Volume 45 - Issue 5 - January 29, 2026
State of Kansas
Legislative Administrative Services
Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced
The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 19 – January 23 during the 2026 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/.
House Bills
HB 2471, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway; redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for interstate 35; amending K.S.A. 68-1013 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2472, AN ACT concerning postsecondary educational institutions; enacting the forming open and robust university minds act or FORUM Act; prohibiting such institutions from certain actions concerning freedom of speech, expression and association; providing exceptions thereto; providing for monetary damages; requiring the submission of a report to the legislature and the governor, by Committee on Higher Education Budget.
HB 2473, AN ACT concerning marriage; requiring persons to be 18 years of age or older to be eligible to give consent for marriage; excluding certain days from being counted toward the current three-day waiting period; amending K.S.A. 23-2505 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Clayton, Barrett, Bloom, Collins, Fairchild, Helwig, Pickert, Reavis, Roeser, Schwertfeger, Steele, Tarwater, VanHouden and Wilson.
HB 2474, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to public utilities; requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility whose total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreases more than 5%; amending K.S.A. 79-5a02 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2475, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by radical life inc; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2476, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to pesticides; permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
HB 2477, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; requiring the department to publish a map on the department’s official website that shows the location of all applied-for diversions of water and requested changes of more than 300 feet; requiring any resulting orders to be posted on the department’s official website; expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes; removing the requirement for such individual notice to be made by the department in conjunction with the applicable groundwater management district; amending K.S.A. 82a-745 and 82a-1906 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.
HB 2478, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to nursing licensure; requiring advance practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists to submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-1112 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2479, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release of persons prior to trial; authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2480, AN ACT concerning social workers; relating to attorney-client privilege; creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney; permitting attorneys to require certain licensed social workers to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege when working under the supervision of such attorney; amending K.S.A. 38-2224, 39-1402, 39-1403, 39-1431, 39-1432 and 65-6315 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2481, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to transient guest tax; removing the two-bedroom requirement to qualify as hotel, motel or tourist court requiring collection of tax from all such qualifying rentals; amending K.S.A. 12-1692 and 12-1696 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Reavis.
HB 2482, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state board of education; removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver state-funded college entrance and career readiness exams; requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5178 and 72-5179 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.
HB 2483, AN ACT concerning energy; enacting the transparency and reform of utility expenditures act; requiring the state corporation commission to prepare and submit a report to the legislature regarding the electric transmission projects recommended for construction by a regional transmission organization; requiring the commission to provide weekly notice of meetings that were held with stakeholders if such meetings pertained to legislative or regulatory matters that may impact electric rates; requiring the construction of certain transmission lines that are directed by a regional transmission organization to be subject to competitive bidding; prohibiting the commission and certain electric public utilities from supporting any integrated transmission plan unless such plan provides benefits to the state; authorizing sales of energy and energy services pursuant to power purchase agreements and energy storage service agreements; exempting such sales from the retail electric suppliers act and public utility regulation; prohibiting municipalities from imposing restrictions on the construction and operation of nuclear energy facilities; prohibiting commissioners and staff of the state corporation commission from being employed by a public utility within one year following the date that such person ceased to hold such position; requiring legislative approval prior to the construction of any high-impact electric transmission line; requiring members appointed to the citizens’ utility ratepayer board to be subject to senate confirmation; limiting the membership of the citizens’ utility ratepayer board from the same political party to not more than three members; authorizing the consumer counsel of the citizens’ utility ratepayer board to represent the interests of residential and small commercial ratepayers before the federal energy regulatory commission and regional transmission organization; prohibiting electric public utilities from changing the utility’s transmission delivery charge and requiring any such changes to be made in a general retail rate proceeding; requiring the commission to provide notice to certain legislative committees of matters that may lead to an increase in electric rates pending before a regional transmission organization; amending K.S.A. 66-1,170, 66-1,177, 66-1222, 66-1223 and 74-633 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 66-104, 66-1,178 and 66-1237 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.
HB 2484, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the Kansas promise scholarship program; eliminating the Kansas residency requirement after completing the program; clarifying the work requirements after completing the program; repealing the expiration of the program; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,276 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,278, by Committee on Education.
