Volume 43 - Issue 7 - February 15, 2024

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 1st – February 7th 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

HR 2658, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to student safety and discipline; authorizing school districts to require a student who is returning to school after having been expelled for 186 days or more to attend a virtual school; requiring due process for such decisions; providing for attendance at a virtual school operated by another school district, by Representative T. Johnson.

HR 2659, AN ACT concerning education; relating to teachers; defining teachers for purposes of the Kansas public employees retirement system; transferring teachers from the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015 to the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2009; amending K.S.A. 74-49,301 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Essex, Thomas and Williams, L.

HR 2660, AN ACT concerning business entities; authorizing a change of registered office address by a current occupant under the business entity standard treatment act; changing the information required in an amendment to the articles of incorporation for a cooperative; relating to filings with the secretary of state; modifying requirements for business entity information reports; eliminating references to a certificate of fact; modifying filing requirements for registration of foreign covered entities and limited partnerships; amending K.S.A. 17-2036, 17-2718, 17-4615, 17-4634, 17-4677, 17-7002, 17-7503, 17-7504, 17-7505, 17-7506, 17-76,136, 17-76,139, 17-7903 and 17-7931 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 56-1a151, 56-1a605, 56-1a606, 56-1a607, 56a-1001, 56a-1201 and 56a-1202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HR 2661, AN ACT concerning boards of county commissioners; relating to vacancies created by an increase in the number of commissioner districts; providing for the staggering of terms of commissioners elected to fill such vacancies; amending K.S.A. 19-202, 19-203, 19-203a, 19-204 and 19-204a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.

HR 2662, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases of construction materials by a contractor for the Kansas fairgrounds foundation; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2663, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to title insurance; allowing title insurance agents to submit escrow, settlement and closing funds through certain real-time or instant payment systems; amending K.S.A. 40-1137 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HR 2664, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for the Kansas state university extension systems and agriculture research programs for a program to increase the supply of child care providers; establishing a program to award funds to child care service providers who provide services to home-based child care providers, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HR 2665, 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 Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HR 2666, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer; increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations when the person has prior convictions of the offense; amending K.S.A. 8-1568 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HR 2667, AN ACT concerning the lottery operating fund; increasing transfers to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-8711 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HR 2668, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to cash assistance, food assistance and child care subsidy; requiring job search instead of a 20-hour work week for child care subsidy eligibility; allowing food assistance funds for advertising food assistance programs; modifying penalties for non-cooperation for all assistance programs; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HR 2669, AN ACT concerning behavioral health; relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services; codifying the mental health intervention team program in state statute; requiring the department to oversee implementation of the program; establishing structures for partnership between community mental health centers and school districts; providing for coordination of mental health services to students, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2670, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to nonopioid alternatives for the treatment of pain; requiring the department of health and environment to develop and publish educational information regarding the use of nonopioids, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2671, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to hunting licenses; reducing nonresident hunting fees, including application, license, tag and miscellaneous fees, to a combined amount not to exceed $25 and requiring such fee to be refundable for any nonresident who does not acquire a hunting permit for the applicable hunting license year; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget.

HR 2672, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting permits; establishing transferable landowner appreciation permits for the hunting of white-tailed deer; allowing one landowner appreciation permit for every 80 acres of land owned, up to 10 permits; establishing application and transfer requirements and providing for no-fee applications therefor; amending K.S.A. 32-937 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget.

HR 2673, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HR 2674, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families; prohibiting the secretary from participating in the summer electronic benefits transfer for children program, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HR 2675, AN ACT concerning children and minors; enacting the uniform nonparent visitation act; removing provisions related to grandparent and stepparent visitation rights; repealing K.S.A. 23-3301, 23-3302, 23-3303 and 23-3304, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2676, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to assisting suicide; adding additional conduct that constitutes such crime and providing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 21-5407 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2677, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to the sale of wine; authorizing cereal malt beverage retailers to sell wine; imposing the applicable retailers’ sales tax on such sales; amending K.S.A. 41-212, 41-355, 41-701, 41-1101a, 41-2701, 41-2702, 41-2706, 41-2708, 41-2722, 41-2726, 41-2728 and 41-2730 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 41-102, 41-306a, 41-308, 41-2704 and 79-3602 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3602c, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HR 2678, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas water banking act; extending the period for how long a groundwater right can be deposited in a water bank; requiring that water withdrawn from an account be authorized by the water bank on or before December 1 of the calendar year in which the withdrawn water is to be used; amending K.S.A. 82a-763 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.

