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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 41 - Issue 5 - February 3, 2022

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 20–26 during the 2022 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.org/li/.

House Bills

HB 2498, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to immunizations; childhood immunizations required for care at a child care facility or attendance at a school; prohibiting the secretary of health and environment from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine therefor; amending K.S.A. 65-508 and 72-6262 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Fairchild, Burris, Garber, Howe, Jacobs, Lee-Hahn, Murphy, Proctor and Rhiley.

HB 2499, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a refund of tax paid on sales of property used in video, internet access and telecommunications services, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2500, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; Wilson county, election and rates; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2501, AN ACT concerning the Kansas national guard; creating the defend the guard act; establishing when the national guard may be released into active duty combat; prohibiting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for national guard members, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2502, AN ACT concerning alcoholic beverages; relating to the sale and delivery by retail liquor stores of alcohol and cereal malt beverages to a caterer, public venue, club or drinking establishment located in any county; amending K.S.A. 41-308 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2503, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to antique vehicles; requiring applicants using a bill of sale for antique vehicle certificates of title to be licensed dealers unless providing proof of insurance and an application for registration; authorizing local county sheriffs to perform antique vehicle VIN inspections; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-170 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2504, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to disabled veteran distinctive license plates; requiring that a service-connected disability be a physical disability to qualify for a disabled veteran distinctive license plate; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-160 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2505, AN ACT concerning education; relating to college and career readiness assessments administered by national assessment providers; providing exemptions for such assessments under the student data privacy act and the student online personal protection act; amending K.S.A. 72-6316 and 72-6332 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

HB 2506, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; including certain uses of recreational off-highway vehicles as farm machinery and equipment; amending K.S.A. 79-201j and repealing the existing section, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2507, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving violations of personal rights; adding denial of civil rights based on a person’s disability to the crime of denial of civil rights; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2508, AN ACT concerning criminal history record information; requiring the retention of fingerprint information; participation in the rap back program; limiting access to fingerprints and records relating to fingerprints, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2509, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas deferred retirement option program act; expanding DROP membership to all members of the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4986l and 74-4986p and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2510, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to permissible investments made by life insurance companies; updating certain investment limitation requirements to provide increased options for Kansas domiciled life insurance companies investing in equity interests and preferred stock; amending K.S.A. 40-2b06 and 40-2b07 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2511, AN ACT concerning the Kansas state high school activities association; authorizing certain students to participate in activities offered by school districts; making members of or persons employed by the Kansas state high school activities association mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect; amending K.S.A. 38-2223 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2512, AN ACT concerning virtual schools; relating to diploma completion programs; authorizing virtual school state aid for students under 19 years of age who have dropped out of high school; amending K.S.A. 72-3715 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2513, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the administration of certain tests, questionnaires, surveys and examinations in schools; establishing parental notification and written consent requirements; prohibiting the incorporation of certain tests, questionnaires, surveys and examinations into educational programs or curriculum; prohibiting collection of personally identifiable student data; amending K.S.A. 72-6316 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2514, AN ACT concerning education; authorizing school districts to provide part-time enrollment options for certain students; amending K.S.A. 72-3120 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2515, AN ACT concerning offender registration; relating to the Kansas offender registration act; providing a mechanism to seek relief from registration requirements for drug offenders; expungement for such offenses; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6614 and 22-4908 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2516, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing guidelines; criminal history calculation; requiring the journal entries used to establish criminal history to be attached to a criminal history worksheet and an offender who raises error in calculation for the first time on appeal to show prejudicial error; authorizing jurisdiction of the court to correct an illegal sentence while a direct appeal is pending; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6813, 21-6814 and 21-6820 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2517, AN ACT concerning the certified drug abuse treatment program; relating to program qualifications; transferring certification duties from the department of corrections to the Kansas sentencing commission; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6824 and 75-52,144 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2518, AN ACT concerning the city general improvement and assessment law; requiring notice by first class mail to property owners proposed to be included within an improvement district; eliminating the ability of property owners of one-half or more of an area proposed to be in an improvement district to petition to form such district; requiring disclosure in real estate contracts of any special assessments due; amending K.S.A. 12-6a06 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-6a04 and 12-6a20 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2519, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

HB 2520, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

HB 2521, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

HB 2522, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

HB 2523, AN ACT concerning the state board of veterinary examiners; relating to licensed veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians; penalties; fees; investigative and disciplinary proceedings; amending K.S.A. 47-816, 47-817, 47-820, 47-821, 47-829, 47-830, 47-834, 47-835, 47-840, 47-842, 47-847 and 47-852 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 47-837, 47-843, 47-844, 47-846, 47-848, 47-849, 47-850, 47-851, 47-853 and 47-854, by Representative Highland.

HB 2524, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the Kansas department for aging and disability services; requiring regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies thereby; creating the supplemental nursing services agency regulation fund, by Committee on Children and Seniors.

HB 2525, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food and child care assistance; removing non-cooperation with child support from requirements for food and child care assistance eligibility; exempting qualifying adults enrolled in school from the 20-hour-per-week work requirement for child care assistance eligibility for a limited time; amending K.S.A. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Children and Seniors.

HB 2526, AN ACT concerning home inspectors; enacting the Kansas home inspectors professional competency and financial responsibility act; creating a home inspector registry; establishing the home inspectors registration fee fund, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2527, AN ACT concerning court services officers; relating to persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect; prohibiting supervision by court services officers; relating to children in need of care; removing authority for such children to be delivered to court services officers; amending K.S.A. 38-2232 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-3428 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2528, AN ACT concerning amusement rides; relating to the Kansas amusement ride act; definitions; exempting inflatable devices owned or operated by nonprofit organizations from the requirements of the act; amending K.S.A. 44-1601 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2529, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to military veteran distinctive license plates; allowing veteran license plate applicants to provide a DD214 form, a DD form 2 (Retired) or a Kansas veteran driver’s license as proof of veteran status; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-1,146 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives French, Clark, Collins, Dodson, M., Ellis, T. Johnson, Neelly and Proctor.

HB 2530, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the labeling of certain foods; prohibiting the use of identifiable meat terms on labels of meat analogs without use of proper qualifying language; amending K.S.A. 65-656 and 65-665 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture.

HB 2531, AN ACT concerning counties and townships; relating to rights-of-way; authorizing certain persons to use the right-of-way of any county road or township road to install, maintain and operate a pipeline for agricultural activities, by Committee on Agriculture.

HB 2532, AN ACT concerning the state board of veterinary examiners; relating to licensed veterinarians and registered veterinary technicians; authorizing the board to assess civil fines to registered veterinary technicians; fees for actual costs related to the investigation or adjudication of, or enforcement against, any person for a violation of the Kansas veterinary practice act; relating to determinations of impairment; the procedure for investigative and disciplinary proceedings; amending K.S.A. 47-816, 47-817, 47-820, 47-821, 47-829, 47-830, 47-834, 47-835, 47-840, 47-842, 47-847 and 47-852 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 47-837, 47-843, 47-844,47-846, 47-848, 47-849, 47-850, 47-851, 47-853 and 47-854, by Representative Highland

HB 2533, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

HB 2534, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

HB 2535, AN ACT concerning federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements; enacting the individual liberty preservation act; nullifying certain federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements; prohibiting enforcement of such requirements and providing criminal penalties for violations, by Representatives Fairchild, Murphy and Rhiley.

HB 2536, AN ACT concerning sexual assault; relating to rights of survivors; providing survivors the right to consult with a sexual assault counselor; requiring notice to survivors of certain rights, by Representatives Lynn and Hoheisel.

HB 2537, AN ACT concerning the insurance department; relating to the Kansas administrative procedure act; requiring a hearing at the request of any person subject to an order; amending K.S.A. 40-281 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2538, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to preliminary hearings; modifying the time requirement in which to hold a preliminary hearing; authorizing hearsay testimony to be admitted; testimony through two-way electronic audio-video communication device; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2902 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2539, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; creating the crime of violence in the presence of a child and providing criminal penalties for violation thereof, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2540, AN ACT authorizing the construction of a permanent memorial honoring Kansas gold star families on the state capitol grounds; establishing the Kansas gold star families memorial fund, by Representatives Dodson, M., Alcala, Amyx, Anderson, Baker, Blex, Burroughs, Byers, Carlin, Carlson, Clark, Clayton, Clifford, Collins, Croft, Curtis, Ellis, Eplee, Estes, Featherston, Finney, French, Gartner, Hawkins, Highberger, Highland, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Hoye, S. Johnson, T. Johnson, Kelly, Kuether, Long, Meyer, Miller, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Neighbor, Osman, Ousley, F. Patton, Poskin, Probst, Proctor, Resman, Rhiley, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schmidt, Schreiber, Seiwert, Smith, C., Stogsdill, Sutton, Tarwater, Thomas, Turner, Victors, Wasinger, Weigel, K. Williams, Winn, Wolfe Moore and Woodard.

HB 2541, AN ACT concerning the judicial branch; relating to docket fees, marriage license fees and drivers’ license reinstatement fees; crediting the fees to the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 28-177 and 28-178 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2110, 20-1a04, 20-362 and 23-2510 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2110c, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2542, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sports officials; creating the crime of abuse of a sports official and providing penalties therefor, by Representatives Samsel, Bergkamp and Lynn.

HB 2543, AN ACT concerning seniors; relating to the Kansas senior care act; expanding eligibility requirements for Kansas senior care act services to include Kansas residents younger than 60 years of age with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease; amending K.S.A. 75-5928 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Children and Seniors.

HB 2544, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to dietetics practice and dieticians; the dieticians licensing act; excluding persons credentialed in nutrition who are providing related advice from the application thereof; providing requirements therefor; amending K.S.A. 65-5912 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2545, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to dental benefits; defining non-covered services under health insurance plans; amending K.S.A. 40-2,186 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2546, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to dental benefits; requiring health benefit plans to provide certain information to patients and designated dentists and to accept certain claims; prohibiting plans from reducing or deducting amounts from payments, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2547, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the captive insurance act; authorizing technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution insurance companies; providing for the certificate of authority, requirements and operations thereof; amending K.S.A. 40-4301, 40-4302, 40-4303, 40-4310 and 40-4353 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2548, AN ACT concerning information technology; relating to information technology projects and reporting requirements; information technology security training and cybersecurity reports; requiring certain information to be provided to the joint committee on information technology; amending K.S.A. 46-2102, 75-7201, 75-7205, 75-7206, 75-7208, 75-7209, 75-7210, 75-7211, 75-7237, 75-7239, 75-7240 and 75-7242 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Joint Committee on Information Technology.

HB 2549, AN ACT concerning zoning and planning; relating to the regulation of group homes in an area zoned for single family dwellings; authorizing regulations to establish a minimum distance between such group homes; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-736 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Helgerson.

HB 2550, AN ACT concerning education; creating the student empowerment act; authorizing the establishment of education savings accounts for certain students to attend private schools of their choice; amending K.S.A. 72-5134 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117q, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2551, AN ACT concerning education; relating to remote learning; prohibiting the state department of education from enforcing remote learning limitations and discontinuing such limitations; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-5132 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-5180, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2552, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to telemedicine; defining in-state and interstate practitioners under the Kansas telemedicine act; requiring certain insurance coverage of in-state telemedicine services; providing for certain standards of care; establishing the Kansas telehealth advisory committee; amending K.S.A. 40-2,211, 40-2,212 and 40-2,213 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2553, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school attendance; allowing students to transfer to and attend school in any school district in the state; requiring school districts to set transfer capacity and adopt certain transfer policies; establishing an appeals process if a transfer request is denied; amending K.S.A. 72-13,101, 72-3122, 72-3123, 72-3124 and 72-3125 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2554, AN ACT concerning financial institutions; relating to the technology-enabled fiduciary financial institutions act; pertaining to the pilot program; converting the conditional charter to a full fiduciary financial institution charter; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 9-2325 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Rural Development.

HB 2555, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voter registration; requiring a county election officer to send a confirmation notice if there is no election-related activity for any four calendar year period; amending K.S.A. 25-2316c and repealing the existing section, by Representative Proctor.

HB 2556, AN ACT concerning expungement; relating to expungement under the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts; expungement under the Kansas criminal code; prohibiting denial of a petition for expungement due to the petitioner’s inability to pay outstanding costs, fees, fines or restitution; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-4516 and 21-6614 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2557, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; expungement of certain offenses; prohibiting denial of a petition for expungement due to the petitioner’s inability to pay outstanding costs, fees, fines or restitution; authorizing expungement if the juvenile has not committed an offense in the previous two years; amending K.S.A. 38-2312 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2558, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for amounts contributed to the board of pharmacy as a donation, gift or bequest supporting the prescription monitoring program; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2559, AN ACT concerning agriculture; creating the Kansas cotton boll weevil program; relating to the powers and duties thereof; requiring the program to levy an assessment upon Kansas-produced cotton in order to monitor and mitigate the risk of boll weevils, by Committee on Agriculture.

HB 2560, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas department of agriculture; extending certain penalties, fees and program expiration dates; amending K.S.A. 82a-708a, 82a-708b, 82a-708c, 82a-714 and 82a-727 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 2-1205, 2-1930, 2-2440, 2-2440b, 2-2443a, 2-2445a, 2-3304 and 2-3306 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture.

HB 2561, AN ACT concerning the Kansas public employees retirement system; eliminating certain level-dollar employer contribution payments; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to the Kansas public employees retirement fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 74-4920 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

HB 2562, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; providing certain requirements for coverage of screening and diagnostic examinations for breast cancer; amending K.S.A. 40-2,103 and 40-19c09 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Insurance and Pensions.

House Resolutions

HR 6022, A RESOLUTION honoring pregnancy maintenance resource centers in Kansas and across the United States, by Representatives Lynn, Arnberger, Barker, Bergkamp, Burris, Carlson, Carpenter, Clark, Clifford, Collins, Croft, Donohoe, Ellis, Eplee, Esau, Estes, Finch, Finney, French, Garber, Hawkins, Helmer, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howell, Howerton, Humphries, Jacobs, Johnson, Kessler, Landwehr, Lee, Minnix, Moser, Murphy, Newland, Owens, Patton, Penn, Probst, Proctor, Rahjes, Resman, Rhiley, Samsel, Sanders, Smith, Smith, Smith, Tarwater, Toplikar, Turner, Waggoner, Wasinger, Wheeler and Williams.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5024, A PROPOSITION to amend article 7 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto, providing medical assistance eligibility to the full extent authorized under federal law by Representatives Probst, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Burroughs, Byers, Carlin, Clayton, Curtis, Featherston, Finney, Gartner, Haswood, Henderson, Highberger, Hoye, Kuether, Meyer, Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Ousley, Poskin, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schmidt, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Victors, Weigel, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard and Xu.

HCR 5025, A PROPOSITION to amend article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto, legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, by Representatives Probst, Alcala, Amyx, Byers, Carlin, Curtis, Finney, Gartner, Haswood, Henderson, Highberger, Hoye, Kuether, Meyer, Miller, Osman, Ousley, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Vaughn, Woodard and Xu.

HCR 5026, A PROPOSITION to amend article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto, legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana, by Representatives Probst, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Burroughs, Byers, Carlin, Clayton, Curtis, Featherston, Finney, Gartner, Haswood, Henderson, Highberger, Hoye, Kuether, Meyer, Miller, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Osman, Ousley, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Schmidt, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Victors, Winn, Wolfe Moore, Woodard and Xu.

Senate Bills

SB 355, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

SB 356, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

SB 357, AN ACT concerning reapportionment; relating to congressional districts; providing for the reapportionment thereof; repealing K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 4-137 and 4-143, by Committee on Redistricting.

SB 358, AN ACT concerning water; relating to the financing of public water supply projects; allowing financing for projects that are related to the diversion or transportation of water acquired through a water transfer; amending K.S.A. 65-163d and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 359, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to rates and exemptions; expanding the eligible uses for the 0% state rate for sales of certain utilities and providing for the levying of such tax by cities and counties; authorizing cities and counties to exempt sales of such utilities from such city or county taxes; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a and 79-3603 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 360, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to assistance animals; enacting the Kansas assistance animals in housing act; creating the crime of misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal, by Committee on Transparency and Ethics.

SB 361, AN ACT concerning workers compensation; relating to an employer’s maximum liability for permanent total disability compensation; removing the statutory monetary cap on such liability; extending liability for the lifetime of the employee; amending K.S.A. 44-510f and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 362, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring consideration and documentation of district building needs assessments and state academic assessments; making budget allocations related thereto; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 72-1163 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 363, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring internet publication of learning materials and activities used in student instruction and teacher professional development, by Committee on Education.

SB 364, AN ACT concerning the rules of evidence; relating to testimony in the form of opinion or inferences; requiring courts to allow certain persons with specialized training to testify on the issue of impairment; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-456 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 365, AN ACT concerning domestic violence offender assessments; requiring courts to order such assessments for first-time offenders convicted of domestic battery; courts to provide relevant documents to the certified batterer intervention programs completing such assessments when assessments are ordered under the Kansas criminal code or the Kansas family law code; prosecutors to provide relevant documents to the certified batterer intervention programs completing such assessments when assessments are required in a diversion agreement; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5414, 21-6604, 22-2909 and 23-3203 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 366, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to burglary; locked or secured portions of dwellings, buildings or other structures; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-5807 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 367, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to property seized by law enforcement; requiring officers to file copies of receipts with the court when property is seized under a search warrant; providing requirements and procedures for destruction or disposition of dangerous drugs and return or disposition of weapons; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-2512 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 368, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; requiring registration for violations of internet trading in child pornography and aggravated internet trading in child pornography; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-4902 and 22-4906 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 369, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income, privilege and premium taxes; establishing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit act; providing a tax credit for qualified low-income housing projects, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 370, AN ACT concerning the Kansas national guard; creating the defend the guard act; establishing when the national guard may be released into active duty combat; prohibiting COVID-19 vaccination requirements for national guard members, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 371, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to driving privileges; revoking the authority to suspend driving privileges for the nonpayment of fines from traffic citations; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2106 and 8-2110 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 372, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state school for the deaf; prohibiting the dismissal or transfer of a student who gains access to hearing, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 373, AN ACT making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, for the university of Kansas medical center; relating to conducting COVID-19 clinical trials at the midwest stem cell therapy center, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 374, AN ACT concerning renewable energy; relating to property taxation; discontinuing the property tax exemption for certain renewable energy facilities; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 375, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to tax incentives for housing; enacting the Kansas housing investor tax credit act; providing an income tax or privilege tax credit for the development of residential dwellings and apartment buildings in underserved rural and urban communities to accommodate new employees and facilitate business growth, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 376, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to housing; Kansas rural housing incentive district act; expanding use of bond proceeds to include construction of residential dwellings, multi-family units and buildings in rural areas and in the city of Topeka; expanding availability of loans or grants to rural communities for moderate income housing; establishing a program to provide loans or grants to urban communities for moderate income housing; permitting housing projects to include manufactured or modular housing; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-5242, 12-5249 and 12-5256 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 377, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the captive insurance act; authorizing technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution insurance companies; providing for the certificate of authority, requirements and operations thereof; amending K.S.A. 40-4301, 40-4302, 40-4303, 40-4310 and 40-4353 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 378, AN ACT concerning fireworks; allowing cities and counties to restrict the retail sale of fireworks; regulating the time periods for the retail sale of fireworks; amending K.S.A. 31-502 and 31-503 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 379, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to autonomous motor vehicles; providing for the use and regulation thereof, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 380, AN ACT concerning education; relating to exceptional children; revising certain definitions to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability; amending K.S.A. 72-3404 and 75-5399 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 381, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; related to prescription medications; authorizing the prescribing and dispensing of drugs for off-label use to prevent and treat COVID-19 infections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 382, AN ACT concerning real estate brokers and salespersons; application of licensure provisions to trusts; authorizing the Kansas real estate commission to issue cease and desist orders; amending K.S.A. 58-3036 and 58-3065 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 58-3035, 58-3037 and 58-3042 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 383, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to wind and solar electric generation facilities; establishing the Kansas property value protection act; providing for compensation to nonparticipating landowners for diminution in real property value under certain conditions, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 384, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; providing a credit for certain qualified property taxes levied on homesteads, by Senator Hilderbrand.

