KansasSB 132025–2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Eliminating requirements for filings, registrations and licenses related to labor organizations, educational facility agreements, annual tax reports, river bank easements and bonded warehousemen with the secretary of state.

Sponsored By: Committee on Government Efficiency

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

7 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 2 costs, 2 mixed.

Farm workers can choose no representation

Eligible agricultural workers can vote for an employee organization listed on their representation ballot or choose “no representation.” This gives workers an explicit choice not to have an organization represent them.

More state workers get dues deductions

Kansas state officers and employees can authorize payroll dues deductions for any employee organization they belong to. The organization no longer needs an annual report filing or business agent registration to qualify. Written authorization must cover at least 180 days and can be ended with 30 days’ notice. Organizations can change deduction amounts no more than twice per fiscal year; reauthorization after termination requires 90 days’ prior notice. Organizations receive the deducted money minus the state’s actual direct processing expenses.

Labor groups face fewer filing rules

Kansas labor groups no longer file governing documents, annual financial reports, or officer and office information with the Secretary of State. Agricultural employee groups seeking certification still need governing documents that meet the required internal rules. Business agents still need licenses.

Taxpayers lose one income tax relief process

The law ends one process for canceling Kansas income tax debt exceeding $100, including penalties and interest. Under that process, the secretary petitioned the State Board of Tax Appeals to cancel the debt. The related order and public list of canceled debts are no longer required. This repeal ends that specific route to relief, not all tax relief options.

State loses river erosion easement authority

The law ends the Kansas Water Office director’s authority under these statutes to arrange conservation easements on state river property. That authority covered erosion-control projects on the Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri rivers in Kansas. The related notice, public comment, and easement-filing rules also end.

Labor agents face fewer license penalties

After an interested party complains of a violation, the attorney general or a county attorney can bring an enforcement action. Courts can no longer suspend or revoke a labor business agent’s license through that action. This removes a possible penalty for agents and a remedy available through enforcement.

Warehouse rules ease, customer safeguards end

The law repeals several requirements for bonded warehouse operators, including bond and licensing rules. Operators face fewer state requirements, while customers lose the safeguards those rules provided. The law does not establish replacement bond or licensing rules.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

Committee on Government Efficiency
Affiliation unavailable

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 322 • No: 4

Senate vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 121 Nay: 2

Yes: 121 • No: 2

Senate vote • 4/23/2026

Yea: 40 Nay: 0

Yes: 40 • No: 0

House vote • 3/19/2025

Emergency Final Action - Passed