Bills & Legislation

Requiring the university of Kansas school of medicine to use a letter grading system or other tiered grading system to assess student performance.

Enacting the transparency and reform of utility expenditures act.

Eliminating the Kansas residency requirement after completing a Kansas promise scholarship program, clarifying the work requirements upon completion of such program and repealing the sunset on the program.

Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.

Requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility whose total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreased more than 5%.

Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.

Stephanie Sawyer ClaytonDemocrat

Enacting the forming open and robust university minds or FORUM Act, prohibiting postsecondary educational institutions from certain actions concerning freedom of speech, expression and association, providing exceptions thereto, providing for monetary damages, and requiring the submission of a report to the legislature and the governor.

Creating the rural health transformation fund, prescribing powers and duties of the state finance council concerning such fund and the rural health transformation program, crediting all federal moneys for the rural health transformation program to such fund and making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state finance council and other state agencies.

Troy WaymasterRepublican

Requiring the approval of property tax levies and bond issuances by elected bodies or electors.

Prohibiting public adjusters from negotiating for or effectuating the settlement of any insurance claim relating to residential lines of insurance.

Requiring any person who is 17 years of age and under to wear a helmet when operating an electric-assisted scooter or electric-assisted bicycle and modifying the definition and operation of electric-assisted scooters to include certain specifications and maximum operating speeds.

Making and concerning certain supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028 and 2029 for various state agencies.

Restricting residential homestead property taxes to not more than the established base of property taxes owed for individuals 65 years of age and older and eliminating the property tax exemption for certain commercial properties used for healthcare when in competition with other non-exempt properties.

Authorizing cities and counties to levy a 0% sales and use tax on sales of food and food ingredients.

Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to accept partial payments and to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing.

Cyndi HowertonRepublican

Authorizing the removal of a voter from voter registration rolls if such voter is issued a driver's license by another state and requiring attestation on voter registration form that obtaining a foreign driver's license constitutes a change in residency for voting purposes.

Enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act to provide a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a qualified individual and certain qualified health care shares received by a qualified individual.

Providing that certain natural gas storage facilities shall not be classified as public utilities for property tax purposes.

Adding compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas to alternative fuels that are eligible for the income tax credit for alternative-fueled motor vehicle property expenditures.

Enacting the Kansas geoengineering and weather modification prohibition act, prohibiting geoengieering and weather modification activities, providing criminal penalties for violations of the act and assigning enforcement and reporting authority to the department of health and environment.

Requiring the state board of regents to establish curricula and designate courses at postsecondary educational institutions relating to DEI-CRT-related courses and content and requiring the study of American institutions and certain programs at freshman orientations concerning free speech.

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Defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of motor vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.

Susan HumphriesRepublican

Determining food that contains specific color additives to be adulterated.

Kevin SchwertfegerRepublican

Allowing hunters who are federally licensed drone operators to use drones to locate wounded or recently deceased deer.

Kevin SchwertfegerRepublican

Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes and requiring school districts to report on the amount of screen time that certain students experience during a typical school day.

Sherri BrantleyRepublican

Prohibiting the office of the state bank commissioner or any other state agency from becoming a receiver for a technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution that becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy.

Authorizing the state bank commissioner to revoke a TEFFI charter, subject to approval by the legislative coordinating council.

Providing an exception to KORA that authorizes certain retired KPERS members to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership.

Kyle McNortonRepublican

Requiring each local board of education of a school district to appoint a nonvoting student representative to such board of education.

Nikki McDonaldDemocrat

Establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act and providing for a road repair tax on electricity distributed from a public charging station for electric vehicles.

Bill RhileyRepublican

Reducing the required waiting period for employment of KPERS retirants hired by a school district for a covered position that requires a teaching license or certificate.

Kevin SchwertfegerRepublican

Allowing for a public library taxing district to withdraw from a regional system of cooperating libraries with no discretion regarding approval of such withdrawal by the state library board.

Steven K. HoweRepublican

Prohibiting the commencement of each school term prior to Labor Day.

Bill RhileyRepublican

Amending the Kansas act against discrimination to include sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a veteran.

Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment services and extending the transfer of moneys to the Kansas newborn screening fund.

Providing that prior convictions of a crime that is determined unconstitutional by an appellate court shall not be used for criminal history scoring purposes unless the basis of the determination of unconstitutionality by the appellate court is later overruled or reversed.

Providing funding for the state historical society to issue a scope statement, plan the work to be accomplished and issue a request for proposals for a master plan for the Quindaro ruins archaeological park in Wyandotte county, Kansas, and implement such master plan.

Increasing state financial assistance for local health departments under certain circumstances.

Establishing the property tax use value for residential real property, real property used for commercial and industrial purposes and mobile homes used for residential purposes.

Establishing the shelter to home pet rescue act providing for an income tax credit for medical expenses spent on adopted cats and dogs.

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases and sales made by the friends of cedar crest association.

Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.

Requiring certain prior convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.

Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; requiring deeds and conveyances contain restrictive covenants prohibiting any gaming or gambling on such property; requiring a report by the Shawnee Tribe every two years for a 10-year period to the joint committee on state-tribal relations regarding the rehabilitation of the property and consultations with other tribes.

Requiring the Kansas children's cabinet and the department of health and environment to implement a pilot program to offer health services, telehealth consultations and medication reimbursements to child care providers, while prohibiting stricter local regulations, allowing local registration of providers, increasing state funding for the child and adult care food program and providing free training and education materials to providers.

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish a Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.

Requiring additional licensing requirements for assisted living facilities with dementia care.

Providing naturopathic doctors a certificate of authorization for a business entity to practice medicine.

Requiring the department of administration to report identifying information of persons who claim Kansas lottery or gambling prize winnings in excess of $5,000 to the department of health and environment.

Requiring the board of county commissioners or the city governing body to refer the proposed creation of a conservation easement to the appropriate planning commission for review and recommendation; providing the board of county commissioners or the city shall approve or deny the creation of conservation easements.