HR 2679, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; authorizing the director of vehicles to waive the knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial vehicle for an applicant that provides evidence that such applicant qualifies for the military even exchange program for a commercial driver’s license; amending K.S.A. 8-2,133 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HR 2680, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to unattended children in vehicles; creating a traffic infraction for leaving a child eight years of age or younger unattended in a vehicle and providing penalties therefor; crediting fines from violations of such traffic infraction to the family and children trust account of the family and children investment fund; requiring the division of vehicles to include information concerning the dangers of leaving unattended children in vehicles in driving materials and courses; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HR 2681, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; updating the definition of commercial motor vehicle to include gross vehicle weight and defining leaving the scene of an accident therein; amending K.S.A. 8-2,128 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HR 2682, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; authorizing the director of vehicles to adopt rules and regulations for participation in the federal motor carrier safety administration’s drug and alcohol clearinghouse program; disqualifying a person’s commercial driving privileges when such person has violated or is in noncompliance with the requirements of the clearinghouse, by Committee on Transportation.

HR 2683, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to certifications and tax statements; modifying deadlines for mailing tax statements to taxpayers and certification of levies to the director of property valuation to earlier than current deadlines; providing for the county clerk’s use of the previous year’s budget when a taxing subdivision fails to timely file its budget; amending K.S.A. 79-1806 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-2001 and 79-2930 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2684, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; authorizing cities to propose an earnings tax for ballot question; providing revenue to be pledged for infrastructure purposes; amending K.S.A. 12-140 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2685, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for registered charitable organizations; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2686, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to prescribers; requiring prescribers to discuss risks and alternatives to certain addictive controlled substances with patients before prescribing such substances, by Representative Miller, V.

HR 2687, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a child tax credit, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2688, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for exploration place, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2689, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance plans; requiring no cost-sharing requirement imposed on insureds for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations for breast cancer; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Featherston, Williams, L., Ballard, Borjon, Carlin, Concannon, Curtis, Haswood, Hougland, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Neighbor, Oropeza, Pickert, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Clayton, Wasinger and Winn.

HR 2690, AN ACT concerning emergency communication services; establishing the state 911 board; abolishing the 911 coordinating council; transferring the powers, duties and functions of the 911 coordinating council to the state 911 board; authorizing the board to appoint an executive director and other employees to carry out the powers, duties and functions of the board; abolishing the 911 operations fund, the 911 state grant fund and the 911 state fund and establishing the state 911 operations fund, the state 911 grant fund and the state 911 fund in the state treasury; authorizing counties to contract for the provision of 911 PSAP services with another county; amending K.S.A. 12-5362, 12-5363, 12-5364, 12-5365, 12-5366, 12-5367, 12-5368, 12-5368, as amended by section 16 of this act, 12-5368, as amended by section 17 of this act, 12-5369, 12-5370, 12-5371, 12-5372, 12-5374, 12-5374, as amended by section 23 of this act, 12-5374, as amended by section 24 of this act, 12-5375, 12-5375, as amended by section 26 of this act, 12-5375, as amended by section 27 of this act, and 12-5377 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 12-5364, as amended by section 12 of this act, 12-5378 and 12-5379, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HR 2691, AN ACT concerning eminent domain; relating to the eminent domain procedure act; requiring landowners whose land is taken by eminent domain for electric transmission lines to be compensated at not less than fair market value multiplied by 150%; amending K.S.A. 26-513 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2692, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to principles of criminal liability; providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong; amending K.S.A. 21-5209, 22-3219, 22-3221, 22-3222 and 22-3428 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2693, AN ACT enacting the uniform partition of heirs property act; prescribing procedures and requirements for partition of certain real property, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2694, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for an increased amount of credit for individuals of certain ages for the selective assistance for effective senior relief credit and setting the maximum amount of credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,263 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2695, AN ACT concerning water; relating to groundwater management districts; allowing a majority of eligible voters in a groundwater management district or an area for a proposed extension or reduction of a district to petition the chief engineer to extend or reduce the territory in a groundwater management district; amending K.S.A. 82a-1033 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.

HR 2696, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas water appropriation act; allowing a groundwater management district the opportunity to provide a written comment rather than a recommendation to the chief engineer for a proposed water conservation area and management plan; amending K.S.A. 82a-745 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.

