Volume 45 - Issue 4 - January 22, 2026

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 12–16 during the 2026 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/.

House Bills

HB 2409, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to the school term; prohibiting the commencement thereof prior to Labor Day; providing for exceptions, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2410, AN ACT concerning public libraries; relating to withdrawal from a regional system of cooperating libraries; allowing such withdrawal upon certain conditions with no discretion regarding approval of such withdrawal by the state library board; amending K.S.A. 75-2549, 75-2550 and 75-2551 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Howe.

HB 2411, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; reducing the required waiting period for employment of retirants hired by a school district participating employer for a covered position that requires a teaching license or certificate; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-4914 and 74-4937 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Schwertfeger.

HB 2412, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5601 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Collins.

HB 2413, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft; providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony; allowing for the forfeiture of certain property used in the commission of theft of an implement of husbandry; amending K.S.A. 21-5801 and 22-4807a and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Schwertfeger and Steele.

HB 2414, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to electric vehicles; establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act; providing for a road repair tax on the distribution of electricity from public charging stations, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2415, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring each local board of education of a school district to appoint one or more nonvoting student representatives to such board of education, by Representative McDonald.

HB 2416, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to motorsports venues; creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act; providing immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or other similar legal theories under certain conditions, by Representative Delperdang.

HB 2417, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; authorizing the state bank commissioner to revoke a fiduciary financial institution charter, subject to approval by the legislative coordinating council; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2301 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight.

HB 2418, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; prohibiting the office of the state bank commissioner or any other state agency from becoming a receiver for a technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution that becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2301 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight.

HB 2419, AN ACT concerning the Kansas open records act; relating to permissible exceptions to disclosure; providing an exception to KORA that authorizes certain retired KPERS members to have identifying information restricted from public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-221 and repealing the existing section, by Representative McNorton.

HB 2420, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring parental consent prior to providing any school-based mental health service to a student; establishing exceptions to such requirement; authorizing the imposition of a civil penalty for each violation thereof, by Representative Steele.

HB 2421, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools; prohibiting students from using personal electronic communication devices during school hours; prohibiting school employees from communicating with students via social media platforms for official school purposes and providing certain exceptions; requiring the adoption of policies and procedures relating thereto; requiring each board of education of a school district and governing authority of an accredited nonpublic elementary or secondary school to report on the average amount of screen time that students in kindergarten and grades one through four experience during a typical school day, by Representatives Brantley, Butler, Chauncey, Goetz, Martinez, Oropeza, Steele, Williams, K. and Xu.

HB 2422, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft; providing that theft of grain is a severity level 6, nonperson felony; amending K.S.A. 21-5801 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Schwertfeger.

HB 2423, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; allowing hunters who are federally licensed drone operators to use drones to locate wounded or recently deceased deer; requiring permission from the public or private landowner, or such landowner’s authorized representative, prior to launching or landing a drone from or on such landowner’s property; prohibiting the use of drones to harass wildlife or the pursuit of any wildlife that has been harassed by or with the aid of a drone; amending K.S.A. 32-1003 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Schwertfeger.

HB 2424, 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; 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 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. 2025 Supp. 82a-1206; also repealing K.S.A. 82a-1218, by Representative White.

HB 2425, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; determining food containing specific food or color additives to be adulterated; prohibiting the use of adulterated food as an ingredient in any meal provided by schools as part of certain food service programs; providing certain exceptions for foods adulterated by specific food or color additives, including sales of less than $5,000; determining drugs containing synthetic color additives to be adulterated; providing that the processing, storage or distribution of any drug containing synthetic color additives is subject to a civil penalty in an amount not more than $500,000 per violation and is a drug severity level 5 felony; amending K.S.A. 65-657, 65-664, 65-668 and 65-682 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Schwertfeger.

HB 2426, AN ACT amending the women’s bill of rights; defining the term “gender” to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction; directing the director of the division of motor vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver’s licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses; directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates; removing the definition of “gender” from the help not harm act; amending K.S.A. 8-234a and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-243, 65-28,137 and 77-207 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Humphries.

