Volume 43 - Issue 5 - February 1, 2024

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 18th – January 24th during the 2024 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 2526, AN ACT concerning water; relating to watershed districts; authorizing the chief engineer to adopt rules and regulations under the watershed district act; relating to dams, levees and other water obstructions; removing an exception for the required consent or permit of the chief engineer to construct or modify a hazard class A dam; clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam; increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam; requiring preconstruction permit fees to construct, modify or add to a water obstruction or to change or diminish the course, current or cross section of a stream; requiring an annual registration fee for hazard class C and class B dams that are located on an owner’s property; removing statutory fee amounts for inspections; requiring inspections of hazard dams to be conducted by the chief engineer or an authorized representative of the chief engineer; removing requirement for inspection fees to be remitted to the state treasurer; adding a civil penalty of not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 per violation; remitting civil penalty amounts to the water structures fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-301, 82a-302, 82a-303b and 82a-305a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.

HB 2527, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; authorizing cost recovery mechanisms for certain rate base additions; requiring the commission to evaluate the capital structure of certain public utilities without regard for entities affiliated with such utility; authorizing certain public utilities to elect a specific return on equity in rate proceedings; increasing the peak demand threshold and discount term for economic development electric rates for large facilities; removing requirements for tracking and deferral to a regulatory asset of revenue reductions caused by economic development rates; authorizing a rate adjustment mechanism for the construction of new gas-fired electric generating facilities; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 66-101j and 66-1239 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2528, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to residential property; restricting homestead taxes to not more than the established base year amount for individuals 65 years of age and older, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2529, AN ACT concerning income taxation; decreasing the rate of tax for individuals; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2530, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to insurance laws and enforcement thereof; removing automobile club from the definition of person; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 40-2,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2531, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital requirements; updating the version of instructions in effect; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2532, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to group-funded liability and group-funded workers compensation pools; changing certain reporting requirements; amending K.S.A. 12-2620, 44-584 and 44-590 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2533, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to examinations; requiring that insurance examiner per diem amounts and expenses, outside consulting and data processing fees and pro rata funding for examination equipment and software be reasonable; establishing a tiered fee structure for examinations of insurance companies and societies based on gross premiums; amending K.S.A. 40-223 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2534, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for amounts received as compensation for serving in the armed forces; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor, Blex, Buehler, Clifford, Collins, Dodson, M., Ellis, Goddard, T. Johnson, Neelly, Penn, Roth, Thompson, Turk, Underhill and Waggoner.

HB 2535, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; prohibiting the use of cryptocurrency; deleting the prohibition against the use of campaign funds for a candidate for federal office; amending K.S.A. 25-4153 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2536, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; establishing SOUL family legal permanency as a permanency option for children in need of care who are 16 years of age or older; allowing courts to establish SOUL family legal permanency; defining SOUL family legal permanency; reconciling definition of behavioral health crisis in the revised Kansas code for care of children; amending K.S.A. 38-2234, 38-2263, 38-2264, 38-2266 and 38-2268 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2202, 38-2203 and 38-2255 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2202a, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2537, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to the authority of cities and counties to enter into contracts; mandating that certain contractual provisions be incorporated into all such contracts, including the provisions of department of administration form DA-146a; providing certain exceptions, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2538, AN ACT concerning the taxpayer notification costs fund; continuing the reimbursement from the fund for printing and postage costs of county clerks through calendar year 2028; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-2989 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2539, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the Kansas promise scholarship act; removing the Kansas residency requirement for eligibility for such scholarships; modifying the definition of part-time student; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-32,271, 74-32,275 and 74-32,276 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2540, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to the practice of cosmetology; definitions, exempting the practice of hair removal by sugaring from the definition of cosmetology; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-1901 and 65-1928 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Wasinger.