HR 2697, AN ACT concerning water; relating to groundwater management districts; allowing groundwater management district boards to provide relevant information rather than advice and assistance regarding groundwater management and other appropriate matters of concern of a district; amending K.S.A. 82a-1028 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Water.

HR 2698, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to juvenile offenders; authorizing the secretary to allow juvenile offenders to leave a juvenile correctional facility for certain types of programming and educational activities; amending K.S.A. 75-7062 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HR 2699, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving property; creating the crime of home invasion and aggravated home invasion and providing criminal penalties for violation thereof, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HR 2700, AN ACT concerning libraries; relating to public school libraries; establishing the school library rating system task force; requiring the development and implementation of a rating system for materials offered by public school libraries, by Committee on Education.

HR 2701, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; increasing the school and classroom supplies tax credit amount to $500 and providing for an annual adjustment to such amount based on the cost of inflation; allowing additional school employees to claim such credit; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,296 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HR 2702, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas state high school activities association; specifying eligibility requirements for participation by students enrolled in nonpublic schools; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-7121 and 72-7122 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HR 2703, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to at-risk programs and services; including placement in the custody of the secretary for children and families as a criteria for eligibility for such programs and services; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-5153a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HR 2704, AN ACT concerning economic development; creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act; limiting the regulatory powers of cities and counties, by Representatives Williams, L. and Turk.

HR 2705, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university to sell certain real property in the city of Manhattan, Riley county, Kansas, by Committee on Higher Education Budget.

HR 2706, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to antique vehicles; providing for model year license plate decals to be displayed on antique trucks and motorcycles; amending K.S.A. 8-172 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HR 2707, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to automobile liability insurance; modifying uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage liability limitations for bodily injury or death; amending K.S.A. 40-284 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2708, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to wrongful death; eliminating the cap on nonpecuniary loss when the action is brought against a person convicted of murder; extending the statute of limitations in wrongful death actions from two years to five years; amending K.S.A. 60-511, 60-513 and 60-1903 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2709, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to drug abuse awareness education programs; establishing fentanyl poisoning awareness week; requiring the state board of education to designate such week each school year and develop statewide standards for instruction to certain students on the abuse of and addiction to fentanyl and other opioids; requiring school districts to provide such instruction during such week, by Representatives Martinez and Melton.

HR 2710, AN ACT concerning money transmission; imposing an excise tax on each transaction by a money transmitter by wire; establishing an income tax credit for excise taxes paid; allowing the state bank commissioner to assess penalties for the nonpayment of such excise tax; providing for the distribution of such excise tax and penalty moneys; establishing the criminal litigation fund, wire transfer fee fund and prosecutor and law enforcement grant fund; creating a misdemeanor crime of unlawful transmission of a wire transfer and providing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 9-508 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-5133 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HR 2711, 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 Pensions.

HR 2712, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to dental health insurance contracts; prohibiting such contracts from limiting the fee a dentist may charge for a noncovered service, disallowing an otherwise covered service or preventing a dentist from billing and collecting for a service that is a dental necessity; amending K.S.A. 40-2,185 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HR 2713, 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.

HR 2714, AN ACT concerning insurance; reducing the number of board members appointed by the commissioner on certain insurance-related governing boards and the frequency of the meetings of the committee on surety bonds and insurance; amending K.S.A. 40-2102, 40-2109, 40-3116, 40-3413, 65-34,126 and 75-4101 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HR 2715, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of insurance; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees; requiring the publication of such fees in the Kansas register; amending K.S.A. 40-205a, 40-218, 40-252, 40-2,133, 40-504, 40-956, 40-22a04, 40-2604, 40-2702, 40-3213, 40-3304, 40-3812, 40-3813, 40-4103, 40-4116, 40-4323, 40-4334, 40-4503, 40-5003 and 40-5509 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 40-3823, 40-3824, 40-4209, 40-4302 and 40-4903 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-3217, by Committee on Insurance.

HR 2716, AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment; relating to the duties of the secretary; providing for the study and investigation of maternal deaths in the state of Kansas; continuing in existence exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act related to maternal death investigations; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-177 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Ousley.

HR 2717, AN ACT concerning education; relating to virtual schools; establishing requirements for the determination of virtual school state aid for adult students; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3715 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HR 2718, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; eliminating school district open enrollment requirements; authorizing school districts to determine nonresident student enrollment; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3122, 72-3124, 72-3127 and 72-5132 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3123 and 72-3126, by Representatives Osman, Featherston, Highberger, Hoye, McDonald, Meyer, Neighbor, Ruiz, S., Clayton, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Woodard, Xu and Younger.

