All Roll Calls
Yes: 326 • No: 1
KansasHB 23422025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
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.
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Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.
New vetting for money and wage access firms
Starting January 1, 2025, the money transmission law updates key definitions. The state bank commissioner may require fingerprints and state and national checks for control persons and key people. If you lived outside the U.S. in the past 10 years, you must provide an investigative background report; a 10‑year continuous stay abroad exempts fingerprinting. Owners and principals of earned wage access firms may also be fingerprinted. Their records stay confidential until July 1, 2029. The commissioner may charge fees, and misuse of these records is a crime.
Kansas Bureau expands criminal record sharing
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation releases more criminal history to many state agencies for hiring and licensing. Records can include convictions, nonconvictions, diversions, expunged records, and some juvenile adjudications. Agencies include the attorney general, lottery, gaming, and the commerce and labor departments. These records stay confidential under state law until July 1, 2029. The bureau may charge fees for checks.
More people count as detective applicants
The private detective law now treats firearm permit applicants and firearms trainers as applicants. They must follow the same licensing and training rules as other detective applicants. This expands who must complete the process.
Stricter checks for Commerce and Labor jobs
The Department of Commerce may run state and national criminal checks on final applicants and sensitive-position employees. You must have no misdemeanor theft, fraud, forgery, or other financial crimes, and no felony convictions. The Department of Labor must fingerprint and check anyone who gets federal tax data from the IRS. These screenings can affect hiring and continued employment.
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: 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 • 4/23/2026
Yea: 124 Nay: 0
Yes: 124 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Engrossed 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
4/10/2025HouseConference 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
3/27/2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Tarwater , Representative Turk and Representative Sawyer Clayton as conferees
3/25/2025HouseMotion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Titus and Senator 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 Committee on Judiciary
3/13/2025SenateHearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
3/11/2025SenateReferred to Committee on Judiciary
2/26/2025SenateReceived and Introduced
2/25/2025SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0
2/20/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/19/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by 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 Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
2/7/2025House
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As introduced
Enrolled - Law effective May 1, 2025
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