HB 2541, AN ACT concerning natural resources; relating to state moneys for conservation; establishing the state conservation fund, the working lands conservation fund, the wildlife conservation fund and the Kansas outdoors fund; providing for the use of moneys in such funds by the Kansas department of agriculture and the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; requiring certain reports regarding such funds be made to the governor and the legislature; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund and the lottery operating fund to the state conservation fund; transfers from the state conservation fund to the working lands conservation fund, wildlife conservation fund and the Kansas outdoors fund; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-8711 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2542, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas pet animal act; certain defined terms; operating an animal shelter or pound; making changes to certain defined terms; refusal to issue or renew and the modification, limitation, suspension or revocation of any license or permit; immediate actions to protect the public interest; requiring the posting of a cash or security bond to pay for the costs of caring for a seized or impounded pet animal; requiring certain licensees that cease to engage in licensed activity to notify the commissioner at least 10 days prior to ceasing business, or if extenuating circumstances exist, not later than the date such activity ceases; requiring a closing inspection to confirm licensed activity has ceased prior to expiration of the license period; requiring certain additional rules and regulations; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; clarifying the conditions required for a licensed veterinarian to act as or be a boarding or training kennel operator; changing the date during which a licensee or permit holder that is in the process of ceasing to do business may be issued a temporary closing permit; amending K.S.A. 47-1701, 47-1704, 47-1706, 47-1706a, 47-1707, 47-1709, 47-1712, 47-1715, 47-1721, 47-1723, 47-1725 and 47-1732 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2543, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to livestock marks and brands; requiring approval of livestock brand applications by the animal health commissioner; submission of brand application and registration fees; increasing the maximum amount for brand registration and renewal fees; amending K.S.A. 47-417 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2544, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income, privilege and premium tax credits; establishing a tax credit for employers that employ members of the Kansas army and air national guard and establishing an income tax credit for employees that are members thereof, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2545, AN ACT concerning the self-service storage act; providing for sale of property not retrieved by an occupant after notice by an operator; allowing electronic signatures and electronic delivery for rental agreements; defining “property that has no commercial value”; providing for the effectiveness of rental agreements when such agreements are not signed or delivered by an owner or by an occupant; specifying custody and control of abandoned or towed property; amending K.S.A. 58-814 and 58-818 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 58-816 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2546, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to sales of food and food ingredients; reducing the rate of tax imposed; modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2547, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to student health; authorizing the maintenance of emergency medication kits for certain life-threatening conditions; requiring a prescription for distribution of emergency medication to schools; providing requirements for the administration of emergency medication by school personnel, training; exempting certain persons from the practice of healing arts and civil liability if acting in good faith; amending K.S.A. 65-1680, 65-2872b and 72-6283 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2548, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the no patient left alone act; relating to hospitals, adult care homes and hospice facilities; requiring such facilities to allow in-person visitation in certain circumstances; authorizing such facilities to adopt visitation policies and procedures, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2549, AN ACT concerning adoption; relating to termination of parental rights; requiring petitions to be filed as part of a petition for adoption or in connection with an adoption; setting requirements for petitions filed separately from adoption proceedings; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 59-2136 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2550, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to limitations on actions; extending the time to file a claim for damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual abuse; reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-523 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2551, AN ACT concerning certain claims against the state; making appropriations; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing, by Committee on Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State.

HB 2552, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; prohibiting the secretary from using federal benefits received by a child in need of care for the care and custody of the child; requiring the secretary to create accounts for children receiving federal benefits; directing the use of the benefits to be for the best interests of the child; amending K.S.A. 38-2216 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2553, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to children who are missing in custody of the secretary for children and families; establishing procedures for the secretary and law enforcement agencies after receiving information that a child in custody of the secretary is missing; requiring the secretary to obtain and maintain an identification card for children adjudicated to be a child in need of care; amending K.S.A. 38-2221, 38-2289 and 75-712c and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2554, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; directing the secretary to identify relatives of children alleged or adjudicated to be a child in need of care; requiring the secretary to file efforts to find relatives or persons with whom the child has close emotional ties and send notice to such persons of the custody of the child; amending K.S.A. 38-2264 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2243 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2555, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to school districts and nonpublic schools; authorizing schools to maintain emergency albuterol kits and school personnel to administer such medication in emergency situations; establishing training requirements for administration of such medication; exempting certain persons from the practice of the healing arts and civil liability if prescribing or administering such medication in good faith; amending K.S.A. 72-6283 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2556, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health insurance coverage; expanding medical assistance eligibility; enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act; directing the department of health and environment to study certain medicaid expansion topics; adding meeting days to the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight to monitor implementation of expanded medical assistance eligibility; amending K.S.A. 39-7,160, 40-3213, 65-6207, 65-6210, 65-6211, 65-6212 and 65-6217 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-6208, 65-6209 and 65-6218 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2557, AN ACT concerning the rules of evidence; relating to peer support counseling session communication privilege; expanding the definition of peer support counseling session; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-473 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2558, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing for the armed services occupation medal distinctive license plate; amending K.S.A. 8-1,147 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 8-1,141 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2559, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; prohibiting the use of generative artificial intelligence to create false representations of candidates in campaign media or of state officials; amending K.S.A. 25-2407 and 25-4156 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Proctor and Miller, V.

HB 2560, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the state banking code; providing when an application is considered abandoned or expired; allowing an originating trustee to have such trustee’s principal place of business outside of Kansas; amending K.S.A. 9-535, 9-806, 9-1721 and 9-2107 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2561, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to credit unions; authorizing a domestic credit union to do business outside the state; providing civil penalties for certain violations; allowing informal agreements with the credit union administrator; eliminating the requirement to submit duplicate certificates of organization and bylaws; establishing appeals procedures for suspension of credit and supervisory committee members; requiring members of the merging credit union to approve a merger of credit unions; amending K.S.A. 17-2201, 17-2208 and 17-2228 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2562, AN ACT concerning securities; enacting the protect vulnerable adults from financial exploitation act; requiring reporting of instances of suspected financial exploitation under certain circumstances; providing civil and administrative immunity to individuals who report such instances; amending K.S.A. 17-12a412 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2563, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; authorizing a postretirement benefit payment to certain retirants, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2564, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; establishing a farm-to-food bank program to expand the availability of Kansas agricultural food products for the state of Kansas’ emergency food system, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2565, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the regulation of dentists; Kansas dental board; requiring that treating dentist information be given to patients upon request; prohibiting agreements that limit a patient’s ability to file complaints; eliminating the minimum personal presence requirements of licensee in dental office using licensee’s name; amending K.S.A. 65-1430, 65-1435, 65-1436 and 65-1467 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2566, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to sourcing of sales; providing for origin sourcing for certain sales; amending K.S.A. 79-3669 and 79-3670 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2567, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; establishing the Kansas national guard educational master’s for enhanced readiness and global excellence (EMERGE) program and the Kansas national guard educational master’s for enhanced readiness and global excellence program repayment fund, by Representatives Turk, B. Carpenter, Amyx, Ballard, Barth, Blex, Bloom, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Clifford, Collins, Croft, Dodson, M., Ellis, Essex, Garber, Goddard, Goetz, Hill, Howerton, T. Johnson, Martinez, Melton, Neelly, Neighbor, Penn, Pickert, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Roth, Sanders, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Smith, C., Smith, E., Tarwater, Thompson, Titus, Underhill, Waggoner, Waymaster, Williams, L. and Woodard.

