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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 43 - Issue 9 - February 29, 2024

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 15th – February 21st during the 2024 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.org/li/.

House Bills

HB 2803, AN ACT concerning firearms; creating the Kansas gun rights preservation act; prohibiting the commandeering of state resources to enforce federal gun control against law-abiding citizens; providing civil penalties and a cause of action for violations of the act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2804, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act; establishing a credit for physicians and physician assistants that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2805, AN ACT concerning the open records act; relating to public records; continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure thereof; amending K.S.A. 41-511 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 45-229, 50-6,109a and 74-50,227 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2806, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to the public right-of-way; authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate in county public right-of-way; limiting the fees and costs that a county may impose upon such providers for such activities, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2807, AN ACT concerning conventions under article V of the constitution of the United States; prescribing the appointment and qualifications of delegates; duties and responsibilities thereof; providing penalties for violations, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2808, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crimes of causing harm to a public transportation employee and aggravated causing harm to a public transportation employee, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2809, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; creating the every mom matters act; establishing the every mom matters program in the department of health and environment; requiring the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption; establishing the every mom matters program fund, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2810, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the Kansas life and health insurance guaranty association; including health maintenance organizations as member insurers therein; broadening the assessment base for long-term care insolvencies; amending K.S.A. 40-3002, 40-3003, 40-3005, 40-3006, 40-3007, 40-3008, 40-3009, 40-3010, 40-3011, 40-3012, 40-3013, 40-3013a, 40-3016 and 40-3018 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-3004, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2811, AN ACT concerning children and families; relating to incarcerated expectant mothers; directing the department of corrections to establish a correctional center nursery; requiring the secretary of corrections to establish correctional center nursery policies and procedures; relating to the Kansas family law code; amending the factors considered in determination of legal custody, residency or parenting time; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; amending K.S.A. 23-3203 and 38-2276 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2202 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 38-2202a, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2812, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the Kansas mortgage business act; uniform consumer credit code; pertaining to certain definitions, terms and conditions contained therein; modifying consumer loan finance charges and repayment terms; record requirements; credit card surcharge; definition of earnings and days; increasing the threshold for certain consumer loans and leases; origination fees for non-real estate transactions; clarifying license requirements to make supervised loans; exempting supervised loan license form filing notifications; transferring mortgage provisions contained in the uniform consumer credit code to the Kansas mortgage business act; clarifying entities exempt for licensing; amending K.S.A. 9-2201, 9-2202, 9-2203, 9-2208, 9-2209, 9-2212, 9-2216, 9-2216a, 9-2220, 16-207, 16-207d, 16a-1-101, 16a-1-102, 16a-1-103, 16a-1-104, 16a-1-107, 16a-1-108, 16a-1-109, 16a-1-201, 16a-1-202, 16a-1-301, 16a-2-103, 16a-2-104, 16a-2-201, 16a-2-202, 16a-2-301, 16a-2-302, 16a-2-303, 16a-2-304, 16a-2-308, 16a-2-309, 16a-2-310, 16a-2-401, 16a-2-402, 16a-2-403, 16a-2-404, 16a-2-501, 16a-2-502, 16a-2-504, 16a-2-505, 16a-2-506, 16a-2-507, 16a-2-508, 16a-2-510, 16a-3-201, 16a-3-202, 16a-3-203, 16a-3-204, 16a-3-205, 16a-3-206, 16a-3-208, 16a-3-209, 16a-3-301, 16a-3-302, 16a-3-303, 16a-3-304, 16a-3-305, 16a-3-306, 16a-3-307, 16a-3-308, 16a-3-309, 16a-3-402, 16a-3-403, 16a-3-404, 16a-3-405, 16a-4-102, 16a-4-104, 16a-4-105, 16a-4-106, 16a-4-107, 16a-4-108, 16a-4-109, 16a-4-110, 16a-4-111, 16a-4-112, 16a-4-201, 16a-4-202, 16a-4-203, 16a-4-301, 16a-4-304, 16a-5-103, 16a-5-107, 16a-5-108, 16a-5-111, 16a-5-201, 16a-5-203, 16a-5-301, 16a-6-104, 16a-6-105, 16a-6-106, 16a-6-108, 16a-6-109, 16a-6-110, 16a-6-111, 16a-6-112, 16a-6-113, 16a-6-115, 16a-6-201, 16a-6-202, 16a-6-203, 16a-6-401, 16a-6-403 and 40-1209 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 16a-1-303, 16a-2-101, 16a-2-102, 16a-2-303a, 16a-2-307, 16a-3-101, 16a-3-102, 16a-3-203a, 16a-3-207, 16a-3-308a, 16a-4-101, 16a-4-103, 16a-5-101, 16a-5-102, 16a-5-110, 16a-5-112, 16a-6-101, 16a-6-102, 16a-6-117, 16a-6-402, 16a-6-404, 16a-6-405, 16a-6-406, 16a-6-407, 16a-6-408, 16a-6-409, 16a-6-410, 16a-6-414, 16a-9-101 and 16a-9-102, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2813, AN ACT concerning abortion; relating to unlawful coercion to obtain an abortion; creating the crime of coercion to obtain an abortion; providing the penalties therefor; providing for enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed with the intent to compel a woman to obtain an abortion; amending K.S.A. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2814, AN ACT concerning abortion; establishing the Kansas ultrasound act; requiring that an obstetric ultrasound be performed on a woman prior to having an abortion; allowing a woman to avert her eyes from such images; establishing civil and criminal penalties for violations of the act; providing an emergency exception to the requirements of the act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

House Resolutions

HR 6039, A RESOLUTION affirming the commitment to freedom of expression with integrity, by Representatives Hill, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Bryce, Buehler, Butler, Carpenter, Clifford, Collins, Croft, Dodson, Droge, Ellis, Estes, Fairchild, Garber, Goddard, Goetz, Hawkins, Hoheisel, Houser, Howe, Howerton, Johnson, Lewis, McDonald, Moser, Murphy, Owens, Poskin, Rhiley, Schmoe, Tarwater, Thomas, Thompson, Titus, Turk and Waggoner.

HR 6040, A RESOLUTION commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Cattle Trail, by Representatives White, Barth, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blew, W. Carpenter, Clifford, Delperdang, Francis, Goetz, Hoheisel, Hoye, Kessler, McNorton, Moser, Murphy, Rahjes, Roth, Sanders, Smith, Thompson, Titus and L. Williams.

Senate Bills

SB 515, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for the Dane G. Hansen foundation; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 516, AN ACT concerning elevators; relating to annual inspections under the elevator safety act; exempting elevators owned by nonprofit organizations with a maintenance service contract for such elevator from the inspection requirement; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 44-1815 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 517, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to reliability of electric generation facilities; providing guidelines for decommissioning of certain electric generation facilities; requiring a utility to replace a closed or decommissioned facility with an equivalent amount of reliable and readily dispatchable electric generation, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 518, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to complex rehabilitation technology; establishing coverage and reimbursement therefor; providing for the formation of a complex rehabilitation technology reimbursement task force; creating the complex rehabilitation technology coverage act; directing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 519, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; requiring technical colleges to affiliate with a state educational institution or municipal university; requirements therefor; amending K.S.A. 71-1802, 72-3810, 74-32,413 and 76-712 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 520, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for certain not-for-profit organizations that provide public transportation services; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 521, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to pharmacy benefit managers; imposing restrictions concerning the federal 340B drug pricing program; enacting the defense of affordable prescriptions act to prohibit certain discriminatory actions related to reimbursement of entities participating in the 340B pricing program, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 522, AN ACT concerning immigration; creating the crime of unlawful entry into this state; requiring notification of federal immigration authorities upon arrest for such offense; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 60-2102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 523, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the possession thereof; clarifying the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun under the personal and family protection act; requiring a license be surrendered to the attorney general upon suspension or revocation of such license; amending K.S.A. 75-7c07 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-7c04 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 524, AN ACT concerning irrigation districts; relating to the election of members of the board of directors thereof; specifying when such elections may be conducted by mail ballot; authorizing the board of directors to set the term for such elected members; amending K.S.A. 42-706 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 525, AN ACT creating the protection against deep fakes act; establishing a cause of action for damages arising from the use of generative artificial intelligence to create an image or likeness of another person for use in obscene material without such person’s consent, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 526, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sex offenses; creating the crime of aggravated sexual extortion and providing criminal penalties therefor; adding making a demand for money or other thing of value to the elements of the crime of sexual extortion; amending K.S.A. 21-5515 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 527, AN ACT concerning abortion; relating to unlawful coercion to obtain an abortion; creating the crime of coercion to obtain an abortion; providing the penalties therefor; providing for enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed with the intent to compel a woman to obtain an abortion; amending K.S.A. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 528, AN ACT concerning abortion; amending the woman’s-right-to-know act; requiring a woman to view an ultrasound image of her unborn child during the 24-hour waiting period prior to the abortion; amending K.S.A. 65-6709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 529, AN ACT creating the Dwayne Peaslee technical training center district act; authorizing submission of the question of creating the Dwayne Peaslee technical training center district to the voters of Douglas county; providing for the establishment of such district, if approved, and the powers and duties of its board of directors; authorizing such district to levy a tax not exceed 0.5 mills on the tangible taxable property of the district, by Committee on Ways and Means.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1739, A RESOLUTION recognizing the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community and their promotion of sisterhood, scholarship and service, by Senators Faust-Goudeau and Haley.

SR 1740, A RESOLUTION supporting the admission of Washington, District of Columbia, into the union as a state of the United States of America, by Senators Holscher, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Haley, Pettey, Pittman and Sykes.

SR 1741, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending Major League Baseball umpire Todd Tichenor for his accomplishments, by Senator Doll.

SR 1743, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the award-winning educators of the Milken Educator Awards Program and the Kansas Horizon Award Program, by Senator Dietrich.

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