HB 2485, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to scholarships, grants and other student financial aid programs administered by the state board of regents; authorizing the chief executive officer of the board to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under such financial aid programs; prohibiting the payment of additional funds to any student who is subject to repayment obligations under such financial aid programs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,313 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
HB 2486, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring children to be toilet trained to enroll in and attend kindergarten; providing exceptions thereto; amending K.S.A. 72-3118 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
HB 2487, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program act; defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under such act; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-3284 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
HB 2488, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to the university of Kansas school of medicine; requiring such school to use a letter grading system or other tiered grading system to assess student performance, by Committee on Education.
HB 2489, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to drug abuse education programs; requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs; mandating school districts to maintain a supply of naloxone in all schools; authorizing the attorney general to expend moneys from the Kansas fights addiction fund for grants to school districts for such naloxone; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-777 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor, Hoheisel and Sweely.
HB 2490, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to signature verification requirements for advance voting ballot envelopes; amending K.S.A. 25-1121 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 25-1117, 25-1118, 25-1119, 25-1120, 25-1121, 25-1122a, 25-1122b, 25-1122c, 25-1122d, 25-1122f, 25-1123, 25-1125, 25-1126, 25-1128, 25-1129, 25-1130, 25-1131, 25-1134, 25-1135, 25-1136, 25-1137, 25-1138, 25-1139 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-1122 and 25-1124, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2491, AN ACT concerning state agencies; requiring quarterly reports to the secretary of state of the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public-funded benefits, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2492, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to vacancies in municipal governing bodies; requiring a special election within 60 days of the vacancy if the vacant position has not been filled; amending K.S.A. 12-104a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2493, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; requiring a person transmitting or delivering a ballot on behalf of another voter to include such person’s driver’s license number in the written statement on the ballot envelope; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-2437 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2494, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to candidate names on ballots; allowing a candidate for a nonpartisan office to have such candidate’s political party affiliation added on the ballot with such candidate’s name; amending K.S.A. 25-613 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2495, AN ACT concerning water; relating to counties; authorizing counties to adopt resolutions to regulate activities on or within navigable rivers; relating to crimes involving property; adding navigable rivers to the crime of criminal trespass; amending K.S.A. 21-5808 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 19-101a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.
HB 2496, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to public utilities; requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility when the total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreases more than 5% and a governmental body requests such review or audit; amending K.S.A. 79-5a02 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2497, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to loans; prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily for personal, family or household purposes secured by a real estate mortgage; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 16-207 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2498, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to driving under the influence; classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes; amending K.S.A. 8-2,144 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2499, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to driving under the influence; directing courts to approve victim impact panel programs for driving under the influence offenses; requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence offenses to attend victim impact panels; amending K.S.A. 8-2,144, 12-4416 and 22-2909 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2500, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; creating the Kansas public employees retirement system cost-of-living adjustment commission; prescribing the powers and duties of the commission; establishing procedures of the legislature for the review and consideration of cost-of-living adjustments by the commission, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2501, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to civil liability; providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2502, AN ACT concerning wildlife; 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; increasing the maximum age to qualify for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses and removing the expiration date for such licenses; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-9,101 and repealing the existing section; reviving and amending K.S.A. 32-9,100 and repealing the revived section; also repealing K.S.A. 32-9,100, as amended by section 64 of chapter 7 of the 2023 Session Laws of Kansas, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
HB 2503, AN ACT concerning elections; repealing the mail ballot election act; amending K.S.A. 2-610, 2-611, 10-1116c, 12-195, 12-195b, 12-352, 12-362, 12-521, 12-12,102, 12-17,103, 12-17,151, 12-6003, 12-6005, 13-13a38, 25-2709, 42-706, 72-9939, 82a-626, 82a-649, 82a-650 and 82a-2205 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-1122, 25-2812, 25-3002 and 79-2925c and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-431, 25-433a, 25-434, 25-435, 25-436, 25-437, 25-438, 25-439, 25-440 and 82a-648 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-432 and 25-433, by Representatives Reavis, Bryce, Chauncey, Ellis, Fairchild, Goddard, Howell, James, Pickert, Poetter, Proctor, Rhiley, Roeser, Roth, Schwertfeger, Steele, Stiens, Waggoner, Willcott and Williams, K.
