Volume 41 - Issue 6 - February 10, 2022

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 27 – February 2 during the 2022 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 2563, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to plants and seeds; seeds treated with certain substances; definitions; labeling; unlawful actions; certain registrations; inspections; live plant dealers; relating to industrial hemp; testing services; creating an advisory board; amending K.S.A. 2-1415, 2-1417, 2-1421, 2-1422, 2-1422a and 2-1424 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 2-1421a, 2-1423, 2-1427, 2-2113, 2-2118, 2-2120, 2-3901, 2-3902, 2-3903 and 2-3906 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 2-2135, 2-2136, 2-2137, 2-2138, 2-2139, 2-2140 and 2-2141, by Committee on Agriculture.

HB 2564, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital requirements; updating the version of instructions in effect; amending K.S.A. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2565, AN ACT concerning elections; regarding county election officer duties; providing requirements for reporting precinct level election results; amending K.S.A. 25-3206 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2566, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to winery licensure; creating a microwinery license; requiring farm winery licensees to engage in farm-related activities; amending K.S.A. 41-102, 41-304, 41-305, 41-308a, 41-308d, 41-310, 41-311, 41-313, 41-316, 41-317, 41-319, 41-351, 41-355, 41-501, 41-601, 41-602, 41-710, 41-714, 41-717, 41-718, 41-719, 41-803, 41-901, 41-1101, 41-1201, 41-1202, 41-2623, 65-689, 79-4101, 79-4102, 79-4103 and 79-4104 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 75-5133 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 75-5133d, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2567, AN ACT concerning vehicles; relating to registration and titles; increasing fees for certain services provided by county treasurers and the division of vehicles; decreasing fees associated with administrative costs for such services; modifying the disposition of certain registration and titling fees; amending K.S.A. 74-2013 and 79-3604 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-132, 8-135, 8-135a, 8-139, 8-143, 8-143j, 8-145, 8-145d, 8-167, 8-170, 8-172, 8-195, 8-198 and 58-4204 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2568, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the Kansas mortgage business act; authorizing certain mortgage business to be conducted at remote locations; establishing procedures and requirements for license and registration renewal or reinstatement; adjusting surety bond requirements; providing for evidence of solvency and net worth; requiring notice to commissioner when adding or closing any branch office; amending K.S.A. 9-2215 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 9-2201, 9-2203, 9-2204, 9-2205, 9-2208 and 9-2211 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.

HB 2569, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income and privilege tax; credits; establishing an older structures tax credit; amending the historic structures tax credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,211 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor, Arnberger, Baker, Barker, Blex, Collins, Concannon, Croft, Ellis, French, Hoheisel, T. Johnson, Neelly, Wasinger and Waymaster.

HB 2570, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election audits; concerning election procedures; amending K.S.A. 25-3009 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2571, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to motor vehicles; providing for a deduction for calculating tax owed when selling and buying a vehicle within 180 days; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-199 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2572, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to rates; computing rates through use of a formula; amending K.S.A. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2573, AN ACT concerning the state children’s health insurance program; relating to eligibility; updating income requirements therefor; eliminating waiting period for certain persons to receive coverage; amending K.S.A. 38-2001 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2574, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the crime victims compensation board; awarding of compensation for mental health counseling; increasing the amount of certain awards; changing the definition of “crime scene cleanup”; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-7301 and 74-7305 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2575, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; requiring automatic expungement of certain records; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6614 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2576, AN ACT concerning governmental ethics; extending the time frame for hearings before the governmental ethics commission; allowing federal officials access to commission investigations; amending K.S.A. 46-255, 46-256, 46-259, 46-265 and 46-280 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2577, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; extending the time frame for governmental ethics commission hearings; allowing federal officials access to governmental ethics commission investigations; amending K.S.A. 25-4148, 25-4156, 25-4161, 25-4165 and 25-4174 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2578, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to petitions; recognition of political parties; lowering the signature requirement for such recognition; amending K.S.A. 25-302a and 25-3602 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2579, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; requiring electronic filing of reports for state offices; amending K.S.A. 25-4148 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2580, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to the Kansas commission on peace officers’ standards and training; certification of law enforcement officers; authorizing legislative service to count toward continuing law enforcement education or training; amending K.S.A. 74-5607a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2581, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; relating to relief from registration; violation of act; decreasing criminal penalties; providing for waiver of fees by the court; obstructing apprehension or prosecution; reducing required locations; information required to register; eliminating registration for certain juvenile offenders; amending K.S.A. 74-7335 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6614, 21-6804, 22-4902, 22-4903, 22-4904, 22-4905, 22-4906, 22-4907, 22-4908 and 22-4909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2582, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the Kansas department for children and families; clarifying information exchange in investigations of child abuse between the department and law enforcement agencies; directing the department to release certain information to law enforcement agencies; amending K.S.A. 38-2210, 38-2211 and 38-2212 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Children and Seniors.

HB 2583, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; providing for an annual cost-of-living adjustment for retirants upon the occurrence of certain annual investment returns and consumer price index increases as certified by the board or executive director as designated by the board, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2584, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; providing a cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirants, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2585, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advanced voting ballots; requiring the return of such ballots by 7 p.m. on the day of the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1132 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Esau.

HB 2586, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; enacting the Kansas work and save program act; providing for administrative powers, duties and responsibilities of the state treasurer regarding such program; granting rules and regulations authority; allowing certain individuals to contribute to individual retirement accounts; prescribing requirements, limitations and responsibilities for eligible employees and employers relating to such individual retirement accounts; establishing the Kansas work and save administrative fund in the state treasury, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2587, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the school sports head injury prevention act; requiring schools to establish concussion management teams; standards of care protocols; required biennial education; amending K.S.A. 72-7119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2588, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, 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. 2021 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 17-12a601, 72-5462, 74-99b34, 75-2263, 75-6707, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-2959, 79-2964, 79-3425i, 79-34,171 and 79-4804 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2589, AN ACT making null and void the approval by the state finance council for the renovation of building No. 3, Docking state office building, pursuant to state finance council resolution No. 21-740 and the authority to issue bonds for such renovation pursuant to section 61 of chapter 116 of the 2021 Session Laws of Kansas, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2590, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; repealing the authority of the state finance council to approve an expenditure request of moneys from the federal government for aid for coronavirus relief while the legislature is in session, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2591, AN ACT repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 55-193; concerning the state corporation commission; relating to certain fund transfers to the abandoned oil and gas well fund, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2592, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years June 30, 2022, June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, 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. 2021 Supp. 74-50,107 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2593, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employment after retirement of retirants in certain school district positions during a period ending June 30, 2024; reducing the required employer contribution rate to only the statutory rate when employing such retirants; decreasing the required waiting period to 60 days; amending K.S.A. 74-4937 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5027, A CONCURRENTRESOLUTION applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose limits on the federal government, by Representatives Bergquist, Bergkamp, Burris, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Croft, Delperdang, Donohoe, Ellis, Eplee, French, Garber, Hawkins, Helmer, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Huebert, Humphries, S. Johnson, T. Johnson, Kelly, Mason, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, F. Patton, Penn, Proehl, Resman, Rhiley, Ryckman, Sanders, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, C., Smith, E., Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Turner, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster and K. Williams.

Senate Bills

SB 398, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to vaccinations; children and minors; requiring a child care facility or school to grant religious exemptions from vaccination requirements without inquiring into the sincerity of the religious beliefs; amending K.S.A. 65-508 and 72-6262 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 399, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the healthcare insurance provider availability act; adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider contained therein; amending K.S.A. 40-3401 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 400, AN ACT concerning trusts; relating to the creation, modification and termination thereof; creating an opt-out provision for the rule against perpetuities; providing for a process by which a new trust can be created by moving all of the contents of one trust into a new trust; adding to the list of matters that may be resolved by nonjudicial settlement agreements; increasing the threshold at which an uneconomic trust may be terminated; updating the definition of resident trust; amending K.S.A. 58a-414 and 79-32,109 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 58a-111 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 401, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; providing for an annual cost-of-living adjustment for retirants upon the occurrence of certain annual investment returns and consumer price index increases as certified by the board or executive director as designated by the board, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 402, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; providing a cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirants, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 403, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; Wilson county, election and rates; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 404, AN ACT concerning gaming; authorizing a vote to permit electronic gaming machines at a racetrack gaming facility in Sedgwick county; authorizing parimutuel licensees to operate historical horse race machines; establishing the Kansas horse council fund, privilege fee repayment fund, racetrack gaming facility management repayment fund and facility manager licensee repayment fund; amending K.S.A. 74-8702, 74-8734, 74-8741, 74-8743, 74-8746, 74-8747, 74-8802, 74-8804, 74-8814, 74-8823 and 74-8836 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 405, AN ACT concerning the disposition of certain state real property; authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; imposing certain conditions; prescribing costs of conveyance, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 406, AN ACT concerning firearms; creating the back the blue act; authorizing the issuance of protective orders to prohibit the acquisition and possession of firearms to reduce law enforcement officer deaths; civil and criminal penalties for violations of such orders, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 407, AN ACT concerning the state children’s health insurance program; relating to eligibility; updating income requirements therefor; eliminating waiting period for certain persons to receive coverage; amending K.S.A. 38-2001 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 408, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft; increasing criminal penalties for multiple thefts of mail; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5801 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 409, AN ACT concerning freedom of worship; prohibiting certain restrictions on such freedom by governmental entities and public officials; limiting related state of disaster emergency powers of the governor and state of local disaster emergency powers of counties and cities; related powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 410, AN ACT concerning the legislative branch; requiring the state capitol and legislative meetings to be open to the public, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 411, AN ACT concerning commerce; prohibiting certain restrictions on the operation of private businesses by governmental entities and public officials; limiting related state of disaster emergency powers of the governor and state of local disaster emergency powers of counties and cities; related powers of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 48-925, 48-932, 65-101, 65-201 and 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 412, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to violation of a protective order; increasing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5924 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 413, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to domestic battery; authorizing staggered sentencing therefor; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5414 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 414, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to driving under the influence; authorizing staggered sentencing therefor; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 415, AN ACT concerning domestic violence; defining primary aggressor in the Kansas criminal code, the Kansas code of criminal procedure and the protection from abuse act; law enforcement policies regarding domestic violence calls; directing that arrest is the preferred response only with respect to the primary aggressor; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5111, 22-2307 and 60-3107 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 416, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to law enforcement policies regarding domestic violence calls; requiring officers investigating alleged domestic violence to conduct a lethality assessment; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2307 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 417, AN ACT concerning health and environment; relating to solid waste; establishing minimum and maximum permit renewal fees for certain disposal areas and processing facilities; amending K.S.A. 65-3407 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 418, AN ACT concerning elections; prohibiting the modification of election laws by agreement except as approved by the legislative coordinating council; amending K.S.A. 25-125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 419, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to special agents of the department of corrections; the commission on peace officers’ standards and training; Kansas law enforcement training act; amending K.S.A. 74-5602 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 420, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to limitations on actions; extending the time to file a claim for damages caused by childhood sexual abuse; reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-523 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 421, AN ACT concerning the Kansas public employees retirement system; eliminating certain level-dollar employer contribution payments; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to the Kansas public employees retirement fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4920 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 422, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, June 30, 2024, and June 30, 2025, 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. 2021 Supp. 2-223, 12-1775a, 12-5256, 17-12a601, 72-5462, 74-99b34, 75-2263, 75-6707, 76-775, 76-7,107, 79-2959, 79-2964, 79-3425i, 79-34,171 and 79-4804 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 423, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to motor vehicle warranties; modifying how reasonable allowance for use is calculated for nonconforming vehicle warranty refunds; amending K.S.A. 8-2440 and 50-645 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 424, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to officer-involved deaths and use of aggressive force; requiring investigations and reports, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 425, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the Kansas department for children and families; clarifying information exchange in investigations of child abuse between the department and law enforcement agencies; directing the department to release certain information to law enforcement agencies; amending K.S.A. 38-2210, 38-2211 and 38-2212 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 426, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the child day care services assistance tax credit; increasing the amount of the credit for years following facility establishment; providing a credit for employer payments to an organization providing access to employees for child day care services; expanding eligible taxpayers; amending K.S.A. 79-32,190 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Sykes.

SB 427, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; extending the time frame for governmental ethics commission hearings; allowing federal officials access to governmental ethics commission investigations; amending K.S.A. 25-4148, 25-4156, 25-4161, 25-4165 and 25-4174 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 428, AN ACT concerning governmental ethics; extending the time frame for hearings before the governmental ethics commission; allowing federal officials access to commission investigations; amending K.S.A. 46-255, 46-256, 46-259, 46-265 and 46-280 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 429, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; requiring electronic filing of reports for state offices; amending K.S.A. 25-4148 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 430, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to certain net operating losses; allowing a carryback on loss from sale of certain historic hotels; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,143 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 431, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing extent of exemption for residential property from statewide school levy; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 432, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for sales of school supplies, personal computers and clothing during an annual sales tax holiday, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 433, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; establishing a property tax exemption for antique utility trailers, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 434, AN ACT concerning public records; relating to records that contain captured license plate data or that pertain to the location of an automated license plate recognition system; disclosure thereof under the open records act; amending K.S.A. 45-217, 45-220 and 45-221 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 435, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to law enforcement officers; expanding jurisdiction and powers thereof; amending K.S.A. 72-6146 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2401a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1618, A PROPOSITION to amend article 1 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto, concerning oversight by the legislature of certain executive branch actions, by Committee on Judiciary

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