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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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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
16 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 8 costs, 6 mixed.
Stricter reports and foreign-money ban
The law bans taking money from foreign nationals to support or oppose changes to the Kansas Constitution. Anyone who takes over $50 for these campaigns must file reports: a yearly report by February 15, a report 15 days before the election, and a report within 15 days after the election. Filers must certify donors are not foreign nationals and have not taken over $100,000 from foreign nationals in the past four years. Independent spenders must file a certification within 48 hours and cannot take such foreign money for the rest of that year. Late filers face $10 per day up to $300 after a 15‑day cure, and intentional nonfiling is a class A misdemeanor. The attorney general can enforce the ban, and courts can award up to twice the illegal amount. The law defines “foreign national” and allows a narrow U.S. entity exception when funds and decisions are strictly U.S.-based.
Higher taxes and $5 fee for insurers
Out-of-state and foreign insurance companies must pay tax on all premiums to keep operating in Kansas. The rate is 2% for tax year 2025 and 1.98% for 2026 and after. These companies also pay a one-time $5 appointment fee for each newly certified agent.
Tighter hiring and background checks in care
Care centers and similar providers can require fingerprints and state and national background checks. You must submit fingerprints within 20 days to be eligible for one-time provisional work of up to 60 days, with supervision. Employers pay up to $19 of the criminal-history cost; applicants pay the fingerprint fee. No new fingerprints are needed if you had a check within one year and kept continuous work with no 90‑day gap. Providers cannot employ people with adverse registry findings or listed serious convictions. Staff must keep fitness information confidential; breaking this rule is a $100 misdemeanor.
More school reports and local input
The State Board runs a school district accreditation system and sends a yearly report by January 15. The same accountability rules apply to each district and each school, and reports are published. Unaccredited districts must appear before House and Senate education committees and give a report on their challenges. Every school creates a site council of parents, staff, and community members to advise on goals and budgets. Each year, the State Board also reports test participation and postsecondary outcomes by January 15; this reporting ends July 1, 2029. The Board cannot make big English or math standard changes that would require new statewide tests until the 75% proficiency goal is met by 2030.
Yearly dementia training for home-plus staff
Home-plus staff who serve residents with dementia must complete dementia-care training every year. This improves safety and care for people living with dementia.
More hiring chances after past convictions
Employers may hire applicants with certain convictions once six years have passed since sentence completion or discharge. An applicant can seek a waiver after five years. The secretary for aging and disability services sets the waiver rules and criteria.
Personalized plate fees double in 2025
Starting January 1, 2025, any personalized distinctive license plate costs double the fee set in K.S.A. 8-132(d). You pay the doubled fee when the plate is issued.
Cap on temporary healthcare contracts
A locum tenens contract in Kansas cannot last more than 182 days in a calendar year. This limits how long temporary healthcare providers can be engaged.
New steps when a resident agent quits
A resident agent may resign by filing a certificate and paying any required fee; the resignation takes effect 30 days after filing. The agent must give each covered entity written notice at least 30 days before filing and include contact information. The entity has 60 days after the filing to name a new agent or the secretary of state will forfeit its organizing documents. If there is no agent, legal papers are served on the secretary of state.
More limits on access to records
Starting July 1, 2026, many named exceptions to the open records law remain in place. Reports from federal CISA audits are also kept outside the normal review and sunset process on that date. The law then repeals the statute that set the review and expiration rules for open-records exceptions, also on July 1, 2026.
Parts of mental health law repealed
Beginning January 1, 2026, the law repeals listed sections of the care and treatment acts for people with mental illness or substance use problems. This may change or reduce access to state-authorized services.
Higher fees for captive insurers
Captive insurance companies pay a nonrefundable application fee up to $2,500. They pay $110 per year until January 1, 2028, then $2,500 each year after that. The insurance commissioner may charge reasonable outside review costs and publishes next year’s fees by December 1.
Listed state laws repealed
The law removes a long list of named Kansas statutes. The real-world impact depends on the content of each repealed section.
New rules and fees for distinctive plates
Sponsors must pay up to $5,000 to develop a new distinctive plate. No new plate is issued unless at least 250 initial plates are guaranteed. The state can stop a plate if it sells fewer than 250 by the end of year two or fewer than 125 in any later two-year period. The state set up a fund for plate fees and pays royalties monthly to the benefiting group. If the sponsor asks, a motorcycle version is made. Nonresident service members stationed in Kansas can get and renew any distinctive Kansas plate while stationed here.
State rules must be narrower
Agencies may adopt or keep a rule only if it has a clear public purpose tied to state law and is no broader than needed. This limits how agencies write and keep regulations.
New confidentiality rules for captive insurers
Captive insurance filings stay confidential. Courts can allow disclosure if the information is relevant and not available elsewhere. The commissioner may share records with other regulators under written confidentiality. Courts can seal some trust or custody account materials on petition.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Troy Waymaster
Republican • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
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 • 4/23/2026
Yea: 12 Nay: 26
Yes: 12 • No: 26
Actions Timeline
Conference 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
4/11/2025HouseEngrossed on Monday, April 14, 2025
4/11/2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
4/11/2025HouseApproved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
4/11/2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Waymaster , Representative Williams, K. and Representative Ballard as conferees
3/20/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Senator Billinger, Senator Claeys, J.R. and Senator 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 Senator Blew
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Blew was adopted
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Blew
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Blew was rejected
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pettey
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pettey was rejected Yea: 11 Nay: 29
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Corson
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Corson was rejected Yea: 10 Nay: 30
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shallenburger
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Shallenburger was adopted
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shallenburger
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Shallenburger was adopted
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Holscher
3/18/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Holscher was rejected Yea: 9 Nay: 29
3/18/2025Senate
Bill Text
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As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole
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