Volume 42 - Issue 7 - February 16, 2023

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 2–8 during the 2023 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 2267, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; allowing adult care homes to apply for disability special license plates; amending K.S.A. 8-1,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2268, AN ACT concerning property; relating to homeowners’ associations; prohibiting such associations from restricting installation of solar energy devices, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2269, AN ACT regarding cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and tobacco products; raising the minimum age for the sale, purchase or possession of such products to 21 years of age; amending K.S.A. 79-3304, 79-3309, 79-3321, 79-3322 and 79-3391 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2270, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to precinct committeemen and committeewomen; requiring such elected officials to report certain contact information to the county election officer; requiring the county election officer to report such contact information to the secretary of state; amending K.S.A. 25-3801 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2271, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the enrollment and attendance of nonresident students in school districts; authorizing any student whose parent or guardian is employed by a school district to enroll and attend such school district; exempting any such students from a school district’s open-seat lottery process; amending K.S.A. 72-3123, as amended by section 16 of chapter 94 of the 2022 Session Laws of Kansas, and repealing the existing section, by Representative Johnson.

HB 2272, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employment after retirement; providing an exemption for retirants employed by a community developmental disability organization in a licensed professional nurse, licensed practical nurse or direct support position; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2273, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, 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. 2-223, 12-1775a and 12-5256 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-180, 72-5462, 74-50,107, 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 2274, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, 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, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2275, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; increasing the maximum yearly amount of credit available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors and continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023; defining qualifying vendors and eligible employees; amending K.S.A. 79-32,273 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2276, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the Kansas healing arts act; licensees; unprofessional conduct; prohibiting pelvic, rectal or prostate exams on unconscious patients without informed consent; amending K.S.A. 65-2837 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2277, AN ACT concerning state agencies; relating to the employee award and recognition program; authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses; increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000; eliminating the secretary of administration’s authority to adopt rules and regulations; requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses; amending K.S.A. 75-37,105 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2278, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to safe and secure school plans; requiring the state department of education to audit such plans; providing for on-site compliance inspections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2279, AN ACT concerning water; relating to groundwater management districts; requiring groundwater management districts to submit annual reports to the legislature; directing groundwater management districts to submit conservation and stabilization plans to the chief engineer, by Committee on Water.

HB 2280, AN ACT concerning driving under the influence; relating to children of a victim killed during offense; requiring child support, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2281, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases by disabled veterans of the armed forces of the United States, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2282, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; eliminating the income limitation to receive the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2283, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to insurance; enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act; imposing certain requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2284, AN ACT concerning insurance; pertaining to the continuation of firefighter health insurance; adding fire districts to the definition of “municipality” for purposes of the payment of COBRA premiums under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 40-1709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2285, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to insurance law; updating certain statutory references contained therein; amending K.S.A. 40-201, 40-216, 40-241 and 40-955 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2286, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; prohibiting motorcycle profiling by law enforcement agencies, by Representative Hill.

HB 2287, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health insurance; imposing coverage requirements for coverage of diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2288, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences; relating to professional counselors; enacting the counseling compact to provide interstate practice privileges, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2289, AN ACT concerning governmental ethics and campaign finance; limiting the power of the governmental ethics commission to issue subpoenas; amending K.S.A. 25-4158 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2290, AN ACT concerning higher education; authorizing the affiliation of northwest Kansas technical college and north central Kansas technical college with Fort Hays state university; amending K.S.A. 74-32,452, 74-32,461, 74-32,464 and 76-6a13 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2291, AN ACT concerning food establishments that are microbreweries; permitting such food establishments to allow dogs on the premises notwithstanding certain provisions of the Kansas food code; establishing conditions therefor, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2292, AN ACT concerning economic development; establishing a tax credit incentive program for apprenticeships; enacting the Kansas apprenticeship tax credit act, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2293, 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 Judiciary.

HB 2294, AN ACT concerning cigarettes and tobacco products; increasing the minimum age required to purchase or possess such products; establishing unlawful acts under the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act and penalties for violations thereof; amending K.S.A. 12-4215, 28-172a, 79-3301, 79-3302, 79-3303, 79-3304, 79-3309, 79-3321, 79-3322, 79-3323, 79-3324a, 79-3333, 79-3334, 79-3391, 79-3394, 79-3396 and 79-3397 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-4715a, 21-5102, 50-6a14 and 50-6a17 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 79-3393, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2295, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to offenders on probation, parole or postrelease supervision; requiring persons who live with offenders to report certain behavior, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2296, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the knights of Columbus license plate, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2297, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the campaign finance act; expanding the scope of permitted uses of campaign contributions to include family caregiving services; amending K.S.A. 25-4157a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2298, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of interstate 435 as the Officer Donald Burton Gamblin Jr memorial highway, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2299, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to children in need of care; directing the secretary for children and families to consider foster parents as prospective adoptive parents under certain circumstances; requiring the secretary to report on certain data on adoptions; amending K.S.A. 38-2270 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2300, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to reporting of certain abuse and neglect; requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2301, AN ACT regarding internet material harmful to minors; requiring age verification for access; establishing a civil cause of action for actual and punitive damages, attorney fees and costs for persons harmed, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2302, AN ACT concerning water; relating to funding for the state water plan and water infrastructure projects; creating the water technical assistance fund and water projects grant fund; authorizing the Kansas water office to provide grants from such funds and adopt rules and regulations to establish the criteria for grants from such funds; distributing a portion of the revenue from the sales and compensating use tax to the state water plan fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-951 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3620, 79-3710, 79-4804 and 82a-953a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.