HB 2504, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to landlords and tenants; prohibiting cities and counties from restricting a landlord’s discretion to not rent residential housing or commercial rental property to a prospective tenant on grounds that the prospective tenant’s income source includes housing assistance program funds or consideration of the tenant’s credit reports or other income-qualifying information or eviction, criminal or property damage history; permitting a landlord to set the amount of a security deposit or refuse to extend a right of first refusal; permitting cities or counties to prohibit discrimination by a landlord against a tenant or prospective tenant solely on the basis that the tenant or prospective tenant receives veterans benefits, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.
HB 2505, AN ACT concerning public records; providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-221 and repealing the existing section, by Representative W. Carpenter.
HB 2506, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the behavioral sciences; relating to the licensure and regulation of addiction counselors; establishing an addiction counselor apprentice license and setting fees for such license; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-6610 and 65-6618 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2507, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to hunting; removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp; increasing the fees for such stamps; amending K.S.A. 32-939 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative W. Carpenter.
HB 2508, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to health and healthcare; prohibiting healthcare providers from prescribing medication, administering diagnostic tests or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to minors except in certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-6287 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2509, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the healthcare provider insurance availability act; adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-3401 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2510, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to boards of education; requiring each board of education to allocate the amount of membership association dues to individual board members; prohibiting payment of such dues if a board member elects not to join such membership association; authorizing payment of such dues if a board member elects to join a membership organization; amending K.S.A. 72-1145 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.
HB 2511, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; relating to the disposition of certain moneys received from agricultural production on state-owned property; permitting the use of such moneys received to be used for the management of all state-owned properties; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-809 and repealing the existing section, by Representative W. Carpenter.
HB 2512, AN ACT concerning campaign finance; requiring treasurers for candidates and persons who promote or oppose the adoption of constitutional amendments to report lists of small donors to the public disclosure commission; providing that such lists shall not be part of any report required to be made public; amending K.S.A. 25-4148 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-4180 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2513, AN ACT concerning certain claims against the state; making appropriations therefor; authorizing certain transfers; imposing certain restrictions and limitations; directing or authorizing certain disbursements, procedures and acts incidental to the foregoing, by Committee on Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State.
HB 2514, AN ACT designating the first Tuesday in May as precinct committee person awareness day, by Committee on Elections.
HB 2515, AN ACT concerning money transmission; enacting the virtual currency kiosk consumer protection act; providing definitions; establishing requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators relating to certain disclosures, transaction receipts, fraud detection and prevention, live customer service, kiosk location reporting, money transmission licensure and refunds; imposing certain limits on virtual currency kiosk transaction amounts and charges; authorizing the attorney general and any law enforcement agency to investigate reports of fraudulent money transmission and report to the state bank commissioner; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-555, 9-556, 9-558, 9-572 and 9-589 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.
HB 2516, AN ACT concerning county appraisers; relating to qualifications of regular and provisional appraisers; providing for the appointment of such appraisers to serve as county appraisers; amending K.S.A. 19-430 and 19-432 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.
HB 2517, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Leavenworth county for the purposes of furnishing, equipping, improving and maintaining county-supported emergency management operations; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative T. Johnson.
HB 2518, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to breach of privacy; increasing penalties for attempt, conspiracy or criminal solicitation to commit certain violations of such crime; modifying the culpable mental state required to commit such crime; increasing penalties for certain violations if the victim is less than 18 years of age; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 21-5302 and 21-5303 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6101 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2519, AN ACT concerning the Kansas open records act (KORA); relating to public records; continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2,158, 40-221b and 41-353 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22a-243, 45-229 and 75-782 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2520, AN ACT concerning adult care homes; relating to the adult care home licensure act; amending the definition of home plus to increase the cap of residents from 12 to 16; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-923 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2521, AN ACT concerning the Kansas tort claims act; expanding the act to include child placement agencies that contract with the secretary for children and families; amending K.S.A. 75-6102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2522, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to lighting equipment on vehicles; permitting highway construction and maintenance vehicles to be equipped with flashing amber, white and green lights in road construction zones and flashing blue and white lights under certain conditions; amending K.S.A. 8-1729 and 8-1731 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.
HB 2523, AN ACT concerning higher education; authorizing affiliation among Kansas universities and colleges; authorizing technical colleges and community colleges to affiliate with Kansas universities; providing procedures for such affiliations; amending K.S.A. 71-201, 71-204, 71-501, 71-617, 71-1802, 72-3810, 74-32,413 and 76-712 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 71-222 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-32,433, by Representative Howe.
HB 2524, AN ACT concerning child care facilities; relating to licensure of family foster homes; requiring the secretary for children and families to license or allow maintenance of licensure of family foster homes when certain persons reside in such homes; permitting the secretary, when not required, to license or allow maintenance of licensure; creating an appeal process for family foster homes; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-516 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.
HB 2525, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advance voting ballots; prohibiting the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of such ballots, by Representative Poetter.
HB 2526, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance plans; establishing restrictions on the use of step therapy protocols for prescription medication, by Committee on Insurance.
HB 2527, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to work release programs and educational release programs; prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant has any prior conviction or adjudication of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender; prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement for such programs if the inmate has any prior conviction or adjudication of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender; amending K.S.A. 75-5267 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6604 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.
HB 2528, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the Kansas state board of nursing powers, duties and responsibilities; requiring that all board actions related to nonpractice violations be void; allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical and advanced practice registered nurses; setting fees for late license renewal; limiting unprofessional conduct to acts related to the practice of nursing; prohibiting the board from taking retaliatory action against a licensee based on lawful acts made against the board and creating a cause of action for violation of such prohibition; requiring that board members be subject to senate confirmation; requiring the board to issue refunds for overpayment or duplicate payments; amending K.S.A. 65-1119, 65-1120a, 65-1131, 65-1132, 74-1108 and 74-1110 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-1117, 65-1118, 65-1120, 65-1127 and 74-1106 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2529, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to grand juries; modifying procedures for the citizen petition process to impanel a citizen grand jury; providing for judicial review of such petitions prior to obtaining signatures; creating a misdemeanor crime for knowingly making a false statement or offering any benefit as consideration to induce a person to sign or remove a signature from such petitions; limiting criminal liability for good faith conduct by the person who initiates such petitions and any person who signs such petitions; prohibiting diversion agreements related to a true bill of indictment found by a citizen grand jury; amending K.S.A. 22-2909, 22-3001, 22-3002, 22-3005, 22-3007, 22-3008, 22-3011 and 22-3015 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2530, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the career readiness education development innovation transferability (CREDIT) act; requiring high schools to administer career readiness assessments to students; providing for the transferability of credentials earned through such assessments toward a degree, by Committee on Education.
HB 2531, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to the school sports head injury prevention act; permitting a licensed chiropractor to evaluate and provide written clearance to a school athlete who has been removed from a sport competition or practice session; amending K.S.A. 72-7119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2532, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the powers, duties and functions of the Kansas state board of nursing; establishing an impaired provider program; expanding the grounds for disciplinary action taken against a licensee; permitting deferred disciplinary action against an impaired licensee; providing for the reinstatement of a revoked license; amending K.S.A. 65-1120a, 65-1121a and 65-1129 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-1117 and 65-1120 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-1110, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2533, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the practice of occupational therapy; enacting the occupational therapy licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges to occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2534, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to respiratory therapy; enacting the respiratory care interstate compact to provide interstate practice privileges to respiratory therapists, by Committee on Health and Human Services.
HB 2535, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to cruelty to animals; providing that certain portions of such crime do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught; amending K.S.A. 21-6412 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2536, AN ACT concerning the Kansas uniform guardianship, conservatorship and other protective arrangements act; requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to approve training programs for proposed guardians for certain adults who have a cognitive impairment or are diagnosed with a neurological condition; requiring such proposed guardians to complete an approved training program prior to appointment as a guardian; amending K.S.A. 59-30,149 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2537, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sexual extortion; requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crime; increasing the penalties for such crime when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult; creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death; amending K.S.A. 21-5515 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
HB 2538, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to principles of criminal liability; providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong; amending K.S.A. 21-5209, 22-3219, 22-3221, 22-3222 and 22-3428 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
House Resolutions
HR 6022, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Representative Estes.
House Concurrent Resolutions
HCR 5021, A PROPOSITION to amend article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section to require voters to present photographic identification at the time of voting, by Committee on Elections.
HCR 5022, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION making application to the Congress of the United States for a limited national convention for the exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States establishing term limits for members of Congress, by Representative Sutton.
Senate Bills
SB 342, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school finance; extending the expiration date of the Kansas school equity and enhancement act from 2027 to 2028; amending K.S.A. 72-5176 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
SB 343, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary education outcome programs; requiring the state board of regents to adopt rules and regulations prohibiting state moneys from being allocated or expended for certain low-earning outcome programs and submit an annual report to the legislature; prohibiting political subdivisions from allocating or expending public moneys for low-earning outcome programs, by Committee on Education.
SB 344, AN ACT concerning animals; relating to the pet animal act; authorizing animal shelters to move certain animals needing treatment or care to a foster home; requiring shelters to display photographs of animals at a location other than the shelter during a holding period; amending K.S.A. 47-1710 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 345, AN ACT concerning jurors; relating to exclusions from jury service; removing breastfeeding mothers from the mandatory exclusion list and including them on the discretionary exclusion list; amending K.S.A. 43-158 and 43-159 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 346, AN ACT concerning civil actions and civil procedure; relating to abusive litigation; prohibiting plaintiffs from filing abusive civil actions against certain defendants with whom the plaintiff has a current or former family, household or dating relationship primarily to harass or maliciously injure such defendant; authorizing courts to impose prefiling restrictions on such plaintiffs, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 347, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to election commissioners; terminating the secretary of state’s authority to appoint election commissioners; transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county; amending K.S.A. 19-3419 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.
SB 348, AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; relating to the jurisdiction of the commission over electric public utilities; exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission; establishing certain exceptions; authorizing the customers of such subsidiary utility to petition the commission to investigate the rates of such utility; authorizing the commission to order new rates if the commission finds that such rates are found to be unjust, unreasonable, unjustly discriminatory or unduly preferential; requiring the customers of such subsidiary utility to receive notice of and be provided access to meetings concerning electric rates, by Committee on Utilities.
SB 349, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas state high school activities association and the system for classification of high schools; requiring the association to use a multiplier factor to adjust a private school’s student attendance for purposes of classification of such school for activities; amending K.S.A. 72-7114 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
SB 350, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; enacting the age-appropriate school device act; establishing limitations upon the use of digital devices in certain grade levels; establishing safety standards for such devices; authorizing parents to opt students out of the use of such devices in certain grade levels; establishing certain exceptions, by Committee on Education.
SB 351, AN ACT concerning correctional facilities and jails; relating to telephone calls made by inmates and prisoners; requiring correctional facilities and jails to allow inmates and prisoners to make telephone calls at no cost; amending K.S.A. 12-4213, 19-1919 and 75-5210 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Shallenburger.
SB 352, AN ACT concerning unclaimed property; relating to digital assets; creating the bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund; providing definitions, procedures and requirements for abandoned digital assets; amending K.S.A. 58-3934, 58-3935, 58-3952 and 58-3955 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Bowser.
SB 353, AN ACT designating the official Kansas railroad hall of fame for the purpose of celebrating the rich railroad heritage of Kansas and the Kansans who were and are leaders in such industry; setting the location of such hall of fame at the great plains transportation museum in Wichita; establishing the Kansas railroad hall of fame selection committee; prescribing powers and duties of the committee, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 354, AN ACT concerning fire and fire protection; relating to the Kansas fire service training commission; modifying member appointment, compensation and meeting requirements of such commission; amending K.S.A. 76-327a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 355, AN ACT concerning cigarettes, electronic cigarettes and tobacco products; regulating the manufacture, wholesale and distribution of electronic cigarettes; requiring all wholesales of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco to be transacted between licensees under the Kansas cigarette and tobacco product act; requiring the licensure of electronic cigarette manufacturers; amending K.S.A. 79-3301, 79-3302, 79-3333, 79-3334 and 79-3373 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 356, AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to civil liability; providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.
SB 357, AN ACT concerning the passenger rail service program; establishing the intercity passenger rail service program; making transfers annually to the passenger rail service revolving fund; amending K.S.A. 75-5089 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 358, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release of persons after conviction; requiring persons convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing; amending K.S.A. 22-2804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 359, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the retirement system for judges; increasing the mandatory retirement age for certain judges; requiring more years of service prior to receiving a member contribution reduction; increasing the maximum retirement benefit; amending K.S.A. 20-2603, 20-2608 and 20-2610 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 360, AN ACT concerning insurance; enacting the Kansas consumer prescription protection and accountability act; providing for the regulation of pharmacy benefits managers; requiring the registration of auditing entities; establishing procedures and requirements for the conduct of pharmacy audits, pharmacy benefits manager reporting and examinations; amending K.S.A. 40-222 and 40-3831 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-202, 40-3821, 40-3822, 40-3823, 40-3824, 40-3825, 40-3826, 40-3827 and 40-3828a and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 40-3828, 65-16,121, 65-16,122, 65-16,123, 65-16,124, 65-16,125 and 65-16,126 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-3829 and 40-3830, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.
