# Kansas SB 97: Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains.

Kansas SB 97, Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Transportation; status signed, last action 2025-04-01 (Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 97
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-04-01, Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Transportation
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on transportation, senate committee on transportation
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 4 (312 yes, 14 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Buyers can register eligible nonhighway vehicles: benefit, low. Owners can assign a nonhighway title to a buyer when the vehicle is sold in a condition that allows registration. Buyers can then get a title and register the vehicle. A regular title requires completion of the inspection and safety requirements in K.S.A. 8-116a.
- Dealers pay $10 for off-road inventory titles: cost, low. Kansas dealers must apply for an inventory-only title when they acquire qualifying used nonhighway vehicles. These include all-terrain vehicles, work-site utility vehicles, recreational off-highway vehicles, and motorcycles that qualify under K.S.A. 8-197. Dealers apply through the county treasurer…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Transportation

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 116 Nay: 7 | pass | 116 | 7 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed | pass | 116 | 7 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (15)

- 2025-04-01: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-27: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 27, 2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House)
- 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 116, Nay 7, Absent 2 (House)
- 2025-03-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 8:30 AM — Room 546-S (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- As Amended by Senate Committee on Transportation: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_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 Senate Committee on Transportation (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_97/sb97_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-SB97-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).