HB 2303, AN ACT concerning sexually oriented businesses; relating to crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; prohibiting certain acts; creating criminal penalties for violations; establishing the community defense and human trafficking reduction act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3901 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2304, AN ACT concerning education; relating to firearms; standardizing firearm safety education training programs in school districts, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2305, AN ACT concerning barbers; relating to the examination and licensure thereof; creating a senior status license; providing for certain licensure fees; amending K.S.A. 65-1808, 65-1809, 65-1810, 65-1812, 65-1815, 65-1817, 65-1819, 65-1820a and 65-1825a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on General Government Budget.

HB 2306, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas suicide prevention HQ, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2307, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases made to establish and maintain Kansas war memorials; relating to property tax; providing for an exemption for Kansas war memorials; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2308, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; establishing the hunting outfitter task force; relating to the study of the hunting outfitter industry; membership; dissolution, by Representative Blew.

HB 2309, AN ACT concerning the Kansas 911 act; relating to the 911 coordinating council; making the 911 coordinating council subject to the Kansas governmental operations accountability law; reducing the fees imposed on telecommunications services and prepaid wireless services pursuant to such act; amending K.S.A. 12-5364, 12-5369 and 12-5371 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2310, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; increasing the number of commissioners on the state corporation commission subject to gubernatorial appointment and senate confirmation; prohibiting the appointment or confirmation of any person who has a conflict of interest; amending K.S.A. 74-601 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2311, AN ACT concerning the Kansas amusement ride act; relating to inflatable devices and other amusement rides; inspections, training and annual fees; amending K.S.A. 44-1601, 44-1602, 44-1605 and 44-1616 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2312, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the campaign finance act; exempting certain political party committee treasurers from liability for certain violations of the act; amending K.S.A. 25-4148, 25-4148c and 25-4181 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2313, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; creating the born-alive infants protection act; providing legal protections for infants born alive; requiring certain standards of care by healthcare providers for infants who are born alive; providing criminal penalties and civil liability for violations of the act; amending K.S.A. 65-445 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Sanders, Awerkamp, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Delperdang, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Estes, Fairchild, Garber, Goddard, Goetz, Hill, Hoffman, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Humphries, Lewis, Mason, Maughan, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Proctor, Resman, Rhiley, Schmoe, Smith, A., Smith, C., Smith, E., Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Turk, Waggoner, Wasinger, White and Williams, K.

HB 2314, AN ACT concerning state-issued devices and networks; relating to social media platforms; prohibiting the use of social media platforms of concern on such devices and networks, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

HB 2315, AN ACT concerning education; relating to curriculum; requiring school districts to offer instruction on life skills for students enrolled in middle school and high school, by Representative Martinez.

HB 2316, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to certain net operating losses; allowing a carryback on loss from the sale of certain historic hotels; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,143 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2317, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to the collection of taxes; providing that certain tax notices and statements may be transmitted by electronic means by the county treasurer if consented to by the taxpayer; amending K.S.A. 79-2001 and 79-2017 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2318, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to rates; decreasing rate of tax to 6.15%; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2319, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for an exemption for business property that operates in competition with property owned or operated by a governmental entity, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2320, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; enacting the commercial property assessed capital enhancement or C-PACE act; relating to financing for energy efficiency, water conservation, water quality, air quality, health and renewable energy improvements on certain qualifying properties; requiring the department of commerce to designate or establish a C-PACE board; authorizing powers, duties and rules and regulations of such board; providing for assessment contracts between C-PACE lenders and property owners; establishing rights, duties and responsibilities of mortgage lenders, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2321, 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 Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2322, AN ACT concerning education; relating to exceptional children; revising the definition of “children with disabilities” to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 72-3404 and 75-5399 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2323, AN ACT concerning fire districts; relating to fire districts located in Johnson county; providing for the detachment and transfer of property thereof annexed by a city; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-3623f and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2324, AN ACT concerning rental property; relating to the residential landlord and tenant act; removing the requirement to publish notice prior to a landlord’s sale of abandoned tenant property; amending K.S.A. 58-2565 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2325, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the healthcare provider insurance 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 Insurance.

HB 2326, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to the scrap metal theft reduction act; clarifying that catalytic converters are regulated scrap metal; extending the expiration date of the act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 50-6,109 and 50-6,112d and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2327, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; discontinuing exemption of new qualifying pipeline property that experiences a spill or leak and providing for recoupment of certain property taxes; amending K.S.A. 79-227 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Xu, Alcala, Amyx, Boyd, Carlin, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Hougland, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, V., Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Clayton and Winn.

HB 2328, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to controlled substances definitions; excluding materials used to detect the presence of fentanyl, ketamine or gamma hydroxybutyric acid from the definition of drug paraphernalia; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5701 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5701b, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2329, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing for drug crimes; modifying the special sentencing rule for possessing a firearm during the commission of a drug crime; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6805 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2330, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to local health departments; increasing state financial assistance to such departments under specified circumstances; amending K.S.A. 65-242 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Social Services Budget.

