Volume 43 - Issue 12 - March 21, 2024

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced Marth 7th – March 13th 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 2819, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Rawlins county for the purpose of financing costs of attendance centers or other district facilities; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2820, AN ACT concerning infrastructure; relating to drone technology; prohibiting the acquisition of critical components of drone technology from countries of concern; requiring the divesture of such technology, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2821, AN ACT concerning administrative rules and regulations; creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general; establishing the general regulatory sandbox program within the office thereof; authorizing the regulatory relief division to waive or suspend state statutes and rules and regulations for program participants; amending K.S.A. 75-4319 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2822, AN ACT concerning the open records act; extending limitations on fees charged for records by state agencies to include fees charged for records by political and taxing subdivisions; amending K.S.A. 45-219 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2823, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord tenant act; creating an expedited process for eviction of persons not authorized to occupy the dwelling unit; amending K.S.A. 58-2545 and 58-2557 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2824, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance plans; mandating coverage of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS); amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-6525 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2825, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to hospitals; requiring that hospitals provide online pricing information for certain items and services; enacting the consumer protection related to hospital price transparency act; deeming noncompliance with such act to be an unfair or deceptive trade practice; providing for monetary penalties for hospitals found to be noncompliant with such act; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 50-626 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2826, AN ACT concerning elevators; relating to the elevator safety act; redefining the term elevator; modifying the requirements for licensure, inspection and testing of elevators and adoption of rules and regulations by the state fire marshal; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 44-1802, 44-1805, 44-1807, 44-1815, 44-1816 and 44-1819 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2827, AN ACT concerning elevators; relating to the elevator safety act; delaying the enforcement thereof until at least July 1, 2025; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 44-1801, 44-1816, 44-1817 and 44-1819 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2828, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Marshall county for the purpose of financing the costs of constructing or remodeling and furnishing a jail facility; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2829, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to the armed forces of the United States; clarifying the definition of armed forces; updating the definition thereof to include the space force; amending K.S.A. 44-706, 48-3401 and 65-1116 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 48-3407, 48-3408, 48-3601 and 65-6129 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2830, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to disabled veterans; prescribing documentation requirements to determine eligibility for benefits derived from a service-connected disability, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2831, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to disabled veterans; requiring that federal disability determinations be probative; prohibiting state agencies and municipalities from reconsidering a veteran’s disability determination, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2832, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the Kansas housing investor tax credit; providing for transferability of credits from the year that the credit was issued; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,313 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2833, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran to create a common definition for each term; clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans; amending K.S.A. 8-160, 8-243, 8-1324, 73-201, 73-230, 73-1222 and 73-1239 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-934, 48-3601, 50-676, 75-3740 and 79-4502 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2834, AN ACT concerning the state health care benefits program; transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to such program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department; establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission; providing that all management functions of such commission shall be administered by the commissioner of insurance; eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children; amending K.S.A. 75-6503 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-37,169 and 75-6502 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-6506a and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-37,162, 75-37,163, 75-37,164, 75-37,165, 75-37,166, 75-37,167 and 75-37,168, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2835, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; requiring cities of the first class and counties that have cities of the first class to adopt by ordinance or resolution, respectively, law enforcement vehicle pursuit protocols, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2836, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to the salt parity act; clarifying the determination of taxable income of an electing pass-through entity; providing for the passing through of tax credits to electing pass-through entity owners; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-32,284 and 79-32,287 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2837, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; modifying tax rates for individuals; increasing the Kansas personal exemption; increasing the income limit to qualify for a subtraction modification for social security income; relating to privilege tax; decreasing the normal tax rate; relating to property tax; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy; relating to sales and compensating use tax; reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients; modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected; amending K.S.A. 79-1107 and 79-1108 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-201x, 79-32,110, 79-32,117, 79-32,121, 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2838, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to eligibility for licensure under the Kansas liquor control act and the club and drinking establishment act; authorizing the director to issue licenses to convicted felons when such conviction occurred more than 10 years prior to application for a license and a determination of sufficient rehabilitation is made; amending K.S.A. 41-2623 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 41-311 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2839, AN ACT concerning education; relating to literacy; establishing the Kansas blueprint for literacy; creating a literacy advisory committee; directing the state board of regents to appoint a director of literacy education and develop a comprehensive assessment system for school districts; requiring the state board of regents and the state board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential and professional development; authorizing the state board of regents to recommend diagnostic and formative literacy assessments; authorizing university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses; requiring a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2840, AN ACT concerning public moneys; relating to the deposit and investment thereof; authorizing governmental units to utilize a public moneys pooled method of securities to secure the deposit of public moneys in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation; requiring the state treasurer to establish procedures therefor; banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks to make certain reports upon the request of a governmental unit; amending K.S.A. 9-1402 and 12-1675 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

House Resolutions

HR 6041, A RESOLUTION congratulating Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas on its 130th anniversary in 2024, by Representatives Thompson, Curtis, Hoye, Bryce, Clifford, Ellis, Johnson, Neelly, Pickert and Roth.

HR 6042, A RESOLUTION celebrating the historic and immense contributions of the Hispanic and Latino communities to the Kansas economy, by Representatives Martinez, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Bloom, Buehler, Butler, Carlin, Carr, Clifford, Collins, Curtis, Dodson, Ellis, Essex, Featherston, Francis, Goddard, Goetz, Haswood, Highberger, Hill, Hougland, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Lewis, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Miller, Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Ousley, Pickert, Poskin, Probst, Resman, Roth, Ruiz, Ruiz, Sawyer, Sawyer Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schreiber, Stogsdill, Thompson, Underhill, Waggoner, Winn, Woodard, Xu and Younger.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5025, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; valuing residential real property based on the average fair market value of the prior 10 calendar years, by Committee on Taxation.

Senate Bills

SB 538, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to municipal elections; establishing a commencement date for candidate nomination filings for such elected offices; amending K.S.A. 25-205 and 25-21a01 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 539, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; modifying tax rates for individuals; increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption; increasing the income limit to qualify for a subtraction modification for social security income; relating to privilege tax; decreasing the normal tax rate; relating to property tax; increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy; relating to sales and compensating use tax; reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients; modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected; amending K.S.A. 79-1107 and 79-1108 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-201x, 79-32,110, 79-32,117, 79-32,119, 79-32,121, 79-3603, 79-3603d, 79-3620, 79-3703 and 79-3710 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 540, AN ACT concerning the federal 340B drug pricing program; imposing restrictions concerning the federal 340B drug pricing program; enacting the defense of affordable prescriptions act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to a 340B drug, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 541, AN ACT creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general; establishing the general regulatory sandbox program within the office thereof; relating to administrative rules and regulations; authorizing the regulatory relief division to waive or suspend rules and regulations for program participants; amending K.S.A. 75-4319 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 542, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services; creating a grant program to fund proposed homeless shelter infrastructure; establishing requirements for such grants to be awarded; creating the homeless shelter infrastructure grant fund in the state treasury, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 543, AN ACT concerning state educational institutions; relating to diversity, equity and inclusion; prohibiting the endorsement of discriminatory ideologies, the usage of diversity, equity and inclusion statements and the provision of preferential consideration on the basis of such discriminatory ideologies; creating a right of action and providing penalties for violations thereof, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 544, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to scholarship programs; establishing the Kansas academic excellence scholarship program to replace the Kansas ethnic minority scholarship program; amending K.S.A. 74-3284, 74-3285, 74-3286, 74-3287, 74-3288 and 74-3289 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 545, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to economic development; providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment and eligible data center costs, electricity and certain labor costs to qualified firms that make a minimum investment of at least $600,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements; amending K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 546, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; decreasing the corporate income tax rate; discontinuing income, premium and privilege tax credits of the high performance incentive program; repealing unused tax credits relating to abandoned well plugging, agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, environmental compliance, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement; relating to withholding tax; discontinuing benefits of the promoting employment across Kansas act; amending K.S.A. 65-7107, 74-50,132, 74-50,212 and 74-50,213 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 74-50,321, 79-32,110 and 79-32,160a and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 79-32,204, 79-32,207, 79-32,222, 79-32,262 and 79-32,266 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 32-1438, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 547, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas pet animal act; updating provisions for operating an animal shelter or pound; making changes to certain defined terms; modifying authority pertaining to refusal to issue or renew and the modification, limitation, suspension or revocation of any license or permit; providing for making immediate actions to protect the public interest; requiring the posting of a cash or security bond to pay for the costs of caring for a seized or impounded pet animal; requiring certain licensees that cease to engage in licensed activity to notify the commissioner at least 10 days prior to ceasing business, or if extenuating circumstances exist, not later than the date such activity ceases; requiring a closing inspection to confirm licensed activity has ceased prior to expiration of the license period; requiring certain additional rules and regulations; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; clarifying the conditions required for a licensed veterinarian to act as or be a boarding or training kennel operator; changing the date during which a licensee or permit holder that is in the process of ceasing to do business may be issued a temporary closing permit; amending K.S.A. 47-1701, 47-1704, 47-1706, 47-1706a, 47-1707, 47-1709, 47-1712, 47-1715, 47-1721, 47-1723 and 47-1732 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 548, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family protection act; requiring a concealed carry license to lawfully carry a concealed handgun; providing permanent exemptions for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements; amending K.S.A. 21-5914, 21-6301, 21-6302, 21-6308, 21-6309, 32-1002, 75-7c10, 75-7c17 and 75-7c20 and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-7c02, 75-7c03, 75-7c04, 75-7c05, 75-7c08 and 75-7c21 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 549, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the purchase or transfer thereof; requiring criminal history record checks for such purchases and transfers; providing criminal penalties for violations, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 550, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to criminal possession or use of certain firearms; prohibiting persons under 21 years of age from purchasing and possessing semiautomatic rifles with high capacity ammunition magazines; amending K.S.A. 21-6301 and 21-6302 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 551, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm; providing criminal penalties for violations thereof, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1745, A RESOLUTION congratulating Goodwill of Western Missouri and Eastern Kansas on its 130th anniversary in 2024, by Senator Sykes.

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