SB 361, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the host family’s resident school district; excluding any such students from the school district’s open-seat lottery process; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3123 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.
SB 362, AN ACT concerning state officers; requiring the office of each state officer to keep and maintain records of information concerning all travel locations and expenses of the state officer that were paid or reimbursed by the state during each fiscal year and provide such records of information upon request by a member of the public, by Senator Shallenburger.
SB 363, AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance; directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services; prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval; prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs; requiring redeterminations of eligibility for medical assistance on a quarterly basis; limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program; requiring immediate termination of eligibility for medical assistance upon confirmation of death of the enrollee; increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents; prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Government Efficiency.
SB 364, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting and fishing licenses; requiring the department of wildlife and parks to offer a discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing license to residents of Kansas who are 65 years of age or older; increasing the maximum age to qualify for the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license; decreasing the maximum fee and removing the expiration of such license; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-9,101 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.
SB 365, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to county appraisers; providing for the election of county appraisers; discontinuing the authority to form appraisal districts with district appraisers; amending K.S.A. 2-1915, 19-425, 19-430, 19-431, 19-432, 19-433, 19-434, 19-435, 19-4110, 25-101, 25-611, 74-2438, 75-5105a, 79-201q, 79-201s, 79-412, 79-5a04, 79-1404, 79-1404a, 79-1411b, 79-1412a, 79-1413a, 79-1420, 79-1455, 79-1460a, 79-1466, 79-1467, 79-1481 and 79-1606 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-213, 74-2433f, 79-1448, 79-1460, 79-1476, 79-1479 and 79-2005 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 19-426, 19-428 and 79-1427c, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 366, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a bridge on interstate 135 in Sedgwick county as the Don Snyder memorial bridge, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 367, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; providing cities the authority to allow the driving of golf carts upon sidewalks; amending K.S.A. 8-1575 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.
SB 368, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act; providing a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a qualified individual and certain qualified health care shares received by a qualified individual; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.
SB 369, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; requiring certain disclosures be made to prospective tenants; providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent, by Senator Sykes.
SB 370, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to termination of a rental agreement; modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with a rental agreement; amending K.S.A. 58-2559 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Sykes.
SB 371, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to the sale of dwelling units; requiring landlords to offer to sell certain dwelling units to tenants prior to offering such units for sale to the public, by Senator Sykes.
SB 372, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; enacting the app store accountability act; regulating app store and developer operations with respect to minors; creating requirements for age verification and parental consent; providing for enforcement under the Kansas consumer protection act; creating a private cause of action for violations of the act, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 373, AN ACT concerning public utilities; relating to agreements authorizing law enforcement to install certain equipment on utility poles or other structures; creating a maximum length of time for such agreements with exceptions; providing that evidence collected by such equipment is not admissible in legal proceedings under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 60-5402 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 374, AN ACT concerning criminal procedure; relating to competency of a defendant to stand trial; requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment for defendants charged with the most serious offenses; requiring certain items to be contained in a petition and written report of the evaluation in an involuntary commitment proceeding; setting requirements for involuntary commitment proceedings when the defendant has not been committed or has been released and the court has determined a probability does not exist that the defendant will regain competency in the foreseeable future; amending K.S.A. 22-3303 and 22-3305 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 59-2946 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.
SB 375, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to investments; enacting the proxy advisor transparency act; providing legislative findings and definitions; requiring proxy advisors to make certain disclosures when recommending an action against company management; authorizing the attorney general to investigate and take enforcement actions against violators; establishing a private right of action for a declaratory judgment or injunctive relief, by Committee on Judiciary.
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
SCR 1618, A PROPOSITION to amend article 10 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to establish requirements for reapportioning congressional, state senatorial, state representative and board of education districts; prohibiting reapportionment thereof except when required by the constitution of the state of Kansas or when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction, by Senator Holscher.
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