All Roll Calls
Yes: 652 • No: 2
KansasHB 23422025–2026 Regular SessionHouse
Authorizing the attorney general and the state gaming agency to receive certain additional criminal history records, updating criminal history record language related to the state bank commissioner, requiring the secretary of labor to conduct criminal history record checks on employees who have access to federal tax information and authorizing the secretary of commerce to conduct such checks on final applicants for and employees in certain sensitive positions.
Sponsored By: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Signed by Governor
senate committee on judiciaryhouse committee on commerce
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
6 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 2 mixed.
Privacy safeguards protect background-check records
Fingerprints and criminal records received through the law's shared background-check process are confidential and exempt from Kansas open-records requests. That confidentiality protection expires July 1, 2029, unless lawmakers review and reenact it. Using or sharing information from that process for an unauthorized purpose is a class A nonperson misdemeanor. Misuse is also grounds for removal from office.
Detective-law applicants now include firearm permit seekers
Kansas private detective law now counts people seeking a firearm permit under that law as applicants. They join people seeking private detective or detective agency licenses in provisions that use the term “applicant.” This definition alone sets no new fee, background check, or eligibility rule.
Commerce workers face job screening standards
The Kansas Commerce secretary may order state and national criminal checks for employees and final applicants in sensitive jobs. Final applicants are among the most qualified and under final consideration for a job offer. Covered jobs include senior leaders, IT managers, chief counsel, and grant or loan managers handling accounting or payments. The secretary can also cover jobs involving major financial duties, confidential information, or significant fraud or financial-liability risks. Before and during employment, covered people must have no felony convictions or misdemeanor convictions for theft, fraud, forgery, or other financial crimes.
Financial-service leaders face criminal record screening
Beginning January 1, 2025, the Kansas bank commissioner may require fingerprints and state and national criminal checks for money-transmission licensing. Covered people include applicants in control of a licensee, licensees, and key individuals; checks may accompany an original application. People currently living outside the United States continuously for the past 10 years are exempt from this money-transmission screening requirement. For earned wage access applicants and registered providers, the commissioner may require state and national checks of leaders and owners. That authority covers officers, partners, members, owners, principals, and directors under the shared criminal-check process.
Criminal checks bring fees and fingerprint help
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation may charge a reasonable fee for criminal checks under the law's shared background-check process. A person or organization subject to a check may have to pay, but the law sets no amount. State and local law enforcement agencies must help take fingerprints for people authorized to be fingerprinted under that process.
Labor staff face tax-data background checks
Kansas Labor employees with access to federal tax information received directly from the IRS must undergo fingerprinting and criminal checks. The checks use state and national records and cover employees already granted access or due to receive it. This adds employee screening while helping safeguard tax information. Employees without that access are not covered.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 124 Nay: 0
Yes: 124 • No: 0
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: 123 Nay: 0
Yes: 123 • No: 0
House vote • 3/27/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 124 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/27/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 3/19/2025
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 39 • No: 1
House vote • 2/20/2025
Final Action - Passed
Yes: 123 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Law effective May 1, 2025
4/11/2025HouseEngrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025
4/10/2025HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
4/10/2025HouseApproved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
4/8/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
3/27/2025SenateConference committee report now available
3/27/2025SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
3/27/2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
3/25/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
3/25/2025SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be 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 as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
3/13/2025SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S
3/11/2025SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
2/26/2025SenateReceived and Introduced
2/25/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
2/20/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/19/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
2/18/2025HouseHearing: Friday, February 14, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S
2/14/2025HouseHearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S — CANCELED
2/13/2025HouseIntroduced
2/7/2025HouseReferred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
2/7/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As Introduced
Enrolled
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