HR 2719, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; administration of nonacademic tests, questionnaires, surveys and examinations; extending the time that school districts may provide notice to parents of the administration of a nonacademic tests, questionnaires, surveys or examinations; requiring school districts to contact parents if any such tests, questionnaires, surveys or examinations indicate a concern for any student; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-6316 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HR 2720, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to food; permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; amending K.S.A. 65-689 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HR 2721, 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 Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HR 2722, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; enacting the second amendment financial privacy act; prohibiting financial institutions from using a firearms code to engage in certain discriminatory conduct and surveilling, reporting or tracking the purchase of firearms and ammunition; authorizing the attorney general to investigate and enforce violations of such act; providing a civil penalty for violations of such act, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HR 2723, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; relating to the department for aging and disability services; creating a grant program to fund proposed homeless shelter infrastructure; establishing requirements for such grants awarded, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HR 2724, AN ACT concerning fireworks; relating to the Kansas fireworks act; permitting a fireworks retailer to sell fireworks at any time during the calendar year; amending K.S.A. 31-502 and 31-503 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HR 2725, AN ACT concerning public employees; relating to the executive branch of state government; hiring and promotion preferences; providing for a preference for persons with a disability, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HR 2726, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring school districts to provide timely implementation of an individualized education program and advanced enrollment for certain children who are new to such school district; amending K.S.A. 72-3429 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HR 2727, AN ACT concerning education; requiring public schools and public postsecondary educational institutions to make menstrual products available at no cost to students; establishing a state grant program to reimburse schools and institutions for such costs, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HR 2728, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to the valuation of real property; requiring that comparable residential sales occur within the subdivision or township or closest located subdivision or township where such property is located; amending K.S.A. 79-503a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HR 2729, AN ACT concerning precious metals; relating to gold and silver bullion and specie; enacting the Kansas specie legal tender act; providing that gold and silver specie is legal tender; authorizing the state treasurer to adopt rules and regulations allowing the use of approved electronic currencies backed by specie legal tender; enacting the Kansas bullion depository act; authorizing the state treasurer to establish, administer or contract for the administration of bullion depositories; allowing state moneys to be deposited in such bullion depositories and invested in specie legal tender; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-4209 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Murphy, Bryce, Buehler, Clifford, Corbet, Eplee, Fairchild, Garber, Helgerson, Hill, Hoffman, Houser, Howe, Jacobs, Mason, Poetter, Probst, Sanders, Schmoe, Smith, C., Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Turk, Waggoner, Wasinger and White.

HR 2730, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the tax credit for low income students scholarship program act; expanding eligibility for scholarships under such act to include students enrolled in underperforming school districts; amending K.S.A. 72-4351 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-4352 and 72-5132 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HR 2731, AN ACT concerning education; relating to statewide assessments; requiring the state board of education to submit annual reports to the legislature on certain statistics of students who take such assessments; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-5170 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HR 2732, AN ACT concerning school districts; authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept chaplains as volunteers to provide support, services and programs for students, by Committee on Education.

HR 2733, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to homeowners’ associations; requiring such associations to conduct certain home repairs in accordance with applicable codes and standards; providing for enforcement by the attorney general, including the assessment of civil fines, by Committee on Local Government.

HR 2734, AN ACT concerning improvement districts; imposing a five-year expiration on improvement districts and community improvement districts if no improvements are carried out within the five-year period; amending K.S.A. 12-6a26 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HR 2735, AN ACT establishing a task force on missing women and girls who are black, indigenous and people of color, by Representative Haswood.

HR 2736, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to reliability of electric generation facilities; providing guidelines for decommissioning of certain electric generation facilities; requiring a utility to replace a closed or decommissioned facility with an equivalent amount of reliable and readily dispatchable electric generation, by Representatives Barth and Turk.

HR 2737, AN ACT concerning abortion; creating the abolish abortion Kansas act; making all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa’s law; removing exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child; amending K.S.A. 21-5206 and 21-5419 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-1901 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HR 2738, AN ACT concerning education; relating to special education state aid; revising the special education state aid statewide excess costs calculation to count additional funding; requiring the state board to determine excess costs for school districts; requiring the state board to establish a special education state aid equalization distribution schedule and to distribute certain amounts of special education services aid pursuant to such distribution schedule; requiring each school district to transfer the amount attributable to the special education weighting from the supplemental general fund to the special education fund; amending K.S.A. 72-3422 and 72-5143 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HR 2739, AN ACT concerning state moneys; relating to state-managed funds and state contracts; enacting the countries of concern divestment and procurement protection act; requiring divestment from investments with countries of concern and providing exceptions therefor; prohibiting investments, deposits or contracts with any bank or company domiciled or with a principal place of business in a country of concern; indemnifying state-managed funds with respect to actions taken in compliance with such act; providing an expiration date for such act, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HR 2740, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against persons; increasing the criminal penalty for a third or subsequent conviction of domestic battery; creating a mandatory minimum sentence for aggravated domestic battery; amending K.S.A. 21-5414 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HR 2741, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to supervision of offenders; updating the terms of supervision for offenders on probation and postrelease supervision; amending K.S.A. 21-6607, 22-2907 and 22-3717 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HR 2742, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; directing the secretary to reimburse a hospital when a child in custody of the secretary remains at the hospital and is no longer receiving medical services; amending K.S.A. 38-2217 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HR 2743, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to driving privileges; revoking the authority to suspend a person’s driving privileges or driver’s license due to nonpayment of fines or court costs from traffic citations; providing for retroactive application thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2106 and 8-2110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HR 2744, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the transformation of passenger and freight vehicle industry act; relating to tax and other incentives for projects in specified industries or for a national corporate headquarters with specified job requirements of at least 250 new employees and specified capital investment requirements; providing for a refundable income, privilege and premium tax credit for a portion of any specified capital investment requirement; retention of certain payroll withholding taxes; sales tax exemption for project construction; establishing the transformation of passenger and freight vehicle industry act new employee training and education fund; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HR 2745, AN ACT concerning occupational licensing; relating to occupational licensing, certification and registration fees; providing that military spouses of active military servicemembers shall be exempted from all such fees; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 48-3406 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HR 2746, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to healthcare professions; updating requirements for receiving and renewing a license under the dietitians licensing act; amending K.S.A. 65-5906 and 65-5909 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2747, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to pharmacists; expanding the pharmacist scope of practice to include initiation of therapy for HIV post-exposure prophylaxis; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-16,131 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2748, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to certain personal hygiene products; establishing the personal hygiene fund and program within the Kansas department for children and families; prescribing eligibility requirements for such program; authorizing the secretary for children and families to adopt rules and regulations to administer such program; providing an individual income tax credit for taxpayer contributions to the personal hygiene fund, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2749, AN ACT concerning abortion; relating to reports on abortions performed in this state; requiring the reporting of the reasons for each abortion performed at a medical care facility or by a healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-445 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2750, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; permitting the use of expedited partner therapy for the treatment thereof, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2751, AN ACT concerning the Kansas department for aging and disability services; relating to licensure of providers of disability services; authorizing the department to condition or restrict a license therefor; granting the secretary authority to grant regulation waivers unrelated to health and safety; authorizing correction orders and civil fines to be appealed to the secretary; amending K.S.A. 39-2004, 39-2013 and 39-2016 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HR 2752, AN ACT concerning health insurance; relating to dental benefit plans and services; establishing the dental ratio act; requiring the calculation of the annual dental loss ratio by each dental benefit plan; requiring each dental benefit plan to file an annual report; rebating certain dollar amounts to insureds or plan administrators when the dental loss ratio percentage does not meet the required loss ratio percentage; authorizing the commissioner to adopt rules and regulations, by Committee on Insurance.

HR 2753, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sex offenses; creating the crime of aggravated sexual extortion and providing criminal penalties therefor; adding making a demand for money or other thing of value to the elements of the crime of sexual extortion; amending K.S.A. 21-5515 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2754, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to public health; authorizing counties to exempt from the requirement to perform school safety inspections; amending K.S.A. 19-101a and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2755, AN ACT concerning appearance bonds; relating to release prior to trial; requiring compensated sureties who post bond in municipal court to comply with certain requirements; requiring a minimum bond premium in district court; providing reasons for suspending or terminating authorization of a compensated surety; amending K.S.A. 12-4301 and 22-2809b and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HR 2756, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences regulatory board; relating to the powers, duties and functions thereof; enacting the art therapist licensure act; providing for the regulation and licensing of professional art therapists; amending K.S.A. 74-7507 and 74-7508 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Schreiber, Curtis, Meyer and Osman.

HR 2757, AN ACT concerning adoption; relating to the expenses thereof; enacting the adoption savings account act; allowing individuals to establish adoption savings accounts with certain financial institutions; providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts; requiring the secretary of revenue to adopt certain rules and regulations; granting nonexclusive marketing authority to the state treasurer; establishing addition and subtraction modifications for contributions to such accounts under the Kansas income tax act; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

House Resolutions

HR 6034, A RESOLUTION strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of Kansas and Taiwan, by Representatives B. Carpenter, Hawkins, Amyx, Anderson, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, Blex, Bloom, Borjon, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Concannon, Croft, Curtis, Dodson, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Haswood, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Hoye, Humphries, Jacobs, Kessler, Lewis, Mason, Maughan, McNorton, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poetter Parshall, Poskin, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Schreiber, Smith, Smith, Stogsdill, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Turk, Turner, Underhill, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster, Weigel, White and K. Williams.

HR 6035, A RESOLUTION affirming state sovereignty, supporting Texas in its efforts to combat illegal immigration and encouraging Governor Laura Kelly to offer the services of the Kansas National Guard to the state of Texas, by Representatives Proctor, Awerkamp, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Blew, Bloom, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, B. Carpenter, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Corbet, Croft, Delperdang, Droge, Ellis, Eplee, Essex, Fairchild, Francis, Garber, Gardner, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Hill, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Houser, Howerton, Jacobs, T. Johnson, Landwehr, Mason, Maughan, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Owens, Penn, Pickert, Poetter, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Robinson, Roth, Sanders, Schmoe, Seiwert, Smith, A., Smith, C., Smith, E., Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Turk, Waggoner, Waymaster, White and K. Williams.

HR 6036, A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the NCSL on its 50th Anniversary, by Representatives Smith, Ballard, Borjon, Buehler, Clifford, Croft, Dodson, Essex, Francis, Hoheisel, Howe, Hoye, Miller, Minnix, Penn, Pickert, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schreiber, Smith, Waggoner, Wasinger, Waymaster and White.

HR 6037, A RESOLUTION recognizing February as American Heart Month, by Representative Wasinger.

Senate Bills

SB 433, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to institutional licenses; clarifying practice privileges; amending K.S.A. 65-2895 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 434, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to the practice of cosmetology; 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 Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 435, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for period products, diapers and incontinence products; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 436, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a child tax credit, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 437, AN ACT concerning education; establishing the Kansas education enrichment program; authorizing educational awards to certain elementary and secondary students for qualifying expenses for educational goods and services; requiring the state treasurer to administer the program; establishing the Kansas education enrichment program fund; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, for the department of revenue, by Committee on Education.

SB 438, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the AO-K program; eliminating the requirement to subtract other aid from the state payment; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-32,267 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 439, AN ACT concerning the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings; authorizing exceptions if the court makes certain findings on the record; defining hearing under the code; amending K.S.A. 38-2353 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2302 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 440, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to driving privileges; revoking the authority to suspend a person’s driving privileges or driver’s license due to nonpayment of fines or court costs from traffic citations; providing for retroactive application thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2106 and 8-2110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 441, AN ACT enacting the fairness in condemnation act; relating to the eminent domain procedure act; requiring the plaintiff condemning authority to provide the property owner notice and opportunity for negotiation; providing for court review of compliance with this act, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 442, AN ACT concerning court services officers; relating to persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect; prohibiting supervision by court services officers; amending K.S.A. 22-3428 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 443, AN ACT concerning eminent domain; relating to the eminent domain procedure act; requiring landowners whose land is taken by eminent domain for electric transmission lines to be compensated at not less than fair market value multiplied by 150%; amending K.S.A. 26-513 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 444, AN ACT concerning county law libraries; relating to the board of trustees thereof; providing that the attorney members of the board in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district; allowing the board to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county; amending K.S.A. 20-3127 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 445, AN ACT concerning first responders; relating to law enforcement officers and emergency medical service providers; requiring training thereof; establishing minimum training requirements related to dementia care, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 446, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to certain lands; prohibiting the acquisition of ownership interests in such lands by foreign nationals, foreign businesses and foreign governments unless authorized by the state land council; creating the state land council and providing for its membership, powers and duties; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-4104 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 447, AN ACT concerning the state treasurer; relating to powers, duties and responsibilities thereof; directing the state treasurer to establish a mortgage insurance program for certain individuals; establishing the homes for every local protector, educator and responder act of Kansas, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 448, AN ACT concerning competency to stand trial; establishing procedures in the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts related to determination of an accused person’s competency to stand trial; authorizing a municipal judge to order an examination; requiring dismissal of criminal charges if the examination shows that an accused person is incompetent to stand trial; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to reimburse counties for the costs of keeping such persons in the custody of a county jail awaiting examination, evaluation or treatment; amending K.S.A. 19-1936 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 449, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to liability protections for emergency care by healthcare providers; expanding the definition of healthcare provider to include individuals trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, automated external defibrillator or emergency cardiovascular care; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 65-2891 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 450, AN ACT concerning Alzheimer’s disease; establishing the Kansas Alzheimer’s disease advisory council; relating to duties of the Kansas department for aging and disability services, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 451, AN ACT creating the Dwayne Peaslee technical training center district act; authorizing 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, if approved, and the powers and duties of its board of directors; authorizing such district to levy a tax not exceed 0.5 mills on the tangible taxable property of the district, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 452, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the homestead property tax refund act; excluding certain school district bond and interest levies from increased property tax homestead refund claim amounts; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-4508a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 453, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the homestead property tax refund act; excluding social security payments from household income; expanding eligibility related to increased property tax homestead property tax refund claims; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-4502 and 79-4508a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 454, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of property and services by nonprofit organizations distributing food pursuant to a food distribution program on a charitable basis; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 455, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; authorizing electric public utilities to retain certain electric generating facilities in the utility’s rate base; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 66-1239 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 456, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to the state corporation commission; extending the timelines for the state corporation commission to make a determination regarding rate-making treatment for electric generating or transmission facilities; establishing a rebuttable presumption that a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit shall not be retired; prohibiting the commission from authorizing the retirement of such an electric generating unit unless the utility overcomes such presumption with sufficient evidence; requiring the commission to report annually on requests to retire such units; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 66-1239 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 457, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to eminent domain; prohibiting public utilities from exercising eminent domain for the siting or placement of solar facilities; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 66-104 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 458, AN ACT concerning seizure and forfeiture of property; relating to the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act; specifying that certain drug offenses do not give rise to forfeiture under the act; requiring courts to make a finding that forfeiture is not excessive; restricting actions prior to commencement of forfeiture proceedings; requiring probable cause affidavit filing and review to commence forfeiture proceedings; increasing the burden of proof required to forfeit property to clear and convincing evidence; providing persons involved in forfeiture proceedings the ability to request a jury trial; authorizing courts to order payment of attorney fees and costs for certain claimants; requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to submit forfeiture fund financial reports to the legislature; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-4104, 60-4106, 60-4107, 60-4109, 60-4111, 60-4112, 60-4113, 60-4114, 60-4116, 60-4117 and 60-4127 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 459, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; authorizing the director of vehicles to adopt rules and regulations for participation in the federal motor carrier safety administration’s drug and alcohol clearinghouse program; disqualifying a person’s commercial driving privileges when such person has violated or is in noncompliance with the requirements of the clearinghouse, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 460, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to anaphylaxis; requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt anaphylaxis prevention and response policies for schools and day care facilities; setting guidelines and procedures therefor, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 461, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to laser hair removal; creating the laser hair removal act; restricting the practice thereof to certain medical professionals, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 462, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; authorizing the director of vehicles to waive the knowledge and skills test for driving a commercial vehicle for an applicant that provides evidence that such applicant qualifies for the military even exchange program for a commercial driver’s license; amending K.S.A. 8-2,133 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 463, AN ACT concerning the judicial council; changing the membership from four resident lawyers without regard to congressional district residency to one resident lawyer from each congressional district; exempting members appointed prior to July 1, 2024; amending K.S.A. 20-2201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 464, AN ACT creating the Kansas minority, woman, disadvantaged and service-disabled veteran small business enterprise development act; providing for development of such business enterprises through a program to facilitate and increase participation by such business enterprises in providing goods and services to state agencies and postsecondary educational institutions; establishing the office of minority and women business development within the department of commerce to develop such program and assist state agencies and postsecondary educational institutions to establish plans and goals for such participation; providing for an advisory committee on certified small business enterprises that may be established by the assistant director of such office; authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations; providing for penalties for violations of the provisions of the act or rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act, by Senator Faust-Goudeau.

SB 465, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; authorizing school districts to levy an annual levy of up to two mills for the purposes of school building safety, security and compliance with the Americans with disabilities act; including such levy in the capital outlay state aid determination for school districts; amending K.S.A. 12-1770a and 72-53,126 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 466, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to collection of tax; permitting purchasers to pay the tax on sales of trailers to the director of taxation or county treasurer instead of being collected by retailers; amending K.S.A. 79-3604 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 467, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to tourism; increasing the membership of the council on travel and tourism appointed by the governor and updating the house committee assignment required for house members from the committee on agriculture and natural resources to the committee on commerce, labor and economic development; reducing the required allocation of funds from the department of commerce’s matching grant program for the promotion of tourism to public and nonprofit entities and removing the restriction on the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-1410 and 32-1420 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 468, AN ACT concerning property tax; relating to tax levy rates; prohibiting cities and counties that grant or approve certain property tax exemptions or tax increment financing from exceeding their revenue neutral rates; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-2988 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 469, AN ACT concerning education; establishing the sunflower education equity act; providing savings accounts for students; establishing the sunflower education equity scholarship fund; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3120 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 470, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the Kansas promise scholarship act; including Wichita technical institute as an eligible postsecondary educational institution in such act; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-32,271 and 74-32,274 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 471, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; prohibiting any state agency, city or county from regulating or restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on the energy source used; allowing the state agency, city or county to establish motor vehicle purchase policies for such state agency, city or county, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 472, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of unlawful sexual communication and providing criminal penalties therefor, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 473, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to the Kansas code of criminal procedure; authorizing a notice to appear that meets certain requirements to serve as a lawful complaint; amending K.S.A. 22-2202 and 22-2408 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 474, AN ACT concerning cities; relating to initiation of ordinances by petition; eliminating the administrative ordinance limitation; amending K.S.A. 12-3013 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 475, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; eliminating school district open enrollment requirements; authorizing school districts to determine nonresident student enrollment; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3122, 72-3124, 72-3127 and 72-5132 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-3123 and 72-3126, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 476, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; creating a crime for operating a motor vehicle at a speed of 100 miles per hour or more and providing a penalty therefor; amending K.S.A. 8-255 and 8-2116 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 477, AN ACT concerning the division of vehicles; relating to drivers’ licenses and identification cards; providing for digital drivers’ licenses and digital identification cards and regulating the use therefor, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 478, 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.

SB 479, AN ACT concerning education; relating to teachers; defining teachers for purposes of the Kansas public employees retirement system; transferring teachers from the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2015 to the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2009; amending K.S.A. 74-49,301 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Kloos, Baumgardner, Blasi, Erickson and Thompson.

SB 480, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the state board of tax appeals; authorizing teleconference or video conference hearings in the small claims and expedited hearings division; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-2433f and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 481, AN ACT concerning Kansas state university; renaming Kansas state university polytechnic campus as Kansas state university–Salina; requirements for admission and credential and degree programs; amending K.S.A. 74-3209, 76-156a, 76-205, 76-213, 76-218, 76-751, 76-754, 76-756 and 76-7,126 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 482, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to tax levy rates; providing that county clerks are not required to send revenue neutral rate notices to property owners of exempt property; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-2988 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 483, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of interference with a security camera in a correctional institution and providing criminal penalties therefor, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 484, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers; amending K.S.A. 79-213 and 79-5501 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 485, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the tax credit for low income students scholarship program; authorizing students attending public schools with low proficiency scores and certain private elementary and secondary students to participate in such program; amending K.S.A. 72-4351 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 72-4352 and 72-5132 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1735, A RESOLUTION recognizing February 2024 as American Heart Month and supporting efforts to raise awareness on the rise of cardiovascular disease as the world’s leading cause of death and disability, by Senator McGinn.

SR 1736, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025, by Senators Bowers, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Dietrich, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Masterson, McGinn, Petersen, Pettey, Reddi, Ryckman, Straub, Sykes, Thompson and Wilborn.

SR 1737, A RESOLUTION affirming Texas Governor, Greg Abbott’s right to defend the state of Texas from unrestrained illegal immigration, by Senators Masterson, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Blasi, Bowers, Claeys, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Ryckman, Shallenburger, Steffen, Straub, Thompson, Tyson, Warren and Wilborn.

SR 1738, A RESOLUTION recognizing February 7, 2024, as JAG-K Day at the Capitol, by Senator Alley.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1617, A PROPOSITION to amend section 11 of article 1 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to vacancies in the offices of the secretary of state and the attorney general, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

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