HB 2331, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to state parks; designating Lehigh Portland state park; amending K.S.A. 32-837 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2332, AN ACT concerning the division of tourism; relating to the transfer of powers, duties and functions from the department of wildlife and parks to the department of commerce; making changes in references and transfers to state officers with respect thereto; amending K.S.A. 2-1314d, 2-2473, 8-134, 32-801, 32-802, 32-805, 32-806, 32-807, 32-809, 32-832, 32-833, 32-834, 32-835, 32-836, 32-837, 32-839, 32-840, 32-844, 32-845, 32-846, 32-869, 32-873, 32-874, 32-874a, 32-874b, 32-874c, 32-874d, 32-874e, 32-886, 32-887, 32-888, 32-906, 32-918, 32-930, 32-932, 32-938, 32-960a, 32-966, 32-976, 32-996, 32-997, 32-998, 32-999, 32-9,100, 32-1001, 32-1004, 32-1005, 32-1031, 32-1032, 32-1040, 32-1041, 32-1049, 32-1049a, 32-1050, 32-1051, 32-1052, 32-1053, 32-1054, 32-1062, 32-1063, 32-1064, 32-1066, 32-1074, 32-1075, 32-1077, 32-1102, 32-1112, 32-1129, 32-1174, 32-1203, 32-1306, 32-1308, 32-1310, 32-1401, 32-1402, 32-1403, 32-1410, 32-1411, 32-1412, 32-1413, 32-1420, 32-1421, 32-1422, 32-1432, 32-1433, 32-1438, 47-2101, 65-189e, 65-3424b, 65-5703, 68-406, 74-134, 74-5,133, 74-2622, 74-3322, 74-4722, 74-4911f, 74-5005, 74-6614, 74-7901, 74-9201, 75-1253, 75-2720, 75-2935, 75-3339, 75-37,121, 75-3907, 75-3908, 75-3910, 76-463, 77-415, 79-201a, 79-3221e, 79-3221h, 79-32,203, 79-5212, 82a-209, 82a-220, 82a-326, 82a-903, 82a-1501, 82a-2001 and 82a-2204 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 19-2803b, 19-2803d, 19-2817, 19-2822, 19-2835, 19-2836, 19-2839, 19-2844, 19-2844a, 19-2855, 19-2868, 19-2873, 19-2894, 19-3543, 20-302b, 21-5810, 21-6308a, 21-6416, 22-2512, 32-701, 41-719, 49-408, 58-3221, 58-3225, 74-5602, 77-421 and 79-3234 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 32-810, 32-811, 32-812, 32-813, 32-814, 32-815, 32-816 and 32-818, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2333, AN ACT concerning employment security law; relating to work search requirements; establishing procedures for disqualification from benefits for claimants who fail to attend a job interview without providing notice to the prospective employer or who fail to respond to an offer of employment within five days; expanding options for prospective employers to report such occurrences; relating to the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council; clarifying provisions pertaining to extensions of time for implementation of the new unemployment insurance system; amending K.S.A. 44-705, 44-706 and 44-772 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 44-775 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2334, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to the attracting powerful economic expansion act; extending the deadlines for project agreements under the act; enhancing incentives for qualified suppliers by providing for up to 10% of refundable tax credits for up to 10 years and increasing the training reimbursement to up to $500,000 per year for five years; adding an employee relocation reimbursement incentive for qualified suppliers of up to $250,000 per supplier per year; limiting the corporate income tax rate reduction to only two rate reductions; permitting qualified firms and qualified suppliers to participate in other economic development programs for new projects; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-50,312, 74-50,313, 74-50,317, 74-50,321, 74-50,322 and 74-50,323 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-50,324, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2335, AN ACT concerning transportation; relating to the rail service improvement program; authorizing loans or grants for qualified track maintenance; providing a definition for qualified track maintenance; increasing the transfer amount from the state highway fund to the rail service improvement fund; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 75-5048 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2336, AN ACT concerning the surplus property and public airport authority act; relating to bonding authority; providing for increased bonding authority up to $10,000,000; amending K.S.A. 27-334 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2337, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to telemedicine; defining in-state and interstate practitioners under the Kansas telemedicine act; requiring certain insurance coverage of in-state telemedicine services; providing for certain standards of care; establishing the Kansas telehealth advisory committee; amending K.S.A. 40-2,210, 40-2,211, 40-2,212 and 40-2,213 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2338, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to sickle cell disease; designating sickle cell awareness week; requiring the department of health and environment to study and report on topics related to sickle cell disease, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2339, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the Kansas bureau of investigation; enacting the Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list act; providing penalties for violations of such act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6301 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Ousley.

HB 2340, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences; increasing the membership of the behavioral sciences regulatory board; relating to licensure and regulation; professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master’s level psychologists; decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure; requiring that clinical social work supervisors be approved by the board; providing additional continuing education requirements; establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses; amending K.S.A. 65-5802, 65-5806, 65-6302, 65-6313, 65-6314, 65-6402, 65-6407, 65-6608, 65-6614, 65-6618, 65-7504, 65-7505, 74-5302, 74-5318, 74-5361, 74-5365, 74-5366, 74-5367 and 74-7501 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-5804a, 65-5807, 65-5808, 65-6306, 65-6309, 65-6322, 65-6404, 65-6405, 65-6406, 65-6411, 65-6610, 65-6611, 65-6613, 74-5310, 74-5315, 74-5316, 74-5363 and 74-5375 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-5339, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2341, AN ACT concerning legal holidays; declaring Juneteenth National Independence Day to be a legal public holiday; relating to the closure of state offices for the observance of certain legal public holidays; amending K.S.A. 35-107 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Ohaebosim, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boyd, Carlin, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Miller, V., Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Probst, Robinson, Ruiz, S., Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Weigel, Winn and Woodard.

