Bills & Legislation

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.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Providing for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Allowing pharmacists to administer certain vaccines to children and adults pursuant to a vaccination protocol.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Enacting the longitudinal data act, establishing the division of longitudinal data in the legislative research department, authorizing the appointment of a director of the division by the legislative coordinating council and providing for the development and management of the Kansas longitudinal data system for the purpose of tracking and analyzing education, workforce and related data.

Committee on K-12 Education Budget

Prohibiting law enforcement officers and agencies from engaging in motorcycle profiling and requiring police training programs to include training on motorcycle profiling.

Committee on Judiciary

Providing that no juvenile less than 18 years of age shall be prosecuted as an adult.

Committee on Judiciary

Establishing the fetal alcohol spectrum disorders task force to study fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the state.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Increasing the criminal penalty for possessing or refusing to surrender any firearm in or on any school property or grounds.

Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

Establishing the Kansas-Ireland trade commission to advance, promote and encourage business and other mutually beneficial activities between Kansas and Ireland and creating the Kansas-Ireland trade commission fund.

Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Requiring each school district board of education to allocate membership association dues to individual board members and prohibiting the payment of such dues if a board member elects not to join such membership association.

Committee on K-12 Education Budget

Requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence offenses to attend victim impact panel programs.

Committee on Judiciary

Establishing the addiction counselor apprentice license and setting fees for such license.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain supplies of naloxone in each school.

Pat ProctorRepublican

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.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Providing that countywide retailers' sales tax is apportioned based on tangible property tax levies remain unchanged until December 31, 2026.

Committee on Taxation

Providing tax exemption eligibility for telecommunication, railroad, commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that is currently ineligible for tax exemption due to such equipment being acquired or transported into this state on or before June 30, 2006.

Committee on Taxation

Requiring a person convicted of involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence to pay child support for any child of a person killed during the offense.

Committee on Judiciary

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.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Requiring that sureties for bonds secured for the purpose of clearing contractors liens against property be licensed to do business in Kansas, providing that district courts award attorney fees and costs to successful claimants that demanded payment by the principal and surety prior to filing suit and did not receive payment and requiring a pretrial hearing in such a suit for the purpose of a preliminary finding by the court of whether the surety should pay the amount of the claim to the claimant or alternatively pay such amount into an account to be held by the court.

Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Prohibiting healthcare providers from prescribing medication, administering diagnostic tests or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to minors except in certain circumstances.

Committee on Health and Human Services

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.

Committee on Education

Designating the first Tuesday in May as precinct committee person awareness day.

Committee on Elections

Establishing the order of priority of a decedent's surviving parents who cannot agree on the disposition of such decedent's remains.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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

Bill RhileyRepublican

Designating every September 9 as Kansas fetal alcohol spectrum disorders day.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Clarifying the signature verification requirements for advance voting ballot envelopes and providing for the repeal of advance voting statutes, except where advance voting is required by federal law, if a state or federal court issues a final order or judgment which is not subject to appeal invalidating such signature verification requirements.

Committee on Elections

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

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Directing the deposit of civil penalties collected for violations of correction orders issued by the state fire marshal into the disability community services providers civil monetary penalty reinvestment fund or the adult care homes civil monetary penalty reinvestment fund.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Transferring $1,000,000,000 from the budget stabilization fund to the liability reduction fund of KPERS, using a portion of the interest earnings of the liability reduction fund to provide a 2% COLA for retirants who have been retired for more than 5 years, transferring annually certain amounts from the state general fund to the budget stabilization fund and establishing requirements for the expenditure or transfer of moneys from the budget stabilization fund.

Virgil WeigelDemocrat

Exempting the department of wildlife and parks from proposed rule and regulation restrictions on implementation and compliance costs.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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

Committee on Taxation

Requiring at least one member of the Kansas state fair board to be a resident of Reno county.

Paul WaggonerRepublican

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

Committee on Health and Human Services

Prohibiting mobile home park landlords from limiting a tenant's access to communications and video services.

Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications

Establishing the mental health intervention team program in the Kansas department for aging and disability services in state statute and providing incentives for coordination between school districts, qualified schools and mental health intervention team providers.

Committee on Appropriations

Substitute for HB 2234 by Committee on Taxation - Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Junction City main street, inc.

Committee on Taxation

Enacting the kratom consumer protection act, defining kratom as a food product, prohibiting the distribution and sale of kratom that is adulterated, requiring persons to be at least 21 years of age to purchase such product, establishing civil fines for violations of the act and requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the act.

Allen ReavisRepublican

Permitting micro utility trucks to be operated on certain highways and streets and providing conditions for such operation.

Committee on Transportation

Providing funding for STAR bond districts to replace lost food sales tax revenue.

Committee on Taxation

Prohibiting lobbying for or by foreign adversaries; authorizing the attorney general to file civil lawsuits; providing for civil penalties for violations thereof.

Committee on Elections

Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.

Committee on Social Services Budget

Designating the first full week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.

Committee on Health and Human Services

Excluding from sales taxation the service of installing or applying tangible personal property for the reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a building or facility.

Committee on Taxation

Requiring each school district adopt an independent review process as part of such district's policies prohibiting and preventing bullying.

Committee on Education

Exempting law enforcement agencies who do not provide emergency opioid antagonistspursuant to the statewide protocol from the requirement to procure a physician medical director.

Pat ProctorRepublican