HB 2427, AN ACT establishing the position of fiscal integrity auditor to be appointed by the legislative coordinating council; providing for the duties of the fiscal integrity auditor, including access to the state fiscal technology systems and software; requiring certain reports and recommendations to be submitted to certain legislative committees, by Representatives Williams, K. and Waymaster.

HB 2428, AN ACT concerning postsecondary educational institutions; requiring the state board of regents to establish curricula and designate courses at postsecondary educational institutions; relating to DEI-CRT-related courses and content; requiring the study of American institutions and certain programs at freshman orientations concerning free speech, by Representatives Williams, K., Humphries and Lewis.

HB 2429, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medications; authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine tablets, by Representative Fairchild.

HB 2430, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to property and casualty insurance; enacting the insurance savings account act; allowing individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions; providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts; authorizing the secretary of revenue to adopt certain rules and regulations; granting nonexclusive marketing authority to the state commissioner of insurance; establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas income tax act; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,117 and 79-32,138 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Smith, A.

HB 2431, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the student secular bill of rights; establishing statutory protections against religious coercion and discrimination in pubic schools; providing a cause of action for students and parents for violations thereof, by Representatives Meyer, Oropeza and Ruiz, S.

HB 2432, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to excise tax; providing a tax on large employers for certain federal benefits paid to employees, by Representatives Meyer, Oropeza and Ruiz, S.

HB 2433, AN ACT concerning the regulation of water use; clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water; placing such authority with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing section, by Representative Wasinger.

HB 2434, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects, assessments and fees; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 74-50,107, 74-99b34, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-2989, 79-3425i, 79-34,171 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Waymaster.

HB 2435, AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; enacting the natural gas infrastructure availability act; authorizing natural gas public utilities to defer to a regulatory asset all depreciation expense and carrying cost for any new plant, facilities or equipment that such utility has put into service; establishing an interim rate adjustment mechanism and authorizing recovery of such regulatory asset through such mechanism, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2436, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to rendering medical assistance; allowing for the use of expired opioid antagonists to treat an opioid overdose; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2312 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Wikle, Amyx, Paige, Carmichael, Carr, Ellis, Featherston, Haskins, Hoheisel, T. Johnson, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Neighbor, Oropeza, Poskin, Proctor, Reavis, Ruiz, S., Sweely, Waggoner, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2437, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records; removing individuals disqualified for voting from voter registration records; providing an open records exemption for certain information related to voter registration; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-2316c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2438, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2439, AN ACT concerning public health and the environment; enacting the Kansas geoengineering and weather modification prohibition act; prohibiting geoengineering and weather modification activities; providing criminal penalties for certain violations of the act; assigning enforcement authority to the department of health and environment; authorizing the secretary to adopt rules and regulations as necessary; requiring operators of public-use airports to report any violations to the department of transportation on a monthly basis; requiring the department of transportation to send such reports to the secretary of health and environment and the applicable state law enforcement agency; authorizing the secretary of transportation to adopt rules and regulations as necessary; repealing the Kansas weather modification act; repealing K.S.A. 82a-1401, 82a-1402, 82a-1403, 82a-1405, 82a-1406, 82a-1407, 82a-1408, 82a-1409, 82a-1410, 82a-1411, 82a-1412, 82a-1413, 82a-1414, 82a-1415, 82a-1416, 82a-1417, 82a-1418, 82a-1419, 82a-1420, 82a-1421, 82a-1422, 82a-1423, 82a-1424 and 82a-1425, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2440, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-213 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2441, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; adding compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas to alternative fuels that are eligible for the income tax credit for alternative-fueled motor vehicle property expenditures; amending K.S.A. 79-32,201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2442, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing for the apportionment of business income by a manufacturer of alcoholic liquor by the single sales factor; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3279 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2443, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to public utilities; providing that certain natural gas storage facilities shall not be classified as public utilities; amending K.S.A. 79-5a01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2444, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case; creating a special sentencing rule of presumptive imprisonment when a new felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony; prohibiting certain dispositional and durational departures when a new felony is committed by offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony; requiring secured minimum appearance bond amounts for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings; amending K.S.A. 21-6818 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615, 21-6804 and 22-2802 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives McNorton, Anderson, Barrett, Blex, Bloom, Bohi, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Caiharr, Chauncey, Collins, Droge, Ellis, Helwig, T. Johnson, Long, Minnix, Neelly, Reavis, Resman, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Sappington, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Smith, C., Steele, Stiens, Sutton, Tarwater, VanHouden, Wasinger, White, Williams, K., Wilson and Wolf.

