Volume 45 - Issue 7 - February 12, 2026

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 2 – February 6 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 2609, AN ACT enacting the supported decision-making agreements act; relating to decision-making assistance for adults; allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance with the adult’s affairs from one or more other adults; providing requirements for decision-making agreements and duties related thereto; including violations of this act in the crime of mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5417 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2610, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to issuance of a warrant or summons when there is probable cause to believe that a defendant has committed a crime; limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant to misdemeanor crimes; requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant’s own recognizance; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2302 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2611, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release prior to trial; providing limitations and restrictions on releasing a person charged with a crime upon the person’s own recognizance; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2612, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sentencing; providing that the supervision term in certain multiple conviction cases will be based on the longest supervision term imposed for any of the crimes; amending K.S.A. 21-6819 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2613, AN ACT concerning the crime victims compensation board; relating to fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims of sexual assault; authorizing the board to establish such fees and adopt rules and regulations for the administration thereof; authorizing the board to use moneys in the crime victims compensation fund for the payment of such fees; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-448, 74-7304 and 74-7317 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2614, AN ACT concerning the crime victims compensation board; relating to confidentiality of records; providing certain exceptions thereto; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-7308 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2615, AN ACT concerning roads and highways; designating a portion of United States highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark memorial highway; redesignating a current portion of the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway for United States highway 75; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 68-1051 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2616, AN ACT concerning the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee; relating to the Kansas highway patrol and the Kansas bureau of investigation; providing that the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee may receive requests from a law enforcement agency for temporary personnel and other assistance in support of funeral services honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the service of the state; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2617, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; providing that motorcycle license plates shall contain a combination not fewer than six letters or numbers; amending K.S.A. 8-172 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-132 and 8-147 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Smith, A.

HB 2618, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the state board of education; requiring the state board of education to report to the legislature on the federal financial assistance that is accepted, received or distributed by the state board; amending K.S.A. 72-5538 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2619, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a sales tax exemption for sales of manufactured homes, mobile homes or modular homes and sales of materials and services used by a contractor when constructing or remodeling affordable housing for certain not-for-profit organizations; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2620, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; increasing the eligible credit amount for the earned income tax credit; amending K.S.A. 79-32,205 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Paige, Carlin, Carmichael, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Oropeza, Ruiz, L., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill, Wikle, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2621, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing a property tax exemption for real property owned by certain not-for-profit organizations and used to provide affordable housing; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2622, AN ACT concerning municipal lease-purchase agreements; modifying the protest petition requirements; amending K.S.A. 10-1116c and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2623, AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; requiring the secretary of commerce and the secretary of wildlife and parks to jointly conduct a feasibility study regarding a potential state purchase of acorns resort and the designation of such location as a state park or the incorporation of such location into the existing Milford state park in Geary county; requiring the secretary of commerce and the secretary of wildlife and parks to submit and present a report on such feasibility study to the legislature and the governor during the 2027 legislative session, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2624, AN ACT concerning fire districts; authorizing the disorganization of a county fire district by the board of county commissioners when such district contains no territory; amending K.S.A. 19-3604 and repealing the existing section, by Representative T. Johnson.

HB 2625, AN ACT concerning water; relating to rural water districts; requiring rural water districts to award purchases or contracts in excess of $25,000 through a public letting process; creating exceptions therefor, by Representatives T. Johnson, Buehler and Neelly.

HB 2626, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to government employment preference; expanding such preference to include current members of the national guard and such members’ eligible spouses; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 73-201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2627, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to permissive preference in private employment; expanding permissive preference to include servicemembers and eligible spouses; amending K.S.A. 73-231 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2628, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; establishing a refundable income tax credit for tuition payments and fees made to postsecondary educational institutions, by Representatives Osman, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Paige, Carlin, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2629, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to deductions; increasing the amount of the standard deduction; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,119 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Paige, Carlin, Carmichael, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, McDonald, Meyer, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Poskin, Sawyer, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill, Weigel, Wikle, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2630, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to liquor enforcement; providing counties and cities the authority to levy an additional tax for property tax reduction; amending K.S.A. 79-4101 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-4108 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Paige, Carlin, Featherston, Meyer, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Ruiz, L., Clayton, Wikle and Woodard.

HB 2631, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; increasing the extent of exemption from the statewide school levy for residential property; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-201x and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Osman, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Paige, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Haskins, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Oropeza, Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Stogsdill, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2632, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to homestead property tax refund claims; increasing the household income and the appraised value thresholds for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-4508a and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Osman, Alcala, Ballard, Paige, Carmichael, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Oropeza, Ruiz, S., Clayton, Schlingensiepen and Woodard.

HB 2633, AN ACT concerning the department of wildlife and parks; relating to fees; increasing the service charge fee for each license, permit, stamp or other issue of the department of wildlife and parks to an amount of not to exceed $2.00 and, in the case of each migratory waterfowl habitat stamp, an amount of not to exceed $1.00; amending K.S.A. 32-989 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2634, AN ACT concerning the Kansas residential landlord tenant act; relating to building and housing codes; creating a default maintenance code to use for rental properties if a city or county has not adopted such a code; amending K.S.A. 58-2553 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Howell, Howerton, Essex and Tarwater.

HB 2635, AN ACT concerning healthcare; enacting the pregnancy center autonomy and rights of expression act; providing statutory protection for private, nonprofit pregnancy centers and medical pregnancy centers to provide life-affirming care, support and material resources; creating a private cause of action for violations of the act; creating a right of intervention in legal proceedings challenging the act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2636, 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 Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2637, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility program; providing a financial hardship exception to such participation; requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, by Representatives Essex, Bohi, Esau, Stiens and Williams, L.

HB 2638, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the secretary for children and families; requiring that a child in the custody of the secretary be provided notification of such child’s rights; maintaining records of provision and the child’s acknowledgement of the provision of notification of the child’s rights; providing for written confirmation of comprehension by the child of such rights; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2201a and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2639, AN ACT concerning children and minors; changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers; modifying the intake criteria for such centers; prohibiting certain rules and regulations for such centers; modifying the treatment and services provided by such centers; transferring moneys from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund to the department for children and families to provide juvenile stabilization services; amending K.S.A. 38-2232, 38-2242 and 75-7023 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2202, 38-2231, 38-2243, 38-2302, 38-2330, 65-536, 72-6287 and 75-52,164 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2640, AN ACT concerning the integrity of state voter registration systems by requiring periodic comparisons with the federal systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) database by the secretary of state and annual reporting to the legislature on such comparison, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2641, AN ACT concerning real property; enacting the Kansas property rights protection act; establishing protections for property value diminution from actions of governmental entities; requiring just compensation be provided to landowners for actions that burden or diminish the value of private property, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2642, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to addition and subtraction modifications; removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,117 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2643, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; providing countywide retailers’ sales tax authority for Butler county for the purpose of providing property tax relief; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2644, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to valuations; requiring a county appraiser to adjust the value of residential and commercial property upon a final determination of valuation appeal or obtain an independent fee simple appraisal if the appraised value exceeds a 5% increase each year for five years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-1460 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2645, AN ACT concerning income taxation; relating to credits; extending the tax credit for certain contributions to community colleges and technical colleges for capital improvements, deferred maintenance or the purchase of technology or equipment; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,261 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2646, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to veterans benefits; prohibiting certain conduct and improper collection of veterans benefit fees; requiring mandatory counseling concerning the benefit claims process; requiring that violations be considered under the Kansas consumer protection act, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2647, AN ACT concerning communications services; relating to the Kansas department of transportation; authorizing the Kansas department of transportation to establish a statewide fiber optic system; establishing the Kansas broadband revolving fund for the receipt and disbursement of moneys related to such system; authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds by the Kansas development finance authority; requiring the secretary of transportation to prepare and submit a report to the legislature regarding such system, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2648, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; relating to electronic communications; enacting the social media and telecommunications fraud accountability act; requiring social media platforms to exercise reasonable care in preventing the dissemination of fraudulent advertisements; prohibiting a person or business from falsely identifying such person’s or business’s name or telephone number on telephone caller identification systems; prohibiting the unauthorized use of a bank name in electronic advertisements or solicitations; making violations of the act an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act; authorizing the attorney general to enforce violations of the act; providing for civil penalties and private civil actions against violators of the act, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2649, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; enacting the Kansas empowerment savings program act; establishing the Kansas empowerment savings program board of trustees within the office of the state treasurer; providing powers, duties, functions and responsibilities of such board; authorizing certain eligible employees to contribute to individual retirement accounts through an automatic enrollment payroll deduction; prescribing requirements, limitations and responsibilities for eligible employees and employers; creating the Kansas empowerment savings program fund, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions.

HB 2650, AN ACT concerning noncompete agreements; requiring that such agreements be reasonable; providing that such agreements are null and void upon the sale or change in ownership or control of an employer, by Representative Howe.

