Volume 44 - Issue 12 - March 20, 2025
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced March 10 – March 14 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 2405, AN ACT concerning cannabis; creating the adult use cannabis regulation act; providing for the licensure and regulation of cannabis, including the cultivation, manufacturing, transportation, possession and sale of cannabis; providing certain fines and penalties for violations of the act; providing exemptions from crimes involving controlled substances; imposing a tax on the sale of cannabis and providing for the disposition of the revenues collected thereon; creating the cannabis business regulation fund; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-5705 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-5705a, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2406, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing tax exemption eligibility for commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that is currently ineligible for tax exemption due to such property being acquired or transported into this state on or before June 30, 2006; amending K.S.A. 79-223 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2407, AN ACT concerning the Kansas act against discrimination; adding sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a veteran as protected classes under the act; amending K.S.A. 12-16,107, 44-1001, 44-1002, 44-1004, 44-1005, 44-1006, 44-1009, 44-1015, 44-1016, 44-1017, 44-1027 and 44-1030 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2408, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to valuations of property; providing that leased ground owned by a county-recognized community land trust shall be considered as a factor in determining fair market value; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-503a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
House Resolutions
HR 6012, A RESOLUTION recognizing the 40th year of operation at Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station, by Representatives Schreiber and Barrett.
HR 6013, A RESOLUTION commemorating the 50th anniversary of the State Government Affairs Council, by Representatives Hawkins and Croft.
HR 6014, A RESOLUTION recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the Capitol, by Representatives Amyx, Alcala, Ballard, Bohi, Buehler, Carlin, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Huebert, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Mosley, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Brownlee Paige, Poskin, Rahjes, Ruiz, Ruiz, Schlingensiepen, Schreiber, Smith, Smith, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Wikle and Woodard.
HR 6015, A RESOLUTION supporting Irish-Kansas trade partnership, by Representatives Williams, Barth, Bergkamp, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carpenter, Carpenter, Chauncey, Corbet, Delperdang, Ellis, Esau, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Hill, Hoffman, Howerton, Huebert, Humphries, Kessler, King, Long, Minnix, Neelly, Ohaebosim, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Proctor, Rahjes, Reavis, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sawyer Clayton, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Smith, Smith, Stiens, Sutton, Tarwater, Thompson, Turk, Turner, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, White, Wilborn and Willcott.
HR 6016, A RESOLUTION denouncing the planned satanic worship ritual, the so-called “black mass,” on the grounds of the Kansas state capitol, scheduled to take place on March 28, 2025, by Representatives Rahjes, Anderson, Awerkamp, Barrett, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Borjon, Brantley, Buehler, Butler, W. Carpenter, Chauncey, Collins, Corbet, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Francis, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Helwig, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howell, Howerton, Huebert, James, T. Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Penn, Pickert, Pishny, Poetter, Proctor, Reavis, Roeser, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, C., Steele, Stiens, Sutton, Sweely, Tarwater, Thompson, Turner, VanHouden, Ward, Waymaster, White, Wilborn, Willcott, Williams, K., Williams, L. and Wolf.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5013, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging Congress to give state insurance regulators authority over Medicare Advantage plans, by Representatives Sutton, Neighbor, Bryce, W. Carpenter, Francis, Hoheisel, Howe, Hoye, Humphries, Long, Minnix, Resman, Smith, C., Wasinger and White.
HCR 5014, A PROPOSITION to amend article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto; establishing the freedom from taxes fund; establishing the Kansas citizens freedom review board; authorizing the board to review tax exemptions and approve or eliminate such exemptions; eliminating the state-imposed property taxes, income and privilege taxes, by Committee on Taxation.
Senate Bills
SB 295, AN ACT concerning marijuana; removing the criminal penalties for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana; creating a marijuana infraction; amending K.S.A. 21-5706 and 21-5709 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6607 and 22-3717 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 296, AN ACT concerning the department of revenue; eliminating certain tax credits, exemptions, incentives, refunds and limitations, a transitional adjustment, a checkoff and a restoration program administered by the secretary that have expired or are no longer applicable; providing certain technical changes to remove or modify statutory cross references; amending K.S.A. 74-50,136, 74-8947, 75-3712, 75-4275, 79-225, 79-255 and 79-32,140a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117, 79-32,143a and 79- 32,160a; also repealing K.S.A. 75-3713e, 79-201h, 79-1705, 79-3221f, 79-3288a, 79-32,117a, 79-32,117b, 79-32,117c, 79-32,117d, 79-32,117e, 79-32,140, 79-32,160b, 79-32,181, 79-32,181a, 79-32,192, 79-32,193, 79-32,206, 79-32,214, 79-32,215, 79-32,238, 79-32,239, 79-32,240, 79-32,241, 79-32,244, 79-32,257, 79-32,258, 79-32,259, 79-32,260, 79-32,262, 79-32,264 and 79-32,272 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,203, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 297, AN ACT concerning employment; providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects; amending K.S.A. 12-16,132 and 19-26,114 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 12-16,131, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
Senate Resolutions
SR 1713, A RESOLUTION recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community and their promotion of scholarship, service and advocacy, by Senator Faust Goudeau.
SR 1714, A RESOLUTION recognizing the members of Kansas Task Force 1 for their outstanding efforts as responders during Hurricanes Helene and Milton, by Senators Titus, Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, J.R. Claeys, Joseph Claeys, Clifford, Corson, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Faust Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Holscher, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Rose, Schmidt, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Sykes, Thomas, Thompson, Tyson, Ware and Warren.
SR 1715, A RESOLUTION recognizing March 13, 2025, as Mental Health Advocacy Day at the Capitol, by Senators Pettey, Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, J.R. Claeys, Joseph Claeys, Clifford, Corson, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Faust Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Holscher, Klemp, Kloos, Murphy, Owens, Petersen, Rose, Ryckman, Schmidt, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Sykes, Thomas, Titus, Tyson and Ware.
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