HB 2342, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas pet animal act; establishing the pet animal board of veterinarians within the Kansas department of agriculture; transferring all Kansas pet animal act powers, duties and functions of the animal health commissioner to the pet animal board of veterinarians; limiting procedures for seizing animals; eliminating provisions involving no-contact inspections; requiring a license for animal rescues; authorizing a single license fee for all license categories; changing the membership of the Kansas pet animal advisory board; amending K.S.A. 47-1701, 47-1702, 47-1703, 47-1704, 47-1706, 47-1706a, 47-1707, 47-1708, 47-1709, 47-1711, 47-1712, 47-1713, 47-1715, 47-1718, 47-1719, 47-1720, 47-1721, 47-1723, 47-1725, 47-1726, 47-1727, 47-1731, 47-1732, 47-1733, 47-1734, 47-1735 and 47-1736 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget.

HB 2343, AN ACT concerning legal publications; authorizing the use of internet websites for publication of legal notices; amending K.S.A. 64-101 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 12-1651, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget.

HB 2344, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to tourism; expanding the membership of the council on travel and tourism and updating the house committee assignment required for house members; modifying the department of commerce’s matching grant program for the promotion of tourism by reducing the required allocation of funds to public and nonprofit entities and removing the restriction on the percentage of funds granted to a single entity; replacing related references to wildlife, parks and tourism with references to the secretary or the department of commerce; amending K.S.A. 32-1410 and 32-1420 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2345, AN ACT enacting the supported decision-making agreements act; relating to decision-making assistance for adults; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5417 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2346, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the back the blue license plate, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2347, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to prescription drugs; insulin drugs and devices for the management of diabetes; providing price limitations and requirements therefor under health insurance plans; establishing the insulin affordability program for the uninsured and procedures to acquire emergency insulin supplies, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2348, AN ACT concerning employment; restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects; amending K.S.A. 12-16,132 and 2022 Supp. 19-26,114 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 12-16,131, by Representatives Curtis, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Clayton, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Miller, V., Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Poskin, Probst, Robinson, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Weigel, Winn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2349, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; abolishing the death penalty; creating the crime of aggravated murder; requiring a sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole therefor; clarifying laws related to sentences of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole; amending K.S.A. 38-2255, 38-2271, 38-2303, 38-2312, 38-2365, 39-970, 39-2009, 65-5117, 72-2165 and 75-52,148 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5301, 21-5402, 21-5419, 21-6328, 21-6614, 21-6618, 21-6620, 21-6622, 21-6628, 21-6629, 21-6806, 22-2512, 22-3717, 22-4902, 22-4906 and 23-3222 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5401, 21-6614i, 21-6617 and 21-6619, by Representatives Schreiber, Amyx, Ballard, Blew, Carmichael, Concannon, Curtis, Donohoe, Eplee, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hoye, Miller, V., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Poskin, Probst, Robinson, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Smith, A., Stogsdill, Sutton, Vaughn, Wasinger, Winn, Woodard, Xu and Younger.

HB 2350, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against persons; creating the crimes of human smuggling and aggravated human smuggling; providing criminal penalties therefor, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2351, AN ACT concerning the board of indigents’ defense services; relating to appointed counsel; increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel; amending K.S.A. 22-4507 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2352, AN ACT concerning the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act; requiring the plaintiff’s attorney to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that property is subject to forfeiture; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 60-4113 and 60-4114 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2353, AN ACT concerning the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons; increasing the time allowed for an initial continued treatment order; adding criteria to determine when outpatient treatment may be ordered; amending K.S.A. 59-2958, 59-2959 and 59-2969 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 59-2967 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2354, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to determinations of competency to stand trial; requiring that involuntary commitment proceedings be commenced for a defendant who is awaiting such determination; requiring the dismissal of the underlying criminal case in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3302 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2355, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to criminal sodomy; members of the same sex; removing conduct from definition of crime; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5504 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2356, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to legal custody, residency and parenting time; requiring the court to adopt a parenting plan that maximizes each party’s parenting time; adding misleading the court as a factor to consider when the court considers legal custody, residency and parenting time; creating a presumption that joint legal custody in a temporary parenting plan is in the best interests of a child and defining related terms under the Kansas family law code; adding failure to exercise parenting time as an action that may be considered a material change of circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 23-3202, 23-3203, 23-3211, 23-3212, 23-3213 and 23-3221 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2357, AN ACT concerning courts; relating to the supreme court; providing qualifications for supreme court justices; requiring a two-thirds majority vote of the senate to be qualified to be a supreme court justice; amending K.S.A. 20-105 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2358, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to the uniform vital statistics act; medical certification of an individual’s cause of death; permitting mid-level practitioners to provide certification thereto; amending K.S.A. 65-2412 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2359, AN ACT concerning education; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal year 2025, for the state department of education; establishing the sunflower teacher-student mentor program; pairing secondary students who are interested in pursuing a teaching career with teacher mentors; providing bonuses to participating teachers; requiring the state treasurer to establish education savings accounts for participating students; authorizing student accounts to be used for academic tutoring and postsecondary education expenses; requiring certain transfers from the state general fund upon establishment of student accounts; establishing the sunflower teacher-student mentor program fund; prioritizing participating students for postsecondary educational scholarships under the Kansas promise scholarship act and the teacher service scholarship program act; providing an income tax subtraction modification to federal adjusted gross income for amounts deposited in a student program account; amending K.S.A. 74-32,101 and 74-32,102 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-32,272, 74-32,275 and 79-32,117 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Williams, K. and Landwehr.

HB 2360, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; eliminating the requirement to include a county designation on license plates; amending K.S.A. 8-132, 8-134 and 8-147 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2361, AN ACT concerning children in need of care; relating to the courts; limiting when the court is required to give preference to a relative for the custody for adoption of a child in need of care; amending K.S.A. 38-2270 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2362, AN ACT concerning the secretary of aging and disability services; related to the licensure or licensure renewal of facilities, hospitals, centers and providers of disability services; removing state fire marshal approval as a requirement for licensure or renewal of licensure; amending K.S.A. 39-2008 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2363, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving controlled substances; marijuana; releasing persons convicted for offenses involving marijuana from the sentence; providing for the expungement of convictions, arrest records and associated biological samples, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Probst, Robinson, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Winn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2364, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from statewide school levy; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Probst, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Winn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2365, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; terminating the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015; transferring the members of such act to the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2009; amending K.S.A. 74-4916 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 74-49,301, 74-49,302, 74-49,303, 74-49,304, 74-49,305, 74-49,306, 74-49,307, 74-49,308, 74-49,309, 74-49,310, 74-49,311, 74-49,312, 74-49,313, 74-49,314, 74-49,315, 74-49,316, 74-49,317 and 74-49,318, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Boyd, Carlin, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Ohaebosim, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Winn and Woodard.

HB 2366, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund; providing for transfers to political subdivisions; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-2959 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Probst, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Weigel, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2367, 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. 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5703, 21-5705, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709 and 21-5710 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Miller, S.

HB 2368, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the minimum wage; enacting the making work pay act; amending K.S.A. 44-1203 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Haswood, Meyer, Vaughn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2369, AN ACT concerning children and minors; enacting the Kansas Indian child welfare act; providing additional requirements for child custody proceedings involving Indian children, by Representative Haswood.

HB 2370, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sex offenses; defining consent; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5501 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Osman.

HB 2371, AN ACT concerning the Kansas department for children and families; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; limiting the number of cases of children in need of care assigned to case managers, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2372, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to confined feeding facilities for swine; regulating the land application of swine manure and wastewater; amending K.S.A. 65-1,182 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2373, AN ACT concerning fireworks; amending the Kansas fireworks act; establishing the time period for sale of fireworks by seasonal retailers; amending K.S.A. 31-502 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Collins.

HB 2374, AN ACT concerning legal public holidays; designating Indigenous Peoples Day; amending K.S.A. 35-107 and 35-205 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Haswood and Highberger.

HB 2375, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences; relating to social work; powers, duties and functions of the behavioral sciences regulatory board; establishing the temporary candidacy baccalaureate and master social work licenses; providing requirements and fees therefor; amending K.S.A. 65-6314 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-6306 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Higher Education Budget.

House Resolutions

HR 6008, A RESOLUTION recognizing February 2, 2023, as Wear Red Day in the Kansas legislature, by Representative Wasinger.

HR 6009, A RESOLUTION recognizing the Kansas Chiropractic Association, by Representative Concannon.

HR 6010, A RESOLUTION designating February 8, 2023, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol, by Representative Ballard.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5007, A PROPOSITION to amend section 2 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; providing for consecutive term limits for senators and representatives, by Representatives Jacobs, Fairchild, Garber, Houser, Murphy, Resman, Rhiley, Seiwert, Tarwater and Thomas.

HCR 5008, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 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 Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HCR 5009, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, relating to the assessed valuation of property in determining property taxes for real property used for residential purposes and real property necessary to accommodate a residential community of mobile or manufactured homes, by Representatives V. Miller, Alcala, Amyx, Boyd, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Haswood, Highberger, Hougland, Martinez, Melton, D. Miller, S. Miller, Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Robinson, S. Ruiz, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Winn and Xu.

HCR 5010, A PROPOSITION to amend section 6 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; prohibiting public funds from being used for private nonpublic schools, by Representative Poskin.

Senate Bills

SB 138, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; expanding and clarifying the exemption for Strother field airport property; amending K.S.A. 79-201r and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 139, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to newborn screening; establishing an advance universal newborn screening program; providing for reimbursement of treatment services; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to specify conditions included in screenings; increasing transfers of money to the Kansas newborn screening fund; amending K.S.A. 65-181 and 65-183 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Sykes and Blasi.

SB 140, AN ACT concerning minimum wage laws; permitting cities, counties and local governments to set the minimum wage above federal or state levels by ordinance, resolution or law; amending K.S.A. 12-16,130 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Pittman, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holland, Holscher, Pettey, Reddi, Sykes and Ware.

SB 141, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to corruption committed by a public officer or public employee; requiring the attorney general to carry out certain duties related to inquiry and investigation and request an inquisition or state grand jury under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3001 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holland.

SB 142, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to the duty of drivers approaching stationary vehicles; providing a penalty for unlawful passing thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 143, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to permitted lighting equipment; allowing for use of ground effect lighting; amending K.S.A. 8-1723 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 144, AN ACT concerning the video competition act; exempting providers of broadcast satellite services and video programming delivered over the internet from the provisions of such act; amending K.S.A. 12-2022 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 145, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to teacher employment contracts; requiring due process procedures when non-renewing or terminating certain contracts; amending K.S.A. 72-2252, 72-2253, 72-2254 and 72-2260 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 146, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to sexual abuse committed by a minister of religion; requiring the attorney general to carry out certain duties related to inquiry and investigation; requiring the attorney general to request an inquisition or state grand jury under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3001 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holland.

