Volume 44 - Issue 6 - February 6, 2025

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 27 – January 31 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 2094, AN ACT concerning tobacco products; authorizing the sale of electronic cigarettes in cigarette vending machines; amending K.S.A. 79-3301, 79-3303 and 79-3399 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3321 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2095, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the department of health and environment; establishing a pump installation contractor license and qualifications for applicants therefor; allowing applicants for water well contractor and pump installation contractor licenses to take examinations online; adding additional qualifications for applicants of water well contractor licenses; modifying the license terms under the act to begin on July 1 of even-numbered years and end on June 30 of the following even-numbered year; requiring additional information to be included in the water well record as required by the secretary; requiring a water well contractor to provide a water quality analysis to the secretary upon request within 60 days of well completion or within an extended timeframe granted by the secretary; requiring the water quality analysis to be conducted by a Kansas certified laboratory; requiring pump installation contractors to keep a record of each pump installed and submit the record to the secretary within 30 days; requiring the pump installation record to include certain data as required by the secretary; requiring the entire amount of any penalty fine collected under the act to be deposited in the water program fund instead of the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-1202, 82a-1203, 82a-1205, 82a-1207, 82a-1209, 82a-1210, 82a-1212, 82a-1213, 82a-1214 and 82a-1216 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 82a-1206 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 82a-1218, by Committee on Water.

HB 2096, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the Kansas housing investor tax credit; providing for transferability of credits from the year that the credit was originally issued; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,313 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2097, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for approval by the department of wildlife and parks for qualified program or management plans to qualify for the nongame and endangered species habitat credit; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,203 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2098, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for sales tax exemption for not-for-profit corporations operating a community theater; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2099, AN ACT concerning private rental housing; requiring landlords of government-subsidized housing to submit to code inspection by cities or counties; amending K.S.A. 12-16,138 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2100, AN ACT concerning pharmacists and pharmacy; relating to HIV post-exposure prophylaxis; requiring the state board of pharmacy to issue protocol for pharmacists to dispense post-exposure prophylaxis to certain individuals, by Representative Woodard.

HB 2101, AN ACT concerning public assistance; prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or implementing a guaranteed income program; rendering prior adopted programs null and void; defining guaranteed income program, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2102, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; providing for the advance enrollment of military students whose parent or person acting as parent will be stationed in this state; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3128 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2103, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school attendance; including participation in certain learning experiences and agricultural science activities as a valid excuse for absence from school; authorizing school boards to make rules therefor; amending K.S.A. 72-3121 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2104, AN ACT concerning education; relating to firearms; standardizing firearm safety education training programs in school districts, by Representative Penn.

HB 2105, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 77 as the POW MIA memorial highway; designating bridge No. 82-14-6.88 (026) in Clay county as the POW MIA memorial bridge, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2106, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating to support for or opposition to proposed amendments to the Kansas constitution; banning contributions from foreign nationals; amending K.S.A. 25-4180 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2107, AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to liability for fire event damages; providing for claims and recovery for economic damages; calculating recovery for such damages; requiring the state corporation commission to provide trainings on wildfire risk and mitigation, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2108, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to the state corporation commission; requiring the commission to establish and enforce a code of conduct and agricultural mitigation protocols for the development, construction, operation and decommissioning of certain large energy facilities in rural areas of the state, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2109, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to public utilities; authorizing law enforcement agencies to attach and operate law enforcement equipment on utility poles in the public right-of-way; exempting public utilities from civil liability relating thereto, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2110, AN ACT concerning emergency communication services; relating to the Kansas 911 act; eliminating the requirement that the state 911 board shall contract with a local collection point administrator for services; rescheduling the date on which the state 911 operations fund, state 911 grant fund and state 911 fund shall be established in the state treasury; rescheduling the date on which all moneys collected pursuant to the Kansas 911 act are to be transferred to the state treasury; requiring certain transfers to be made to the state 911 operations fund; authorizing the state 911 board to transfer annually any unencumbered moneys of the state 911 operations fund to the state 911 grant fund; amending K.S.A. 12-5363, as amended by section 11 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5367, as amended by section 15 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5368, as amended by section 18 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5369, as amended by section 19 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5370, as amended by section 20 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5372, as amended by section 22 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 12-5374, as amended by section 25 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, and 12-5375, as amended by section 28 of chapter 53 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-5377, 12-5387, 12-5388, 12-5389 and 12-5390 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2111, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas conservation reserve enhancement program; increasing the acreage cap for CREPs from 40,000 to 60,000 acres; clarifying the county acreage cap for CREPs and that the last eligible offer for enrollment exceeding applicable acreage caps may be approved; removing the limitation on acres eligible for CREP enrollment based on expired federal contracts; adding a general ineligibility criterion based on federal ineligibility; allowing CREP contracts for dryland farming or limited irrigation for water quantity goals; removing the prohibition on participation in CREP for government-owned water rights; clarifying current CREP criteria related to water right usage, sanctions and reporting; allowing exceptions to eligibility criteria based on factors such as location in high-priority water conservation areas, high-flow capacity wells, circumstances like bankruptcy or probate and enrollment in other water conservation programs; modifying the reporting requirements to cover the preceding five years; amending K.S.A. 2-1933 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.

HB 2112, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the certification of operators of water supply systems and wastewater treatment facilities; requiring fees for operator certification examinations to not exceed the cost of such examinations; eliminating the ability of the secretary of health and environment to certify operators through a correspondence course rather than classroom instruction; amending K.S.A. 65-4513 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 65-4506, by Committee on Water.

HB 2113, AN ACT concerning water; relating to conservation districts; transferring $5,000,000 each July 1 to match federal funding for conservation districts; requiring conservation districts to provide water quality sampling and the resulting aggregate data to the state geological survey; relating to funding for the state water plan and water infrastructure projects; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years 2026, 2027 and 2028 for the state treasurer; providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund; requiring the Kansas water office to transfer appropriations for the water technical assistance fund, the water projects grant fund and the Kansas matching grant fund; matching grant funds to individuals and entities within water conservation areas and local enhanced management areas for new water technology adoption; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 82a-955 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.

HB 2114, AN ACT concerning water; relating to dams, levees and other water obstructions; clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam; increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam; requiring preconstruction permit fees to construct, modify or add to a water obstruction or to change or diminish the course, current or cross section of a stream; requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer; adding a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per violation; remitting civil penalty amounts to the water structures fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-301, 82a-302, 82a-303b, 82a-305a and 82a-328 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.

HB 2115, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family protection act; authorizing municipalities to prohibit employees of such municipality from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings; amending K.S.A. 75-7c20 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2116, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to the authority of certain cities and counties to enter into contracts; requiring that certain contractual provisions be incorporated into all such contracts, including the provisions of department of administration form DA-146a; providing certain exceptions, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2117, AN ACT concerning business entities; requiring a business trust to file a certificate of dissolution or withdrawal with the secretary of state and pay associated fees when surrendering authority to transact business in Kansas; requiring a foreign corporation to use a form prescribed by the secretary of state when filing merger or consolidation information or amendments to such corporation’s articles of incorporation; authorizing professional corporations or limited liability companies formed or organized to render a professional service to participate in transactions under the business entity transactions act; making certain information provided by registered agents a public record; modifying filing requirements and associated fees for limited partnerships; amending K.S.A. 17-2037, 17-7302, 17-78-110 and 17-7929 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 56-1a151 and 56-1a605 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2118, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers; providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2119, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act; discontinuing such credit effective July 1, 2025; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,306 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2120, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university veterinary medical center to sell certain real property in the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university to sell certain real property in the city of Manhattan, Riley county, Kansas, by Representative Roeser.

HB 2121, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to annual license fees of electric and electric hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles; increasing the annual fee and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund; amending K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2122, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to vehicle registrations; modifying the threshold limit for allowing quarterly payments of certain truck and truck tractor annual vehicle registration fees; eliminating the two-quarter grace period for truck or truck tractor owners that have delinquent quarterly payments before certain penalties apply; amending K.S.A. 8-143a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2123, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the minimum wage for employees receiving tips and gratuities; amending K.S.A. 44-1203 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Clayton, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, S., Mosley, Oropeza, Simmons and Woodard.

HB 2124, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 160 as the CPL Monte Wayne Forrest memorial highway, by Representative Hoffman.

HB 2125, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Pawnee county for the purpose of healthcare services and furnishing and equipping county-supported public safety operations; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2126, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas legal services, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2127, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to municipal regulation thereof; authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county; amending K.S.A. 12-16,124 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2128, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the regulation thereof; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register; allowing certain life insurers to follow health financial reports; adopting certain provisions from the national association of insurance commissioners holding company system regulatory act relating to group capital calculations and liquidity stress testing; amending K.S.A. 40-2d01, 40-3302, 40-3305, 40-3306, 40-3307 and 40-3308 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-249 and 40-2c29, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2129, AN ACT concerning education; relating to teachers; defining teachers for purposes of the Kansas public employees retirement system; transferring teachers from the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015 to the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2009; amending K.S.A. 74-49,301 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2130, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; authorizing retirement and disability benefits to be paid on either a biweekly or monthly basis at the election of a member or recipient; amending K.S.A. 20-2609, 20-2610, 74-4915 and 74-4962 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2131, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to jailhouse witness testimony; requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2132, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; modifying the definition of neglect; prohibiting the removal of a child from such child’s home due solely to a lack of financial resources; requiring facts of imminent harm due to a lack of financial resources demonstrate more than one fact of such lack of financial resources; allowing the court to consider the participation of parents in services when determining whether a child shall be removed from such child’s home; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2202, 38-2234 and 38-2243 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2133, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to motor vehicles; providing for a property tax exemption for a motor vehicle for firefighters; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-5107 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Schwertfeger.