HB 2568, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to juvenile offenders; the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting fines, fees and costs from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile’s parent, guardian or custodian; amending K.S.A. 12-16,119, 20-3129, 21-6609, 22-4905, 28-170, 28-170a, 28-176, 38-2306, 38-2312, 38-2315, 38-2317, 38-2328, 38-2331, 38-2346, 38-2348, 38-2360, 38-2361, 38-2362, 38-2369, 38-2373, 38-2384, 38-2389, 38-2396, 38-2399 and 75-724 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 28-177 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 20-167, 38-2314, 38-2319, 38-2321, 38-2322 and 38-2324, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2569, AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment; relating to childcare licensing service contracts; requiring the secretary of health and environment to not renew such contracts and replacing licensing services with state employees; requiring the secretary to conduct surveys of childcare providers relating to the department’s provision of childcare licensing services, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2570, AN ACT concerning employment security law; relating to the definition of benefit year, temporary unemployment, wages, statewide average annual wage and statewide average weekly wage; referencing certain new definitions for purposes of the annual determination by the secretary of the maximum weekly benefit amount; requiring electronic filing of wage reports, contribution returns and payments and interest assessments for employers with 25 or more employees; establishing minimum qualifications for candidates for membership on the employment security board of review and initial review of such candidates by the director of unemployment; extending when the mandatory combination of rates and the establishment of a new account due to a business acquisition must occur from the beginning of the following quarter to the beginning of the following year; making certain changes to the schedules governing employer contribution rates; removing obsolete language pertaining to the employment security interest assessment fund and abolishing such fund; requiring the secretary to create an audit process within the new unemployment insurance information technology system to permit employers to submit reports regarding work search, the my reemployment plan and claimants who do not provide notification or appear for scheduled interviews; providing for notices by the secretary to active employers regarding work search noncompliance reporting options; confirming the legislative coordinating council’s authority to extend the new unemployment insurance information technology system’s implementation date retroactively and as often as deemed appropriate by the council; requiring the secretary to notify the council of the need for an extension; authorizing the secretary to extend temporary unemployment for limited periods upon request by employers and allowing for additional temporary unemployment when requested by employers engaged in certain industries; requiring the secretary to annually post on the secretary’s website certain additional calculations and data; changing the timing of employer benefit charge notices from annually to quarterly; removing the exemption for benefit charges less than $100; amending K.S.A. 44-704, 44-705, 44-709,44-710, 44-710b, 44-717, 44-771, 44-772 and 44-774 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 44-703, 44-710a and 44-775 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2571, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring any such ballots deposited in a remote ballot box to be considered provisional until verified by the county election office; amending K.S.A. 25-1136 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1124 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2572, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots and the return thereof; requiring personal delivery and photographic identification of any person delivering advance voting ballots on behalf of other voters; amending K.S.A. 25-1128 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1124, 25-2430 and 25-2437 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2573, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to tax levy rates; requiring certain libraries that have budgets approved by taxing subdivisions to be subject to the revenue neutral rate independent of the taxing subdivision; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-2988 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Proctor.

HB 2574, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to unified school district No. 207, Fort Leavenworth; establishing term limits for members of the board of education of such school district; amending K.S.A. 72-1210 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2575, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of K-96 as the 96th “Deadeye” Infantry Division memorial highway, by Representatives Seiwert, Murphy, Probst and Waggoner.

HB 2576, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign practices; requiring publication of signed statements of fair campaign practices; creating a cause of action for violations of such statement and for making materially false statements or using synthetic media; amending K.S.A. 25-4119g and repealing the existing section, by Representative Poskin.

HB 2577, AN ACT concerning state moneys; relating to the investment and management thereof; providing discretionary authority to the state treasurer to transfer moneys certified as equivalent to the aggregate net amount received for unclaimed property to the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system and to liquidate such moneys for investment by the pooled money investment board or for necessary payments to owners of unclaimed property; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-2263 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2578, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to certified community behavioral health clinics; providing for renewal certification of programs and treatments that have been previously certified or accredited; amending K.S.A. 39-2019 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2579, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the board of emergency medical services; authorized activities; authorizing distribution of non prescription over-the-counter medications; amending K.S.A. 65-6144 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2580, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; providing authority for a court or a guardian to consent to mental, emotional or behavioral health screening and treatment of a child alleged or adjudicated to be a child in need of care; granting immunity to providers who provide such screening and treatment in good faith; defining behavioral health treatment; amending K.S.A. 38-2217 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2202 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2202a, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2581, AN ACT concerning the secretary for children and families; relating to child support payments; eliminating the requirement that the court order child support to be paid to the secretary when custody of the child is awarded to the secretary and the requirement that child support payment requests shall be made in a child in need of care petition; amending K.S.A. 38-2234 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2255 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2582, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to the Kansas wildlife and parks commission; increasing the membership of the Kansas wildlife and parks commission from seven to nine; granting membership appointment authority to multiple state officers; prohibiting more than three commissioners from being residents of the same congressional district; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-805 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget.

HB 2583, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against the public morals; increasing the criminal penalty for harming or killing certain dogs and horses; requiring restitution for such crime to include veterinary medical treatment, funeral and burial expenses and replacement of such animal; amending K.S.A. 21-6416 and 21-6604 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Hawkins and Owens.

HB 2584, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for the taxation of digital property and subscription services; decreasing rates of such taxes in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3602, 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3602c, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2585, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to the taxation of services; excluding from taxation the service of installing or applying tangible personal property for the reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a building or facility; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3603 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2586, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; increasing extent of exemption for residential property from statewide school levy; relating to privilege tax; decreasing the normal tax rates on banks, trust companies and savings and loan associations; relating to income tax; increasing the tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses; eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification for social security income; increasing the Kansas standard deduction; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a sales tax exemption for certain sales of school supplies, computers and clothing during an annual sales tax holiday; providing sales tax exemptions for children’s diapers and feminine hygiene products; reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients; amending K.S.A. 79-1107, 79-1108 and 79-32,111c and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-201x, 79-32,117, 79-32,119, 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3606, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2587, AN ACT concerning drainage districts; relating to the governance thereof; authorizing the board of directors of such districts to hold executive sessions in accordance with the open meetings act; amending K.S.A. 24-416 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2588, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to net metering; increasing the system-wide capacity limit for facilities subject to net metering; requiring such facilities to be appropriately sized based on the customer’s expected load; establishing requirements for exporting power to a utility from a facility subject to net metering; amending K.S.A. 66-1264, 66-1265, 66-1266 and 66-1267 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2589, AN ACT concerning utility pole-mounted law enforcement equipment; relating to public utilities and law enforcement agencies; authorizing public utilities to enter into pole attachment agreements to allow for the attachment and operation of law enforcement equipment on utility poles located in the public right-of-way; exempting public utilities from civil liability relating thereto, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2590, AN ACT concerning pipeline safety; relating to the state corporation commission; state pipeline safety program; violations; updating the maximum penalties that may be imposed by the commission to comply with requirements of the federal pipeline and hazardous materials safety administration; amending K.S.A. 66-1,151 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2591, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; exempting the commission from the open meetings act with respect to matters relating to docketed proceedings before the commission; prohibiting ex parte communications in all docketed commission proceedings; amending K.S.A. 75-4318 and 77-545 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2592, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to internet content that is harmful to minors; requiring age verification for access to such content; providing for civil penalties for violations; establishing a civil cause of action for damages, attorney fees and costs, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2593, AN ACT concerning arbitration; making certain agreements to arbitrate in contracts of insurance invalid and creating exceptions therefor; amending K.S.A. 5-428 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2594, AN ACT concerning education; establishing the education funding task force; requiring such task force to review and make recommendations with respect to the state’s school finance system and the provision of special education state aid prior to expiration of the Kansas school equity and enhancement act; abolishing the special education and related services funding task force; repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3442, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2595, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the Kansas state employees health care commission; mandating coverage for certain allergen introduction dietary supplements for infants; requiring submission of an impact report on such mandatory coverage to the legislature, by Representatives Butler, Bloom, Buehler, Ellis, T. Johnson, Schlingensiepen and Underhill.

HB 2596, AN ACT concerning controlled substances; adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, II, IV and V of the uniform controlled substances act; making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 21-5701 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-4105, 65-4107, 65-4111 and 65-4113 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

House Resolutions

HR 6032, A RESOLUTION affirming the Kansas house of representatives’ unwavering support for free press in the state of Kansas and directing the attorney general to make a report to the body concerning the Colorado bureau of investigation’s inquiry regarding the extent to which the civil rights of any Kansan were violated when certain search warrants were executed in Marion, Kansas, on August 11, 2023, by Representatives Poskin, Highberger, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Clifford, Collins, Curtis, Dodson, M., Droge, Fairchild, Featherston, Goddard, Haskins, Haswood, Hougland, Howe, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Miller, V., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Probst, Ruiz, S., Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Waggoner, Weigel, Winn, Woodard and Xu.

HR 6033, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Representatives Thomas, Ballard, Bryce, Carlin, Clifford, Concannon, Essex, Estes, Featherston, Goetz, Haskins, McDonald, McNorton, Melton, Meyer, Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Pickert, Poskin, Rhiley, Ruiz, Schmoe, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Thompson, Turk, Turner, Williams, Williams, Woodard and Younger.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5021, 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 Miller, V., Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Haskins, Highberger, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, D., Miller, S., Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Weigel and Winn.

HCR 5022, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, relating to classification and taxation of all-terrain vehicles, by Representatives Fairchild, Neelly, Poetter Parshall, Rahjes and Waggoner.

Senate Bills

SB 358, AN ACT concerning books or other media; prohibiting school districts and local libraries from prohibiting, banning or restricting books or other media unless certain requirements are met, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 359, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the Kansas City Chiefs license plate, by Senators Warren, Alley, Bowers, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Gossage, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, Peck, Petersen, Pittman, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Thompson and Wilborn.

SB 360, AN ACT concerning tax-advantaged savings programs; allowing the taxpayer to elect the taxable year in which a subtraction modification for contributions to 529 qualified tuition accounts, ABLE accounts or first-time home buyer savings accounts would be applied; authorizing the state treasurer to appoint a 529 program advisory council; amending K.S.A. 75-644 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 361, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to violations of the uniform act regulating traffic on highways; increasing criminal penalties for a driver who leaves the scene of a vehicular accident when the accident results in the death of any person or more than one person, if the driver knew or reasonably should have known that such accident resulted in injury or death; amending K.S.A. 8-1602 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 362, AN ACT repealing K.S.A. 19-26,120; relating to the expiration of the Sedgwick county urban area nuisance abatement act, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 363, 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 Local Government.

SB 364, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to limitations on actions; extending the time to file a claim for damages suffered as a result of childhood sexual abuse; reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-523 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 365, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring the return of such ballots by 7:00 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 366, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring that county election officers receive a request for an application for an advance voting ballot prior to mailing such application to such voter; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1122 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 367, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections or election-related activities unless approved by the legislature; amending K.S.A. 25-2436 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 368, AN ACT concerning elections; prohibiting the use of any form of ranked-choice voting methods in elections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 369, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to filings of declarations of intention to become a candidate, nomination petitions or certificates of nomination; requiring such filings for national, state, county, township and municipal office include the candidate’s non-government issued email address; amending K.S.A. 25-205, 25-209, 25-304, 25-311, 25-2020 and 25-21a03 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-1903 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 370, AN ACT concerning national land designations; requiring legislative approval of any designation of a national heritage area or national historic trail in the state of Kansas or the inclusion of certain property within any such designation; prohibiting state funding of any national heritage area or national historic trail unless such funding is first approved by the legislature of the state of Kansas, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 371, AN ACT concerning the Kansas silver alert plan; relating to public notice of certain missing persons; expanding such plan to include persons 18 years of age or older who have an intellectual disability; amending K.S.A. 75-754 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 372, AN ACT concerning civil actions; enacting the civil liability for doxing act; prohibiting intentionally publishing another person’s personally identifiable information without the consent of the person whose information is published under certain circumstances; authorizing a civil action for violations of the act to recover damages and obtain injunctive relief, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 373, AN ACT concerning lobbying; prohibiting the use of public moneys for lobbying activities; exceptions; repealing K.S.A. 46-295 and 72-9935, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 374, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter political party or voter affiliation; allowing a voter to declare or change such voter’s affiliation the day of a primary election; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 25-3301 and 25-3304 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 375, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; prohibiting the use of generative artificial intelligence to create false representations of candidates in campaign media or of state officials; amending K.S.A. 25-2407 and 25-4156 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 376, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; extending the time period for the single city port authority credit; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,212 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 377, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; increasing extent of exemption for residential property from statewide school levy; relating to privilege tax; decreasing the normal tax rates on banks, trust companies and savings and loan associations; relating to income tax; increasing the tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses; eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification for social security income; increasing the Kansas standard deduction; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing a sales tax exemption for certain sales of school supplies, computers and clothing during an annual sales tax holiday; providing sales tax exemptions for children’s diapers and feminine hygiene products; reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients; amending K.S.A. 79-1107, 79-1108 and 79-32,111c and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-201x, 79-32,117, 79- 32,119, 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3606, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 378, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the state board of regents; making and concerning appropriations to the state board of regents for fiscal year 2025; providing grants to community colleges, technical colleges and the Washburn institute of technology for capital improvements of trade program buildings and facilities and for repairs and purchases of trade program educational equipment and fixtures; establishing the Kansas trade service scholarship act to provide scholarships to students who enroll in certain trade programs; creating the Kansas trade service scholarship fund, by Senator Olson.

