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Volume 45 - Issue 9 - February 26, 2026

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 16 – February 20 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 2780, AN ACT concerning the state board of mortuary arts; authorizing terramation of dead human bodies in the state of Kansas; specifying that terramation facilities shall be licensed and comply with local and state building codes, zoning laws, ordinances and environmental standards; mandating that only licensed terramation facility operators may perform terramation; requiring a terramation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent and a coroner’s permit to terramate; prohibiting the terramation of bodies with potentially hazardous implants unless removed; ensuring that terramated remains are properly identified and packed; establishing fees related to terramation; adding references to terramation where references to cremation exist in current law; amending K.S.A. 21-6106, 22a-215, 22a-246, 40-3103, 65-904, 65-1713, 65-1713a, 65-1723, 65-1727, 65-1734, 65-1751, 65-1753, 65-3233, 65-67a03 and 75-712g and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-1732, 65-2401, 65-2426a and 74-7301 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2781, AN ACT concerning the state historical society; authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers’ quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance thereof, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2782, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to appraisers; permitting county appraisers to request lease agreements from taxpayers when valuing property for property tax purposes; amending K.S.A. 79-1412a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2783, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to electronic cigarettes; increasing the tax on electronic cigarettes and crediting the increased revenue to the children’s initiative fund; amending K.S.A. 79-3387 and 79-3399 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2784, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to property tax; decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5133a and 72-5142 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2785, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the board of pharmacy; renaming the utilization of unused medications act as the the medication donation program; revising criteria for accepting donations, program participation and duties of a qualifying center; authorizing the board to adopt rules and regulations; amending K.S.A. 65-1668, 65-1669, 65-1670, 65-1671, 65-1672, 65-1673 and 65-1674 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-1675, by Committee on Appropriations.

House Resolutions

HR 6031, A RESOLUTION commemorating the life and career of Representative Billie Ray McCreary, by Representatives Pickert, Rhiley, Hoffman, Howell, Howerton, Meyer, Schreiber and Schwertfeger.

HR 6032, A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to fulfill the federal government’s original funding promise under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, by Committee on Taxation.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5032, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION expressing support for the end of forced organ harvesting in the People’s Republic of China, by Representative Simmons.

Senate Bills

SB 510, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; requiring interest earnings of the parks fee fund to be transferred to such fund each month; amending K.S.A. 32-991 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 511, AN ACT concerning the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; requiring the secretary of wildlife and parks to prepare and present any plan to reorganize the department to certain legislative committees; requiring legislative approval for any such reorganization; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-806 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 512, AN ACT concerning unemployment insurance; removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment; deleting the eight-week cap on temporary unemployment; removing the secretary’s authority and criteria to grant eight-week extension increments, employer reporting duties for extensions and the industry-specific eligibility for extensions; excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages; removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions; prohibiting charging contributing employers in ready-mixed concrete and specified construction industries for benefit charges arising from temporary layoffs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-703, 44-710, 44-710a and 44-775 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 513, AN ACT concerning child care subsidy; relating to the Kansas department for children and families and the Kansas office of early childhood; directing such department, in consultation with such office, to issue a request for information and a request for proposal for the development, procurement and implementation of software to provide child care subsidy payments to child care providers; requiring reports to the legislature on such development, procurement and implementation, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 514, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school activities; authorizing students to participate in school activities immediately upon transfer unless such students were recruited, induced or unduly influenced to transfer for athletic activity participation; amending K.S.A. 72-7117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 515, AN ACT concerning education; relating to student activities; authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities for such nonpublic schools; making it unlawful to discriminate against students based on enrollment status, by Committee on Ways and Means.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1726, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending award-winning educators in Kansas, by Senator Thomas.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1622, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the adjournment of the senate and the house of representatives for a period of time during the 2026 regular session of the legislature, Senators Masterson, Blasi and Sykes.

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