All Roll Calls
Yes: 143 • No: 19
KansasHB 24352025–2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Substitute for HB 2435 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Authorizing natural gas public utilities to recover certain growth-related investments in the gas system reliability surcharge, increasing the cap on the amount that the monthly fixed charge may be increased for residential customers and reducing the time for the state corporation commission to act on gas system reliability surcharge filings.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
utilitiesenergy
Your PRIA Score
Score Hidden
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 4 costs, 0 mixed.
Refunds and no double billing on gas surcharge
Each year, the utility must compare GSRS money collected to the allowed amount and file a reconciliation. The surcharge is adjusted to refund overcollections or recover shortfalls. When base rates later include these costs, the GSRS resets to zero to prevent double billing. The commission can still disallow costs in a rate case and require offsets to pay customers back.
Faster process for new gas surcharges
Your gas company can ask the Kansas Corporation Commission to add a monthly gas system reliability surcharge (GSRS). Staff must file a review report within 60 days. The commission must issue an order within 90 days. Utilities can change this surcharge no more than once every 12 months. These filings are not treated as a "rate increase" under K.S.A. 66-117, which streamlines approval.
Higher cap on monthly gas surcharge
For the first GSRS filing, the monthly residential charge can add up to $1.35 above current base rates. For later filings, it can rise by up to $0.80 over the most recent GSRS amount. This fee is a fixed monthly charge, not based on how much gas you use.
How the gas surcharge is set
The GSRS is a monthly fixed fee, not based on usage. The commission must use a set formula to size it: the utility’s last approved capital costs on the net investment, plus income and excise taxes, plus depreciation. The fee is split among customer classes using the most recent rate case allocation, or an average of utility and staff proposals if that split is unclear.
More gas utility projects billed to customers
More types of utility projects can be recovered through the GSRS. This includes replacing or relining mains, meters, service lines, unreimbursed relocations, safety and risk programs, and system security, including cybersecurity. Projects must be in service, not already in base rates, and not aimed at adding new customers. The law defines “obsolete facility” and lets related cost‑effective replacements be included.
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: 28 Nay: 12
Yes: 28 • No: 12
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 115 Nay: 7
Yes: 115 • No: 7
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
4/9/2026HouseEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
3/26/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed; Yea: 28 Nay: 12
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
3/18/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Utilities
3/10/2026SenateHearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
2/26/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Utilities
2/25/2026SenateReceived and Introduced
2/24/2026SenateFinal Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 115 Nay: 7
2/19/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
2/18/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
2/18/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
2/16/2026HouseHearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
2/12/2026HouseHearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
1/22/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
1/14/2026HouseIntroduced
1/13/2026House
Bill Text
As introduced
Enrolled
Sub
Related Bills
HB 2761 — Enacting the speech-language pathology assistant act to provide for the licensure of speech-language pathology assistants.
HB 2739 — Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements for adoption of the international fire code, 2024 edition, and providing that certain state accessibility standards are not applicable to moderate income housing program and Kansas investor tax credit housing act projects.
HB 2737 — Enacting the taxpayer agreement act to provide for an alternative method of tax increment financing of municipal economic development projects through taxpayer agreements.
HB 2711 — Modifying and updating procedures for dissolution of cities of the third class.
SB 473 — Authorizing Audubon of Kansas to convey certain property in Wabaunsee county and requiring any deeds or conveyances related to such property be reviewed and approved by the state historical society.
HB 2702 — Providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal record check, providing for the collaboration between physicians and physician assistants and requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances.