Volume 45 - Issue 6 - February 5, 2026

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 26 – January 30 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 2539, AN ACT concerning libraries; relating to the Eudora community library district; requiring the adoption of a joint resolution to provide for the election of members of the board of directors of such district; amending K.S.A. 12-1295, 12-1296 and 12-1298 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Amyx and Neelly.

HB 2540, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities; exempting contingent deferred annuities from certain provisions therefrom; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to regulate such contingent deferred annuities through the adoption of rules and regulations; amending K.S.A. 40-4,102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2541, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas rural business growth program act; establishing a premium tax credit program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of incentivizing capital investment in rural areas, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2542, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway, by Representatives Long and Pishny.

HB 2543, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses, permits or passes that were established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027; requiring the department to maintain an accounting of lost revenue and submit such accounting to the director of accounts and reports and the state treasurer by June 30 of each fiscal year; requiring that such accounting be subject to audits by the state treasurer; making an annual transfer from the state general fund to the wildlife fee fund upon certification of such accounting, subject to appropriation acts of the legislature, by Representative W. Carpenter.

HB 2544, AN ACT concerning communications service providers; relating to directives from municipalities to relocate facilities located within the public right-of-way; establishing the relocation reimbursement assistance fund to provide monetary assistance to certain communications service providers that are required to relocate facilities; requiring the state treasurer to administer such fund and establish an application process for disbursement of moneys in such fund, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2545, AN ACT concerning courts; relating to municipal court assessments; increasing certain municipal court fee assessments; crediting such assessment increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers’ standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-4117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation and Public Safety Budget.

HB 2546, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Labette county for the purpose of providing financial support to fire departments located in the county; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Goddard.

HB 2547, AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting; requiring a valid upland game bird stamp prior to taking any upland game bird in this state; exempting hunters who are not required to have a hunting license, hunters on private land and lifetime license holders; establishing the upland game bird restoration fund and the upland game bird restoration program; requiring moneys from such fund to be used for the procurement and release of upland game birds in Kansas; establishing a youth season for taking upland game birds; setting a maximum fee for an upland game bird stamp; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-988 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Chauncey.

HB 2548, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to personal needs allowances; increasing the personal needs allowance for residents receiving long-term care in a medicaid-approved nursing facility; amending K.S.A. 39-972 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2549, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance plans; 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. 2025 Supp. 75-6525 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2550, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to certain 340B entities under the federal 340B drug pricing program; requiring such entities to annually report to the Kansas department of insurance on certain costs, savings and payments made under such program; requiring the Kansas department of insurance to publish such reports on the department’s website; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate and administer the provisions of this act, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2551, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to third-party administrators; providing for pharmacy services administrative organizations and the regulation thereof by the commissioner of insurance; enacting the Kansas pharmacy services administrative organization act; for contracts between pharmacy services administrative organizations and independent pharmacies, PBMs and third-party payers; requiring certain disclosures relating to ownership; establishing certain requirements pertaining to appeals and audits; providing for penalties for noncompliance, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2552, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to reports and records; requiring presentence investigation reports and journal entries to be completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas sentencing commission; amending K.S.A. 21-6813, 22-3426, 22-3426a and 22-3439 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2553, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the PBS Kansas license plate, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2554, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the pheasants forever and quail forever license plates, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2555, AN ACT concerning rural health; requiring grant applications, expenditure information, reports and other documentation concerning the rural health transformation program to be presented and provided to the state finance council, house of representatives committee on appropriations, senate committee on ways and means and legislative budget committee, by Representative Waymaster.

HB 2556, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to contracts between an insurer and a dental healthcare provider; prohibiting certain terms in a contract between a health insurer and a dentist; requiring that reviews, audits or investigations of healthcare providers concerning healthcare provider claims be completed within six months; providing certain exceptions thereto; amending K.S.A. 40-2,185 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2557, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the adoption and placement of a child among states; enacting the interstate compact for the placement of children; declaring legislative findings for the enactment of the compact; authorizing the administration and implementation of such compact; allowing for supplementary or financial agreements; requiring compliance with the compact and imposing a penalty for noncompliance; repealing K.S.A. 38-1201, 38-1202, 38-1203, 38-1204, 38-1205 and 38-1206, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2558, AN ACT concerning water; relating to funding for the state water plan and water infrastructure projects; increasing the amount of moneys transferred from the state general fund to the state water plan fund; requiring the Kansas water office to transfer appropriations for the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 82a-955, 82a-956 and 82a-957 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Water.

HB 2559, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to classification of land devoted to agricultural use; removing the presumption that leased land shall be classified as land devoted to agricultural use; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-1448 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2560, AN ACT concerning the disposition of state real property; authorizing the state board of regents on behalf of Kansas state university to sell certain real property in the city of Manhattan, Riley county, Kansas, by Representative Roeser.

HB 2561, AN ACT concerning real property of the state board of regents or a state educational institution; authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey real property valued at $5,000,000 or less without further legislative authorization; requiring the submission of an annual report listing any such real property sales to the legislature, by Representative Roeser.

HB 2562, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to registration; providing for the issuance of a special license plate or permanent or temporary placard for a person with a disability based on documentation of satisfactory proof of disability from a physical therapist; amending K.S.A. 8-1,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2563, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to day care facilities; permitting certain healthcare providers to complete health assessments for children enrolled at day care facilities; requiring such facilities to keep such assessments on file, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2564, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to dental benefit plans; providing for the use of alternative forms of payment; allowing such payment to remain in force for the duration of the contract between a dentist and a dental benefit plan; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-2,227 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2565, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf; requiring that employees of such schools be paid at the same rate of compensation that is paid to a teacher employed by USD 233, Olathe, in the current school year; amending K.S.A. 76-11a16 and 76-11a17 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2566, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance coverage; enacting the every body can move act; mandating health insurance policies to provide coverage for prosthetic and orthotic devices, by Representative Stiens.

HB 2567, AN ACT concerning the environment; enacting the safe battery collection and recycling act; prohibiting the sale of covered batteries or battery-containing products unless the producer is part of a battery stewardship organization with an approved plan; requiring battery stewardship organizations to submit a battery stewardship plan to the secretary of health and environment for approval; providing the responsibilities of battery stewardship organizations, including cost coverage and reimbursement to local governments; mandating the collection of covered batteries and setting criteria for collection sites and events; promoting the implementation of the battery stewardship plan through education, outreach and safety training; requiring annual reports from battery stewardship organizations, detailing financials, collection data and outreach efforts; mandating the department to publish approved plans and reports on its website, while protecting proprietary information; providing liability protection for compliance with an approved battery stewardship plan; allowing independent fee-based collection services under certain conditions; prohibiting improper disposal of covered batteries and outlining responsibilities for waste facilities; establishing penalties for violations of the act, including false statements and fee nonpayment; directing the department to review studies on expanding coverage to other products or batteries; allowing battery stewardship organizations to recover costs from noncompliant producers through civil actions; establishing the battery stewardship fund for administering the act; authorizing the secretary to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the act; limiting the number of full time equivalent positions that the department can fill to administer and enforce the act; amending K.S.A. 65-3427 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2568, AN ACT concerning administrative rules and regulations; relating to the department of wildlife and parks; authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2569, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to actions challenging the constitutionality of state laws governing elections; requiring such actions to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2570, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases by O’Connell children’s shelter, inc.; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2571, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to road maintenance; requiring cost-sharing agreements between municipalities for the maintenance of shared roads; amending K.S.A. 68-169 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2572, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for purchases made to establish and maintain Kansas war memorials; relating to property tax; providing for an exemption for Kansas war memorials; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2573, AN ACT concerning the Kansas board of accountancy; relating to licensure requirements for certified public accountants; amending K.S.A. 1-202, 1-301, 1-302a, 1-302b, 1-307, 1-310, 1-321 and 1-322 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2574, AN ACT concerning cybersecurity; relating to consolidation of cybersecurity services; modifying the duties of the chief information security officers for each branch of government, removing maturity requirements for cybersecurity programs; requiring periodic audits of such programs; creating the judicial branch technology oversight council; requiring the executive branch chief information security officer to assess executive branch agencies for compliance with cybersecurity standards and report findings to the legislature; providing for consideration of cybsersecurity compliance during the budgeting process; modifying the membership and duties of the information technology executive council; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-110, 75-413, 75-623, 75-710, 75-711, 75-7202, 75-7203, 75-7206a, 75-7208a, 75-7237, 75-7238, 75-7239, 75-7240, 75-7245 and 75-7246 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 75-7203, as amended by section 21 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, and 75-7205, as amended by section 23 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas and K.S.A. 2023 Supp. 75-7201, as amended by section 17 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7202, as amended by section 19 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7206, as amended by section 25 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7208, as amended by section 27 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7209, as amended by section 29 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7237, as amended by section 31 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7238, as amended by section 33 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, 75-7239, as amended by section 35 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, and 75-7240, as amended by section 37 of chapter 95 of the 2024 Session Laws of Kansas, by Committee on Joint Committee on Information Technology.

HB 2575, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to vehicle registration; eliminating registration fees and yearly registration requirement for motor vehicles used as passenger vehicles and vehicles used for personal use if registered by an individual or individuals; relating to taxation; eliminating the imposition of sales and property tax on certain motor vehicles; amending K.S.A. 8-135, 8-1,176, 75-5160 and 79-5102 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-134, 8-143, 8-1,177 and 79-3603 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2576, AN ACT concerning education; establishing Erin’s law; requiring school districts to provide teacher training and age-appropriate student instruction on the identification and reporting of signs of child sexual abuse, by Committee on Education.

HB 2577, AN ACT concerning the department of administration; relating to the division of purchases; requiring a 20% or higher blend of biodiesel to be purchased for use in state-owned diesel-powered vehicles and equipment; amending K.S.A. 75-3744a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2578, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to antique vehicles; creating a definition for antique farm vehicle; permitting such vehicles to register as an antique vehicle; directing the division of vehicles to design a decal for such vehicles; exempting such registered vehicles from the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; amending K.S.A. 8-166, 8-172 and 8-2,127 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2579, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway Vietnam KIA, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2580, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to international trade; establishing the Kansas international trade commission to advance, promote and encourage business and other mutually beneficial activities between Kansas and other countries, particularly Ireland, Japan and Taiwan; establishing the Kansas international trade commission fund, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2581, AN ACT concerning animals; relating to the pet animal act; authorizing animal shelters to move neonate 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.

HB 2582, AN ACT concerning animal care; relating to veterinary services for food animals in rural Kansas; establishing the developing veterinary medicine in rural Kansas program within the Kansas department of agriculture; providing financial assistance and support to veterinarians practicing in rural communities; establishing an advisory committee; providing for administration and contracting for program management and support; establishing the developing veterinary medicine in rural Kansas program fund, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2583, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to commercial drivers’ licenses and the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; modifying the definition of commercial motor vehicle in the uniform act; requiring commercial motor vehicle drivers’ license holders to possess certain identification documents and proficiency of the English language while operating a commercial motor vehicle; establishing fines for violations of such provisions on commercial motor vehicle employers and nonresident commercial driver’s license holders; amending K.S.A. 8-2,128, 8-2,131, 8-2,132, 8-2,141, 8-2,148 and 8-2,152 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2584, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to contents thereon; permitting a licensee to request that such licensee’s mailing address be provided on a driver’s license; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-243 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2585, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the delta waterfowl license plate, by Representative W. Carpenter.

HB 2586, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to franchises with telecommunications service providers; requiring revenues received by telecommunications service providers for the provision of broadband services to be calculated when determining gross receipts; amending K.S.A. 12-2001 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2587, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the regulation of certain drugs; authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2588, AN ACT concerning occupational licensing; relating to statewide licensure of electricians; providing for such licensing of electricians by the board of technical professions; amending K.S.A. 12-1527, 74-7003, 74-7004, 74-7005, 74-7035 and 74-7040 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 12-1525 and 12-1526, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2589, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to reports of child abuse or neglect; prohibiting the secretary for children and families from accepting or assigning anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect; requiring the secretary to inform anonymous reporters of such prohibition and other pertinent information regarding the reporting of child abuse or neglect, confidentiality of identifiable information and penalties for false reporting; allowing law enforcement agencies to accept anonymous reports of child abuse or neglect; providing for the confidentiality of reporter information in law enforcement records; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2213 and 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2590, AN ACT concerning trusts; enacting the Kansas community property trust act; authorizing the use of community property trusts during the marriage of settlor spouses; relating to the Kansas uniform trust code; allowing trustees to reimburse settlors of grantor trusts; authorizing the use of designated representatives for trusts; permitting the terms of a governing instrument to expand, restrict or eliminate certain general rules applicable to fiduciaries, trusts and trust administration; amending K.S.A. 58a-505, 58a-813 and 58a-816 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2591, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; authorizing financial institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult account holder to a designated agency, notify any adult designated as a trusted contact by such account holder of suspected financial exploitation and place a temporary hold on certain transactions or disbursements; limiting liability in any civil or criminal action for taking such actions or choosing not to take such actions, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2592, AN ACT creating the Kansas task force on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies; providing membership and duties of such task force, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

HB 2593, AN ACT concerning contingent fee contracts for legal services; relating to contracts entered into for legal services by a political subdivision; requiring an open meeting before a political subdivision may approve such a contract; requiring the attorney general to approve such contract before such contract becomes effective, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2594, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to blackmail; modifying the elements related to threatened dissemination of any videotape, photograph, film or image of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity by removing the connection to breach of privacy and describing the content of the videotape, photograph, film or image; amending K.S.A. 21-5428 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2595, AN ACT concerning the practice of law in rural Kansas; providing financial assistance to law students who practice law in rural areas of the state; establishing the attorney training program for rural Kansas fund; transferring moneys to such fund, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2596, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to the prison-made goods act of Kansas; permitting certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes; amending K.S.A. 75-5275a and repealing the existing section, by Representative Sweely.

HB 2597, AN ACT concerning employment; establishing a right to paid sick leave for Kansas employees and setting forth minimum requirements and rules for the provision of such paid sick leave, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Curtis, Martinez, Melton, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Ruiz, S., Clayton, Stogsdill, Weigel and Woodard.

HB 2598, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; enacting the Kansas paid family leave act; relating to paid family leave for covered individuals; requiring notice by employers; establishing the family and medical leave insurance fund, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Paige, Carlin, Curtis, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Clayton, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2599, AN ACT concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas lemonade stand law; exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local taxes, licenses, permits and other government permissions, by Representatives Bohi, Awerkamp, Barrett, Borjon, Brunk, Buehler, B. Carpenter, Chauncey, Esau, Essex, Francis, Goetz, Helwig, Hoheisel, Howell, James, T. Johnson, Kessler, King, Lewis, Long, Minnix, Moser, Neelly, Pickert, Poetter, Resman, Roeser, Sappington, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Steele, Stiens, Sutton, Tarwater, Turk, VanHouden, Ward, Wasinger, White, Wilborn, Willcott, Williams, L. and Wilson.

HB 2600, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medical assistance; establishing the Affordable Healthcare for Kansans program; expanding income limits for eligibility to 138% of the federal poverty level, by Representatives Wikle, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Helgerson, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Weigel, Winn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2601, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to child abuse or neglect; establishing a child abuse and neglect registry to be maintained by the secretary for children and families; requiring administrative hearings and an opportunity for appeal before placing an individual on the registry; allowing for expungement from the registry; limiting use of information on the registry; permitting the secretary to maintain other registries or records to meet federal requirements; amending K.S.A. 59-2132 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2272a, 65-516 and 75-7719 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2602, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; relating to employment benefits; establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for an independent contractor; determining type and amount of contributions to a portable benefit plan; providing for a subtraction modification for contributions to a portable benefit plan for Kansas income tax purposes; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2603, AN ACT prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2604, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to commercial motor vehicles and the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; including gross vehicle weight to determine the class of commercial motor vehicle for drivers’ license purposes; modifying the definition of commercial motor vehicle in the uniform act; creating a definition of air mile and gross vehicle weight in the uniform act; amending K.S.A. 8-234b and 8-2,128 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2605, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the deputy sheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2606, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to the Kansas uniform commercial drivers’ license act; modifying the definition of conviction in the uniform act; amending K.S.A. 8-2,128 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2607, 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 Transportation.

HB 2608, AN ACT crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to exposing another to a communicable disease; modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy; increasing the penalties for such crime; amending K.S.A. 21-5424 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

House Resolutions

HR 6023, A RESOLUTION opposing the federal preemption of state laws that regulate artificial Intelligence, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

Senate Bills

SB 376, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to gambling devices; changing the age for determining when a slot machine is an antique for purposes of exempting such device from criminal gambling statutes; amending K.S.A. 21-6407 and 21-6408 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 377, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to recreational facilities; requiring cardiac emergency response plans for such facilities, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 378, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to credits; providing a one- time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit for eligible vehicles, by Senator Corson.

SB 379, AN ACT concerning emergency communication services; relating to the Kansas 911 act; authorizing the state 911 board to establish a statewide emergency medical dispatch and telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation program; authorizing the board to employ, contract for or enter into an agreement to procure the services of a medical director under such program; authorizing the board to establish, contract for or enter into an agreement to procure a centralized quality assurance system; providing the option for PSAPs to retain or procure the PSAP’s own emergency medical dispatch and telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medical direction and quality assurance services; establishing the emergency medical dispatch and telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation fund in the state treasury; limiting civil liability for the provision of emergency medical dispatch and telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medical direction and quality assurance services; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-5362 and 75-6104 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 380, AN ACT concerning retail electric suppliers; relating to electric vehicle charging services; requiring retail electric suppliers to offer fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services; prohibiting recovery of any costs and expenses associated with any electric vehicle charging station of the retail electric supplier through the retail electric supplier’s electric rates, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 381, AN ACT concerning education; relating to curriculum for social studies; requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist and socialist regimes and ideologies; requiring students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma; amending K.S.A. 72-3217 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 382, AN ACT concerning education; relating to virtual schools; providing for the administration and proctoring of statewide assessments to a virtual school student by such student’s virtual school; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3717 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 383, AN ACT concerning education; relating to special education state aid reimbursement; adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher; authorizing such reimbursement for qualified teachers who provide approved special education or related services to students with an IEP administered by such school district pursuant to a contract; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3404 and 72-3422 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 384, AN ACT concerning education; relating to public innovative districts; extending the application deadline to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1; deeming applications approved if not approved or denied within 30 days of submission; amending K.S.A. 72-4223 and 72-4225 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 385, AN ACT concerning education; establishing Erin’s law; requiring school districts to provide teacher training and age-appropriate student instruction on the identification and reporting of signs of child sexual abuse, by Committee on Education.

SB 386, AN ACT concerning education; relating to federal tax credits for contributions to scholarship granting organizations; electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations; relating to the tax credit for low income students scholarship program; increasing the aggregate tax credit limit; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-4357 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 387, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring school districts to verify the household gross earned income of each student who qualifies for free meals under the national school lunch program; requiring legislative authorization to receive special assistance payments under federal law, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 388, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to fee provisions in rental agreements; setting a maximum fee for the late payment of rent, by Senator Holscher.

SB 389, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for feminine hygiene products, diapers and incontinence products; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.

SB 390, AN ACT concerning the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act; prohibiting certain additives in food provided by schools as part of certain food service programs; requiring schools to certify that school facilities do not serve food that contains such food additives, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 391, AN ACT concerning private rental housing; prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord’s ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 392, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to the withdrawal of candidacy for office; prohibiting the filling of a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; providing for when a candidate may withdraw in city, school district and community college elections; amending K.S.A. 25-2020, 25-2106, 25-4003 and 71-1414 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 393, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to days and hours of sales; authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the FIFA 2026 world cup, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 394, 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 Federal and State Affairs.

SB 395, 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 a 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 Federal and State Affairs.

SB 396, AN ACT concerning cemeteries; authorizing the reorganization of the Clearwater cemetery district; removing Ohio township from the district, by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.

SB 397, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the homestead property tax refund act; providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year; amending K.S.A. 79-4522 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Warren, Gossage, Rose, Shane, Thomas and Thompson.

SB 398, AN ACT concerning the rules of evidence; relating to testimony in the form of opinion or inferences; requiring a proponent to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that certain specialized knowledge will help the tier of fact to understand the evidence before certain qualified witnesses may testify; amending K.S.A. 60-456 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 399, AN ACT concerning the Kansas consumer protection act; relating to the unauthorized practice of law; providing for an exception thereto for an employee of the judicial branch or a district court providing a standard form to a member of the public; amending K.S.A. 50-6,142 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 400, AN ACT concerning data centers; relating to water consumption; requiring data centers to use closed-loop cooling systems to mitigate water consumption, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 401, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to valuation; requiring the county appraiser to conduct a new physical inspection before increasing the valuation of residential real property by more than 15%; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-1460 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Haley.

SB 402, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the homestead property tax refund act; modifying the definition of household income; providing an eligibility exception for claimants who are required to live away from the homestead by reason of health or other hardship; providing for one homestead property tax refund claim form; providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year; relating to the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) income tax credit; establishing a constant household income threshold; amending K.S.A. 79-32,263, 79-4503, 79-4510 and 79-4522 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-4502 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 403, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates; providing for the pheasants forever and quail forever license plates, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 404, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to vehicle registration and license plate procedures; modifying the registration period for personalized license plates from the date such plate was issued; authorizing county treasurers to charge increased fees for vehicle registration transactions; amending K.S.A. 8-145d and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-132 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 405, AN ACT concerning artificial intelligence; making it unlawful for a person to knowingly train artificial intelligence to encourage or support suicide or the unlawful killing of another person, provide emotional support, develop emotional relationships, act as a healthcare professional, simulate humans or encourage isolation; providing civil actions for violations, with potential recovery of damages, attorney fees and litigation costs; permitting courts to order equitable relief to correct unlawful conduct, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 406, AN ACT concerning education; relating to workforce development; directing the governor to approve short-term workforce training programs for Pell grant eligibility; requiring the state workforce development board to establish an internal process for such eligibility, by Committee on Education.

SB 407, AN ACT concerning administrative rules and regulations; relating to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees; authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations by the department of health and environment, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 408, AN ACT concerning children and minors; related to the revised Kansas code for care of children; amending the definition of child in need of care to exclude a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities; excluding a child engaging in independent activities from the crime of endangering a child; amending K.S.A. 23-2215, 23-3207, 38-2232, 38-2242, 38-2260 and 38-2271 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5601, 38-2202 and 38-2243 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 409, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance coverage; requiring that a no cost-sharing requirement be imposed on insureds for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations for breast cancer, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 410, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to cybersecurity; providing that earned wage access service registrants are subject to the provisions of the Kansas financial institutions information security act; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 9-551 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 411, AN ACT concerning vehicles; relating to traffic regulations; providing for the use of triple trailers on highways; increasing the allowable gross weight for such vehicle combinations; relating to dealer license plates; providing for the use of trailers with such plates; amending K.S.A. 8-1904, 8-1909 and 8-2406 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 412, AN ACT concerning the probate code; relating to guardians and conservators; imposing the duty to notify nonparties to a conservatorship of any court order commanding performance or safekeeping of the conservatee’s estate assets; amending K.S.A. 59-30,176 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 413, AN ACT concerning civil procedure; prohibiting counsel from suggesting an amount to award as damages for noneconomic loss in civil actions, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 414, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to juvenile crisis intervention centers; authorizing funding from the evidence-based programs account to be used for licensed residential facilities that have behavioral health crisis intervention programs for juveniles; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-536 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 415, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to remedies and penalties under the act; providing that violations of the act involving action or inaction by a landlord that causes a dwelling unit to be considered uninhabitable shall be subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act, by Senator Shane.

SB 416, AN ACT concerning cities and counties; relating to interior inspections of residential property; authorizing such inspections without consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or when there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety; amending K.S.A. 12-16,138 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Shane.

SB 417, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to certain electric generation and energy storage facilities; establishing requirements for the development, construction, modification, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of industrial wind and solar energy conversion systems and industrial battery energy storage systems; authorizing the board of county commissioners of a county to permit or deny the construction of such industrial energy facilities; establishing a protest petition and election process to contest such county action; providing jurisdiction to the state corporation commission to control and permit the development, construction, modification, operation, maintenance and decommissioning of such facilities; requiring the commission to approve and issue a permit prior to the new construction or expansion of any such facility; requiring owners of existing industrial energy facilities to register with the commission; establishing minimum setback distances for such facilities; requiring the commission to adopt a code of conduct and agricultural mitigation protocols; requiring a facility owner to establish and maintain a decommission plan and provide adequate financial assurance for the decommissioning; authorizing the commission to issue certain orders and impose civil penalties for violations; authorizing the commission to adopt rules and regulations, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 418, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to new housing development; enacting the by-right housing development act providing a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments; allowing for third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements; requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for single-family residences of a certain size; excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions; providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city to be considered zoned for single-family residential use; amending K.S.A. 12-757 and 12-758 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Rose and Masterson.

SB 419, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; enacting the Kansas intellectual rights and knowledge act; providing a civil cause of action and penalties for violations of such act; authorizing students and student associations to exercise political and ideological beliefs, values and missions; amending K.S.A. 60-5311, 60-5312 and 60-5313 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 420, AN ACT concerning education; relating to curriculum; enacting the Holocaust education act; requiring school districts to provide instruction on Holocaust education and awareness as part of the social studies curriculum for students in grades six through 12, by Senator Holscher.

SB 421, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the safeguarding personal expression at K-12 schools act; authorizing students to engage in protected speech or expression; providing limitations for such speech or expression; providing a civil cause of action for violations of the act, by Committee on Education.

SB 422, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the regulation thereof; reorganizing certain provisions that apply to foreign insurance companies seeking authorization to do business in Kansas; authorizing the suspension or revocation of a nonresident agent’s license without notice and opportunity for a hearing after 30 days following notification to the commissioner that such nonresident agent no longer holds a home state license; requiring agents and public adjusters to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days; amending K.S.A. 40-209 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-4906, 40-4909 and 40-5510 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 423, AN ACT concerning health insurance; relating to cost-sharing requirements; requiring certain cost-sharing assistance be applied toward a covered individual’s deductible or annual out-of-pocket limit under the individual’s health benefit plan, by Senator Sykes.

SB 424, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the student secular bill of rights; establishing statutory protections against religious coercion and discrimination in public schools; providing a cause of action for students and parents for violations thereof, by Senator Miller.

SB 425, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to agricultural seeds; increasing the maximum annual registration fee for seed retailers and wholesalers; authorizing a late fee for registrations renewed after the expiration date of such registrations; amending K.S.A. 2-1421a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 426, AN ACT enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act; providing requirements for consumer legal funding agreements; prohibiting consumer legal funding companies from engaging in certain conduct; requiring certain consumer disclosures related to consumer legal funding agreements; providing for penalties for violation of the act, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 427, AN ACT concerning the senate committee on confirmation oversight; clarifying that the chairperson and vice chairperson shall have access to review tax information and Kansas bureau of investigation background checks on persons appointed to office who are subject to senate confirmation; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714, 75-712 and 75-4315d and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 428, AN ACT concerning public assistance; requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services; requiring such secretaries to comply with written data requests from such federal agencies made pursuant to such memorandum of understanding, data use agreement or written data-sharing instrument; amending K.S.A. 39-760 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 429, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to income tax credit incentives; extending the sunset for the angel investor tax credit to 2031; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-8133 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 430, AN ACT concerning health and health professions; relating to physical therapists; allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 431, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the practice of pharmacy; allowing a pharmacy to employ certain remote workers to engage in the remote practice of pharmacy; providing for the supervision and duties of remote pharmacy workers, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1723, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Senator Erickson.

SR 1724, A RESOLUTION commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, by Senator Bowser.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1619, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; decreasing the assessment percentage used for determining the assessed value of real property used for residential purposes and mobile homes used for residential purposes from 11½% to 9%, by Senator Holscher.

SCR 1620, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing the seriousness of the national debt and the threat to national security that such debt poses, by Senators Masterson, Alley, Bowers, Bowser, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Owens, Peck, Rose, Shane, Starnes and Titus.

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