Bills & Legislation

House Substitute for SB 434 by Committee on Taxation - Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals and discontinuing the sales tax exemption for purchases made by certain qualifying military veterans.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud, waste or abuse of funds in any program administered by a state agency.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

House Substitute for SB451 by House Committee on Elections - Clarifying when contributions may be accepted for the primary and general elections, prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to voters, requiring campaign finance treasurer reports to include the products and services provided by vendors, requiring reporting of small contributions to the public disclosure commission.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Providing income tax credits for the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel and expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and discontinuing income tax credits for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, environmental compliance, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement.

Committee on Assessment and Taxation

Providing for income tax credits for payment of employee's child care related expenses and certain employer contributions to expand community child care availability.

Committee on Assessment and Taxation

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to value residential real property, commercial and industrial real property and mobile homes personal property based on the fair market value or average fair market value and providing that the legislature may provide by law for the freezing of property tax valuations for owner-occupied residential property of qualifying seniors.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax assessed value increases for real property in any subclass and personal property classified as mobile homes.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Modifying member appointments to the wildlife and parks commission, authorizing the commission to direct the secretary to develop or report on rules and regulations and allowing members to submit potential rules and regulations to the commission.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of a county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district and allowing such board to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county.

Committee on Judiciary

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.

Committee on Judiciary

Increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.

Committee on Judiciary

Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program and providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions.

Committee on Education

Prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records under the open records act, exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found violations, requiring county or district attorneys to file reports of violations with the attorney general in October instead of January, determining the membership calculation of subordinate groups under the open meetings act, requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe and providing for a five minute deviation to resume an open meeting at the conclusion of executive sessions.

Committee on Judiciary

Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract.

Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics

Changing the requirement that the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight meet in January and April to meeting at least once each quarter.

Robert G. (Bob) Bethell Joint Committee on Home and Community Based Services and KanCare Oversight

Permitting the use of expedited partner therapy to treat a sexually transmitted disease.

Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant procedures.

Committee on Judiciary

Reorganizing certain provisions that apply to foreign insurance companies seeking authorization to do business in Kansas, authorizing the suspension or revocation of a nonresident agent's license without notice and opportunity for a hearing following notification to the commissioner of insurance that such nonresident agent no longer holds a home state license and requiring agents and public adjusters to respond to inquiries from the commissioner.

Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

Prohibiting certain persons from recovering damages in certain civil actions and creating requirements for actions involving negligent security.

Committee on Judiciary

House Substitute for SB 390 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Prohibiting certain additives in food provided by schools as part of certain federal food service programs and permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Providing additional requirements for applications to the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund, including the requirement that applicants demonstrate the availability of a 25-year water supply, prohibiting grants for issues related to water rights that are impaired by another other water right, prioritizing applications based on various criteria and mandating annual submissions on September 15.

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Authorizing animal shelters to place certain animals needing treatment or care in foster homes and requiring shelters to display photographs of animals at a location other than the shelter during a holding period.

Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

Substitute for HB 2427 by Committee on Appropriations - Establishing the positions of the senate fiscal integrity auditor appointed by the president of the senate and the house of representatives fiscal integrity auditor appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, providing for the duties of such fiscal integrity auditors including access to the state fiscal technology systems and software and reports and recommendations to certain legislative committees.

Kristey WilliamsRepublican

Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to qualified electors.

Committee on Elections

Creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act, supporting the development and growth of such businesses by limiting the regulatory power of municipalities.

Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

Removing the expiration of provisions relating to moving cybersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government.

Committee on Legislative Modernization

Authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities for such nonpublic schools.

Committee on Ways and Means

Enhancing the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training.

Craig BowserRepublican

Making certain violations of the residential landlord and tenant act subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act.

Doug ShaneRepublican

Adding kratom to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming amendments to the definition of fentanyl-related controlled substance in the criminal code.

Committee on Public Health and Welfare

Authorizing certain nonadmitted insurers to transact certain business in Kansas and requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers.

Committee on Insurance

Requiring banks to enter into a written agreement with the state treasurer to be a depository of public moneys, increasing the market value of securities necessary to secure the deposit of public moneys, providing procedures for when a depository fails to follow the requirements of the state treasurer, modifying certain definitions, authorizing the state treasurer to assess a fee to operate the public moneys pooled method, creating the public moneys fee fund and providing exceptions to the public moneys pooled method if accounts are subject to conflicting federal law.

Committee on Assessment and Taxation

Including federal law enforcement officers in the definition of law enforcement officer that is used in certain crimes and traffic provisions and clarifying that enforcement of a federal law is covered under the tort claims act.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Expanding the every child can read act reporting requirements and amending the Kansas blueprint for literacy to provide certain requirements for the state board of education, the state board of regents and school districts with regard to literacy education and reporting.

Committee on Ways and Means

Eliminating the requirement that the commissioner submit certain reports to the governor and removing certain specific entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law.

Committee on Insurance

Providing for the appointment of delegates to a convention under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Providing that leased ground owned by a county-recognized community land trust shall be considered as a factor in determining fair market value for property tax purposes.

Committee on Taxation

Requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers.

Committee on Judiciary

Permitting local authorities with jurisdiction over city residence districts to reduce the maximum speed limit from 30 miles per hour to 25 miles per hour without an engineering and traffic investigation.

Committee on Transportation

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Directing the secretary for children and families to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility.

Committee on Government Efficiency

Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.

Committee on Education

Substitute for SB 66 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Requiring annual filing of the statement of substantial interests by elected or appointed city or county officials, providing that officials of governmental subdivisions other than cities or counties file statements of substantial interests if any change in substantial interests occurred and requiring governmental officials with a substantial interest in a real estate development project to verbally disclose such interest prior to participating in any discussion, review or action on a proposed zoning change or permit.

Committee on Federal and State Affairs

Establishing the state conservation fund and transferring $2,500,000 to such fund and providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and from the state water plan fund to the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund.

Committee on Water

Updating public adjuster and insurance agent statutes pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal.

Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance

House Substitute for Substitute for SB 33 by Committee on Taxation - Providing that countywide retailers' sales tax is apportioned based on total assessed valuations of the county and cities within the county rather than property taxes levied.

Committee on Assessment and Taxation

Eliminating the requirement that the commissioner submit certain reports to the governor and removing certain specific entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law.

Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance