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KansasHB 24672025–2026 Regular SessionHouse
Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts and the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles.
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Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.
Old ticket failures no longer affect licenses
Courts and the Division cannot use a failure-to-comply conviction or sanction that is over five years old to suspend or restrict your license. This rule applies retroactively. You can ask the court to apply it; the court must then tell the Division to end any related suspension or restriction. The Division must also mail you a notice after five years if your privileges are still not restored, telling you that you may be eligible. Some listed offenses also cannot be used at all for failure-to-comply action; you may petition to remove any related suspension.
Reinstatement fees and hardship waivers
When a court tells the Division you failed to comply, it must assess a $100 reinstatement fee. From July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court may add up to $22 more per reinstatement. Courts must waive the $100 fee if your noncompliance was due to qualifying military service outside Kansas. Anyone can ask the court to waive or reduce fines, costs, or the reinstatement fee for manifest hardship, or change the payment plan; clerks must provide the forms. The State Treasurer credits the first $15 to the state general fund, and splits the remaining $85 among the Division of Vehicles, alcoholism programs, juvenile alternatives, and the state general fund.
Restricted driving instead of full suspension
You may request restricted driving instead of full suspension in some cases, including if you were previously approved or your revocation was only for failure to comply. If approved, it can last until the revocation ends or up to three years, whichever is less. Another type of restricted driving after notice lasts up to 60 days or until you make a court agreement. You may drive only for essential trips: work or school, health care, probation or counseling, child drop-off or pick-up, groceries or fuel, and worship. You are not eligible if you have more than three convictions for driving while canceled, suspended, or revoked, or you are suspended for other reasons; the Division must rescind privileges for new disqualifying convictions or repeated violations of the restrictions.
Unpaid tickets: 30-day notice and penalties
Failing to appear or to pay on a traffic citation counts as failure to comply. Courts must mail you a notice, and you have 30 days from mailing to appear or pay; the court may add a $5 mailing fee. If you still do not comply, the court must notify the Division electronically, which then suspends or restricts your license; failure to comply is a misdemeanor. Before ordering action, courts must consider waiving or reducing fees, payment plans, and options like treatment or community service. If the court later finds you are in substantial compliance, the Division must end the suspension or restriction; the prior version of the statute is repealed.
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: 122 Nay: 0
Yes: 122 • No: 0
House vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 37 Nay: 3
Yes: 37 • No: 3
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: 37 Nay: 3
3/19/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
3/18/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation
3/12/2026SenateHearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
3/11/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Transportation
2/11/2026SenateEngrossed on Tuesday, February 10, 2026
2/11/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0
2/10/2026HouseReceived and Introduced
2/10/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/9/2026HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/9/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation
2/2/2026HouseHearing: Monday, January 26, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
1/26/2026HouseIntroduced
1/15/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Transportation
1/15/2026House
Bill Text
As Amended by House Committee
As introduced
Enrolled
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