# Kansas SB 325: Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.

Kansas SB 325, Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Transportation; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 325
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Transportation
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on transportation, senate committee on transportation, senate committee on judiciary
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (574 yes, 64 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Task force reviews Kansas vehicle services: benefit, low. The law creates a task force to review vehicle registration and title services run by state officials, counties, and contractors. It must recommend improvements to fees, payment methods, procedures, technology, and related laws or rules. Members must be appointed by September 1, 2026, and first mee…
- Higher county fees for vehicle registration: cost, low. From January 1, 2027, through December 31, 2029, Kansas counties may charge above $5 per registration transaction, capped at $10. A higher fee requires the county treasurer’s recommendation and county commissioners’ approval. Commissioners must approve, reject, or modify the recommendation by Octob…
- Counties face vehicle-fee fund spending limits: cost, low. County treasurers must follow county-approved personnel, pay-plan, and purchasing policies when spending their special motor vehicle fee fund. This limits how treasurers spend the money but does not set a new household payment or benefit.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Transportation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 33 Nay: 7 | pass | 33 | 7 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 109 Nay: 12 | pass | 109 | 12 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 105 Nay: 13 | pass | 105 | 13 |   |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 33 | 7 |   |
| 2026-03-24 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 109 | 12 |   |
| 2026-03-12 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 105 | 13 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 33, Nay 7 (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Conference committee report now available (House)
- 2026-03-24: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 109, Nay 12, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Shannon Francis, Rep. Robyn R. Essex and Rep. Henry Helgerson appointed as conferees (House)
- 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-03-12: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-03-12: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 105, Nay 13, Absent 6 (House)
- 2026-03-12: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Mike Petersen, Sen. Jeff Klemp and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate)
- 2026-03-10: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2026-03-02: Hearing: Monday, March 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-01-15: Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Transportation; Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2026-01-14: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Transportation: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb325_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_325/sb325_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_325/sb325_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Transportation (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb325_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_325/sb325_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_325/sb325_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB325-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).