valuation increases for real property and for personal property classified as mobile homes used for residential purposes, by Senators Tyson, Alley, Blasi, Bowser, Claeys, J.R., Claeys, Joseph, Erickson, Gossage, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Peck, Petersen, Shallenburger, Starnes, Thompson and Warren.
SCR 1604, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION making application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose limits on the federal government, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
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