All Roll Calls
Yes: 157 • No: 0
KansasSB 3482025–2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.
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Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Customers can vote to end exemption
Customers can force a vote to end a utility’s exemption if at least 10% of its customers sign a petition and file it with the parent cooperative’s board. The cooperative must give written notice 21 to 45 days before the member meeting and include the question, and the meeting must be open to the utility’s customers. Voting is by mail ballot. The exemption ends if a majority of customers who vote approve, and the cooperative must notify the commission within 10 days. This election can be held no more than once every two years.
Customer rights to challenge utility rates
Customers of an exempt utility can trigger a commission review by filing a petition within one year of a rate change. At least 5% of all customers, or 3% of any one rate class, must sign. Current rates stay in place during the review, but the commission can order refunds or new rates after it finishes. A customer seeking a petition can request a list of names, addresses, and rate classes; the utility must provide it within 21 days and can charge reasonable costs. The utility must give at least 10 days’ notice before any rate-change meeting and keep a public rate schedule at its headquarters, with fines up to $500 per violation for failing to do so.
Cooperative-owned utilities exit most state oversight
The law exempts certain nonprofit, cooperative-owned electric utilities from most Kansas commission oversight. To qualify, the utility must be a wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative and sell power at retail in Kansas. The commission still controls service territories, certificates, some transmission charges, wire stringing, and transmission line siting, and it can hear certain petitions for relief. Exempt utilities must follow the state renewable energy standards. They cannot pay dividends, buy back stock, or make cash payments that move equity to the parent without commission approval.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 38 Nay: 0
Yes: 38 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 119 Nay: 0
Yes: 119 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026
3/12/2026SenateEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 6, 2026
3/6/2026SenateFinal Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0
3/3/2026HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by
2/25/2026HouseHearing: Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
2/24/2026HouseReceived and Introduced
2/9/2026HouseReferred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
2/9/2026HouseFinal Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
2/5/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2/4/2026SenateCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2/4/2026SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities
1/27/2026SenateHearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
1/22/2026SenateIntroduced
1/21/2026SenateReferred to Committee on Utilities
1/21/2026Senate
Bill Text
As Amended by Senate Committee
As introduced
Enrolled
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