HB 2134, AN ACT concerning the open records act; limiting certain charges for copies of records by the state executive branch and other public agencies excluding the legislative and judicial branch of state government; amending K.S.A. 45-219 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2135, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to industrial hemp; making certain provisions of the commercial industrial hemp act applicable only if the Kansas department of agriculture has submitted a state plan to the federal government for the state monitoring and regulation of industrial hemp within Kansas and such state plan is still active; removing references to the expired hemp research program; amending K.S.A. 2-3903, 2-3905, 2-3908 and 2-3909 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 2-3902, 2-3906, 2-3907 and 2-3911 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2-3904, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2136, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the tax credit for low income student scholarship program; expanding eligibility therefor; eliminating the eligibility requirement that students shall have been previously enrolled in public school; increasing the tax credit for contributions made to such program; providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions; amending K.S.A. 72-4353 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-4352 and 72-4357 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2137, 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 therefor; requiring an annual report to the legislature, by Committee on Education.

HB 2138, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; authorizing school districts to levy an annual tax levy of up to two mills for the purposes of school building safety, security and compliance with the Americans with disabilities act; including such levy in the capital outlay state aid determination for school districts; amending K.S.A. 12-1770a and 72-53,126 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2139, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to contracts for certain goods and services; increasing the minimum expenditure amount for contracted goods and services without requiring sealed bids; increasing the minimum expenditure amount for contracts for goods or services that may be executed by the superintendent on behalf of the school district; amending K.S.A. 72-1131 and 72-1151 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2140, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program; creating the position of drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator; providing for the duties and responsibilities thereof, by Committee on Education.

HB 2141, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring policies allowing parents to object to educational materials and activities that are not included in approved curriculum or standards or that impair a parent’s beliefs, values or principles, by Committee on Education.

HB 2142, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to bullying; requiring adoption of an independent review process as part of the district’s policies prohibiting and preventing bullying; amending K.S.A. 72-6147 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2143, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2144, AN ACT enacting the supported decision-making agreements act; relating to decision-making assistance for adults; amending K.S.A. 21-5417 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2145, AN ACT concerning fairs; relating to certain county fair boards; establishing the membership for the Butler county fair board; providing for the appointment of members thereto; allowing up to five members of such board to be appointed from the county at large; amending K.S.A. 19-2699 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2146, AN ACT concerning the state lottery; relating to the lottery operating fund; increasing transfers to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-8711 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2147, AN ACT concerning wildlife; 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; requiring the fee for such pass or license to be an amount not to exceed what is required for such pass or license to qualify as a paid hunting license or paid fishing license under federal law; 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 2148, AN ACT concerning electric transmission lines; relating to the state corporation commission; prohibiting the permitting of transmission lines located within any territory designated by the United States department of energy as a national interest electric transmission corridor; prohibiting the exercise of eminent domain in any such territory except under limited circumstances; amending K.S.A. 66-1,178 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Waymaster and Moser.

HB 2149, AN ACT concerning distributed energy resources; requiring distributed energy system retailers to disclose certain information to customers who will finance a distributed energy system; requiring electric public utilities to disclose certain information to distributed energy retailers; relating to parallel generation and net metering; providing criteria to determine appropriate system size for a customer’s renewable energy system subject to parallel generation; establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of a renewable energy system subject to parallel generation; increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility’s provision of parallel generation service; establishing powers and limitations relating thereto; establishing notification requirements for when a system is no longer producing energy or the customer seeks to repair or rebuild a facility; amending K.S.A. 66-1,184 and 66-1268 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2150, AN ACT establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs; providing for the composition thereof; appointment of members; powers and duties, by Representative Xu.

HB 2151, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour; amending K.S.A. 44-1202 and 44-1203 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Woodard, Alcala, Amyx, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, S., Neighbor, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill, Weigel, Wikle and Xu.

HB 2152, AN ACT concerning public moneys; relating to the deposit and investment thereof; authorizing financial institutions designated as public depositaries to secure governmental unit deposits in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation by utilizing a public moneys pooled method of securities; directing the state treasurer to establish procedures therefor; requiring financial institutions to make certain reports upon the request of a governmental unit; prohibiting investment advisers that execute bids for the investment of public moneys from engaging in a principal transaction with a governmental unit directly related to such public moneys; allowing municipal bond proceeds and governmental unit deposits to be invested in a financial institution at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution; equalizing the bank investment rate with the municipal investment pool rate; requiring certification from governmental units that deposits in the municipal investment pool fund were first offered to a bank, savings and loan association or savings bank in the preceding year; allowing eligible financial institutions to file a complaint with the state treasurer upon the failure of a governmental unit to comply with such certification; establishing the investment rate for the pooled money investment board bank certificate of deposit program; amending K.S.A. 9-1402, 10-131, 12-1675, 12-1675a and 12-1677a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-4237 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2153, AN ACT concerning water; specifying when irrigation district board of director elections may be conducted by mail ballot; authorizing the board of directors to set the term for such elected members; defining dam for both agriculture and nonagriculture use; clarifying structures that are water obstructions; providing a civil penalty for violations; amending K.S.A. 42-706, 82a-301 and 82a-305a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.