HB 2445, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act; providing a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a qualified individual and certain qualified health care shares received by a qualified individual; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2446, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; deleting the requirement that treasurers be listed in political advertising attributions; amending K.S.A. 25-2407 and 25-4156 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2447, AN ACT concerning elections; providing for a presidential preference primary election in 2028 and every four years thereafter; aligning the special election date in March with the presidential preference primary election date; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-432, 25-1115, 25-2006, 25-2311, 25-2502, 25-4501a, 25-4505 and 25-4506 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2448, AN ACT concerning driver’s licenses; requiring citizenship status be listed on the license; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-243 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2449, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; authorizing the removal of a voter from voter registration rolls if such voter is issued a driver’s license by another state; requiring an attestation on voter registration forms that states that obtaining a foreign driver’s license constitutes a change of residency for voting purposes; amending K.S.A. 25-2309 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-2324 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2450, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign finance; providing exceptions to the automatic termination of candidate campaign accounts if the account holds at least a minimum amount of money or has at least a minimum amount of debt liability; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-4190 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2451, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the use of public assets for campaign finance; prohibiting the use of such assets to advocate for or against state constitutional amendments and any other ballot question submitted to qualified electors; amending K.S.A. 25-4169a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2452, AN ACT concerning elections; changing the timing of municipality elections for cities, school districts, community colleges and certain other municipalities to fall in even-numbered years; requiring terms of office to be either two years or four years; amending K.S.A. 2-623, 2-624, 13-1221, 13-1702, 19-2760, 19-3505, 24-412, 24-459, 24-504, 24-506, 25-205, 25-210, 25-610, 25-611, 25-2010, 25-2017a, 25-2102, 25-2107, 25-2108a, 25-21a03, 42-706, 71-1408, 71-1413, 71-1422 and 80-2508 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-213, 25-303, 25-1115, 25-2006, 25-2018, 25-2311, 25-2502 and 25-3009 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-21a01, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2453, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring applications for such ballots be filed by the 12th day prior to election day; requiring advance voting in person to be completed prior to the week of the election; extending the time for transmittal of such ballots to 22 days prior to an election; ending the time for voter registration at 25 days prior to election day; amending K.S.A. 25-1123, 25-1133, 25-1134 and 25-1136 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-1122, 25-1132, 25-2311 and 25-3107 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2454, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; requiring landlords to accept full or partial payment amounts and to consider certain income of a tenant or prospective tenant when demonstrating income as a condition of qualifying for housing; providing that violations of such requirements shall be deemed to be a deceptive or unconscionable act or practice under the provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act and subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of such act, by Representatives Howerton, Howell and Tarwater.