SB 385, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; requiring registration for certain violations of breach of privacy; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 22-4902 and 22-4906 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Warren, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Bowers, Claeys, Corson, Dietrich, Doll, Erickson, Fagg, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Gossage, Haley, Hilderbrand, Holscher, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pettey, Ryckman, Steffen, Straub, Suellentrop, Sykes, Thompson, Ware and Wilborn.

SB 386, AN ACT concerning the Kansas open records act; relating to copies of records; limiting fees charged for copying and staff time; providing for waiver or reduction of such fees; amending K.S.A. 45-219 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 387, AN ACT concerning the behavioral sciences regulatory board; relating to licensure of health professions and practices; allowing board-approved postgraduate supervised experience to count toward graduate level supervised clinical practicum of supervised professional experience; permitting current master’s and clinical level licensees to take the addiction counselor test; requiring psychologists to have continuing education relating to diversity, equity and inclusion; amending K.S.A. 74-5318 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-6306 and 65-6610 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 388, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to mail ballots; requiring the use of the United States postal service when returning a ballot by mail; amending K.S.A. 25-1128 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Hilderbrand.

SB 389, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to voting systems and procedures; requiring voter-verified paper ballots with a distinctive watermark, by Senator Hilderbrand.

SB 390, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to handling of ballots by election workers; requiring the secretary of state and local election officer to develop an affidavit to be signed by such workers listing certain information, by Senator Hilderbrand.

SB 391, AN ACT concerning elections; requiring the secretary of state and county election officers to develop a system whereby ballots would reflect the number of years an incumbent for an office served in that position, by Senator Hilderbrand.

SB 392, AN ACT concerning securities; relating to the securities act fee fund; terminating the transfer of remaining unencumbered moneys in such fund exceeding $50,000 to the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 17-12a601 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 393, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring internet publication of student learning materials and activities used in student instruction; providing penalties for noncompliance therewith, by Senators Tyson, Claeys, Kerschen, Kloos, Peck, Steffen and Thompson.

SB 394, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to advanced voting ballots; requiring the return of such ballots by 7 p.m. on the day of the election; amending K.S.A. 25-1132 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 395, AN ACT concerning privacy rights; relating to real property; imposing restrictions on access and surveillance by employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 396, AN ACT concerning federal mandates; creating the constitution and federalism defense act; establishing the joint commission on federalism to evaluate the constitutionality of federal mandates; creating the constitution and federalism defense fund, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 397, AN ACT concerning conventions under article V of the constitution of the United States; prescribing the appointment and qualifications of delegates; duties and responsibilities thereof; instruction for delegates by the legislature; creating a joint committee of correspondence, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1725, A RESOLUTION honoring pregnancy maintenance resource centers in Kansas and across the United States, by Senators Warren, Alley, Baumgardner, Billinger, Bowers, Claeys, Dietrich, Erickson, Fagg, Gossage, Hilderbrand, Kerschen, Kloos, Longbine, Masterson, McGinn, Olson, O’Shea, Peck, Petersen, Pyle, Ryckman, Steffen, Straub, Suellentrop, Thompson, Tyson and Wilborn.

SR 1726, A RESOLUTION recognizing Kevin Willmott for his outstanding accomplishments in writing and directing and for his contributions to American film and education, by Senators Faust-Goudeau, Francisco and Haley.

SR 1727, A RESOLUTION congratulating and commending the members of the 2022 Kansas Teacher of the Year team, by Committee on Education.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1617, A PROPOSITION to amend section 5 of article 1 and section 8 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to eliminate the ability of the governor to call a special session of the legislature on extraordinary occasions or to call a special session of the legislature when petitioned to do so by two-thirds of the members elect of the legislature; provide for monthly meetings of the legislature after each regular session, by Senator Hilderbrand.

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