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Yes: 774 • No: 642
KansasHB 20072025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
Sponsored By: Troy Waymaster (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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9 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 3 costs, 3 mixed.
Care worker fingerprint checks become optional
Kansas makes fingerprinting and state and national criminal-history checks discretionary for the Department for Aging and Disability Services. The department can still require these checks for applicants at covered centers, facilities, hospitals, and service providers.
More public records exceptions face review
Beginning July 1, 2026, fewer Kansas public-records exceptions avoid legislative review and expiration. Exceptions remain exempt when federal law requires them, they apply solely to the legislature or state courts, or lawmakers have reviewed and continued them twice. The law removes blanket exemptions for exceptions continued in 2013 or later and for U.S. cybersecurity agency audit reports. Other new exceptions or substantial amendments expire July 1 of the fifth year after enactment unless lawmakers continue them.
Insurers pay a lower premium tax
Covered insurers, fraternal benefit societies, and nonprofit service corporations pay a 2% premium tax for tax year 2025. The rate falls to 1.98% for tax year 2026 and later. It applies to taxable premiums and covered subscription charges after allowed deductions. The law does not require companies to lower household premiums.
More campaign reports face late penalties
The law extends existing late-report penalties to additional required reports about campaigns on Kansas constitutional questions. Filers who remain late 15 days after a delinquency notice is mailed face $10 per day, capped at $300 per occurrence. All civil penalties collected under this reporting law go to the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission Fee Fund.
Kansas limits school standards changes
The State Board of Education cannot substantially change English or math standards in effect July 1, 2024, when new statewide tests would be needed. This limit lasts until Kansas achieves its goal: 75% of students scoring at levels 3 and 4 combined in both subjects by 2030. The law also removes the required seven-year curriculum standards review; the board retains authority to conduct reviews.
Care employers lose background check cap
Current or prospective employers pay a reasonable fee for each applicant's criminal-history information from the Department for Aging and Disability Services. The law removes the former $19 cap without setting a new dollar amount. This payment duty falls on employers, not applicants.
Personalized specialty plates bring higher fees
Beginning January 1, 2025, Kansas allows personalized distinctive plates, usually for twice the standard personalization fee. Statutory exceptions pay the standard fee, including plates issued under K.S.A. 8-1,221 and 8-1,222. The plate authorized under K.S.A. 8-1,183 requires at least 100 orders with the required personalization fee paid before production and issuance. After the director certifies those orders, $4,000 moves from the State Highway Fund to the distinctive license plate fund.
State hospital insurance exclusions change
The law updates which state hospitals are excluded from the healthcare-provider definition in Kansas's provider insurance availability law. The intellectual-disability list names Parsons State Hospital and the Kansas Neurological Institute; it drops Winfield State Hospital and Training Center and Parsons Training Center. The psychiatric list names Larned State Hospital, Osawatomie State Hospital, and South Central Regional Mental Health Hospital. Rainbow Mental Health Facility is no longer named.
Captive insurers face coverage and fee changes
Captive insurers, which cover business-related risks, gain authority to apply for some insurance lines while another listed line is removed. Their company documents must allow the coverage, and they need approval from the Kansas insurance commissioner. The renewal schedule lists a $110 fee period through January 1, 2028, followed by $2,500 for each year thereafter. The commissioner must set and publish the next calendar year's fee by December 1.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Troy Waymaster
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Committee on Ways and Means
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 12 Nay: 26
Yes: 12 • No: 26
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 11 Nay: 29
Yes: 11 • No: 29
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 76
Yes: 40 • No: 76
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 9 Nay: 29
Yes: 9 • No: 29 • Other: 1
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 10 Nay: 30
Yes: 10 • No: 30
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 83 Nay: 36
Yes: 83 • No: 36
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 121 Nay: 0
Yes: 121 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 27 Nay: 13
Yes: 27 • No: 13
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 34 Nay: 82
Yes: 34 • No: 82
House vote • 4/11/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 121 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/11/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected
Yes: 9 • No: 29 • Other: 1
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Ethan Corson was rejected
Yes: 10 • No: 30
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected
Yes: 11 • No: 29
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended
Yes: 27 • No: 13
Senate vote • 3/18/2025
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Dinah Sykes was rejected
Yes: 12 • No: 26
House vote • 2/19/2025
Final Action - Substitute passed as amended
Yes: 83 • No: 36
House vote • 2/18/2025
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Suzanne Wikle was rejected
Yes: 34 • No: 82
House vote • 2/18/2025
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jarrod Ousley was rejected
Yes: 40 • No: 76
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
4/24/2025HouseConference committee report now available
4/11/2025SenateMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
4/11/2025SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
4/11/2025SenateMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
4/11/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4
4/11/2025HouseEngrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025
4/11/2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
4/11/2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Troy Waymaster, Rep. Kristey Williams and Rep. Barbara Ballard
3/20/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Sen. Rick Billinger, Sen. J.R. Claeys and Sen. Pat Pettey appointed as conferees
3/20/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tory Marie Blew
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tory Marie Blew was adopted
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tory Marie Blew
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tory Marie Blew was rejected
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Pat Pettey
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Pat Pettey was rejected; Yea 11, Nay 29
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Ethan Corson
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Ethan Corson was rejected; Yea 10, Nay 30
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tim Shallenburger was adopted
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Tim Shallenburger
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Tim Shallenburger was adopted
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Cindy Holscher
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Cindy Holscher was rejected; Yea 9, Nay 29, Absent 1
3/18/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Introduced
Enrolled
S Sub for Sub
Sub
{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}
{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}
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