HB 2154, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to rental and leased motor vehicles; imposing property tax on rental and leased vehicles and discontinuing the excise tax on the rental or lease thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-1,189, 8-2802, 79-5101 and 79-5117 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2155, AN ACT concerning sheriffs; relating to liability; specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails; amending K.S.A. 19-811 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2156, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to tax credits for education expenses; providing an education opportunity tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children not enrolled in public school; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2157, AN ACT concerning pharmacists and pharmacy; relating to the state board of pharmacy; expanding the pharmacist’s scope of practice to include point-of-care testing for and treatment of COVID-19; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-16,131 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2158, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to food; permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; amending K.S.A. 65-689 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Schmoe.

HB 2159, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to emergency opioid antagonists; creating the emergency opioid antagonists assistance grant fund to assist law enforcement agencies with purchasing emergency opioid antagonists; maintaining immunity for law enforcement agencies and officers for damages resulting from administering an emergency opioid antagonist; removing law enforcement agencies and officers from the state board of pharmacy’s statewide opioid antagonist protocol; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-16,127 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor and Hoheisel.

HB 2160, AN ACT concerning municipalities; enacting the Kansas municipal employee whistleblower act; establishing legal protections for certain municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2161, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing a tax credit for the sale and distribution of biodiesel and renewable diesel blends for motor vehicle fuels, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2162, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to the taxation of services; excluding from taxation the service of installing or applying tangible personal property for the reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a building or facility; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3603 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2163, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act; establishing a credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as community- based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2164, AN ACT concerning the Kansas law enforcement training act; authorizing persons who are 20 years of age or older to apply for certification as a police officer or law enforcement officer; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-5605 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2165, AN ACT enacting the returning to nonaccountability of the executive branch agencies that report to the governor act; eliminating the budget process requirements of a program service inventory, integrated budget fiscal process and performance-based budgeting system; repealing K.S.A. 75-3718b, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2166, AN ACT concerning the open records act; relating to public records; continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure thereof; amending K.S.A. 65-7616 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 45-229 and 48-962 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 45-229d, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2167, AN ACT concerning firearms; creating the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm and providing criminal penalties for violations thereof; exceptions thereto, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2168, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the blackout distinctive license plate; creating the license plate replacement fund to be administered by the secretary of revenue; depositing the fees from the blackout license plate into such fund for purposes of replacing exhausted license plates, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2169, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; modifying the documentation requirements for military veteran license plates to align with updated military veteran documentation standards; eliminating the requirement for applicants to submit military license plate applications 60 days prior to vehicle registration renewals; amending K.S.A. 8-1,146, 8-1,194, 8-1,195, 8-1,196, 8-1,197, 8-1,198 and 8-1,199 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2170, AN ACT concerning days of commemoration; designating the first week of February as Kansas burn awareness week, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2171, AN ACT concerning abortion; creating the abolish abortion Kansas act; making all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa’s law; removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion; amending K.S.A. 21-5206 and 21-5419 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1901 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Poetter, Fairchild and Schwertfeger.

HB 2172, AN ACT concerning water; establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state’s water program and funding for such program; requiring a report thereon to the legislature and the governor, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2173, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; relating to relief from registration requirements; authorizing certain offenders to petition for such relief; amending K.S.A. 22-4908 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2174, AN ACT concerning attorneys at law; relating to the practice of law in rural Kansas; enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act; providing financial assistance to attorneys and law students who practice law in rural areas of the state; establishing the attorney training program for rural Kansas fund, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2175, AN ACT concerning children and minors, relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; requiring that notification of a parent’s rights be provided to parents of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect or has been removed from the home by a law enforcement officer; providing for an agreement between the secretary and a parent of a child when a child is removed from the home during an investigation of abuse or neglect; requiring the secretary to complete a written report when an investigation is closed; allowing a parent to withhold certain information unless otherwise ordered by a court; amending K.S.A. 38-2217 and 38-2229 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2226 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2176, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas state high school activities association and the system for classification of high schools; requiring the association to use a multiplier factor to adjust a private school’s student attendance for purposes of classification of such school; amending K.S.A. 72-7114 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Poetter.

HB 2177, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations when the person has prior convictions of the offense; amending K.S.A. 8-1568 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2178, AN ACT concerning social welfare; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2179, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting fines, fees and costs from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile’s parent, guardian or custodian; amending K.S.A. 12-16,119, 20-3129, 21-6609, 22-4905, 28-170, 28-170a, 28-176, 38-2306, 38-2312, 38-2315, 38-2317, 38-2328, 38-2331, 38-2346, 38-2348, 38-2360, 38-2361, 38-2362, 38-2369, 38-2373, 38-2384, 38-2389, 38-2396, 38-2399 and 75-724 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 28-177 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 20-167, 38-2314, 38-2319, 38-2321, 38-2322 and 38-2324, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2180, AN ACT concerning disability services; relating to telecommunications and information access services; establishing the blind information access act; requiring the state librarian to contract with an organization to provide on-demand information access services to persons who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or print disabled; establishing the blind information access fund; requiring the transfer of moneys from the Kansas universal service fund to provide for such services; amending K.S.A. 66-2010 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2181, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to arbitration agreements; enacting the uniform family law arbitration act, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2182, AN ACT concerning protection orders; prohibiting a sheriff from charging a fee for service of process for proceedings under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act; amending K.S.A. 28-110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2183, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; including any photograph, film, video picture, digital or computer-generated image or picture that has been created, altered or modified by artificial intelligence or any digital means in the definition of a visual depiction for certain criminal offenses; modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy; amending K.S.A. 21-5510 and 21-5611 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6101 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2184, 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 and healthcare worker platforms thereby; creating the supplemental nursing services agency and healthcare worker platforms regulation fund, by Committee on Social Services Budget.

HB 2185, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the national guard; permitting guard members to transfer unused tuition assistance benefits from the Kansas national guard educational assistance act to an eligible dependent; including doctoral and professional degrees in the Kansas national guard educational master’s for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program; amending K.S.A. 74-32,145, 74-32,146, 74-32,147 and 74-32,148 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-32,149, 74-32,305, 74-32,306, 74-32,308 and 74-32,309 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2186, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring boards of education of school districts to adopt policies and procedures to prohibit students from using privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours; authorizing such uses under limited circumstances; requiring school districts to adopt policies and procedures to prohibit students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms, by Committee on Education.

HB 2187, AN ACT concerning eminent domain; eliminating the power of the legislature to take private property for economic development; narrowing the definition of public use; requiring a good faith offer of compensation to a property owner prior to filing an eminent domain action; providing that if the good faith offer is greater than the appraiser’s award, the greater amount may be subject to appeal only by the property owner; amending K.S.A. 26-501a, 26-501b, 26-502 and 26-507 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Fairchild, Barrett, Bloom, Chauncey, Corbet, Goddard, Poetter, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Steele and Waggoner.

HB 2188, AN ACT concerning the Kansas national guard; enacting the defend the guard act; prescribing when the national guard may be released into active duty combat, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2189, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the determination of Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for sales or taking of property subject to eminent domain; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2190, AN ACT concerning legal public holidays; declaring the even-numbered year general election day as a legal public holiday; amending K.S.A. 35-107 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2191, AN ACT concerning legal publications; authorizing the use of internet websites for publication of legal notices; amending K.S.A. 64-101 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 10-120 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 12-1651, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2192, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against persons; limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery; amending K.S.A. 21-5414 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2193, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the every mom matters act; establishing the every mom matters program in the department of health and environment; requiring the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption; establishing the every mom matters program fund, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2194, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; providing an exemption from the working after retirement employer contribution rate for retirants employed as teachers by a school district in a position for which a certificate to teach is required; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Howerton and Howell.

HB 2195, AN ACT concerning technical colleges; establishing the Kansas technical college operating grant fund administered by the state board of regents, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2196, 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 Representative Ballard.

HB 2197, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases made by sleep in heavenly peace, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2198, AN ACT concerning firearms; enacting the gun violence restraining order act; authorizing the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals, by Representative Ballard.

HB 2199, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the Kansas state employees health care commission; authorizing the commission to provide coverage for certain allergen introduction dietary supplements for infants; requiring submission of an impact report to the legislature if such coverage is provided, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2200, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the storage of firearms in unattended vehicles; creating a traffic infraction for leaving a firearm in an unattended vehicle without securely storing such firearm; providing exceptions and penalties therefor; requiring the office of the attorney general to create certain educational campaign materials; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2201, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the FFA license distinctive plate, by Committee on Transportation.

House Resolutions

HR 6005, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Representative Estes.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5008, A PROPOSITION to amend article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto; providing legislative oversight of rules and regulations, by Committee on Judiciary.

Senate Bills

SB 76, AN ACT concerning education; relating to employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions; enacting the given name act to require such employees to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student’s biological sex and birth certificate; authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor, by Committee on Education.

SB 77, AN ACT concerning administrative rules and regulations; requiring state agencies to provide notice of revocation thereof; removing certain abolished or inactive state agencies from the five-year agency review requirement; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 77 426 and 77-440 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 78, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; requiring such institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies; prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law; providing a cause of action for violations thereof, by Committee on Education.

SB 79, 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 sections, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 80, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to hunting; eliminating the authority of the secretary of wildlife and parks to issue nonresident landowner deer permits; amending K.S.A. 32-937 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 81, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; prohibiting large facilities receiving certain tariffs or failing to meet workforce and electric demand requirements from qualifying for economic development electric rates; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 66-101j and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 82, AN ACT concerning rural emergency hospitals; relating to nursing facility physical environment regulatory requirements; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant waivers to certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 83, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to city elections; extending voter franchise to qualified electors living in areas subject to extraterritorial zoning or subdivision regulations; amending K.S.A. 12-184b and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 84, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving property; modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards; amending K.S.A. 21-5828 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 85, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families; directing the secretary to enter into agreements with state agencies for the continuous review and comparison of data for public assistance eligibility; requiring the secretary to review federal sources to verify such eligibility, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 86, AN ACT concerning the passenger rail service program; establishing the intercity passenger rail service program; making transfers annually to the passenger rail service revolving fund; amending K.S.A. 75-5089 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 87, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the tax credit for low income student scholarship program; expanding eligibility therefor; eliminating the eligibility requirement that students shall have been previously enrolled in public school; increasing the tax credit for contributions made to such program; providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions; amending K.S.A. 72-4353 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-4352 and 72-4357 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 88, AN ACT concerning the state long-term care ombudsman; requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and any regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care; amending K.S.A. 75-7306 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 89, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to poultry disease control; authorizing the commissioner to adopt rules for establishing fees related to the poultry disease control act; prohibiting the shipment of poultry into Kansas unless such poultry meet plan requirements; establishing an annual participation fee for the national poultry improvement plan, a certification fee for persons performing testing and diagnostic services and a fee for providing testing or diagnostic services related to pullorum-typhoid; authorizing the commissioner to revoke plan participation for failure to pay the annual plan participation fee within a 60-day grace period; amending K.S.A. 2-909, 2-910, 2-911, 2-912, 2-913, 2-914 and 2-915 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 90, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for a property tax exemption from local government levies to the extent of the first $100,000 of appraised value for certain owner-occupied homes; authorizing local governments to propose a ballot question to opt out of such property tax exemption and to exclude such local government’s levy from all or 1/2 of the exemption if approved by the electors, by Senator Schmidt.

SB 91, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to actions for wrongful conviction and imprisonment; providing for payment of interest; directing the attorney general to file certain collateral actions; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-5004 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 92, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; relating to electric transmission line siting permits; extending the time in which the commission shall make a final order on an electric transmission line siting application; amending K.S.A. 66-1,178 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 93, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; providing for the statewide election of the commissioners of the state corporation commission; establishing an election schedule for the election of such commissioners; authorizing gubernatorial appointments until commissioners are elected; amending K.S.A. 25-101, 25-101a, 25-4001, 74-601, 74-605 and 74-630 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 94, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to restitution; requiring a person convicted of an offense that resulted in the incapacitation or death of a victim who is the parent or guardian of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child support, by Senator Haley.

SB 95, AN ACT concerning economic development; providing that the city or county creation of port authorities may be approved by the legislature through the enactment of a bill; authorizing the governing body of the unified government of Wyandotte county and Kansas City, Kansas, to create a port authority; amending K.S.A. 12-3402 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 96, AN ACT concerning deprivation of rights under color of law; creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing criminal penalties therefor; authorizing a civil cause of action; requiring restitution to the victim; amending K.S.A. 22-3424 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 97, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to nonhighway vehicles; granting purchasers of nonhighway vehicles the option to obtain a nonhighway certificate of title; amending K.S.A. 8-198 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-2408 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 98, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the route 66 association of Kansas distinctive license plate, by Senator Shallenburger.

SB 99, AN ACT concerning the state budget; relating to full-time positions; requiring the head of each state agency to certify the number of full-time positions paid from the state general fund that have been vacant for more than 180 calendar days and abolishing such positions; lapsing each account of the state general fund that is appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, by the amount of the salaries and wages for such abolished positions, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 100, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to denial of housing or other adverse actions against tenants or prospective tenants on the basis of past evictions or rental arrears; prohibiting the reporting of evictions or rental arrears information by consumer reporting agencies or the use of such information by landlords for adverse action against tenants after three years from the date of the evictions or rental arrears; requiring consumer reporting agencies to provide an opportunity for individuals to explain any record of evictions or rental arrears; enacting the Kansas fair chance housing and homelessness reduction act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 50-626 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 101, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) program; creating the position of drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator; providing for the duties and responsibilities thereof, by Senator Claeys, J.R..

SB 102, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; requiring coroners to report certain information to the secretary; clarifying the identifying information in mandatory reports of abuse or neglect of children to the secretary; increasing the penalty for failing to report such abuse or neglect from a misdemeanor to a felony; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22a-242 and 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Shane.

SB 103, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; authorizing cities and counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question and to levy such tax upon nonresidents of the city or county if approved by the electors of a city or county; requiring resubmission of the question, if approved, to the electors every 10 years thereafter; allowing certain credits and exemptions against such tax; providing for the deduction by public and private employers of such tax from employee earnings; providing for revenue to be pledged for certain purposes; amending K.S.A. 12-140 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 104, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to citizens commissions on local government; granting certain boards of county commissioners discretion to create such commission; amending K.S.A. 19-2670 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.

SB 105, AN ACT concerning the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance; relating to the filling of vacancies in such offices; requiring the appointment of a person of the same political party as the incumbent; requiring the legislature to nominate three persons for consideration for such appointment and that the governor appoint one of the nominated persons; establishing the joint committee on vacancy appointments; amending K.S.A. 25-101b and 40-106 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-318, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 106, AN ACT concerning veterans; relating to forms of identification; permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards; eliminating fees for homeless veterans to obtain birth certificates for purposes of nondriver identification card applications; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1324 and 65-2418 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 107, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for period products, diapers and incontinence products; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 108, AN ACT concerning taxation; authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 109, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use taxation; relating to the collection and remittance of taxes; providing a credit to retailers, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 110, AN ACT concerning the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings; authorizing exceptions if the court makes certain findings on the record; defining hearing under the code; amending K.S.A. 38-2353 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2302 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 111, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting fines, fees and costs from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile’s parent, guardian or custodian; amending K.S.A. 12-16,119, 20-3129, 21-6609, 22-4905, 28-170, 28-170a, 28-176, 38-2306, 38-2312, 38-2315, 38-2317, 38-2328, 38-2331, 38-2346, 38-2348, 38-2360, 38-2361, 38-2362, 38-2369, 38-2373, 38-2384, 38-2389, 38-2396, 38-2399 and 75-724 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 28-177 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 20-167, 38-2314, 38-2319, 38-2321, 38-2322 and 38-2324, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 112, AN ACT concerning cities and counties; relating to the issuance of building permits; prohibiting cities and counties from requiring land as part of a right-of-way as a condition for issuing a building permit unless the property owner consents and is paid fair compensation, by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.

SB 113, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to reckless driving; including operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or more and 35 miles per hour over the posted speed limit under the crime of reckless driving; amending K.S.A. 8-254 and 8-1566 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 114, AN ACT concerning education; relating to certain ancillary school district activities; authorizing nonpublic school students and virtual school students to participate in such activities; making it unlawful for a school district or the state high school activities association to discriminate against such students based on enrollment status; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-7121 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 115, AN ACT concerning precious metals; relating to gold and silver bullion and specie; enacting the Kansas bullion depository act; authorizing the state treasurer to establish, administer or contract for the administration of bullion depositories; allowing state moneys to be deposited in such bullion depositories and invested in specie legal tender; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-4209 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 116, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to jailhouse witness testimony; requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 117, AN ACT concerning aviation; relating to economic development; expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property; amending K.S.A. 79-201r and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 118, AN ACT concerning members of the legislature; imposing conditional term limits; requiring nomination by petition for any legislator seeking reelection after having served the maximum number of terms; amending K.S.A. 25-205 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Shallenburger, Argabright, Bowser, Clifford, Gossage, Holscher, Klemp, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Rose, Shane, Starnes, Sykes and Thomas.

SB 119, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license application and certificate of title fees; increasing the amount of fees retained by the county treasurer, the division of vehicles or a contractor for processing motor vehicle license applications and certificate of titles; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 120, AN ACT concerning municipalities; enacting the Kansas municipal employee whistleblower act; establishing legal protections for certain municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct, by Senator Shallenburger.

SB 121, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the regulation thereof; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register; allowing certain life insurers to follow health financial reports; adopting certain provisions from the national association of insurance commissioners holding company system regulatory act relating to group capital calculations and liquidity stress testing; amending K.S.A. 40-2d01, 40-3302, 40-3305, 40-3306, 40-3307 and 40-3308 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-249 and 40-2c29, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 122, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; prohibiting the use of an electronic communications device while operating a motor vehicle; providing a penalty for unlawful use of an electronic communications device, by Senator Holscher.

SB 123, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state board of education; providing for reimbursements to local school boards for reduced price school meals; prohibiting local school boards from collecting money for such meals; amending K.S.A. 72-17,137 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.

SB 124, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to unilateral annexations; imposing restrictions on such annexations; expanding the causes of action for landowners to challenge such annexations; amending K.S.A. 12-520 and 12-538 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.

SB 125, AN ACT concerning certain claims against the state; making appropriations; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing, by Committee on Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State.

SB 126, AN ACT concerning the healing arts; relating to physician assistants; enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 127, AN ACT concerning the rules of evidence; relating to hearsay; expanding the exception to the hearsay rule for statements made to a physician to other healthcare providers; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-460 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 128, AN ACT concerning social workers; relating to attorney-client privilege; creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney; permitting attorneys to require certain licensed social workers to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege when working under the supervision of such attorney; amending K.S.A. 38-2224, 39-1402, 39-1403, 39-1431, 39-1432 and 65-6315 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 129, AN ACT concerning judges; relating to retirement ages; raising the retirement age of district magistrate judges regularly admitted to practice law in Kansas serving in counties with 10,000 or fewer people; amending K.S.A. 20-2608 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 130, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas pet animal act; updating provisions for operating an animal shelter or pound; making changes to certain defined terms; modifying authority pertaining to refusal to issue or renew and the modification, limitation, suspension or revocation of any license or permit; providing for making immediate actions to protect the public interest; requiring the posting of a cash or security bond to pay for the costs of caring for a seized or impounded pet animal; requiring certain licensees that cease to engage in licensed activity to notify the commissioner at least 10 days prior to ceasing business, or if extenuating circumstances exist, not later than the date such activity ceases; requiring a closing inspection to confirm that licensed activity has ceased prior to expiration of the license period; requiring certain additional rules and regulations; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; clarifying the conditions required for a licensed veterinarian to act as or be a boarding or training kennel operator; changing the date during which a licensee or permit holder that is in the process of ceasing to do business may be issued a temporary closing permit; amending K.S.A. 47-1701, 47-1704, 47-1706, 47-1706a, 47-1707, 47-1709, 47-1712, 47-1715, 47-1721, 47-1723 and 47-1732 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 131, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to the state corporation commission; requiring the commission to establish and enforce a code of conduct and agricultural mitigation protocols for the development, construction, operation and decommissioning of certain large energy facilities in rural areas of the state, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 132, AN ACT concerning child care; relating to licensure of day care facilities, child care homes and child care centers; reducing license fees and training requirements; creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for a temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability and capacity; establishing the Kansas office of early childhood; transferring administration of day care licensing, parent education programs and the child care subsidy program to the Kansas office of early childhood; creating the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund and the day care criminal background and fingerprinting fund; defining youth development programs; amending section 1, as enacted by this act, section 3, as enacted by this act, section 5, as enacted by this act, section 7, as enacted by this act, section 9, as enacted by this act, section 11, as enacted by this act, section 13, as enacted by this act, section 15, as enacted by this act, K.S.A. 38-1901, 38-2103, 65-504, 65-505, 65-508, 65-508, as amended by section 54 of this act, 65-512, 65-527, 65-531, 72-4161, 72-4162, 72-4163, 72-4164 and 72-4166 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 48-3406, 65-503, 65-503, as amended by section 50 of this act, and 65-516 and repealing the existing sections. , by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 133, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to firearms; enacting the responsible gun ownership act; establishing the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm; providing penalties for violations thereof, by Senator Holscher.

SB 134, AN ACT concerning education; relating to employment files of teachers employed by a school district; authorizing school districts to request and receive an applicant teacher’s employment files from another school district if such teacher was previously employed by such other school district; establishing which school district is responsible for and the custodian of teacher employment files under the Kansas open records act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 45-220 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 135, AN ACT concerning certain protection orders; relating to the protection from abuse act; providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-3107 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 136, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; limiting contributions to $5,000 per year to political committees that are made for the purpose of independent expenditures; requiring accounting, reporting and auditing of such contributions; amending K.S.A. 25-4147, 25-4148 and 25-4153 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Holscher.

SB 137, AN ACT concerning the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act; relating to the disposition of forfeited property; authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms to a licensed federal firearms dealer; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-4117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 138, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to search and seizure; requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer; amending K.S.A. 22-2502 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 139, AN ACT concerning banks and trust companies; relating to the state banking code; updating certain definitions, terms and conditions therein; specifying that certain hearings be held in accordance with the Kansas administrative procedure act; updating certain internal references; requiring immediate notification of changes in board members; specifying that the charter of certain banks be deemed void on the effective date of a merger; establishing conditions under which it would be lawful to engage in banking without first obtaining authority from the commissioner; amending K.S.A. 9-519, 9-1111, 9-1114, 9-1724, 9-1807, 9-2011, 9-2108 and 9-2111 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 9-2107 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 9-2101 and 16-842, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 140, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to school district budgeting and accounting; requiring school district budgets to include expenditures and the actual amount budgeted for the current, preceding and second preceding years; requiring such information to be reported at the object-level; requiring the board of education of a school district to prepare and include a report when an item’s expenditure deviates by 10% or more from the actual amount budgeted for such item or when the amount budgeted for an item in the ensuing year deviates by 10% or more from the amount expended upon such item in the current year; requiring any such report to be published by the school district and the state department of education; requiring school districts to account for expenditures at the object level and further account for expenditures at the sub-object level when possible; amending K.S.A. 79-2926, 79-2927 and 79-2927a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-1167 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1705, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2025 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Senator Erickson.

SR 1706, A RESOLUTION condemning the pardons and commutations of sentences for those individuals involved in the violent attack on law enforcement officers at the United States capitol building on January 6, 2021, by Senators Schmidt, Francisco, Haley, Holscher, Pettey, Sykes and Ware.

SR 1707, A RESOLUTION designating January 30, 2025, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol, by Senator Bowers.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1606, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County and Kansas city, Kansas, by Senator Haley.

SCR 1607, 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 Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SCR 1608, 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, by Senators Claeys, J.R., Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Claeys, Joseph, Clifford, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Rose, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson and Warren.

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