# Kansas SB 348: 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. Kansas SB 348, 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., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Utilities; status signed, last action 2026-03-12 (Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB348-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 348 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: 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. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-21 - Last action: 2026-03-12, Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Utilities - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on energy, senate committee on utilities - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (314 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Customers can restore state utility oversight: benefit, low. Customers can seek an election to end their utility's exemption by filing a petition with the parent cooperative's board. At least 10% of customers must sign. The proposal must be presented at an open meeting in the utility's service area, with written notice to cooperative members and utility cust… - Customers get rate notices and access: benefit, low. Exempt utilities must give retail customers at least 10 days' notice before meetings to discuss and vote on rate changes. Notices must state the time and place, and parent-cooperative meetings must be open to the utility's customers. Meeting-rule violations face enforcement and civil penalties unde… - State safeguards remain for exempt utilities: benefit, low. The Kansas Corporation Commission keeps its existing powers over service areas, required operating certificates, transmission-line siting, wire stringing, and relief petitions. It also keeps oversight of specified transmission charges, except federally approved charges recovered through a regional… - Less state oversight for qualifying utilities: cost, low. The law removes most Kansas Corporation Commission oversight from qualifying electric utilities. The utility must be a nonprofit wholly owned by a corporation organized under the Kansas Electric Cooperative Act. It must also provide retail electric service in Kansas. Separate rules preserve specifi… - Customers can seek state rate reviews: mixed, low. Exempt-utility customers can petition the Kansas Corporation Commission to investigate changed rates, charges, rate classes, or schedules within one year. Signatures must cover at least 5% of all customers or 3% of customers in one rate class. Rates stay in effect during review, subject to change o… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Utilities ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 38 Nay: 0 | pass | 38 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 119 Nay: 0 | pass | 119 | 0 | | | 2026-03-03 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 119 | 0 | | | 2026-02-05 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 38 | 0 | | ## Actions (14) - 2026-03-12: Approved by Governor on Thursday, March 12, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-06: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 6, 2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Final Action - Passed; Yea 119, Nay 0, Absent 5 (House) - 2026-02-25: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications (House) - 2026-02-24: Hearing: Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-02-09: Received and Introduced (House) - 2026-02-09: Referred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications (House) - 2026-02-05: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0, Absent 2 (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-02-04: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-01-27: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Utilities (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Hearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 548-S (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Introduced (Senate) - 2026-01-21: Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_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 Senate Committee on Utilities (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_348/sb348_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) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB348-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).