Bills & Legislation

Substitute for SB 315 by Committee on Ways and Means - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.

Rick BillingerRepublican

Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

Doug ShaneRepublican

Including a home school within the definition of private elementary and secondary school and defining home school.

Renee EricksonRepublican

Providing for a presidential preference primary election every four years commencing in 2028 and aligning the special election date in March with the presidential preference primary election date.

Mike ThompsonRepublican

Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval.

Stephen OwensRepublican

Prohibiting the use of fluoride additives in public water supplies.

Mike ThompsonRepublican

Excluding buyer's premiums from the sale price of property purchased at auction for real estate sales validation questionnaire and property tax valuation purposes.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays.

Enacting the ensuring transparency in prior authorization act to impose requirements and limitations on the use of prior authorization in healthcare.

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.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Requiring the county appraiser to submit a single property appraisal report at the valuation appeal hearing before the regular division of the state board of tax appeals.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.

William CliffordRepublican

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.

Providing that the failure of an alcohol or drug test can be certified when the law enforcement officer administering such test had reasonable grounds to believe a person was attempting to operate a vehicle.

Kellie WarrenRepublican

Prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in school or construction zones and providing penalties for violations thereof.

Modifying the definition of earnings to include paid compensation for wage garnishment exemption purposes.

Doug ShaneRepublican

Removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the prescription monitoring program database by rules and regulations.

Designating certain bridges on U.S. highway 69 and 18th street expressway in Johnson county as the Representative Robert M Tomlinson memorial bridge, a bridge on interstate 135 in Sedgwick county as the Don Snyder memorial bridge, a portion of interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway, a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for interstate 35.

Ethan CorsonDemocrat

Expanding property tax exemption eligibility to include commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that was acquired or transported into this state on or before June 30, 2006.

Caryn TysonRepublican

Reducing insurance company premium tax rates and discontinuing remittance and crediting of a portion of the premium tax to the insurance department service regulation fund.

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.

Doug ShaneRepublican

Requiring that vehicle turn signals be used when moving right or left or exiting a roundabout.

Brad StarnesRepublican

Authorizing the state bank commissioner to establish a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of Kansas to provide charitable consumer financial education initiatives in Kansas.

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.

Doug ShaneRepublican

Prohibiting members of the legislature from engaging in transactions involving stocks and other securities during legislative sessions.

Ethan CorsonDemocrat

Eliminating state income tax on certain qualified overtime compensation.

Ethan CorsonDemocrat

Regulating the acceptance of cryptocurrency as a form of campaign contribution.

Craig BowserRepublican

Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the deputy sheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway.

Rick BillingerRepublican

Updating certain provisions of the Kansas dental practices act relating to dentist information requested by patients, in-person practice requirements in dental office using licensee's name, unprofessional conduct and patient complaints.

Increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy.

Ethan CorsonDemocrat

Prohibiting members of the legislature from lobbying for a period of four years after leaving office.

Ethan CorsonDemocrat

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

Adam ThomasRepublican

Requiring veterans with a condition from military service to be offered diversion for certain offenses and expanding the mitigating factor for departure at sentencing for veterans.

Stephen OwensRepublican

House Substitute for SB 303 by Committee on Taxation - Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, discontinuing certain sales tax exemptions, imposing sales tax on certain sales of lottery tickets, imposing an excise tax on all sports wagers as a rate of 2% of the amount wagered, creating the property tax relief fund and providing for transfers therefrom to the state school district finance fund and creating the sports wagering privilege tax refund fund.

Virgil PeckRepublican

Classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes.

Adam ThomasRepublican

Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of informational materials regarding certain government-administered savings accounts.

Ty MastersonRepublican

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.

Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during instructional time and prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes.

Chase BlasiRepublican

Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by the legislature by ratification.

Authorizing technical colleges and community colleges to affiliate with universities.

Virgil PeckRepublican

Requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with the lay caregiver act and report the results of such audit to the legislature.

Providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.

Adam ThomasRepublican

Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products.

Eliminating certain tax credits, exemptions, incentives, refunds and limitations, a transitional adjustment, a checkoff and a restoration program administered by the secretary that have expired or are no longer applicable.

Removing the criminal penalties for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana and creating a civil penalty for possession of a personal-use quantity of marijuana.

Authorizing technical and community colleges to affiliate with universities.

Claeys, J.R.