HB 2455, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2029, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects and fees, imposing certain restrictions and limitations, and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 74-50,107, 74-8711, 74-99b34, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-3425i, 79-4801, 79-4804 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2456, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to countywide and city retailers’ sales taxes; authorizing cities and counties to levy a 0% sales and use tax on sales of food ingredients; amending K.S.A. 12-189a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2457, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to residential property; restricting homestead taxes to not more than the established base year amount of property taxes owed for individuals 65 years of age and older; relating to commercial property; eliminating the property tax exemption for certain properties used for healthcare when in competition with comparable uses by non-exempt properties; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2458, AN ACT concerning local government; relating to certain taxing jurisdictions; requiring approval of property tax levies and bond issuances by elected bodies or electors; amending K.S.A. 3-114, 12-1220, 12-1234, 12-1267, 12-1270, 12-1276, 12-1288, 12-1688, 12-1927, 12-1928, 12-1936, 13-13a18, 13-13a23, 19-3557, 19-3617, 19-3622, 27-322, 27-323, 27-333, 75-2551, 80-1520 and 80-1548 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2459, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to electric-assisted scooters and electric-assisted bicycles; requiring any person who is 17 years of age and under to wear a helmet while operating an electric-assisted scooter or electric-assisted bicycle; modifying the definition of electric-assisted scooter to include certain specifications and maximum operating speeds; prohibiting any person who is 13 years of age and under from operating an electric-assisted scooter; establishing a maximum speed limit of 15 miles per hour when operating an electric-assisted scooter; amending K.S.A. 8-126, 8-1498 and 8-15,113 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2460, AN ACT concerning the Kansas open records act (KORA); relating to permissible exceptions to disclosure; providing an exception to KORA that authorizes members of the legislature to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-221 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2461, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to public adjusters; prohibiting public adjusters from negotiating for or effectuating the settlement of any insurance claim relating to residential and personal lines of insurance; amending K.S.A. 40-5501 and 40-5503 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-5502 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2462, AN ACT concerning water; requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations by July 1, 2028, allowing for the direct and indirect potable reuse of treated wastewater; amending K.S.A. 65-162a and 65-171m and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.

HB 2463, AN ACT concerning rural health; creating the rural health transformation fund; prescribing powers and duties of the state finance council concerning such fund and the rural health transformation program; crediting all federal moneys for the rural health transformation program to such fund; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state finance council and other state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, imposing certain restrictions and limitations and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing, by Representative Waymaster.

HB 2464, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; extending the number of years that new credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs and employers of program graduates; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,295 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2465, AN ACT concerning discrimination; enacting the professionals’ freedom of expression act; providing protection for professionals and businesses against adverse action as a result of an expression of beliefs by such professional or business that is unrelated to such profession or business; including such protections within the real estate brokers’ and salespersons’ license act; amending K.S.A. 58-3034 and 58-3062 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2466, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to income tax credit incentives; extending the sunset for the angel investor tax credit to 2031; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-8133 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2467, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to failure to comply with a traffic citation; prohibiting past convictions or sanctions that are more than five years old from being considered by courts or the division of vehicles; eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles related to suspended or restricted drivers’ licenses; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-2110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2468, AN ACT concerning education; relating to federal tax credits for contributions to scholarship granting organizations; electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations; relating to the tax credit for low income students scholarship program; increasing the aggregate tax credit limit; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-4357 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2469, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to credits; expanding the income tax credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures to include credits against certain premium taxes, privilege fees and privilege taxes; allowing the transfer of unused credits to any individual or entity subject to such taxes; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,297 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2470, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act; providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area; amending K.S.A. 12-17,116 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

House Resolutions

HR 6020, A RESOLUTION providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2026 session of the Legislature, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.

HR 6021, A RESOLUTION providing for the assignment of seats in the House of Representatives for the 2026 legislative session, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5019, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are duly organized and ready to receive communications, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.

HCR 5020, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing messages from the Governor and the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and Woodard.

Senate Bills

SB 300, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; prohibiting the office of the state bank commissioner or any other state agency from becoming a receiver for a technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution that becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2301 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight.

SB 301, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; authorizing the state bank commissioner to revoke a fiduciary financial institution charter, subject to approval by the legislative coordinating council; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-2301 and repealing the existing section, by Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight.

SB 302, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts and accredited nonpublic schools; prohibiting students from using personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and providing certain exceptions; prohibiting school employees from communicating with students via social media platforms for official school purposes and providing certain exceptions; requiring the adoption of policies and procedures relating thereto, by Senators Blasi, Alley, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Claeys, Joseph, Clifford, Corson, Erickson, Fagg, Faust Goudeau, Francisco, Hill, Klemp, Kloos, Petersen, Pettey, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Rose, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Sykes, Thompson and Warren.

SB 303, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Labette county for the purpose of providing financial support to fire departments located in the county; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Peck.

SB 304, AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment office of vital statistics; relating to information regarding government-administered savings accounts; establishing the born to invest act; requiring the office of vital statistics to provide information regarding children born in Kansas to the state treasurer; permitting the state treasurer to provide informational materials on government-administered savings accounts for such children and such children’s families, by Senators Masterson, Bowers, Claeys, Joseph, Erickson, Fagg, Hill, Kloos, Owens, Rose, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes and Thompson.

SB 305, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to driving under the influence; classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes; amending K.S.A. 8-2,144 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Thomas.

SB 306, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to driving under the influence offenses; directing courts to approve victim impact panel programs for driving under the influence offenses; requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence offenses to attend victim impact panel programs; amending K.S.A. 8-2,144, 12-4416 and 22-2909 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Thomas.

SB 307, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; requiring veterans with a condition from military service to be offered diversion for certain offenses; expanding the mitigating factor for departure at sentencing for veterans; amending K.S.A. 21-6815 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Owens.

SB 308, AN ACT concerning the legislature; relating to the state governmental ethics law; prohibiting members of the legislature from lobbying for a period of four years after leaving office; amending K.S.A. 46-225 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Corson.

SB 309, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Senator Corson.

SB 310, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign contributions; regulating the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of campaign contribution; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-4153 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Bowser.

SB 311, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; eliminating state income tax on certain qualified overtime compensation by providing a subtraction modification for such compensation; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Corson.

SB 312, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the deputy sheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, by Senators Billinger and Bowers.

SB 313, AN ACT concerning the legislature; relating to the state governmental ethics law; prohibiting members thereof from engaging in transactions involving stocks and other securities during the legislative session, by Senator Corson.

SB 314, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the use of public assets for campaign finance; prohibiting the use of such assets to advocate for or against state constitutional amendments and any other ballot question submitted to qualified electors; amending K.S.A. 25-4169a and repealing the existing section, by Senators Shane and Thompson.

SB 315, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects, assessments and fees; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 74-50,107, 74-99b34, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-2989, 79-3425i, 79-34,171 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Billinger.

SB 316, AN ACT concerning the office of the state bank commissioner; relating to powers, duties and responsibilities of the state bank commissioner; authorizing the state bank commissioner to establish a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of Kansas to provide charitable consumer financial education initiatives in Kansas, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 317, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund; establishing additional criteria for the operation of such funds; requiring municipalities to demonstrate a current 25-year water supply in applications related to water distribution, unless application is for new water supply source that will extend the current supply beyond 25 years; prohibiting grants for issues related to water rights impaired by another water right; prioritizing applications based on public health, resource management, population trends, funding sources, regional cooperation and weather resiliency; requiring applications to be submitted annually by September 15, with grants subject to revocation and repayment under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 82a-956 and 82a-957 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 318, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to turning movements and required signals; creating a definition for a roundabout; requiring that turn signals be used when moving right or left or exiting a roundabout; amending K.S.A. 8-1548 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 319, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to residential and commercial and industrial real property; providing for a rebate when a qualifying property sells in a qualifying sale for a fair market value sale price that is less than 97% of the county’s appraised value, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 320, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; expanding exemption eligibility to include commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that was 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 Assessment and Taxation.

SB 321, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating the junction of I-35 and U.S. highway 69 and 18th street expressway in Johnson county as the Representative Robert M Tomlinson memorial interchange, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 322, AN ACT concerning administrative rules and regulations; relating to the prescription monitoring program act; removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the program database as delegates by rules and regulations; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-1682 and repealing the existing section, Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations.

