Bills & Legislation

Creating the election crime of interference with an election official.

Authorizing the board of county commissioners to appoint a person to fill a vacancy in a county-elected office when no candidate runs for such office.

Authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept such persons as volunteers.

Bill RhileyRepublican

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 consumer inflation reduction and tax fairness act and exempting the portion of a credit card transaction constituting a tax or gratuity from assessment of the fee charged by the card issuer.

Restricting residential homestead property taxes to not more than the established base year for those individual 65 years of age and older.

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas legal services, inc.

Authorizing the sale of electronic cigarettes in cigarette vending machines.

Making certain provisions of the commercial industrial hemp act applicable only if the Kansas department of agriculture has submitted a state plan to the federal government for the state monitoring and regulation of industrial hemp within Kansas and such state plan is still active.

Establishing the education opportunity tax credit to provide an income tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children who are not enrolled in public school.

Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.

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

Enacting the returning to nonaccountability of the executive branch agencies that report to the governor act, eliminating the budget process requirements of a program service inventory, integrated budget fiscal process and performance-based budgeting system.

Bill RhileyRepublican

Expanding the current sales tax exemption for purchases by domestic violence shelters to domestic and sexual violence programs.

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

Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.

Barbara BallardDemocrat

Requiring the state board of regents and postsecondary educational institutions to provide certain pre-service teachers with essential knowledge and skills to support children affected by fetal alcohol syndrome disorder.

Disqualifying from the carbon dioxide capture and sequestration property tax exemption and the income tax accelerated depreciation deduction if machinery and equipment are used to inject animal manure into the ground.

Requiring the state board of healing arts to grant provisional licensure to certain international physicians with offers of employment at healthcare providers operating in Kansas.

Amending the Kansas indoor clear air act to prohibit smoking on the gaming floor of a lottery gaming facility or racetrack gaming facility and amending the definition of smoking to include the use of an electronic cigarette and smoking marijuana.

Prohibiting certain terms in a contract between a health insurer and a dentist and requiring that reviews, audits or investigations of healthcare providers be completed within six months.

Eliminating certain restrictions for eligibility for public assistance, including removing the requirement to cooperate with child support services, restrictions on persons convicted of drug felonies, requirements for employment and training programs, photograph requirements for benefits cards and legislative action required for expansion of medical assistance, permitting the secretary from granting categorical eligibility standards, extending the lifetime limitation on benefits, providing for hardship extensions and exempting parents providing care for a child less than one year of age.

Enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.

Barbara BallardDemocrat

Creating the motor vehicle right to repair act.

Requiring a law enforcement officer to consult with the secretary for children and families before taking a child into custody and that the secretary respond and offer consultation to such law enforcement officer outside of the secretary's operating hours.

Jarrod OusleyDemocrat

Providing that the selection of alternative payment methods by a dental provider will remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan.

Providing state general funds for school meals programs and prohibiting local boards from collecting money for such meals.

Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state.

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

Providing a postretirement cost-of-living adjustment to certain KPERS retirants who are 85 years of age or older.

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

Enacting the insurance savings account act, allowing individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions, providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts and establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas income tax act.

Smith, A.

Enacting the student secular bill of rights to establish statutory protections against religious coercion and discrimination in public schools.

Heather MeyerDemocrat

Providing an excise tax on large employers for certain federal benefits paid to employees.

Heather MeyerDemocrat

Authorizing the over-the-counter purchase of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine tablets.

Brett FairchildRepublican

Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county.

Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers.

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.

Brenda DietrichRepublican

Providing a sales tax exemption for charitable organizations and requiring a fee for registration.

Prohibiting postsecondary educational institutions from using or commingling state moneys or student fees to compensate a collegiate student athlete for the use of the athlete's name, image, likeness rights or athletic reputation.

Requiring all persons appearing before any committee of the Kansas legislature to take an oath prior to giving testimony.

Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district.

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

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.

Imposing a 3% excise tax on all sports wagers, distributing the proceeds of such tax to the state school district finance fund and decreasing the statewide property tax levy for school districts by 1.5 mills.

Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution and removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child.

Approving an election held by Ellsworth county to impose countywide retailers' sales tax for the purpose of financing the costs of construction, equipping and furnishing of a law enforcement center and courthouse improvements.

Correcting an inconsistency in the number of temporary permits for the sale of alcoholic beverages that may be issued per year to a temporary permit holder.

Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district and providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund.