All Roll Calls
Yes: 299 • No: 24
KansasHB 21222025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles, trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund, modifying the threshold limit for allowing quarterly payments of certain truck and truck tractor annual vehicle registration fees and eliminating the two-quarter grace period for truck or truck tractor owners that have delinquent quarterly payments before certain penalties apply.
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Signed by Governor
transportation
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 2 mixed.
Stricter quarterly truck fee rules
Truck and tractor owners can pay in quarters only if the annual fee is over $300. A payment is delinquent after 10 days late, unless the director excuses it for no negligence. When delinquent, the full annual balance is due and a 10% penalty applies. If you miss any two quarterly payments in a year, you can lose the right to pay by quarters in the future. The act repeals the old quarterly-pay law and replaces it with these rules.
Liens and seizures for unpaid truck fees
Unpaid registration fees and penalties become a debt to the state and create a first lien on the truck and your Kansas property. When a quarterly payment is over 10 days late, the county treasurer files lien notices with the register of deeds. After a lien filing, the division issues a warrant and the sheriff can seize and sell property to pay the debt and costs. When you pay all amounts, the treasurer issues a lien release. If a sale brings in more than owed, the extra goes back to the person entitled to it.
Title and costs when trucks change hands
You cannot transfer or get a new title until all registration fees and penalties for that vehicle are paid. If you sell or dispose of a truck you were paying quarterly, the unpaid balance is due at once. After a repossession sale during an unpaid quarter, the buyer or repossessor must pay one‑quarter of the annual fee plus the normal title fee to get a new title. If you trade for another truck, any fees or installments you already paid apply to the new truck’s registration, but they do not reduce what you originally owed.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 102 Nay: 22
Yes: 102 • No: 22
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 39 Nay: 1
Yes: 39 • No: 1
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 118 Nay: 1
Yes: 118 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Engrossed on Friday, March 28, 2025
4/10/2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
4/10/2025HouseApproved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
4/10/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
3/27/2025SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 102 Nay: 22
3/27/2025HouseConference committee report now available
3/26/2025SenateMotion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
3/24/2025SenateNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Francis , Representative Essex and Representative Helgerson as conferees
3/20/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Peck
3/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Peck was adopted
3/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/19/2025SenateEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
3/19/2025SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation
3/6/2025SenateHearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
3/3/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Transportation
2/20/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 1
2/19/2025HouseReceived and Introduced
2/19/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/18/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation
2/13/2025HouseHearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
2/10/2025HouseIntroduced
1/28/2025HouseReferred to Committee on Transportation
1/28/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole
As introduced
Enrolled
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