SB 379, AN ACT concerning the Kansas probate code; providing a longer time for notice to creditors by publication when a petition for administration or probate of a will is filed; changing the process for transferring personal property by affidavit in small estates; modifying time requirements for notice by publication related to sales at public auction; amending K.S.A. 59-709 and 59-2243 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 59-1507b and 59-2308 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 380, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; clarifying a special sentencing rule applicable to violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; amending K.S.A. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 381, AN ACT concerning coroners; relating to appointment in judicial districts; authorizing the board of county commissioners of any county that is not the most populous county in a multiple-county judicial district to appoint a coroner to serve as the district coroner for the county; amending K.S.A. 22a-226 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 382, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, June 30, 2026, June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, for state agencies; authorizing certain transfers and increasing expenditure limitations to the foregoing; funding of the fiscal year 2024 salary increase for certain state employees; transferring funds from the legislature employment security fund of the legislative coordinating council to the university of Kansas and Wichita state university health collaboration fund of the university of Kansas, the Wichita state university and university of Kansas health collaboration fund of Wichita state university and the state general fund; authorizing certain expenditures from the build Kansas matching grant fund, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 383, AN ACT concerning drainage districts; relating to the governance thereof; authorizing the board of directors of such districts to hold executive sessions in accordance with the open meetings act; amending K.S.A. 24-416 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 384, 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 cities and counties; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-6135 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

SB 385, AN ACT concerning conventions under article V of the constitution of the United States; designating members of the senate as delegates thereto, by Senator Pyle.

SB 386, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas school equity and enhancement act; requiring school district enrollment to be determined using the current school year or preceding school year enrollment; requiring any school district that closed a school building in the preceding school year to use current school year enrollment; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-5132 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 387, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; open enrollment; providing for continued enrollment of students who attend a school district of nonresidence; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3123 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 388, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employment after retirement; increasing the amount of retirant compensation subject to the statutory employer contribution rate; amending K.S.A. 74-4937 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 389, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the farm animal and field crop and research facilities protection act; prohibiting entering or remaining on and knowingly making false statements to gain access to animal facilities and field crop production areas; providing penalties for violations therefor; removing the intent to destroy property; amending K.S.A. 47-1826 and 47-1827 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 390, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to medical care; enacting the conscientious right to refuse act; prohibiting discrimination against individuals who refuse certain medical interventions and creating a civil cause of action against entities who discriminate based upon such medical care refusal; revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose penalties for violations thereof; repealing K.S.A. 65-126, 65-127, 65-129 and 65-129c, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 391, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to infectious or contagious diseases; changing the authority of the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; naming the constitutional right to health freedom act; revoking the authority of the secretary to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose penalties for violations thereof; amending K.S.A. 65-116g, 65-118, 65-119, 65-128, 65-129b and 65-129d and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-101, 65-202 and 72-5180 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-126, 65-127, 65-129 and 65-129c, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 392, AN ACT concerning the prescription monitoring program; relating to the attorney general; granting the medicaid inspector general access to the prescription monitoring program database without a warrant; replacing the member of the program advisory committee representing the Kansas bureau of investigation with a member nominated by the office of the attorney general; amending K.S.A. 65-1690 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-1685 and 65-1689 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 393, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; requiring automated expungement of certain records; sealing such records from public view and limiting disclosure thereof; amending K.S.A. 21-6614 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 394, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to internet content that is harmful to minors; requiring age verification for access to such content; providing for civil penalties for violations; establishing a civil cause of action for damages, attorney fees and costs, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 395, AN ACT concerning the university of Kansas hospital authority; requiring prior approval by the legislature or the legislative coordinating council when the legislature is not in session, when purchasing, leasing, trading, exchanging or otherwise acquiring, constructing, repairing, remodeling or renovating any real property or facility outside of the state of Kansas; amending K.S.A. 76-3308 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 396, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; employment after retirement; reducing the required waiting period to return to work for a period beginning July 1, 2024, and ending July 1, 2029; amending K.S.A. 74-4937 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-4914 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1732, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2024 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Senators Baumgardner, Alley, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Pittman, Reddi, Shallenburger, Straub, Sykes, Thompson, Tyson, Ware, Warren and Wilborn.

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