# Kansas SB 199: Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council; defining the fireworks sales season for seasonal retailers of consumer fireworks, providing for year-round sales by permanent retailers of consumer fireworks, requiring permanent retailers to register with the state fire marshal.

Kansas SB 199, Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council; defining the fireworks sales season for seasonal retailers of consumer fireworks, providing for year-round sales by permanent retailers of consumer fireworks, requiring permanent retailers to register with the state fire marshal., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 199
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council; defining the fireworks sales season for seasonal retailers of consumer fireworks, providing for year-round sales by permanent retailers of consumer fireworks, requiring permanent retailers to register with the state fire marshal.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on commerce, senate committee on commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (396 yes, 246 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Professional fireworks require a qualifying license: cost, low. People cannot possess, buy, sell, or offer to sell fireworks labeled “For Professional Use Only” without a current qualifying license. They must also physically carry that Kansas State Fire Marshal license. Qualifying licenses include manufacturer, hobbyist manufacturer, distributor, and operator l…
- Fireworks sellers get year-round and seasonal rules: mixed, low. Permanent retailers can sell consumer fireworks year-round from a permanent building at a permanent location. They must register annually with the Kansas State Fire Marshal; each registration lasts one year. Seasonal retailers can sell consumer fireworks to the public for personal use only from Jun…
- New license rules for fireworks distributors: mixed, low. The law replaces the general distributor license with three categories: display-fireworks distributors, articles-pyrotechnic distributors, and unlimited distributors. Each distributor license lasts one year. Applicants must be at least 21, and licenses cannot be transferred to another person. The K…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Commerce

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 27 Nay: 13 | pass | 27 | 13 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 28 Nay: 12 | pass | 28 | 12 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 68 Nay: 53 | pass | 68 | 53 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 75 Nay: 45 | pass | 75 | 45 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 28 | 12 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 68 | 53 | 1 |
| 2025-03-18 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 75 | 45 | 1 |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 27 | 13 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House)
- 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 68, Nay 53, Absent 3 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 28, Nay 12 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton appointed as conferees (House)
- 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-03-18: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 75, Nay 45, Absent 4 (House)
- 2025-03-18: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Larry Alley, Sen. Stephen Owens and Sen. Mary Ware (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House)
- 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 27, Nay 13 (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-14: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Hearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-06: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_02_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_enrolled.pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Commerce (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_199/sb199_enrolled.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB199-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).