Volume 44 - Issue 7 - February 13, 2025

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 3 – February 7 during the 2025 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 2202, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the state board of regents; requiring postsecondary educational institutions to equip certain pre-service teachers with essential knowledge and skills to support children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome disorder, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2203, AN ACT concerning education; relating to special education; defining the term other health impairment; including children with a fetal alcohol syndrome disorder under such definition; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3404 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2204, AN ACT concerning certain international organizations; declaring such organizations have no power to enforce any policy or regulation within the state of Kansas or it’s political subdivisions thereof, by Representative Schmoe.

HB 2205, AN ACT concerning governmental ethics; prohibiting lobbying for or by foreign adversaries; authorizing civil lawsuits by the attorney general; providing for civil penalties for violations thereof, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2206, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; relating to the Kansas governmental ethics commission; renaming the commission as the Kansas public disclosure commission; defining certain terms; requiring the filing of statements of independent expenditures; prohibiting agreements requiring contributions in the name of another person; amending K.S.A. 25-4119a, 25-4119b, 25-4119e, 25-4119f, 25-4142, 25-4150, 25-4152, 25-4153b, 25-4154, 25-4157, 25-4158a, 25-4180, 25-4186, 46-246a, 46-253, 46-265, 46-280, 46-288, 46-295, 75-3717, 75-4302a and 75-4303a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-4143, 25-4145, 74-50,297, 75-3036 and 77-440 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2207, AN ACT concerning records; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; permitting a parent access to records when such parent’s child is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect or a child in need of care proceeding; authorizing victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2211, 38-2212 and 38-2213 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2208, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income and privilege tax credits; enacting the endow Kansas tax credit act; establishing a tax credit for endowment gifts to certain endowment funds held by qualified community foundations, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2209, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; expanding the current sales tax exemption for purchases by domestic violence shelters to domestic and sexual violence programs; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2210, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a child tax credit, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2211, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to STAR bonds; providing funding to replace lost food sales tax revenue for STAR bond districts established prior to December 31, 2022, and modifying the tax increment definition for such districts; establishing the STAR bonds food sales tax revenue replacement fund; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-17,162 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2212, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; increasing the amount of money that the secretary of corrections may reimburse inmates for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence; requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum; amending K.S.A. 46-920 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2213, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to veterans benefits; prohibiting certain conduct and improper collection of veterans benefit fees; providing for penalties upon violation of such act, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2214, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to veterans benefits; enacting the safeguarding American veteran empowerment (SAVE) act to limit compensation for assisting in veterans benefits matters, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2215, AN ACT concerning the department of corrections; relating to public- private partnership construction projects; modifying the definition of public-private partnerships to increase the allowable cost-share limit for expenditures by the department of corrections on such construction projects; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-52,167 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2216, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to abortion; requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to create an informational video describing abortion laws in Kansas and services available for pregnant women experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2217, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the office of the inspector general and the powers, duties and responsibilities thereof; expanding the power of the inspector general to investigate and audit all state cash, food and health assistance programs; amending K.S.A. 75-7427 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2218, AN ACT concerning the uniform controlled substances act; defining psilocybin to exclude the pharmaceutical composition of crystalline polymorph psilocybin; adding crystalline polymorph psilocybin to schedule IV; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-4101 and 65-4111 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2219, AN ACT concerning the healing arts; relating to physician assistants; enacting the physician assistant licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2220, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to speed limits; permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit to 25 miles per hour in their respective residence districts without an engineering and traffic investigation; amending K.S.A. 8-1560 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2221, AN ACT concerning state funds; relating to the alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; creating the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; transferring moneys and liabilities of the department of corrections alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund to the Kansas department for aging and disability services alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; abolishing the department of correction alcohol and drug abuse treatment fund; amending K.S.A. 74-7336 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2222, AN ACT concerning driving; relating to ignition interlock devices; requiring manufacturers of such devices to pay fees to the highway patrol for the administration of the ignition interlock program; creating the IID fee program fund; amending K.S.A. 8-1016 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2223, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to optometry; modifying certain provisions of the optometry law related to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements; amending K.S.A. 65-1501, 65-1509a, 65-1512, 65-1523 and 74-1504 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1501a and 65-1505 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-1514 and 74-1505, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2224, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to search and seizure; requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant to be properly uniformed and announce their presence before entering; amending K.S.A. 22-2510 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Simmons and Fairchild.

HB 2225, AN ACT concerning residential rentals and leases; relating to the mobile home parks residential landlord and tenant act; prohibiting landlords from limiting a tenant’s access to communications and video services; amending K.S.A. 58-25,111 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2226, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to construction and ownership of electric transmission lines; providing incumbent electric transmission owners a right of first refusal to construct, upgrade, own and maintain electric transmission lines that are approved for construction by the regional transmission organization; requiring incumbent electric transmission owners having such right of first refusal to conduct a competitive bid process for the construction of any electric transmission line with a need date of four years or more; authorizing any other electric transmission entity to construct, upgrade, own and maintain any such electric transmission line when the incumbent electric transmission owner does not exercise such right, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2227, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed

as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2302 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2228, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to release of offenders; requiring the secretary to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment related documentation prior to release from custody, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2229, AN ACT concerning the Kansas amusement ride act; relating to inflatable devices and other amusement rides; providing for inspections, training and annual fees; amending K.S.A. 44-1601, 44-1602, 44-1605 and 44-1616 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Reavis.

HB 2230, AN ACT concerning food products; regulating the preparation, distribution and sale of kratom products; prohibiting the preparation, distribution and sale of adulterated or contaminated kratom products; establishing fines and penalties; enacting the kratom consumer protection act; requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations to administer the act, by Representative Reavis.

HB 2231, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to personal exemptions; providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,121 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2232, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a child tax credit, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2233, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property taxation; disqualifying property from the carbon dioxide capture and sequestration property tax exemption if used to inject animal manure into the ground; relating to income tax; disqualifying from the carbon dioxide capture and sequestration property accelerated depreciation deduction if machinery and equipment are used to inject animal manure into the ground; amending K.S.A. 79-233 and 79-32,256 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2234, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Junction City main street, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2235, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology- enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; making the act part of the state banking code; defining certain terms; reducing the fiduciary financial institution charter application fee; providing due dates for reports to the office of the state bank commissioner; exempting fiduciary financial institutions from certain records retention requirements; authorizing the issuance of certificates and trust certificates; providing for the supervision of fiduciary financial institutions by the bank commissioner; including Kansas nonprofit corporations as qualified charities for purposes of the fiduciary financial institution income tax credit; amending K.S.A. 9-542, 9-2303, 9-2307, 9-2309, 9-2310, 9-2311, 9-2312 and 9-2322 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 9-2301 and 79-32,283 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2236, AN ACT concerning mental health; relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services and mental health intervention team providers; establishing the mental health intervention team program in state statute; providing incentives for coordination between school districts, qualified schools and mental health intervention team providers, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2237, AN ACT concerning state agencies; relating to the employee award and recognition program; authorizing hiring, recruitment and retention bonuses; increasing the limitation on such award or bonus to $10,000; eliminating the secretary of administration’s authority to adopt rules and regulations; requiring such secretary to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees concerning such awards and bonuses; amending K.S.A. 75-37,105 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2238, AN ACT concerning legislative staff agencies; relating to duties and functions of the legislative research department and legislative administrative services; directing legislative administrative services to be responsible for the preparation of committee minutes; amending K.S.A. 46-1210 and 46-1212a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2239, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; requiring every employer to provide each employee with meal periods and rest periods; defining undue hardship as a significant difficulty or expense for the employer; allowing exemptions for meal periods under certain conditions, such as industry practice or unforeseeable circumstances; prohibiting the combination of rest and meal periods; allowing employees to waive meal periods under specific conditions, including written consent and the ability to revoke the waiver; prohibiting employer coercion in waiving meal periods; imposing penalties for violations, including fines up to $2,000, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2240, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to medical assistance; requiring approval by an act of the legislature prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a medicaid state plan, state plan amendment, state demonstration or waiver under section 1115 or 1915 of the federal social security act that expands coverage or increases cost to the state, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2241, AN ACT concerning civil procedure; relating to habeas corpus; prohibiting second and successive motions in certain circumstances; prohibiting claims of ineffective counsel; providing appeals to the supreme court as a matter of right in claims filed by inmates sentenced to death; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1507 and 60-2102 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2242, AN ACT concerning federal jurisdiction; relating to federal property; authorizing the governor to accept requests from the federal government to establish concurrent jurisdiction in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 27-102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2243, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to children in need of care; creating a referral process to a military family advocacy program for cases involving children of military personnel; requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military installations; amending K.S.A. 38-2230 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2244, AN ACT concerning the board of pharmacy; prohibiting the board of pharmacy from adopting rules and regulations that would limit or condition the use of telepharmacy; modifying the composition of board members of the board of pharmacy; amending K.S.A. 74-1603 and 74-1604 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-16,130 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2245, AN ACT concerning the commissioner of insurance; relating to the division of the state employee health benefits plan; transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program and the state workers compensation self-insurance fund from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department; establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission; providing that all management functions of such commission shall be administered by the commissioner of insurance; eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children; amending K.S.A. 44-575, 44-577, 44-578 and 75-6503 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-6502 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 44-512 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2246, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to hospitals; requiring that hospitals provide online pricing information for certain items and services; enacting the consumer protection related to hospital price transparency act; referring noncompliant hospitals to the United States department of health and human services for enforcement purposes; providing for civil actions against noncompliant hospitals, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2247, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to contracts between an insurer and a dental healthcare provider; requiring reviews, audits or investigations be completed within six months; prohibiting denial for claims submitted by dentists for procedures included in a prior authorization; amending K.S.A. 40-2,185 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2248, AN ACT concerning the state board of regents; establishing the Kansas nursing initiative grant program; authorizing the state board of regents to approve need-based or competitive grants for the expansion of nursing faculty, laboratory supplies and tools for student success at postsecondary educational institutions, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2249, AN ACT concerning rural emergency hospitals; relating to nursing facility physical environment regulatory requirements; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant waivers to certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2250, AN ACT relating to health and healthcare; concerning hospital providers; increasing the annual assessment on services rate on inpatient and outpatient revenue; expanding exemptions for such assessment; amending K.S.A. 65-6210 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-6208 and 65-6209 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2251, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to health professions and practices; requiring the state board of healing arts to grant provisional licensure to certain international physicians with offers of employment at healthcare providers that operate in Kansas, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2252, AN ACT concerning the Kansas indoor clear air act; prohibiting smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility; amending the definition of smoking to include the use of an electronic cigarette and smoking of marijuana; amending K.S.A. 21-6109 and 21-6110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2253, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft of property; providing that the violation the theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony; allowing for the forfeiture of property used in the commission of theft of an implement of husbandry; amending K.S.A. 21-5801 and 22-4807a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2254, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to financial accounts used to hold and disburse milk producer funds; defining milk producer to include any cooperative association that sells or markets milk on behalf of members; requiring milk processors to hold payments in trust for milk producers until full payment is received, with funds in escrow considered held in trust; allowing milk producers to require escrow accounts for payments, with specific conditions for deposits and account management; specifying that funds in trust or escrow are the property of the milk producer; exempting milk processors from escrow or trust requirements if certain conditions are not met; prohibiting milk processors from purchasing raw milk without compliance with federal milk marketing orders and agreed provisions; holding milk processors liable for unpaid raw milk, including purchase price, interest and attorney fees, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2255, AN ACT concerning weights and measures; consolidating chapter 83 definitions into a single section; defining device for weighing, measuring or both; increasing the minimum fee per invoice from $50 to $70; authorizing licensed service companies and city or county departments of weights and measures to remove rejection tags for test or repair purposes; requiring any such entity to replace the rejection tag with a substitute if the device or equipment cannot be repaired and notify the secretary; requiring persons desiring to operate as a service company to obtain a license; establishing fees and procedures for such licensure; requiring nonresident service companies to designate a resident agent; requiring technical representatives to be licensed, attend continuing education seminars and pass an examination; authorizing the secretary to charge a fee for continuing education seminars; prohibiting service companies from receiving or renewing a license until their weights or measures, or both, are tested and sealed; authorizing the secretary to accept a calibration certificate in lieu of a test; authorizing the secretary to revoke, suspend, decline to renew or decline to issue a service company or technical representative license after notice and hearing for certain violations; requiring weights or measurers, or both used commercially to be tested and inspected annually by a licensed technical representative, an authorized city or county representative or the secretary; requiring test weights or equipment used in grain elevators to be approved and sealed annually, or every three years for those with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater; requiring reports of tests and inspections to be furnished to the owner or operator and the secretary within 10 days; requiring electric vehicle supply equipment used commercially to be tested and inspected annually; requiring reports of tests and inspections of electric vehicle supply equipment to be furnished to the owner or operator and the secretary within 10 days; requiring electric vehicle supply equipment found to be inaccurate to be withdrawn from use until repaired and such equipment has met tolerances and specifications; requiring service companies to keep copies of reports for electric vehicle supply equipment; amending K.S.A. 83-201, 83-202, 83-207, 83-208, 83-214, 83-215, 83-216, 83-217, 83-218, 83-219, 83-220, 83-221, 83-222, 83-224, 83-225, 83-304, 83-305, 83-404, 83-405 and 83-501 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 83-149, 83-154, 83-155, 83-301, 83-302, 83-303, 83-308, 83-311, 83-326, 83-401, 83-402, 83-403, 83-407, 83-409, 83-410, 83-411 and 83-502, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2256, AN ACT concerning the governor; creating the order of the sunflower; directing the governor to award the order of the sunflower to recognize military spouses’ service to their communities, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2257, AN ACT concerning elections; enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-802 and 25-804 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Ballard.

HB 2258, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election commissioners; terminating the secretary of state’s authority to appoint election commissioners; transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in those counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county; amending K.S.A. 19-3419 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Ballard.

HB 2259, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring boards of education of school districts to adopt policies and procedures for students’ use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours; requiring the state board of education to designate a period of time each school year as a time for social media awareness; requiring the state board to develop materials and guidelines that local boards of education and governing authorities of accredited nonpublic schools may use to educate students with respect to social media awareness, by Committee on Education.

HB 2260, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; prohibiting the use of an electronic communication device while operating a motor vehicle; providing a penalty for unlawful use of an electronic communication device; also repealing K.S.A. 8-15,111, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2261, AN ACT concerning the Kansas highway patrol; relating to the employment classifications of Kansas highway patrol officers; providing that Kansas highway patrol majors are to be within the unclassified service and superintendents, assistant superintendents and majors shall be returned with permanent status to the rank that such officer held when the officer was appointed to such respective position; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-2113 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2262, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to micro utility trucks; permitting micro utility trucks to be operated on certain state highways and streets; providing conditions for such operation; amending K.S.A. 8-15,106 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2263, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a future interchange on K-10 highway as the Kris Norton memorial interchange, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2264, AN ACT concerning employment; restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects; amending K.S.A. 12-16,132 and 19-26,114 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Curtis.

HB 2265, AN ACT designating the polka as the official dance of the state of Kansas, by Representative Collins.

HB 2266, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to advanced practice registered nurses; enacting the advanced practice registered nurses compact to provide interstate practice privileges, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2267, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to behavioral and mental health; prohibiting certain licensed individuals from using conversion therapy on minors; amending K.S.A. 40-2,215, 40-2,216, 65-2837 and 74-7507 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1120 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2268, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during the hunting season except on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays; applying such restriction to department lands and waters, federal lands and waters managed by the United States army corps of engineers at specified reservoirs, the bureau of reclamation at certain reservoirs and the United States fish and wildlife service at designated refuges; exempting properties designated as walk-in hunting access areas, navigable rivers in Kansas and the conservation order for light geese season from such restriction; reducing fees for migratory waterfowl habitat stamps; amending K.S.A. 32-939 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2269, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting sites; requiring four largest counties to have at least three sites; providing for in-person early voting; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-1122 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2270, AN ACT concerning information technology; relating to services provided by the chief information technology officer; authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports; amending K.S.A. 46-1135, 75-4704, 75-4705, 75-4709 and 75-4710 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-7205 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

HB 2271, AN ACT concerning cybersecurity; removing the expiration provisions of cybersecurity legislation; consolidating cybersecurity services under the chief information security officer of each branch; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-110, 75-413, 75-623, 75-710, 75-711, 75-7203, 75-7206a, 75-7208a, 75-7245 and 75-7246 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 45-229, as amended by section 11 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7201, as amended by section 17 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7202, as amended by section 19 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7203, as amended by section 21 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7205, as amended by section 23 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7206, as amended by section 25 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7208, as amended by section 27 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7209, as amended by section 29 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7237, as amended by section 31 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7238, as amended by section 33 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7239, as amended by section 35 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7240, as amended by section 37 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

HB 2272, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025; creating the crime of aggravated murder; requiring a sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole therefor; clarifying laws related to sentences of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 21-5402, 21-5419, 21-6614, 21-6618, 21-6620, 21-6622, 21-6628, 21-6629, 21-6806, 22-2512, 22-4902, 22-4906, 23-3222, 38-2271, 38-2303, 38-2312, 38-2365, 72-2165 and 75-52,148 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6328, 22-3717, 38-2255, 39-970, 39-2009 and 65-5117 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 21-5401, 21-6617 and 21-6619; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-2009a, by Representatives Schreiber, Ballard, Carmichael, Osman, Sutton and Wasinger.

HB 2273, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran; adding a citation to the federal register to definitions of veteran and disabled veteran; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-1,221, 8-243, 8-1324, 32-934, 48-3601, 50-676, 73-201, 73-230, 73-1239, 73-1244, 75-3740 and 79-4502 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2274, AN ACT concerning occupational licensing; relating to occupational licensing, certification and registration fees; removing the active requirement from military servicemembers for occupational licensure; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 48-3406 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2275, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Finney county for the purpose of financing the construction or remodeling of a courthouse, jail, law enforcement center facility or other county administrative facility; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187 and 12-189 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2276, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing an income tax credit for an eligible small business that purchases qualified local news organization advertising, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2277, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to sales of food, food ingredients and prepared food; reducing the rate of tax imposed for prepared food; increasing the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Clayton and Corbet.

HB 2278, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Woodard, Amyx, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Featherston, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, S., Mosley, Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Simmons and Stogsdill.

HB 2279, AN ACT concerning rules and regulations; relating to proposed rule and regulation ratification by legislature; exempting the department of wildlife and parks from the implementation and compliance cost restrictions of this section; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 77-441 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2280, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to emergency medical services; establishing that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional; permitting nonemergency ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year; requiring entities placing automated external defibrillators for use within the state to register with the emergency medical services board; amending K.S.A. 65-6121 and 65-6149a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-6112, 65-6119, 65-6120, 65-6129a, 65-6135 and 65-6144 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2281, AN ACT concerning public moneys; establishing the Kanbucks program; authorizing the state treasurer to invest in linked deposits with eligible financial institutions to provide linked deposit loans to eligible borrowers; abolishing the Kansas agricultural production loan deposit program, the Kansas housing loan deposit program, the extraordinary utility costs loan deposit program, the Kansas economic recovery loan deposit program and the city utility low-interest loan program; providing for the continuation of existing linked deposit loans; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-4209 and 75-4237 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-4268, 75-4269, 75-4270, 75-4271, 75-4272, 75-4273, 75-4274, 75-4275, 75-4276, 75-4277, 75-4278, 75-4279, 75-4280, 75-4281 and 75-4282 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-4283, 75-4284, 75-4285, 75-4286, 75-4287, 75-4288, 75-4289, 75-4290, 75-4291, 75-4292, 75-4293, 75-4294, 75-4295, 75-4296, 75-4297, 75-4298, 75-4299, 75-42,100, 75-42,101 and 75-42,102, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2282, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to covenants, conditions or restrictions; providing that certain covenants, conditions or restrictions on property owned by a state educational institution that restrict the use of real property to be only for single-family residence purposes or from being used for any purpose other than a single-family residence and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are void, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2283, AN ACT concerning the Kansas state fair board; relating to membership thereof; adding legislative leadership as appointing authorities for members appointed from the general public; requiring at least one such member to be a resident of Reno county; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-520a and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Waggoner, Schwertfeger, Seiwert and Sweely.

HB 2284, AN ACT concerning the department of administration; relating to the procurement of managed care organizations for the Kansas program of medical assistance; requiring adoption of policies, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2285, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to residential childhood lead poisoning prevention; amending the definition of lead-based paint to include paint that contains lead equal to or in excess of 0.009% by weight, or in excess of that specified in federal law, whichever is less; amending K.S.A. 65-1,201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2286, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to dental benefit plans; providing for the use of alternative forms of payment; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-2,227 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2287, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families; eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance; removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services for eligibility; extending the lifetime limitation of temporary assistance for needy families to 60 months; providing for hardship extensions to be granted by the secretary for children and families; exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age from work participation activities; eliminating restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies from receiving food assistance; permitting the secretary to grant categorical eligibility standards; eliminating photograph requirements on benefits cards; eliminating requirements for employment and training programs for certain individuals to be eligible for food assistance; eliminating legislative action to be required for expansion of the medical assistance program; amending K.S.A. 39-702 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2288, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to motor vehicle repairs; creating the motor vehicle right to repair act, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2289, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; allowing an applicant for a personalized license plate to be issued one such license plate rather than two; eliminating the requirement that applications for personalized license plates be made within 60 days from vehicle registration renewals; discontinuing the option for a person to display a personalized license plate on the front of a vehicle; modifying current requirements for the design and issuance of license plate registration decals; amending K.S.A. 8-132 and 8-147 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-134 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2290, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to certain lands and military installations; enacting the Kansas land and military installation protection act; prohibiting foreign principals from countries of concern from acquiring any interest in certain real property in this state; authorizing the fusion center oversight board to adopt rules and regulations to add or remove federally designated foreign terrorist organizations from the definition of country of concern; prohibiting foreign principals from countries of concern from receiving any economic development program benefits; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-4104 and 60-4106 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2291, AN ACT creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general; establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend administrative rules and regulations for program participants; amending K.S.A. 75-4319 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2292, AN ACT concerning the STAR bonds financing act; providing for food sales tax revenue replacement for STAR bond districts established prior to December 31, 2022; establishing the STAR bonds food sales tax revenue replacement fund; providing for transfers from the state general fund to such revenue replacement fund and transfers from such revenue replacement fund in the amount of sales tax revenues lost for STAR bond payments due to legislative changes to the state sales tax for food and food ingredients to the cities or counties that have established such STAR bond districts; extending the sunset date of the STAR bonds financing act to July 1, 2031; amending K.S.A. 12-17,179 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-17,162 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2293, AN ACT concerning infrastructure; relating to drone technology; prohibiting the acquisition of critical components of drone technology from countries of concern; relating to state contracts; prohibiting state agencies from procuring final or finished goods or services from a foreign principal, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2294, AN ACT concerning child care; relating to licensure of day care facilities, child care homes and child care centers; reducing license fees and training requirements; creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for a temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability and capacity; establishing the Kansas office of early childhood; transferring administration of day care licensing, parent education programs and the child care subsidy program to the Kansas office of early childhood; creating the day care facilities and child care resource and referral agencies licensing fee fund and the day care criminal background and fingerprinting fund; defining youth development programs; amending section 1, as enacted by this act, section 3, as enacted by this act, section 5, as enacted by this act, section 7, as enacted by this act, section 9, as enacted by this act, section 11, as enacted by this act, section 13, as enacted by this act, section 15, as enacted by this act, K.S.A. 38-1901, 38-2103, 65-504, 65-505, 65-508, 65-508, as amended by section 54 of this act, 65-512, 65-527, 65-531, 72-4161, 72-4162, 72-4163, 72-4164 and 72-4166 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 48-3406, 65-503, 65-503, as amended by section 50 of this act, and 65-516 and repealing the existing sections. , by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2295, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state board of education; providing for reimbursements to local school boards for reduced price school meals; prohibiting local school boards from collecting money for such meals; amending K.S.A. 72-17,137 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2296, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance plans; requiring no cost-sharing requirement applicable for a diagnostic or supplemental breast examination for breast cancer imposed on an insured; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Featherston, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Paige, Carlin, Carr, Curtis, Haskins, Helgerson, Hoye, T. Johnson, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, S., Mosley, Neighbor, Oropeza, Osman, Pickert, Poskin, Reavis, Resman, Roth, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schreiber, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Simmons, Stiens, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Weigel, Wikle, Williams, L., Winn, Xu and Woodard.

HB 2297, AN ACT concerning animals; authorizing the animal health commissioner to issue permits for raccoon ownership; mandating that such raccoons be vaccinated against rabies and other diseases and undergo annual veterinary checkups; prohibiting persons from breeding raccoons in captivity unless any such person is federally licensed for such purpose; requiring the completion of an educational program on raccoon care before permit issuance; implementing public awareness campaigns; allowing inspections of permittee premises once per year unless violations or complaints arise; providing for rehoming or euthanasia of a raccoon if a permittee is unfit to care therefor; prohibiting local regulations that are stricter than state law regarding raccoon ownership; authorizing the commissioner to set fees for applications, renewals, inspections and transfers, with fines for violations; allowing for appeal or deferment of permit fees in extraordinary circumstances, with potential fee waivers for ownership transfers, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2298, AN ACT concerning state moneys; creating the liability reduction fund of the Kansas public employees retirement system and transferring $1,000,000,000 from the budget stabilization fund to such fund; using a portion of the interest earnings of the liability reduction fund to provide a cost-of-living adjustment to certain retirants of Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; authorizing certain transfers of such employer contribution savings from the state general fund to the budget stabilization fund; establishing requirements for the expenditure or transfer of moneys from the budget stabilization fund; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-6706 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Weigel and Helgerson.

HB 2299, AN ACT concerning discrimination; relating to the attorney general; prohibiting discriminatory practices at public educational institutions; authorizing the attorney general to investigate and assess penalties; authorizing the human rights commission to refer complaints to the attorney general for investigation and initiation of legal proceedings; amending K.S.A. 44-1001, 44-1004, 44-1005 and 44-1009 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2300, AN ACT concerning the Kansas consumer protection act; establishing limitations for solicitation of consumer transactions by suppliers based on residence and capacity; defining consumer and supplier to include land transactions for wind or solar energy projects; permitting a consumer to revoke a lease or contract for wind or solar energy projects; amending K.S.A. 50-632, 50-634 and 50-640 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 50-624 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2301, AN ACT enacting the returning to nonaccountability of the executive branch agencies that report to the governor act; eliminating the budget process requirements of a performance-based budgeting system; amending K.S.A. 75-3718b and repealing the existing section, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2302, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; requiring a law enforcement officer to contact and consult with the secretary for children and families before taking a child into custody; providing for the secretary to respond and consult with such law enforcement officer outside of the secretary’s operating hours; requiring the secretary to provide operations to facilitate such response; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2231 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Ousley.

HB 2303, AN ACT concerning the legislature; establishing the longitudinal data act; creating the division of longitudinal data in the legislative research department; authorizing the legislative coordinating council to appoint the director of the division; authorizing the director to hire employees thereof; providing for the development and management of the Kansas longitudinal data system to securely link and analyze education, workforce and related data; creating a publicly accessible online registry of educational and occupational credentials; restricting release of personally identifiable information; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for the legislature; amending K.S.A. 72-6314 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2304, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to government transparency; requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive program information to the secretary of commerce; defining such programs; requiring the secretary of commerce to post such information on the economic development incentive program database maintained by the secretary; requiring certain search result presentation formats, a comprehensive report and a summary report; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-50,226 and 74-50,227 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2305, AN ACT concerning abortion; relating to health professions and practices; requiring that certain abortion complications be reported to the Kansas department of health and environment, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2306, AN ACT concerning involuntary manslaughter; relating to driving under the influence; requiring child support for any child of a victim killed by a person convicted of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2307, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions; transferring the power to authorize and oversee certain activities regarding prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions awareness programs from the department of health and environment to the Kansas council on developmental disabilities; amending K.S.A. 65-1,259 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2308, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the aviation and innovative manufacturing in Kansas act; relating to tax and other incentives for projects in specified industries or for 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 such capital investment; retention of certain payroll withholding taxes; sales tax exemption for project construction and machinery and equipment; Kansas first award for procurement made from Kansas companies; establishing the aviation and innovative manufacturing in Kansas act Kansas first fund; providing for appropriations for such fund; establishing the aviation and innovative manufacturing in Kansas act new employee training and education fund; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2309, AN ACT concerning the modernization of notarization and the county register of deeds process with respect to real estate documents; concerning mitigation of real estate document-related fraud; providing for the development, implementation and administration of a two-tiered authentication system for notarization of real estate documents; requiring use of a 3D liveness biometric antifraud system by all notaries public by December 31, 2026; allowing any register of deeds to delay recording of real estate documents in the event of suspected fraud for purpose of investigating the validity of such document; amending K.S.A. 58-2241 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-2209 and 58-2211 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

HB 2310, AN ACT concerning individuals with developmental or intellectual disabilities and direct support workers; enacting the career advancement, resources, employment and supports for the disability workforce act, providing for the development of career education programs and other efforts by the secretary for aging and disability services to encourage the growth of support for individuals with disabilities as a profession; requiring the secretary to develop career education and enhancement programs for such professionals; mandating performance-based contracting for managed care organizations and other disability services providers; providing for the development of processes and procedures that facilitate choice by individuals with disabilities of service providers and the nature of the service; requiring rate parity across all state waiver programs; requiring the secretary to develop and implement an online data portal system for the management of waitlists and the provision of information to and communication with individuals with disabilities on a waitlist or receiving services through a waiver program administered by the secretary; requiring the secretary of labor to initiate or enhance classification of and information regarding the disability service provider workforce and publish such information; providing that certain direct support workers may be covered by the state health plan; amending K.S.A. 75-6506 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2311, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody or appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; creating a right of action for violations, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2312, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to certified drug abuse treatment programs; excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in such programs; authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs; amending K.S.A. 21-6824 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-52,144 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2313, AN ACT concerning state-issued devices and networks; relating to artificial intelligence platforms; prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence platforms of concern on such devices and networks, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2314, AN ACT concerning healthcare; relating to secretary for disability and aging services; establishing peer support specialist certification standards; requiring a background check for certification; directing the secretary for health and environment to pursue a medicaid code for telehealth services provided by peer support specialists; authorizing the secretary for aging and disability services to adopt rules and regulations; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4715 and repealing the existing section, by None.

HB 2315, AN ACT concerning days of commemoration; designating every September 9 as Kansas fetal alcohol spectrum disorders day, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2316, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the collection of civil penalties for violations of correction orders; establishing the disability community services providers civil monetary penalty reinvestment fund and the adult care homes civil monetary penalty reinvestment fund; amending K.S.A. 39-949 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-2016 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2317, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the Kansas department of health and environment; establishing the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force; providing for the membership and dissolution thereof; requiring the study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2318, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing that future tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding revenue estimates; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2319, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to the division of vehicles; permitting the division of vehicles to establish or contract with an entity to issue digital proof of driver’s licenses and digital proof of identification; regulating the use thereof; providing fees on such digital proof of driver’s license and identification cards; amending K.S.A. 8-235, 8-240, 8-1325 and 8-1328 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-243 and 8-1324 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2320, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; relating to children in the custody of the secretary for children and families; requiring transfer of a child’s records when such child’s placement is changed by the secretary and establishing a deadline for the transfer of such records; authorizing children in the custody of the secretary to attend any school district; authorizing such children to remain enrolled in and continue attending the school of origin; amending K.S.A. 38-2218 and 72-3439 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-3122, 72-3123 and 72-3124 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2321, AN ACT concerning victims of crime; providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case; amending K.S.A. 74-7333 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2322, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to motorcyclists; prohibiting motorcycle profiling and requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy relating to motorcycle profiling; requiring the course of law enforcement training adopted by the director of police training to include training on motorcycle profiling; amending K.S.A. 74-5604a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2323, AN ACT concerning fraudulent insurance acts; establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance and authorizing civil penalties, restitution and other relief; providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act; including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts; amending K.S.A. 21-6614, 40-2,118 and 40-2,119 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2324, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against the public safety; increasing the criminal penalty for possessing or refusing to surrender a firearm in or on any school property or grounds; amending K.S.A. 21-6301 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2325, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; authorizing judges to commit juvenile offenders to detention for technical violations of probation; increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders; amending K.S.A. 38-2361, 38-2369 and 75-7023 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2391 and 38-2392 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2326, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; adding consideration of whether the offender has physical custody of such offender’s minor child or is a legal guardian or custodian with physical custody of a minor child to the factors considered for a dispositional departure; adding such consideration to the factors considered for a diversion; amending K.S.A. 21-6815 and 22-2908 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2327, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to releasing inmates; requiring the secretary to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates; authorizing such certificates to be used as evidence in negligent hiring actions, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2328, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to the prison-made goods act; providing an exception to restrictions on prison-made housing units to allow the secretary of corrections to establish a program for delivering such units into designated areas; amending K.S.A. 75-5275a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2329, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; providing for increased placement of juvenile offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities; requiring the secretary of corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements; authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds in youth residential facilities; amending K.S.A. 38-2361, 38-2365, 38-2369 and 38-2399 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-52,164 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2330, AN ACT concerning days of commemoration; designating November 14 of each year as Ruby Bridges walk to school day in the state of Kansas, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2331, AN ACT concerning coroners; authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners; providing exemptions from liability for actions taken to dispose of such remains; amending K.S.A. 22a-215 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2332, AN ACT concerning the legislature; establishing a seal for the house of representatives; providing for the custody and use thereof, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2333, AN ACT concerning insurance; renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance; renaming the office of the securities commissioner of Kansas as the department of insurance, securities division; renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance assistant commissioner, securities division; eliminating the requirement that the senate confirm the department of insurance assistant commissioner, securities division appointee; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-102 and 75-6301 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-6302, 75-6303, 75-6304, 75-6305, 75-6306 and 75-6307, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2334, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to captive insurance companies; providing for incorporated cell captive insurance companies and protected cell captive insurance companies; enacting the Kansas protected cell captive insurance company act; providing for a provisional certificate of authority; expanding the types of insurance that a captive insurance company may provide; extending the period of time in-between financial examinations conducted by the commissioner; amending K.S.A. 40-4304, 40-4312 and 40-4314 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 40-4302 and 40-4308 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2335, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the healthcare provider insurance availability act; adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 40-3401 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2336, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income and privilege taxes; providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment of financial institution income by the receipts factor; establishing deductions from income when using the single sales factor and receipts factor; providing for the decrease in corporate income tax rates; determining when sales other than tangible personal property are made in the state; excluding sales of a unitary business group of electric and natural gas public utilities; amending K.S.A. 79-1129, 79-3271, 79-3279 and 79-3287 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,110 and 79-32,113 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2337, AN ACT concerning money transmission; imposing a fee on each international transaction by a money transmitter by wire; establishing an income tax credit for fees paid; allowing the state bank commissioner to assess penalties for the nonpayment of such fees; providing for the distribution of such fee 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. 2024 Supp. 9-555 and 75-5133 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2338, AN ACT concerning the practice of cosmetology; relating to demonstration permits; authorizing the Kansas state board of cosmetology to issue temporary location permits and temporary guest body artist permits; establishing criteria to issue such permits; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1958 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2339, AN ACT concerning adult care homes; relating to enhancing adult care home services; providing for adult care home workforce development through scholarships for part-time nursing students; setting minimum education levels for instructors at nursing schools; establishing the intergenerational child care program to enhance the adult care home environment by supporting adult care homes offering child care services through the awarding of grants by the secretary of health and environment; creating the intergenerational child care fund; authorizing the secretary to administer the fund; amending K.S.A. 65-1119 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-3293 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2340, AN ACT concerning hazardous materials; relating to responsibility for costs associated with application of commercial pesticides; providing an exemption from remediation costs or other liability for owners of certain property located in Johnson county; amending K.S.A. 65-3453 and 65-3455 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2341, AN ACT concerning contractor’s and other liens on property; relating to bonds posted by property owners against such liens for the purpose of securing payment of the claims and clearing such liens; requiring that sureties for such bonds be licensed to do business in Kansas; providing that district courts award attorney fees and costs to successful claimants that demanded payment of the principal and surety prior to filing suit and did not receive payment; requiring a pretrial hearing for the purpose of a preliminary finding by the court of whether the surety should pay the amount of the claim to the claimant or alternatively pay such amount into an account to be held by the court; amending K.S.A. 60-1110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2342, AN ACT concerning the secretary of commerce; relating to employment with the department of commerce; authorizing national criminal history background checks for final applicants for certain sensitive positions and employees in such positions; authorizing the secretary of commerce to request the Kansas bureau of investigation to conduct the background checks and provide the results to the secretary; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2343, AN ACT concerning economic development; creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act; providing that such businesses shall be a permitted use and prohibiting additional permit or licensing requirements by a municipality; requiring that municipal regulations be narrowly-tailored with respect to such businesses; supporting the development and growth of such business by limiting the regulatory powers of municipalities, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2344, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to international trade; establishing the Kansas-Ireland trade commission to advance, promote and encourage business and other mutually beneficial activities between Kansas and Ireland; creating the Kansas-Ireland trade commission fund, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2345, AN ACT concerning natural resources; creating the Kansas office of natural resources within the executive branch of government; establishing the division of water resources, division of conservation and division of water policy and planning therein; transferring certain powers, duties and functions; abolishing the Kansas water office, the Kansas department of agriculture, division of conservation and the Kansas department of agriculture, division of water resources; updating statutory references thereof; amending K.S.A. 2-1903, 2-1904, 2-1907, 2-1915, 2-1930, 2-1933, 12-541, 12-636, 12-761, 12-766, 12-2713, 19-2963, 24-407, 24-418, 24-656, 24-659, 24-1202, 24-1204, 24-1211, 24-1212, 42-701, 42-703, 42-722, 42-722a, 42-725, 68-1414, 68-2203, 74-506b, 74-5,121, 74-2608, 74-2609, 74-99f04, 82a-301, 82a-301a, 82a-303a, 82a-328, 82a-405, 82a-603, 82a-612, 82a-701, 82a-711, 82a-718, 82a-724, 82a-731, 82a-732, 82a-733, 82a-737, 82a-739, 82a-762, 82a-767, 82a-770, 82a-771, 82a-773, 82a-902, 82a-905, 82a-906, 82a-907, 82a-910, 82a-911, 82a-915, 82a-920, 82a-922, 82a-923, 82a-932, 82a-933, 82a-934, 82a-954, 82a-1021, 82a-1023, 82a-1042, 82a-1301, 82a-1303, 82a-1311a, 82a-1315b, 82a-1315c, 82a-1332, 82a-1333, 82a-1335, 82a-1345, 82a-1347, 82a-1348, 82a-1349, 82a-1360, 82a-1361, 82a-1362, 82a-1363, 82a-1364, 82a-1367, 82a-1368, 82a-1370, 82a-1402, 82a-1502, 82a-1604, 82a-1605, 82a-1606, 82a-1608, 82a-1609, 82a-1703, 82a-1704, 82a-1803, 82a-1804, 82a-1805, 82a-1904, 82a-1905, 82a-1906, 82a-2007, 82a-2101, 82a-2302, 82a-2303, 82a-2304, 82a-2305, 82a-2310, 82a-2311, 82a-2312, 82a-2313, 82a-2314, 82a-2317, 82a-2324, 82a-2402, 82a-2403, 82a-2404, 82a-2406, 82a-2407, 82a-2408, 82a-2411, 82a-2412, 82a-2414, 82a-2415, 82a-2416 and 82a-2419 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-1403, 49-603, 49-606, 49-611, 49-613, 49-618, 49-620, 49-621, 49-623, 55-153, 74-2622, 75-3036, 75-37,121, 75-5133, 82a-220, 82a-326, 82a-708b, 82a-714, 82a-736, 82a-903, 82a-1038, 82a-1041, 82a-1501, 82a-1602, 82a-1603, 82a-1607 and 82a-1702 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-506a, 74-5,126, 74-5,127, 74-5,128, 74-5,129, 74-5,130, 74-5,131, 74-5,132, 74-5,132a, 74-2613, 82a-738 and 82a-1901, by Committee on Water.

HB 2346, AN ACT concerning economic development; establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide grants to assist communities in developing and continuing sporting events; creating the Kansas sports tourism grant committee to review and determine grant awards; providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund; establishing the Kansas sports tourism program grant fund. , by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2347, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to theft; changing the culpability required for certain types of theft; increasing the criminal penalty when the property is a motor vehicle; amending K.S.A. 21-5801 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2348, AN ACT concerning higher education; providing that tenure at postsecondary educational institutions shall not be defined, awarded or recognized as an entitlement, right or property interest in a faculty member’s current, ongoing or future employment by an institution, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2349, AN ACT concerning the scrap metal theft reduction act; authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the act; establishing criminal penalties for certain violations of the act; permitting municipalities to enact or enforce ordinances, resolutions and regulations relating to scrap metal that are not in conflict with the act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 50-6,109a, 50-6,109c and 50-6,109f and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2350, AN ACT concerning the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; relating to the prosecution of juveniles as adults; providing that no juvenile less than 18 years of age shall be prosecuted as an adult; amending K.S.A. 38-2347 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2351, AN ACT concerning arbitration; relating to contracts of insurance; making certain agreements to appraise or 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 2352, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to reporting of certain abuse and neglect; requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege; requiring training for persons obligated to report abuse and neglect. Amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2353, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; requiring that certain written information be provided to patients when a physician or healthcare provider administers or prescribes any medicine or drug for the purpose of inducing an abortion, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2354, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to unlawful possession of controlled substances; providing an exception for residents of Kansas who possess marijuana and are disabled veterans with a valid medical marijuana card issued by any state; amending K.S.A. 21-5706 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2355, AN ACT concerning limited liability companies; relating to series limited liability companies; authorizing a limited liability company and any of its series to elect to consolidate its operations as a single taxpayer and elect to be treated as a single business for certain purposes; permitting operating agreements to impose restrictions, duties and obligations on members; specifying that wrongful transfer of property with intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors or to defraud shall be deemed void; amending K.S.A. 17-76,143 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2356, AN ACT concerning the uniform nonparent visitation act; modifying the evidentiary standard used to determine nonparent visitation rights; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 23-3308 and 23-3309 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2357, AN ACT concerning housing; providing that court records in eviction actions where the underlying rental agreement is governed by the residential landlord and tenant act shall be sealed for certain periods; requiring expungement of certain court records of such eviction actions; providing that certain violations of this act constitute unconscionable acts or practices under the provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act; requiring mediation in eviction actions where the underlying rental agreement is governed by the residential landlord and tenant act unless the court finds that mediation would not aid the parties materially; amending K.S.A. 61-3804 and 61-3806 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-2617 and 61-3807 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2358, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; requiring able-bodied adults and work registrants without dependents under six years of age to participate in an employment and training program as a condition of receiving food assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2359, AN ACT concerning guardians and conservators; enacting the uniform adult guardianship and protective proceedings jurisdiction act and the uniform guardianship, conservatorship and other protective arrangements act; amending K.S.A. 9-1215, 17-2263, 17-2264, 21-5417, 38-2217, 44-513a, 44-1601, 58-662, 58-24a15, 59-1701, 59-2949, 59-2951, 59-2960, 59-29b49, 59-29b51, 73-507, 76-729, 76-12b04 and 77-201 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-656, 58-4802, 58-4814, 58a-103, 59-2401a, 59-2946, 59-2948, 59-29b46, 59-29b48, 59-29b60, 59-29c03 and 75-652 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 59-2701, 59-2702, 59-2703, 59-2704, 59-2705, 59-2706, 59-2707, 59-2708, 59-3050, 59-3054, 59-3057, 59-3063, 59-3064, 59-3066, 59-3071, 59-3072, 59-3074, 59-3076, 59-3079, 59-3081, 59-3082, 59-3084, 59-3085, 59-3087, 59-3088, 59-3089, 59-3090, 59-3091, 59-3092, 59-3093, 59-3095 and 59-3096 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 59-3051, 59-3052, 59-3053, 59-3055, 59-3056, 59-3058, 59-3059, 59-3060, 59-3061, 59-3062, 59-3065, 59-3067, 59-3068, 59-3069, 59-3070, 59-3073, 59-3075, 59-3077, 59-3078, 59-3080, 59-3083, 59-3086, 59-3094 and 59- 3097, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2360, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment; directing the secretaries to enter into agreements with commercial entities and state agencies for the continuous review and comparison of data for public assistance eligibility; requiring the secretary for children and families to review federal sources to verify such eligibility, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2361, AN ACT concerning education; relating to scholarship programs; creating the Kansas healthcare service scholarship program; adding part-time students to the list of eligible participants; adding allied health programs and health science programs to the list of eligible programs; transferring funds from the state general fund to the Kansas healthcare service scholarship program; abolishing the nursing scholarship program; amending K.S.A. 74-3291 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 74-3292, 74-3293, 74-3294, 74-3295, 74-3296, 74-3297 and 74-3298 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2362, AN ACT concerning gambling and gaming; relating to lottery and gambling prize winnings; requiring the department of administration to report identifying information of persons who claim prize winnings in excess of $5,000 to the department of health and environment to verify if individuals with such winnings are receiving medical assistance under medicaid or related programs; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2363, AN ACT concerning conservation easements; requiring review by city or county planning commissions and approval by the city or county governing body; amending K.S.A. 58-3811 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget.

HB 2364, AN ACT concerning health insurance; relating to coverage for nonopioid prescription drugs for the treatment of pain; prohibiting certain health insurers from requiring cost-sharing for nonopioid prescription drugs or providing less favorable coverage for such drug than that for opioid or narcotic prescription drugs, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2365, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to state hospitals; establishing the south central regional mental health hospital; amending K.S.A. 21-5413, 39-1602, 39-1613, 40-3401, 41-1126, 65-4921, 65-5601, 75-3099, 75-3373, 76-384, 76-12a01, 76-12a31, 76-1407, 76-1409 and 76-1409a and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-1401, 59-2006b, 59-2946, 59-29b46, 59-29b54, 59-29b57, 59-3077, 74-3292, 76-1936 and 76-1958 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2366, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the practice of naturopathy; licensure and regulation of naturopathic doctors; broadening the scope of practice of naturopathic doctors; amending K.S.A. 65-7201, 65-7207, 65-7208, 65-7209 and 65-7214 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-1626, 65-4101 and 65-7202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2367, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to naturopathic doctors; providing naturopathic doctors a certificate of authorization for a business entity to practice medicine; amending K.S.A. 17-2710 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-28,134 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2368, AN ACT enacting the anesthesiologist assistant licensure act; providing for the powers, duties and functions of the state board of healing arts thereunder; amending K.S.A. 65-1163 and 65-28,127 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2369, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; amending the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas; allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines pursuant to a vaccination protocol; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-1626a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2370, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to assisted living facilities; requiring additional certification for assisted living facilities with dementia care, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2371, AN ACT concerning business entities; relating to the Kansas revised limited liability company act; providing for document form, signature and delivery options; specifying that a subscription for a limited liability company interest is irrevocable under certain circumstances; modifying requirements related to domestic limited liability company division, certificates of division and certificates of amendment of certificate of division and certificates of merger or consolidation of series; relating to the business entity transactions act; modifying requirements related to certificates of merger, certificates of interest exchange, certificates of conversion and certificates of domestication; relating to the business entity standard treatment act; including certificates of amendment to certificate of designation and certificates of merger or consolidation of series as documents related to limited liability companies to be filed with the secretary of state; specifying circumstances under which changes related to a resident agent shall be deemed a change of name of the person or entity acting as a resident agent; amending K.S.A. 17-7662, 17-7663, 17-7668, 17-7670, 17-7681, 17-7682, 17-7685a, 17-7686, 17-7687, 17-7690, 17-7695, 17-7698, 17-76,143, 17-76,143a, 17-76,145, 17-76,146, 17-76,148, 17-76,149, 17-76,151, 17-76,152, 17-78-205, 17-78-206, 17-78-305, 17-78-306, 17-78-405, 17-78-505, 17-7904, 17-7925, 17-7927 and 17-7929 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 17-76,136 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 17-76,150, by Committee on Judiciary.

House Resolutions

HR 6006, A RESOLUTION designating February 5, 2025, as Early Childhood Advocacy Day and recognizing the need to invest in the future success of Kansas by supporting the well-being and education of our youngest residents as well as the parents and adults who care for them, by Representatives Poskin, Amyx, Brownlee Paige, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Johnson, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Neighbor, Osman, Ruiz, Sawyer Clayton, Simmons, Wikle and Winn.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5009, A PROPOSITION to amend article 14 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto; reserving to the people of Kansas the power of initiative, by Representative Simmons.

HCR 5010, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION supporting the full authorization and funding of the public safety autonomous technologies research, testing, certification and commercialization program and supporting the passage of the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2025, by Representatives Williams, K., Bloom, Brantley, Bryce, Buehler, B. Carpenter, Chauncey, Corbet, Croft, Delperdang, Francis, Goetz, Howell, Howerton, James, T. Johnson, Kessler, Neelly, Reavis, Schmoe, Smith, A., Smith, C., Sutton, Tarwater, Waggoner, Ward, Wasinger and Wilborn.

HCR 5011, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; valuing residential real property based on the fair market value or average fair market value of the residential portion, by Committee on Taxation.

Senate Bills

SB 141, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to defamation; enacting the right to speak your truth act; prohibiting defamation claims in certain circumstances, by Senator Holscher.

SB 142, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; authorizing each board of education to include a teacher representative as a nonvoting member of such board; amending K.S.A. 25-2003, 72-1072 and 72-1091 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-1073, 72-1133 and 72-1137 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Holscher.

SB 143, AN ACT concerning members of the legislature; imposing term limits; allowing members to serve additional terms conditioned on the vote in the next primary election; amending K.S.A. 25-702 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.

SB 144, AN ACT concerning real property; declaring current restrictive covenants that limit or prohibit the installation of solar panels on the rooftops of residential properties to be void and unenforceable; allowing homeowners associations to adopt reasonable rules concerning solar panels that do not prohibit rooftop installation, by Senator Holscher.

SB 145, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to law enforcement agencies and the secretary for children and families; requiring that the secretary immediately notify law enforcement agencies of reports of abuse or neglect; providing for law enforcement agencies to request resources from the secretary for children and families for investigations; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2226 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Shane.

SB 146, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to the conveyance of certain real property in Miami county, Kansas, to the city of Osawatomie, Kansas, for economic development; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services and the city of Osawatomie to execute and record an amendment to the original deed for conveyance that amends the reversionary interest of the state of Kansas in such real property to July 1, 2046; amending K.S.A. 75-3369a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 147, 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 Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 148, 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. 2024 Supp. 79-3603 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 149, AN ACT concerning children; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; adding a definition of haircare therein; requiring that a haircare plan is part of the case plan for a child in custody of the secretary for children and family services; requiring the secretary to offer training on culturally competent haircare to foster parents and kinship caregivers; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2201a and 38-2202 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 150, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to healthcare benefits and health insurance plans and related coverage; prohibiting the denial of coverage for the refilling of prescription topical eye medication; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 151, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to medical assistance; requiring the secretary of health and environment to request a waiver from the United States centers for medicare and medicaid services to end participation in certain expenditure authorities under the KanCare demonstration, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 152, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to valuation appeals; establishing an appeal process to the board of county commissioners for certain residential and commercial real property; providing for the purchase of such property by the county under certain conditions, by Senator Schmidt.

SB 153, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; establishing the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act; requiring employers to provide paid prenatal personal leave, by Senator Schmidt.

SB 154, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring boards of education of school districts to adopt policies and procedures to prohibit students from using privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours; authorizing such uses under limited circumstances; requiring school districts to adopt policies and procedures to prohibit students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms, by Committee on Education.

SB 155, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes affecting government functions; adding harboring or concealing a person who is alleged to have violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution; amending K.S.A. 21-5913 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 156, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer; providing criminal penalties therefor, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 157, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to release prior to trial; forfeiture of appearance bonds; requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties; allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside if surety can show defendant left the country; requiring remission in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 22-2807 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 158, AN ACT concerning social welfare; relating to the supplemental nutrition assistance program; allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive assistance; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 159, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to school district budgeting and accounting; requiring school district budget forms and summaries to include all expenditures of bond proceeds; amending K.S.A. 79-2926 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-1167 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 160, AN ACT concerning the attorney general; relating to the duties and responsibilities of the attorney general; granting the attorney general concurrent authority to prosecute crimes related to elementary and secondary education; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-702 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 161, AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring approval by an act of the legislature prior to any state agency seeking or implementing any public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal government that expands eligibility for any public assistance program or increases cost to the state, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 162, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to student health; requiring certain school district employees to receive training in seizure recognition and related first aid; providing immunity from liability therefor; authorizing the adoption of rules and regulations, by Committee on Education.

SB 163, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school employment contracts; prohibiting school employment contracts from excluding documentation of disciplinary actions or behavioral corrective actions taken with regard to an employee; amending K.S.A. 72-2218 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 164, AN ACT concerning discrimination; relating to the attorney general; prohibiting discriminatory practices at public educational institutions; authorizing the attorney general to investigate and assess penalties; authorizing the human rights commission to refer complaints to the attorney general for investigation and initiation of legal proceedings; amending K.S.A. 44-1001, 44-1004, 44-1005 and 44-1009 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 165, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to the approval of the issuance of bonds and approval of tax levies; requiring question submitted elections for such approvals be conducted only on primary or general election dates; prohibiting more than one such bond issuance approval election to be conducted during a calendar year; amending K.S.A. 25-2019, 72-1143, 72-53,113, 74-32,259 and 79-4001 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 10-120 and 72-5143 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 166, AN ACT concerning state employees; enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act; removing postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations; amending K.S.A. 75-2929d and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 167, AN ACT concerning electric public utilities; relating to electric vehicle charging services; prohibiting electric public utilities from recovering from ratepayers the costs associated with electric vehicle charging stations; requiring electric public utilities that provide electric vehicle charging services to offer such services under a nonregulated private enterprise and on an equitable and nondiscriminatory basis just as such utility offers to private entities providing such services; requiring electric public utilities to establish electric vehicle charging rate schedules for the provision of electric vehicle charging services by private entities, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 168, AN ACT concerning legislative video recordings; requiring the director of legislative administrative service to remove legislative video recordings from cloud- based servers and video on demand platforms after 10 years, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 169, AN ACT concerning residential rentals and leases; relating to the mobile home parks residential landlord and tenant act; prohibiting landlords from limiting a tenant’s access to communications and video services; amending K.S.A. 58-25,111 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 170, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; relating to energy efficiency standards; authorizing the commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for residential, commercial and industrial structures; amending K.S.A. 66-1227 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 171, AN ACT concerning the department of health and environment; relating to radiation protection and control; authorizing the secretary of health and environment to license nuclear fusion systems; establishing such licensure fee; authorizing the secretary to impose late fees for any expired radiation protection and control license; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 48-1603 and 48-1606 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 172, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to schools and child care facilities; prohibiting a school or such facility from excluding a child who has been exposed to an infectious or contagious disease without a valid isolation or quarantine order; amending K.S.A. 65-122 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 173, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to the development of certain wind and solar electric generation resources; establishing requirements for the conveyance of leases and easements relating thereto; requiring a county to approve the development of a commercial wind or solar energy facility before the conveyance of any such lease or easement; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-2272 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 174, AN ACT concerning abortion; creating the abolish abortion Kansas act; making all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa’s law; removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion; amending K.S.A. 21-5206 and 21-5419 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1901 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 175, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to healthcare professions; updating the definition of athletic trainer; providing for an exception for those licensed in another state, District of Columbia, territory or foreign country to practice in Kansas; amending K.S.A. 65-6902, 65-6906 and 65-6907 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 176, AN ACT concerning the Kansas indoor clear air act; prohibiting smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility; amending the definition of smoking to include the use of an electronic cigarette and smoking of marijuana; amending K.S.A. 21-6109 and 21-6110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 177, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign contribution limits; increasing the limits on certain campaign contributions; providing for automatic increases in such limits based on the consumer price index; eliminating such limits on contributions to or by party committees; amending K.S.A. 25-4153 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 178, AN ACT concerning law enforcement agencies; relating to enforcement of immigration laws; requiring certain law enforcement agencies to apply for and enter into agreements with United States immigration and customs enforcement; providing a cause of action and penalties for failure to comply, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 179, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a child tax credit, by Senators Sykes and Blasi.

SB 180, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release prior to trial; requiring certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses; amending K.S.A. 22-2802 and 22-2803 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Sykes.

SB 181, AN ACT concerning state finances; limiting the annual amount of expenditures and transfers from the state general fund; requiring certification by the state treasurer; providing for additional requirements on the governor’s and legislature’s budget plans and legislative measures; amending K.S.A. 75-3721 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 182, AN ACT concerning health insurance; relating to dental benefit plans and services; enacting the Kansas medical loss ratios for dental healthcare services plans act; requiring certain carriers to file a dental loss ratio annual report; providing for remediation or enforcement actions against certain carriers that report dental loss ratios that do not meet the required ratio percentage; authorizing the commissioner to adopt rules and regulations therefor, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 183, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving government functions; creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 184, AN ACT concerning the environment; relating to the Kansas drycleaner environmental response act; amending such act to change the penalties for violations thereof; modifying the deductible rate for corrective actions, the environmental surcharge rate and the solvent fee; updating the delinquency penalty related to environmental surcharges and solvent fees; amending K.S.A. 65-34,142, 65-34,144, 65-34,147, 65-34,148, 65-34,150, 65-34,151 and 65-34,154 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 185, AN ACT concerning victims of crime; providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case; amending K.S.A. 74-7333 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 186, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause; requiring such information to be made available to law enforcement; amending K.S.A. 22-2302 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 187, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to juvenile offenders; requiring certain records or files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile’s record; amending K.S.A. 38-2312 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 188, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to release prior to trial; requiring a secured release when a person is charged with certain offenses; replacing release on recognizance programs with unsecured judicial release programs; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5709, 21-5710, 21-5910, 21-5915, 21-6316, 21-6329, 22-2802, 22-2803, 22-2814, 22-2815, 22-2816 and 22-2817 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 189, AN ACT concerning workers compensation; relating to injured employees; providing the employee the freedom of choice in designating a healthcare provider; requiring the employer to pay for the services of the designated healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 44-510h, 44-510k and 44-525 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Sykes, Corson, Francisco, Holscher and Pettey.

SB 190, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to real estate bid off by the county for delinquent taxes and special assessments; providing that payment of special assessments for years other than the year being redeemed is not required for purposes of partial redemption of homesteads; amending K.S.A. 79-2401a and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 191, AN ACT concerning municipal utilities; relating to boards of public utilities; limiting the amount of additional fees, taxes and other charges that may be included on a utility bill; amending K.S.A. 13-1223a, 13-1227 and 13-1228 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Haley.

SB 192, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to judicial foreclosure and order of sale of real estate by a county; requiring judicial foreclosure public auctions to be conducted in person at a physical location in the county; amending K.S.A. 79-2804 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 193, AN ACT concerning the state board of pharmacy; relating to emergency opioid antagonists; removing law enforcement agencies and officers from the board’s statewide opioid antagonist protocol; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-16,127 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 194, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to covenants, conditions or restrictions; providing that certain covenants, conditions or restrictions on property owned by a state educational institution that restrict the use of real property to be only for single-family residence purposes or from being used for any purpose other than a single-family residence, and contain discriminatory provisions to restrict ownership or tenancy by race are void, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 195, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; establishing the property tax task force that shall study the property tax system in Kansas and develop recommendations and suggest improvements to law, by Senators Sykes, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Holscher and Pettey.

SB 196, AN ACT concerning employment; prohibiting the employment of unauthorized aliens by business entities and public employers; requiring use and registration of the e-verify program; prohibiting the deduction of certain wages and remuneration to unauthorized aliens; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 197, AN ACT concerning the STAR bonds financing act; extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act to July 1, 2030; amending K.S.A. 12-17,179 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 198, AN ACT concerning abortion; prohibiting abortion procedures, except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman; providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of violations of such prohibition; amending K.S.A. 65-2837, 65-6731, 65-67a01, 76-3308 and 79-32,195 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-1906, 65-2401, 79-32,182b, 79-32,261 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-4a02, 65-4a03, 65-4a04, 65-4a05, 65-4a06, 65-4a07, 65-4a08, 65-4a09, 65-4a10, 65-4a11, 65-4a12, 65-6702, 65-6703, 65-6704, 65-6705, 65-6707, 65-6709, 65-6710, 65-6711, 65-6712, 65-6714, 65-6715, 65-6721, 65-6722, 65-6724, 65-6725, 65-6726, 65-6741, 65-6743, 65-6744, 65-6745, 65-6746, 65-6747, 65-6748 and 65-6749 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 65-4a01, 65-6701, 65-6708, 65-6723 and 65-6742, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 199, AN ACT concerning fireworks, defining the fireworks sales season for seasonal retailers of consumer fireworks and providing for year-round sales by permanent retailers of consumer fireworks; requiring registration with the state fire marshal by such seasonal and permanent retailers; prohibiting internet sales of consumer fireworks; creating the license categories of distributor of display fireworks, distributor of articles pyrotechnic and unlimited distributor; limiting lawful sale of fireworks labeled “For Professional Use Only” to certain license categories; amending K.S.A. 31-502 and 31-503 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 200, AN ACT concerning purple heart awards; designating Kansas as a purple heart state; requiring the governor to declare August 7 of each year as a purple heart day, by Senators Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Joseph Claeys, Clifford, Corson, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Holscher, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Rose, Ryckman, Schmidt, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Sykes, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson, Ware and Warren.

SB 201, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for a property tax exemption for homestead property of certain veterans and former law enforcement officers with service-connected disabilities, by Senator Schmidt.

SB 202, 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 Shane, Joseph Claeys, Clifford, Corson, Pettey and Sykes.

SB 203, AN ACT concerning notices to appear; relating to witnesses; authorizing a show cause notice to be issued for an unavailable witness or a material witness; amending K.S.A. 22-2805 and 60-459 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 204, AN ACT concerning court records; relating to records in criminal and juvenile offender cases; requiring the sealing of certain records related to case information, warrants and subpoenas; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-2617 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 205, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving violations of personal rights; increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of breach of privacy when the victim is a child; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6101 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 206, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; requiring any person convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death to register under the Kansas offender registration act; amending K.S.A. 22-4902 and 22-4906 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 207, AN ACT concerning child care; relating to the department of administration, the Kansas children’s cabinet and the department of health and environment; establishing a pilot program to provide health services to child care providers; making telehealth consultation services available to eligible child care providers; providing up to $100 per month in reimbursements for prescription medication costs to child care providers accepted into the health services program; prohibiting cities, counties or other political subdivisions from regulating licensed child care providers more strictly than state law; requiring the department of health and environment to provide a list of licensed child care providers to any city, county or other political subdivision upon request; providing any licensed in-home or group-home child care providers that receive a lower tier of reimbursement under the child and adult care food program to be matched with the top tier of funding that is otherwise made available to other providers under the program; developing and providing free orientation and training programs and training materials to child care providers and licensees; allowing orientation and training to count as continuing education hours; requiring the department and the Kansas children’s cabinet to develop a training reimbursement program; amending K.S.A. 65-508 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 208, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2302 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 209, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for sales of firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 210, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases and sales by the Johnson county Christmas bureau association; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 211, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to rules and regulations; requiring members of the wildlife and parks commission to submit proposed rules and regulations to such commission; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-805 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 212, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the prescription drug cost and affordability review act; establishing the prescription drugs pricing board and prescription drug affordability stakeholder council to review the cost of prescription medications and establish upper payment limits for certain prescription drug products, by Senator Sykes.

SB 213, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during the hunting season except on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays; applying such restriction to department lands and waters, federal lands and waters managed by the United States army corps of engineers at specified reservoirs, the bureau of reclamation at certain reservoirs and the United States fish and wildlife service at designated refuges; exempting properties designated as walk-in hunting access areas, navigable rivers in Kansas and the conservation order for light geese season from such restriction; reducing fees for migratory waterfowl habitat stamps; amending K.S.A. 32-939 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 214, AN ACT concerning attorneys at law; relating to the practice of law in rural Kansas; enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act; providing financial assistance to attorneys and law students who practice law in rural areas of the state; establishing the attorney training program for rural Kansas fund, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 215, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to homestead property tax refund claims; excluding social security payments from household income and increasing the household income and the appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-4508a and repealing the existing section, by Senators Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Holscher, Pettey, Schmidt and Sykes.

SB 216, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; establishing the Kansas paid sick time act; requiring earned paid sick time to be compensated at the same hourly rate and benefits as normally earned; detailing the accrual of earned paid sick time, with different limits based on the size of the employer; allowing carryover of up to 80 hours of unused paid sick time or payment for unused time at year-end; requiring employers to provide employees with written notice regarding earned paid sick time; mandating that earned paid sick time be available for various health-related and safety-related reasons; prohibiting employers from requiring employees to find replacement workers when using paid sick time; allowing employers to require reasonable documentation for earned paid sick time used for three or more consecutive days; making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act; granting employees the right to bring civil action for violations; ensuring confidentiality of health and safety information; affirming that the act does not apply to employees under a collective bargaining agreement until such agreement’s expiration; affirming that the act provides minimum requirements and does not preempt greater benefits than provided by this act, by Senators Corson, Holscher, Pettey, Schmidt and Sykes.

SB 217, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Senators Corson, Pettey and Sykes.

SB 218, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the minimum wage of employees; amending K.S.A. 44-1202 and 44-1203 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Corson, Holscher, Pettey, Schmidt and Sykes.

SB 219, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health insurance; imposing coverage requirements for coverage of diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Sykes.

SB 220, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to child labor; increasing the penalty for unlawful employment of any person or child; amending K.S.A. 38-612 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Sykes, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Holscher and Pettey.

SB 221, AN ACT concerning the judicial council; changing the membership from four resident lawyers to one resident lawyer from each congressional district; amending K.S.A. 20-2201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 222, AN ACT concerning state agencies; relating to interpretation of statutes, rules and regulations and documents with the force and effect of law; prohibiting deference to the agency’s interpretation by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 223, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Russell county for the purpose of financing costs of attendance centers or other school district facilities; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 224, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act; establishing a credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community- based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 225, AN ACT concerning property; relating to homesteads; requiring counties to purchase homesteads at the appraised values set by county appraisers upon applications made by the owners under certain conditions, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 226, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; allowing a Kansas itemized deduction for certain losses from wagering transactions; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,120 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 227, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to the tax credit for qualified expenditures for the restoration and preservation of historic structures; providing for different credit percentages based on city populations of more than 50,000 or 50,000 or less and the amount of expenditures; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 79-32,211 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 228, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services; providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare worker platforms thereby; creating the supplemental nursing services agency and healthcare worker platforms regulation fund, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 229, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; relating to occupational licensing; providing for the termination of current and new occupational licensing requirements adopted by an agency or enacted by the legislature after a period of five years unless extended by a joint resolution of the legislature; requiring that adoption of new occupational licensing requirements by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the legislature; providing for notice to agencies and the legislature of termination dates by the revisor of statutes and the secretary of state; specifying a procedure for legislative review of occupational licensing requirements by certain committees, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 230, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to the division of vehicles; permitting the division of vehicles to establish or contract with an entity to issue digital proof of driver’s licenses and digital proof of identification; regulating the use thereof; providing fees on such digital proof of driver’s license and identification cards; amending K.S.A. 8-235, 8-240, 8-1325 and 8-1328 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-243 and 8-1324 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 231, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit such applications; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-1122 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 232, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to management and investment by the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system of moneys certified by the state treasurer as equivalent to the aggregate net amount received for unclaimed property; modifying investment standards; authorizing investments in certain foreign governments; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 75-2263 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 233, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to commercial wind and solar energy facilities; establishing requirements for the decommissioning of such facilities; requiring a county to enter into a decommissioning agreement with a facility owner prior to construction of any such facility; requiring the facility owner to provide financial assurance in an amount sufficient to cover the costs of decommissioning; requiring decommissioning costs to be paid by affected landowners under certain circumstances, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 234, AN ACT concerning medical technology; prohibiting medical and research facilities from using genetic sequencers or operational software used for genetic analysis that is produced in or by a foreign adversary, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 235, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to pesticides; making it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, use or distribute seeds coated with a pesticide that contains a neonicotinoid unless otherwise ordered by the governor under certain conditions, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 236, AN ACT concerning childhood abuse or neglect; authorizing victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 38-2212 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 237, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to child support obligations; requiring the court to consider the value of retirement accounts when determining support orders; prohibiting modification of a support order for criminal conduct, professional misconduct or voluntary underemployment; eliminating the exemption and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations; amending K.S.A. 23-3002 and 23-3005 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 60-2308 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 238, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; providing for a postretirement cost-of-living adjustment for certain retirants; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, for the Kansas public employees retirement system, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 239, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; creating a special sentencing rule to add 100 months to a sentence for distribution of a controlled substance when the substance involved is fentanyl and such distribution causes the death of a child; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6804 and 21-6805 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 240, AN ACT concerning fraudulent insurance acts; establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance and authorizing civil penalties, restitution and other relief; providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act; including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts; amending K.S.A. 21-6614, 40-2,118 and 40-2,119 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 241, AN ACT concerning restraint of trade; relating to restrictive covenants; providing that certain restrictive covenants are not considered a restraint of trade and shall be enforceable; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 50-163 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 242, AN ACT concerning contingent fee contracts for legal services; relating to contracts entered into for legal services by a political subdivision; requiring an open meeting before a political subdivision may approve such a contract; requiring the attorney general to approve such contract before it becomes effective, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 243, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to competency to stand trial; requiring the court to make certain findings in treatment orders; requiring outpatient examination and evaluation in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 22-3302 and 22-3303 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 244, AN ACT concerning release prior to trial; minimum appearance bond premium; prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-2809b and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 245, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025; creating the crime of aggravated murder; requiring a sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole therefor; clarifying laws related to sentences of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 21-5402, 21-5419, 21-6614, 21-6618, 21-6620, 21-6622, 21-6628, 21-6629, 21-6806, 22-2512, 22-4902, 22-4906, 23-3222, 38-2271, 38-2303, 38-2312, 38-2365, 72-2165 and 75-52,148 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6328, 22-3717, 38-2255, 39-970, 39-2009 and 65-5117 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 21-5401, 21-6617 and 21-6619; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-2009a, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 246, AN ACT concerning criminal history record information; relating to state and national criminal history record checks; requiring the state board of education to conduct state and national criminal history record checks on all school employees; creating the criminal history record check reimbursement fund for certain state and criminal history record checks conducted by the Kansas department for aging and disability services; amending K.S.A. 72-2165 and 72-4223 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 247, AN ACT concerning the scrap metal theft reduction act; relating to vehicle dealers; eliminating the exemption for vehicle dealers from certain requirements of the act; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 50-6,110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 248, AN ACT concerning criminal history record information; providing criminal history record information for hemp producers to the state fire marshal; authorizing the attorney general and the state gaming agency to receive more criminal history records; updating criminal history record language related to the state bank commissioner; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 2-3906, 9-555, 9-565, 9-2411, 22-4714 and 75-7b01 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 249, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the department of health and environment; establishing the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) advisory task force to prevent FASD and provide for treatment and support for affected individuals and their families; requiring the submission of annual reports to the legislature, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 250, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to treatments for life- threatening illnesses; enacting the right to try for individualized treatments act to permit certain manufacturers to make individualized investigative treatments available to eligible requesting patients, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 251, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the department of health and environment; requiring the department to submit an annual report to the legislature concerning the newborn screening program; specifying the contents of the report, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 252, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the low income students scholarship program act; expanding eligibility for scholarships to certain high school students and students eligible to be enrolled in certain school districts; increasing the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such act and the aggregate tax credit limit; providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions; providing for program administration by the state treasurer; amending K.S.A. 72-4351, 72-4353, 72-4355 and 72-4356 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 72-4352, 72-4354 and 72-4357 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 253, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; enacting the massage therapist licensure act; providing for regulation and licensing of massage therapists; powers, duties and functions of the state board of healing arts; amending K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1708, A RESOLUTION designating February 5, 2025, as Early Childhood Advocacy Day and recognizing the need to invest in the future success of Kansas by supporting the well-being and education of our youngest residents as well as the parents and adults who care for them, by Senators Sykes, Argabright, Blasi, Claeys, Joseph, Clifford, Corson, Dietrich, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Holscher, Petersen, Pettey, Starnes, Titus and Ware.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1609, A PROPOSITION to repeal section 12 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas, relating to membership and nonmembership in labor organizations, by Senators Sykes, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Holscher, Pettey, Schmidt and Ware.

SCR 1610, A PROPOSITION to amend section 4 of the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas to recognize the right to bear arms as a natural and fundamental right; clarifying that such right includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components; making restrictions on such right subject to strict scrutiny, by Senators J.R. Claeys, Alley, Argabright, Billinger, Blasi, Blew, Bowers, Bowser, Joseph Claeys, Clifford, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Klemp, Kloos, Masterson, Murphy, Owens, Peck, Petersen, Rose, Shallenburger, Shane, Starnes, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Tyson and Warren.

SCR 1611, A PROPOSITION to amend sections 5, 8 and 15 of article 3 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to the supreme court; providing for direct election of justices; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; permitting justices to make contributions to and hold office in a political party or organization and take part in political campaigns., by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

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