SB 323, AN ACT concerning civil procedure; relating to wage garnishment; modifying the definition of earnings to include paid compensation for wage garnishment exemption purposes; amending K.S.A. 60-2310 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 324, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone or a road construction zone; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 325, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate; amending K.S.A. 8-133 and 8-15,110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 326, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to driving under the influence test failures; providing that the failure of an alcohol or drug test can be certified when the law enforcement officer administering such test had reasonable grounds to believe a person was attempting to operate a vehicle; amending K.S.A. 8-1002 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 327, AN ACT concerning legislative oversight; relating to the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight; eliminating the requirement that the committee’s January and April meetings be held during the regular legislative session; amending K.S.A. 39-7,160 and repealing the existing section, by Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight.

SB 328, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to regulation of pharmacists; permitting a pharmacist to distribute epinephrine delivery systems to a school for emergency medication kits; amending definitions related to medication in schools to allow for use of epinephrine delivery systems; amending K.S.A. 72-6282 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-1680 and 72-6283 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 329, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to valuation appeals; requiring the county appraiser to submit a single property appraisal report at the hearing before the regular division of the state board of tax appeals; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-1496, 79-1609 and 79-2005 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 330, AN ACT concerning insurance; enacting the transparency in prior authorization act; imposing certain requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization in the delivery of healthcare services, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 331, AN ACT repealing K.S.A. 52-717; relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 332, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to the real estate sales validation questionnaire; excluding buyer’s premiums from the sale price of property purchased at auction for purposes of the real estate sales validation questionnaire and property valuation; amending K.S.A. 79-1437d and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 333, AN ACT concerning water; relating to public water systems; prohibiting the use of fluoride additives in such systems; amending K.S.A. 19-3521a, 65-162a and 65-171m and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-171r and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 334, AN ACT concerning nursing workforce development; providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval; amending K.S.A. 65-1119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 335, AN ACT concerning public construction contracts; amending the Kansas fairness in public construction contract act; requiring such contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages; amending K.S.A. 16-1901 and 16-1907 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Shallenburger.

SB 336, AN ACT concerning elections; providing for a presidential preference primary election in 2028 and every four years thereafter; aligning the special election date in March with the presidential preference primary election date; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-432, 25-1115, 25-2006, 25-2311, 25-2502, 25-4501a, 25-4505 and 25-4506 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 337, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, June 30, 2028, and June 30, 2029, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers, capital improvement projects and fees, imposing certain restrictions and limitations, and directing or authorizing certain receipts, disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 74-50,107, 74-8711, 74-99b34, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-3425i, 79-4801, 79-4804 and 82a-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 338, AN ACT concerning education; relating to nonaccredited private elementary and secondary schools; including a home school within the definition of private elementary or secondary school; defining home school; amending K.S.A. 72-4345 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 339, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring school districts to provide at least 30 minutes of daily recess time for students in grades kindergarten through five; designating such time as part of the school term; amending K.S.A. 72-3115 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 340, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas promise scholarship program; prohibiting Kansas promise scholarship awards from being used to fund corequisite courses; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,274 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 341, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary courses taught in secondary schools; providing requirements for agreements between school districts and community colleges or technical colleges for the provision of such courses in certain circumstances, by Committee on Education.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1721, A RESOLUTION providing for the organization of the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.

SR 1722, A RESOLUTION relating to assignment of seats in the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1615, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14, 2026, and every October 14 thereafter, as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day, by Senators Shallenburger, Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Claeys, Joseph, Clifford, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Hill, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Rose, Ryckman, Shane, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson and Warren.

SCR 1616, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; limiting assessed value increases for real property classified in any subclass and personal property classified as mobile homes used for residential purposes, by Senators Tyson, Alley, Blasi, Erickson, Gossage, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Peck, Petersen, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Thompson and Titus.

SCR 1617, A PROPOSITION to amend section 13 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; requiring a simple majority for passage of a resolution to ratify any amendment to the constitution of the United States or to make any application for congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the constitution of the United States, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

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