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Publications iconKansas Register

Volume 42 - Issue 3 - January 19, 2023

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced January 9–12 during the 2023 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 2001, AN ACT concerning judges; relating to impeachment; defining grounds of impeachment for justices of the supreme court and certain judges of the district court, by Representative Fairchild.

HB 2002, AN ACT concerning the taxpayer notification costs fund; continuing in existence the reimbursement from the fund for printing and postage costs for county clerks beyond calendar year 2023; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-2989 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Fairchild.

HB 2003, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas state high school activities association and the system for classification of high schools; authorizing the classification system to be based on student attendance and other factors; amending K.S.A. 72-7114 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Johnson.

HB 2004, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to electric vehicles; establishing the EV energy equity road repair tax act and providing for a road repair tax on the distribution of electricity from public charging stations, by Representatives Rhiley, Garber, Seiwert and Waggoner.

HB 2005, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to operating a vehicle while fatigued; creating a traffic infraction thereof; amending K.S.A. 8-2118 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Carmichael.

HB 2006, AN ACT concerning the department of wildlife and parks; relating to enforcement; unlawful methods of taking wildlife; restricting rule and regulation authority; amending K.S.A. 32-1003 and 32-1032 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Carmichael.

HB 2007, 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, Barth, Hill, Murphy, Proctor and Rhiley.

HB 2008, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; affiliation and membership of certain security officers of the department of corrections in the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; providing for employee and employer contributions; authorizing certain participating service credit purchases of previous KPERS security officer participating service for purposes of KP&F retirement benefits.

HB 2009, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for exemption for feminine hygiene products and diapers; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Clayton.

HB 2010, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to trials; persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect; jury instruction; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 22-3428 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Highberger.

HB 2011, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; providing a subtraction modification for amounts received as compensation for serving in the armed forces; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Proctor, Barth, Blex, Buehler, Clifford, Collins, Dodson, M., Ellis, Essex, Estes, Hill, Hoffman, Humphries, Johnson, Mason, Maughan, Moser, Murphy, Neelly, Pickert, Poskin, Rhiley, Smith, E., Sutton, Thompson, Turk and Underhill.

HB 2012, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; requiring certain offenders to complete a citizenship curriculum; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6607 and 22-3717 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Rhiley, Fairchild and Hill.

HB 2013, AN ACT concerning elections; requiring a runoff election between the top two vote-getting candidates for statewide office if no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast at a general election, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2014, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 69 in Crawford county as the Robert Lessen memorial highway, by Representative Collins.

HB 2015, AN ACT concerning public health; relating to infectious disease; authorizing the designee of an employing agency or entity to petition the court for an order requiring infectious disease testing; amending K.S.A. 65-6008 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2016, AN ACT concerning the probate code; relating to transfer-on-death; clarifying how property held under a transfer-on-death deed is distributed when one beneficiary predeceases the grantor; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 59-3504 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2017, AN ACT concerning family law; relating to arbitration agreements; enacting the uniform family law arbitration act, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2018, AN ACT concerning the probate code; relating to wills; permitting a will or a copy of a will filed within six months after the death of the testator to be admitted to probate at any time; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 59-618a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2019, AN ACT concerning transportation; relating to the Kansas transportation network company services act; establishing conditions for when a driver is an independent contractor for a transportation network company, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2020, AN ACT concerning motor carriers; relating to the employment status of a driver of a motor carrier; prohibiting the altering of employment status for requiring safety improvements on the vehicle, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2021, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to risk and needs assessment for certain children in need of care; allowing for overall case length limit extensions for certain juvenile offenders; requiring the department of corrections to create juvenile justice data systems; increasing use of evidence-based programs account money; authorizing detention sanctions for probation violations; increasing the cumulative detention cap; amending K.S.A. 38-2203, 38-2304, 38-2361, 38-2391, 38-2392, 75-52,162 and 75-52,164 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2022, AN ACT concerning the Kansas highway patrol; providing for appointment of the superintendent by the attorney general; establishing the highway patrol as a division under the jurisdiction of the attorney general; transferring functions concerning the highway patrol from the governor to the attorney general; amending K.S.A. 66-1302, 68-2025, 74-2113 and 74-2114 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2023, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against the public peace; creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a hospital; relating to battery; increasing the criminal penalty for battery of a healthcare provider; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-5413 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Concannon and Hawkins.

HB 2024, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the newborn infant protection act; allowing the surrender of physical custody of an infant to an infant refuge bassinet; amending K.S.A. 38-2282 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Joint Committee on Child Welfare System Oversight.

HB 2025, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; retirement benefits; authorizing a self-funded cost-of-living adjustment option; amending K.S.A. 74-4918 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits.

HB 2026, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to warrants issued by the secretary of revenue; providing that the secretary of revenue file a release of warrant in the county where such warrant is docketed, by Representative Ellis.

HB 2027, AN ACT concerning the Kansas probate code; relating to probate procedures; persons arrested or charged with felonious killing of the decedent; creating a procedure to prevent distribution of assets until resolution of criminal proceedings; amending K.S.A. 59-513 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Wasinger and Ballard.

HB 2028, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; requiring automatic expungement of certain records; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 21-6614 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2029, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to the protection from abuse act; protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act; increasing time of initial order and possible extensions; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 60-3107 and 60-31a06 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

House Resolutions

HR 6001, A RESOLUTION providing for the organization of the House of Representatives for the 2023 session of the Legislature, by Representatives. Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller.

HR 6002, A RESOLUTION assigning seats in the House of Representatives for the 2023 session, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller.

HR 6003, A RESOLUTION providing temporary rules of the House of Representatives for the 2023 session until permanent rules are adopted, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller.

HR 6004, A RESOLUTION adopting the permanent rules of the House of Representatives for the 2023-2024 biennium, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5001, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION providing for joint sessions of the Senate and the House of Representatives for the purpose of hearing messages from the Governor and the Supreme Court, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller.

HCR 5002, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adopting joint rules for the Senate and the House of Representatives for the 2023-2024 biennium, by Representatives Hawkins, Croft and V. Miller.

Senate Bills

SB 1, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to terms of service; authorizing civil penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act for social media websites; prohibiting censorship of certain speech made via such websites, by Senator Steffen.

SB 2, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; authorizing certain individuals with revoked licenses to be eligible for restricted driving privileges; amending K.S.A. 8-2110 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Faust-Goudeau.

SB 3, AN ACT designating Silvisaurus condrayi as the official state land fossil, by Senator Bowers.

SB 4, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for purchases for the construction or repair of buildings used for human habitation by the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Fagg.

SB 5, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; related to the Kansas telemedicine act; prohibiting the prescribing of medications intended to induce an abortion via telemedicine; restricting the power of the governor during a state of emergency to alter such abortion prohibitions; amending K.S.A. 40-2,215 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 48-925 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Steffen.

SB 6, AN ACT concerning infectious or contagious diseases; relating to the secretary of health and environment and local health officers; restricting the powers thereof; repealing authority of the secretary to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose associated penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 65-116g, 65-118, 65-119, 65-128, 65-129b and 65-129d and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-101, 65-202 and 72-5180 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 65-126, 65-127, 65-129 and 65-129c, by Senator Steffen.

SB 7, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to resident individuals; reducing tax rates for individuals domiciled in a rural equity decline county; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,110 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Steffen.

SB 8, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to personal property; reducing penalties for the late filing of or the failure to file statements listing property for assessment and the discovery of escaped property; amending K.S.A. 79-332a, 79-1422 and 79-1427a and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Steffen.

SB 9, AN ACT concerning the uniform controlled substances act; adding tianeptine to the substances in schedule I; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 65-4105 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Steffen.

SB 10, AN ACT concerning members of the legislature; relating to compensation and retirement benefits therefor; increasing the daily rate of compensation for legislators first serving on or after January 13, 2025; eliminating the annualization of compensation for purposes of determining benefits and contributions under the Kansas public employees retirement system for legislators first serving on or after January 13, 2025; providing an election for the calculation of compensation and retirement benefits for legislators with service prior to January 13, 2025; amending K.S.A. 46-137a, 46-137c, 74-4915b, 74-4992, 74-4995 and 75-3212 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Hawk.

SB 11, AN ACT concerning the state capitol; reauthorizing the permanent placement of a life-size version of the “Ad Astra” sculpture on state capitol grounds; transferring approval authority to the capitol preservation committee; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, for the department of administration; amending K.S.A. 75-2256 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Bowers.

SB 12, AN ACT concerning gender identity medical care; creating the crime of unlawful gender reassignment service and providing punishment therefor; providing grounds for unprofessional conduct for healing arts licensees; amending K.S.A. 65-2837 and repealing the existing section, by Senators Thompson and Steffen.

