Volume 44 - Issue 11 - March 13, 2025
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced March 3 – March 7 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 2400, AN ACT concerning agritourism; including trail rides as a ranching activity to qualify as an agritourism activity; classifying such land as used for agritourism for purposes of property tax valuation as agricultural land; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-1432 and 79-1476 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2401, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; providing that prior convictions of a crime defined by a statute that has since been determined unconstitutional by an appellate court shall not be used for criminal history scoring purposes unless the basis of the determination of unconstitutionality by the appellate court is later overruled or reversed; amending K.S.A. 21-6810 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2402, AN ACT concerning education; creating the blue ribbon commission on higher education; establishing the membership and purpose of the commission; requiring the submission of preliminary and final reports to the legislature on the commission’s findings and recommendations, by Committee on Appropriations.
HB 2403, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to the disposal of a decedent’s remains; establishing the order of priority of a decedent’s surviving parents who cannot agree on the disposition of such decedent’s remains; amending K.S.A. 65-1734 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2404, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; making it unlawful for adult sex offenders to enter onto certain school property or attend certain school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof; amending K.S.A. 22-4901 and 22-4902 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
House Resolutions
HR 6010, A RESOLUTION strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan, by Representatives Carpenter, Amyx, Anderson, Barrett, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carpenter, Chauncey, Croft, Curtis, Ellis, Esau, Estes, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Haskins, Hawkins, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, Humphries, James, Kessler, Long, McDonald, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Neighbor, Osman, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sanders, Sawyer, Schmoe, Schreiber, Schwertfeger, Smith, Smith, Steele, Stiens, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turner, VanHouden, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White, Wikle, Wilborn, Willcott, Williams, Wolf and Woodard.
HR 6011, A RESOLUTION recognizing August 22 as Antique Tractor Preservation Day, by Representatives Schwertfeger, Barrett, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Brantley, Buehler, Butler, Chauncey, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Gardner, Goddard, Helwig, Hill, Howell, Howerton, Huebert, Humphries, James, Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, McNorton, Minnix, Neelly, Pickert, Pishny, Poetter Parshall, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Stiens, Sutton, Sweely, Thompson, VanHouden, Waggoner, Wasinger, Wilborn, Willcott and Wol.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5012, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Attorney General Kris Kobach to protect Kansas federal employees by ensuring the legal integrity of governmental operations, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
Senate Bills
SB 283, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; decreasing income tax rates for individuals; discontinuing income, premium and privilege tax credits of the high performance incentive program and the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act; repealing tax credits relating to abandoned well plugging, agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, environmental compliance, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement; relating to withholding tax; discontinuing benefits of the promoting employment across Kansas act; discontinuing the crediting of certain amounts to the job creation program fund; amending K.S.A. 65-7107, 74-50,132, 74-50,212 and 74-50,213 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,107, 79-32,110, 79-32,160a and 79-32,306 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 79-32,204, 79-32,207, 79-32,222, 79-32,262 and 79-32,266 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-1438, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 284, AN ACT concerning prescription drugs; relating to the federal 340B drug pricing program; enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 285, AN ACT concerning the state governmental ethics law; relating to state officers and employees; providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified nonprofit organizations and discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities; amending K.S.A. 46-237 and 46-237a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 286, AN ACT concerning the state governmental ethics law; relating to the definitions of lobbying and lobbyist; providing for a new definition of lobbying client; amending K.S.A. 46-222 and 46-225 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 287, AN ACT prohibiting law enforcement agencies or officers from assisting with or participating in immigration enforcement by the United States immigration and customs enforcement in places of worship, schools and hospitals, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 288, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; making it unlawful for adult sex offenders to enter onto certain school property or certain school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof; amending K.S.A. 22-4901 and 22-4902 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 289, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to economic development electric rates; requiring economic development electric rate discounts to cover the incremental and variable costs to serve customers that receive the discount; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 66-101j and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 290, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for the state historical society to issue a scope statement, plan the work to be accomplished and issue a request for proposals for a master plan for the Quindaro ruins archaeological park in Wyandotte county, Kansas, and implement such master plan, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 291, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to optometry; modifying certain provisions of the optometry law related to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements; amending K.S.A. 65-1501, 65-1509a, 65-1512, 65-1523 and 74-1504 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1501a and 65-1505 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-1514 and 74-1505, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 292, AN ACT concerning industrial hemp; relating to hemp-derived cannabinoid products; prohibiting the transfer of such products to any person under the age of 21; establishing packaging and labeling requirements for such products; amending the definition of industrial hemp and hemp products; amending K.S.A. 2-3908 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 2-3901, 21-5701 and 65-4101 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 293, AN ACT concerning higher education; authorizing technical and community colleges to affiliate with universities; amending K.S.A. 71-1802, 72-3810, 74-32,413 and 76-712 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.
SB 294, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medical cannabis; enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act; providing for the licensure and regulation of the cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products; establishing the medical cannabis registration fund and the medical cannabis regulation fund; making exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 21-6109, 23-3201, 38-2269, 44-1009, 44-1015, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1567, 21-5705, 21-6607, 22-3717, 22-4714, 44-501, 44-706, 65-1120 and 65-28b08 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1712, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the 2025 Kansas Master Teachers, by Senators Argabright, Blasi, Blew, Owens, Sykes, Tyson and Warren.
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 1614, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to increase the penalties for violations of federal immigration laws and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement to prosecute employers who hire undocumented immigrants, by Senators Holscher, Faust-Goudeau, Haley, Pettey, Schmidt and Ware.
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