SB 147, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; increasing the tax credit amount for adoption expenses and making the credit refundable; amending K.S.A. 79-32,202a and repealing the existing section, by Senator Blasi.

SB 148, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to insurance; enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act; imposing certain requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 149, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to obscene performances; expanding the crime of promoting obscenity to minors to include drag performances; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6401 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 150, AN ACT concerning the department of administration; relating to the division of printing; authorizing the division to print for units of local government and schools; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 75-1005 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 151, AN ACT concerning state agencies; relating to the employee award and recognition program; authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses; increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000; eliminating the secretary of administration’s authority to adopt rules and regulations; requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses; amending K.S.A. 75-37,105 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 152, AN ACT concerning certain state officers; relating to the salaries of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer, commissioner of insurance, justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals and members of the governor’s cabinet; establishing the rate of pay for such state officers based on the annual rate of pay for members of congress, as adjusted by the provisions of this act; providing that all such rates of pay are subject to appropriations; amending K.S.A. 40-102, 75-3103 and 75-3120l and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-3101, 75-3104, 75-3108, 75-3110, 75-3111a, 75-3120f and 75-3120h, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 153, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2023, and June 30, 2024, 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, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 154, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to a board of public utilities; limiting the amount of fees, taxes and other charges included on a utility bill; amending K.S.A. 13-1223a, 13-1227 and 13-1228 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Haley.

SB 155, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, 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. 2-223, 12-1775a and 12-5256 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-180, 72-5462, 74-50,107, 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 156, AN ACT concerning firearms; repealing statutes that prohibit, limit and otherwise restrict municipal regulation of firearms; repealing K.S.A. 12-16,124, 12-16,124a and 12-16,124b, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 157, AN ACT concerning days of commemoration; designating February 15 of each year as Susan B. Anthony Day in the state of Kansas, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 158, AN ACT concerning sexually oriented businesses; crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; prohibiting certain acts; creating criminal penalties for violations; establishing the community defense and human trafficking reduction act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3901 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 159, AN ACT concerning economic development; creating the Kansas rural grocery store development incentive act; establishing the grocery business project fund and the Kansas rural grocery business grant fund; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-8711 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 160, AN ACT regarding internet material harmful to minors; requiring age verification for access; establishing a civil cause of action for actual and punitive damages, attorney fees and costs for persons harmed, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 161, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health insurance; imposing coverage requirements for coverage of diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 162, AN ACT creating the Riley county unincorporated area nuisance abatement act; establishing procedures for the removal and abatement of nuisances; providing for the assessment of costs of such abatement, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 163, AN ACT creating the Dwayne Peaslee technical training center district act; requiring submission of the question of creating the Dwayne Peaslee technical training center district to the voters of Douglas county; providing for the establishment of such district and the powers and duties of its board of directors, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 164, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing a $2,000 tax credit for qualified employees of licensed child care facilities, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 165, AN ACT concerning workers compensation; permitting compensation for post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by first responders; amending K.S.A. 44-508 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 166, AN ACT concerning electric transmission lines; relating to the state corporation commission; requiring public disclosure of any application submitted for a transmission line siting permit; amending K.S.A. 66-1,178 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 167, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to student health; requiring certain school district employees to receive training for seizure recognition and related first aid; providing immunity from liability therefor; authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations, by Committee on Education.

SB 168, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; authorizing cities and counties to exempt sales of food and food ingredients from such city or county taxes; amending K.S.A. 12-189a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 169, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to rates; providing a 4.75% tax rate for individuals; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 170, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to assistance animals; enacting the Kansas assistance animals in housing act; creating the crime of misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal in housing and providing penalties therefor, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 171, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; creating the veterans first medical cannabis act; providing for the regulation of the cultivation, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis; establishing the cannabis regulatory commission; imposing an excise tax on the cultivation and sale of medical cannabis; amending K.S.A. 65-28a05, 65-28b08, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5703, 21-5705, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 65-1120, 65-2836 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Holland, Corson, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Pettey and Pittman.

SB 172, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; increasing the lump-sum death benefit; amending K.S.A. 74-4989 and 74-49,315 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 173, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medications; authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin tablets and hydroxychloroquine tablets, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 174, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to interference with law enforcement; increasing criminal penalties when the violation involves fleeing from a law enforcement officer; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5904 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 175, AN ACT concerning abortion; prohibiting abortion; creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo and establishing penalties therefor; restricting the use of fetal tissue; relating to exclusions from sales and use tax exemptions for certain abortion providers; amending K.S.A. 65-2401, 65-2837, 65-6731, 65-6732, 65-67a01, 65-67a02, 65-67a04, 65-67a07, 76-3308 and 79-32,195 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5301, 21-5302, 21-5303, 60-1901, 60-1906, 79-32,182b, 79-32,261 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 38-2003, 65-445, 65-4a01, 65-4a02, 65-4a03, 65-4a04, 65-4a05, 65-4a06, 65-4a07, 65-4a08, 65-4a09, 65-4a10, 65-4a11, 65-4a12, 65-6701, 65-6702, 65-6703, 65-6704, 65-6705, 65-6707, 65-6708, 65-6709, 65-6710, 65-6711, 65-6712, 65-6714, 65-6715, 65-6721, 65-6722, 65-6723, 65-6724, 65-6725, 65-6726, 65-6741, 65-6742, 65-6743, 65-6744, 65-6745, 65-6746, 65-6747, 65-6748, 65-6749 and 65-67a09, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 176, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences; increasing the membership of the behavioral sciences regulatory board; relating to licensure and regulation; professional counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, behavior analysts, psychologists and master’s level psychologists; decreasing the years of practice required for reciprocity licensure; requiring that clinical social work supervisors be approved by the board; providing additional continuing education requirements; establishing license categories for applicants from social work programs in candidacy for accreditation and for temporary reinstatement; extending the license period of temporary licenses; amending K.S.A. 65-5802, 65-5806, 65-6302, 65-6313, 65-6314, 65-6402, 65-6407, 65-6608, 65-6614, 65-6618, 65-7504, 65-7505, 74-5302, 74-5318, 74-5361, 74-5365, 74-5366, 74-5367 and 74-7501 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-5804a, 65-5807, 65-5808, 65-6306, 65-6309, 65-6322, 65-6404, 65-6405, 65-6406, 65-6411, 65-6610, 65-6611, 65-6613, 74-5310, 74-5315, 74-5316, 74-5363 and 74-5375 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-5339, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 177, AN ACT concerning legal holidays; declaring Juneteenth National Independence Day to be a legal public holiday; relating to the closure of state offices for the observance of certain legal public holidays; amending K.S.A. 35-107 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Faust-Goudeau and Haley.

SB 178, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to delinquent taxes; requiring judicial foreclosure public auctions to be conducted in person at a physical location in the county; amending K.S.A. 79-2804 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 179, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to delinquent taxes; providing that payment of special assessments for years other than the year being redeemed is not required for purposes of partial redemption of homesteads; amending K.S.A. 79-2401a and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 180, AN ACT establishing the women’s bill of rights; providing a meaning of biological sex for purposes of statutory construction, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 181, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to cities and counties; establishing city and county child death review boards; permitting and requiring disclosure of records; amending K.S.A. 22a-241 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22a-243 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 182, 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 183, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to criminal discharge of a firearm; increasing the penalty for violations when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm and when a person less than 14 years of age was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6308 and 21-6804 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Haley.

SB 184, AN ACT concerning education; relating to certain nonpublic schools; requiring participation in state assessments; requiring website publication of performance accountability and longitudinal achievement reports; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 72-5178 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.

SB 185, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; authorizing a teacher and a student to serve as non-voting members of boards of education; amending K.S.A. 72-1072, 72-1091 and 72-1137 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 72-1073 and 72-1133 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Holscher.

SB 186, AN ACT concerning deprivation of rights under color of law; creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law; authorizing a civil cause of action; requiring restitution; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3424 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 187, 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. 2022 Supp. 60-5004 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 188, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to promotion to minors of material harmful to minors; removing an affirmative defense for public, private and parochial schools; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6402 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 189, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to applicants for a law enforcement officer position; authorizing state and local law enforcement agencies to receive certain files and information about the applicant from agencies that received an application from the applicant for a law enforcement position or conducted an employment background investigation; amending K.S.A. 75-4379 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 190, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; release prior to trial; requiring a waiver of extradition proceedings as a condition of release prior to trial for any person charged with a felony; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 191, AN ACT concerning the adult care home licensure act; relating to involuntary transfer or discharge of residents from an adult residential care facility; creating a right to appeal an involuntary transfer or discharge; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to review notices and preside over appeals, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 192, AN ACT concerning driving; relating to drivers’ licenses; eligibility for restricted driving privileges; removing and delaying payment for fees that apply to individuals for failure to comply with a traffic citation; providing for payment plans and waiver of fines; eliminating reinstatement of certain fees; requiring certain contact information on a traffic citation; amending K.S.A. 8-2106 and 8-2110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 193, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; enacting the reduce armed violence act; increasing criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 194, AN ACT concerning hospital districts; relating to the qualifications of hospital board members; removing the requirement that such members be qualified electors; amending K.S.A. 80-2506 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 195, AN ACT concerning the children’s cabinet; authorizing the cabinet to establish a nonprofit corporation to raise funds to benefit the Dolly Parton’s imagination library book gifting program, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 196, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund; reinstating transfers to the local ad valorem tax reduction fund (LAVTRF); amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-2959 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Pittman.

SB 197, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; allowing voters to register on election day; amending K.S.A. 25-2311 and 25-3602 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 25-2316c and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Pittman, Corson and Holscher.

SB 198, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; providing a postretirement cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirants, by Senator Pittman.

SB 199, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; authorizing the state banking board to deny, suspend or revoke the charter of a fiduciary financial institution in certain circumstances; providing procedures therefor; requiring fiduciary financial institutions to purchase a surety bond; establishing a civil money penalty for violations, by Senator Holland.

SB 200, AN ACT concerning the legislature; establishing term limits for the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate, by Senator Holland.

SB 201, AN ACT concerning adult-oriented businesses; relating to drag shows; prohibiting the expenditure of any state moneys for drag shows targeting minors; providing criminal penalties for violations of the act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 202, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to ranked-choice voting; enacting the Kansas ranked-choice voting act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 203, AN ACT concerning the state board of regents; enacting the Kansas campus restoration act; relating to deferred maintenance of facilities at state educational institutions; providing rules and regulations authority; establishing the Kansas campus restoration fund in the state treasury; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to the Kansas campus restoration fund; requiring annual reports to certain committees of the legislature, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 204, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; replacing the definition of “charitable beneficiaries” with “qualified charities” therein; amending K.S.A. 9-2301 and repealing the existing section, by Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight.

SB 205, AN ACT concerning water; relating to water rights; authorizing certain water rights in a water bank to participate in multi-year flex accounts on a temporary basis; amending K.S.A. 82a-764 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 206, AN ACT concerning abortion; enacting the medical autonomy/accessibility and truth act; relating to the no taxpayer funding for abortion act and the woman’s-right-to-know act; removing certain provisions thereof to allow for insurance coverage for abortions, provide tax benefits for abortion-related services and remove inaccurate statements regarding the risks of abortion; repealing the pain-capable unborn child act; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103, 40-19c09, 40-2246, 65-6709, 65-6733, 65-6734, 65-6737, 76-3308 and 79-32,195 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117, 79-32,138, 79-32,182b and 79-32,261 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-2,190, 40-2,191, 65-6722, 65-6723, 65-6724 and 65-6725, by Senators Holland and Francisco.

SB 207, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts and employees thereof; requiring parental consent for use of a student’s pronouns; prohibiting schools from requiring use of an individual’s pronouns over moral or religious objections; requiring school districts to adopt policies thereon, by Committee on Education.

SB 208, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; restricting the number of remote ballot boxes that may be used for the return of such ballots; providing monitoring requirements for the use of such ballot boxes, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 209, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance 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 Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 210, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to candidate names on ballots; allowing candidates for nonpartisan offices to have such candidate’s political party affiliation provided on the ballot with such candidate’s name; amending K.S.A. 25-613 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 211, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; abolishing the death penalty; creating the crime of aggravated murder; requiring a sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole therefor; clarifying laws related to sentences of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole; amending K.S.A. 38-2255, 38-2271, 38-2303, 38-2312, 38-2365, 39-970, 39-2009, 65-5117, 72-2165 and 75-52,148 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5301, 21-5402, 21-5419, 21-6328, 21-6614, 21-6618, 21-6620, 21-6622, 21-6628, 21-6629, 21-6806, 22-2512, 22-3717, 22-4902, 22-4906 and 23-3222 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5401, 21-6614i, 21-6617 and 21-6619, by Senators McGinn, Bowers, Dietrich, Doll, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holscher, Longbine, Pettey, Pittman, Reddi, Sykes and Ware.

SB 212, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to emergency medical services; staffing of ambulances; permitting an ambulance to operate with one emergency medical service provider in rural counties; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-6135 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Straub.

SB 213, AN ACT concerning public health and welfare; relating to healthcare data; requiring healthcare providers to charge the same amount for medical records requests related to a patient’s social security disability, workers compensation, medical malpractice or personal injury claims whether requested by a patient or a patient’s legal representative; amending K.S.A. 65-6821 and 65-6836 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Francisco.

SB 214, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to electric, natural gas and water utilities; prohibiting recovery of dues, donations or contributions made to charitable and social organizations in customer rates; requiring the state corporation commission to disallow such expenditures in rate proceedings; amending K.S.A. 66-101f, 66-1,206 and 66-1,236 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 215, AN ACT concerning railroads; establishing the Kansas rail safety improvement act; providing for safety requirements for railroad operations and crossings; allowing for the transfer of title for abandoned railroad tracks to municipalities, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 216, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against the public safety; adding possessing or using a firearm during the commission of certain drug crimes to the crime of criminal use of weapons; creating a special sentencing rule of presumptive imprisonment for violations thereof; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6301 and 21-6804 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 217, AN ACT concerning the unlawful use of electronic tracking systems or tracking information; relating to stalking; providing criminal penalties for the conduct of utilizing any electronic tracking system or acquiring tracking information to determine the targeted person’s location, movement or travel patterns when done as part of an unlawful course of conduct; authorizing orders to prohibit such conduct under the Kansas family law code, the revised Kansas code for care of children, the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act; amending K.S.A. 38-2243, 38-2244 and 38-2255 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5427, 23-2707, 60-3107 and 60-31a06 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 218, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; requiring the assignment of registered voters whose residence has no corresponding mailing address to the voting precinct where such voter resides; amending K.S.A. 25-2305a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 219, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the healthcare provider insurance availability act; designating certain healthcare providers as being ineligible to purchase professional liability insurance from the healthcare stabilization fund; requiring such healthcare providers to maintain continuous professional liability insurance coverage equivalent to that provided by the healthcare stabilization fund as a condition of licensure; amending K.S.A. 40-3401 and 40-3403a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 220, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; establishing uniform requirements for envelopes for returning such ballots; amending K.S.A. 25-1120 and 25-1121 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 221, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to write-in candidates; requiring affidavits of write-in candidacy for certain locally elected offices; providing requirements for counting write-in votes on ballots; amending K.S.A. 25-305, 25-2116, 25-2903 and 25-3002 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-305b, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 222, AN ACT concerning information technology; relating to online platforms and removal of liability protections therefor; requiring wireless communication device vendors to provide parental notification of application downloads by a minor, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1706, A RESOLUTION recognizing February 2, 2023, as Wear Red Day in the Kansas legislature and the importance of the ongoing fight against cardiovascular disease among women, by Senator McGinn.

SR 1707, A RESOLUTION recognizing the Kansas Chiropractic Association’s groundbreaking history and its continued work for Kansas chiropractic physicians, by Senator Bowers.

SR 1708, A RESOLUTION designating February 8, 2023, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol, by Senator Alley.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1604, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; limiting valuation increases for residential property, by Senator Pittman.

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