SB 13, AN ACT concerning schools; relating to the state high school activities association; contracts for exclusive broadcast coverage of postseason activities; permitting certain local broadcasters to cover a school’s postseason activities notwithstanding such exclusive contracts, by Senators Hawk and Billinger.

SB 14, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to risk-based capital requirements; updating the version of instructions in effect; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-2c01 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 15, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to penalties; failure of agents or brokers to pay premiums; removing the requirement of a documented written demand for premiums as part of a prima facie case; amending K.S.A. 40-247 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 16, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to third party administrators; discontinuing certain exemptions from the pharmacy benefits manager licensure act; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 40-3821 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 17, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to prepaid service plans; certificates of registration; discontinuing annual registration fees for such plans; modifying the requirement to report individuals who solicit memberships on behalf of such plans from semi-annually to annually and upon application for registration; amending K.S.A. 40-4209 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 40-4203, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 18, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to insurance laws and enforcement thereof; adding certain legal entities to the definition of “person”; amending K.S.A. 40-2,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 19, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to premium tax; adjusting the basis upon which certain premium tax calculations are made; requiring such premium taxes to be paid 90 days after each calendar year and basing such premium taxes upon the gross premiums collected for the previous calendar year; amending K.S.A. 12-2624 and 44-588 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 20, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to vaccine requirements; relating to child care facilities and elementary, secondary and public or private postsecondary educational institutions; prohibiting an inquiry into the sincerity of a request for an exemption from vaccine requirements; repealing the meningitis vaccine requirement to live in student housing; amending K.S.A. 65-508 and 72-6262 and K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 44-663 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 76-761a, by Senators Steffen and Thompson.

SB 21, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for sales of certain school supplies during an annual sales tax holiday, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 22, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases and sales by the Johnson county Christmas bureau association; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 23, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system; Kansas public employees retirement fund; investment standards; eliminating the statutory 15% alternative investment percentage limit thereto; requiring the board of trustees to set alternative investment percentage limit; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 74-4921 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits.

SB 24, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to coverage for autism spectrum disorder; changing the required number of employees contained in the definitions of “large employer” and “small employer”; amending K.S.A. 40-2,194 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 25, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to premium tax; decreasing such tax rate imposed from 6% to 3% on surplus lines insurance; amending K.S.A. 40-246c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 26, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health maintenance organizations and medicare provider organizations; applications for certificates of authority; specifying certain requirements necessary to demonstrate fiscal soundness; amending K.S.A. 40-3203 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 27, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to the uniform insurance agents licensure act; public adjusters licensing act; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees; requiring information obtained from background checks, fingerprinting and criminal history records checks be used solely for the purpose of verifying the identification of an applicant and the fitness of an applicant to be issued a license as an insurance agent; amending K.S.A. 40-4905, 40-4906 and 40-5505 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 28, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to certain group-funded insurance pools; discontinuing payments paid to the group-funded pools fee fund and the group-funded workers’ compensation fee fund; transferring such balances and abolishing such funds; establishing the group-funded pools refund fund; refunding the balance thereof and abolishing such fund on July 1, 2024; amending K.S.A. 44-588 and repealing the existing section; also repealing K.S.A. 12-2623 and 44-587, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 29, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for sales of school supplies, personal computers and clothing during an annual sales tax holiday, by Senators Peck, Bowers, Claeys, Doll, Faust-Goudeau and Petersen.

SB 30, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; increasing the Kansas standard deduction by a cost-of-living adjustment; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,119 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 31, AN ACT concerning municipal universities; relating to the membership of the Washburn university board of regents; reapportioning the districts of certain members thereof; amending K.S.A. 13-13a04 and 13-13a05 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 32, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas state high school activities association and the system for classification of high schools; authorizing the classification system to be based on student attendance and other factors; amending K.S.A. 72-7114 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 33, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to Kansas adjusted gross income; eliminating the income limitation to receive the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits; amending K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1701, A RESOLUTION relating to the organization of the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.

SR 1702, A RESOLUTION relating to assignments of seats of the Senate, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.

SR 1703, A RESOLUTION concerning the rules of the Senate for 2021-2024; relating to standing committees; increasing the number of members on the committee on assessment and taxation, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1601, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION informing the Governor that the two houses of the Legislature are duly organized and ready to receive communications, by Senators Masterson, Alley and Sykes.

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