HB 2651, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to acknowledgment and claims of paternity; authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity at any time after acknowledgment in cases of fraud, duress or mistake of fact; specifying that certain genetic testing results are considered a material mistake of fact; amending K.S.A. 23-2204 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2652, AN ACT concerning courts; requiring the clerk of the appellate courts to publish monthly a list of cases of the supreme court and court of appeals in which a decision has not been entered and filed within six months of submission and a list of cases in which a petition for review has not been granted or denied within six months of submission; amending K.S.A. 20-3301 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2653, AN ACT concerning the secretary of corrections; relating to release of offenders; requiring the secretary to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment-related documentation prior to release from custody, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2654, AN ACT concerning traffic regulations; relating to failure to comply with a traffic citation; prohibiting past sanctions that are more than five years old from being considered by courts or the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges; eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles related to suspended or restricted drivers’ licenses; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-2110 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2655, AN ACT concerning municipal courts; providing for expungement of convictions and related arrest records when a person has completed the requirements of a specialty court program; authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program in accordance with supreme court rules; amending K.S.A. 12-4516 and 20-173 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2656, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; establishing the no kid hungry in schools program to be administered by the state board of education; reimbursing school districts that participate in such program for the cost of providing certain meals to students attending public school; amending K.S.A. 72-17,137 and 72-17,145 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Wikle, Boatman, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Simmons, Vaughn, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2657, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; prohibiting social media platforms from allowing children under 16 year of age to create, maintain or access an account unless the platform has obtained verified parental consent; requiring social media platforms to implement age-verification measures and suspend access to current accounts until verified parental consent is obtained; allowing a parent or guardian to revoke consent at any time and request for the deletion of the minor’s account; authorizing the attorney general to enforce the provisions of the section pursuant to the Kansas consumer protection act, by Committee on Legislative Modernization.

HB 2658, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; enacting the safe and transparent arrest act; requiring all law enforcement agencies operating in Kansas to adopt a written policy regarding the use of facial coverings; prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties except as expressly authorized by law; waiving any privilege or immunity against a claim of civil liability for certain tortious conduct committed while committing violations thereof; providing criminal penalties for violations thereof, by Representative Martinez.

HB 2659, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to audits and recounts; requiring that audits and recounts be conducted using a hand count of paper ballots; amending K.S.A. 25-4413 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-2912, 25-3009 and 25-3107 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Poetter.

HB 2660, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas blueprint for literacy; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, for the state board of regents; expanding reporting requirements in the every child can read act; requiring members of the literacy advisory committee to have certain expertise; aligning literacy fluency goals with the state board of education’s assessment cut scores; requiring school districts to employ reading specialists and develop individual student literacy plans for certain high-risk students; requiring the state board of education to designate best literacy practices and include a literacy practicum in the requirements for teacher licensure; requiring the development of a comprehensive literacy implementation plan; providing requirements for educator preparation programs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3262, 74-32,290, 74-32,291, 74-32,292, 74-32,293, 74-32,294 and 74-32,295 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,296, by Committee on Education.

HB 2661, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; enacting the foreign adversaries out of higher education act; prohibiting the acceptance of gifts, grants and other moneys by postsecondary educational institutions from foreign adversaries and their affiliates; prohibiting certain foreign adversary affiliates from operating on campuses; providing training and education on such foreign adversaries and their affiliates; establishing the foreign adversaries out of higher education fund, by Committee on Education.

HB 2662, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the student safety and awareness act; requiring school districts to designate a month during the school year as student safety and awareness month; requiring the provision of educational programs on the dangers and effects of fentanyl, personal safety and awareness and social media literacy, safety and responsibility during such designated month, by Committee on Education.

HB 2663, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school district at-risk student accountability plans; modifying the requirements for student cohorts and achievement goals for such plans; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3574 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2664, AN ACT concerning energy; enacting the private energy campus and industrial host site generation act; authorizing the sales of electricity and the provision of ancillary services to private industrial and data center enterprises located on a private energy campus; exempting such sales and services from public utility regulation; authorizing an electric public utility to enter into interconnection and energy services agreements with a private energy campus; exempting a private energy campus from parallel generation and net metering requirements; defining a private energy campus; amending K.S.A. 66-1,170 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 66-104, 66-1,184 and 66-1264 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Neelly, Buehler, T. Johnson and Proctor.

HB 2665, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to termination of a rental agreement; modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with a rental agreement; amending K.S.A. 58-2559 and repealing the existing section, by Representative Xu.

HB 2666, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; requiring certain disclosures be made to prospective tenants; providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent, by Representative Xu.

HB 2667, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to the sale of dwelling units; requiring landlords to offer to sell certain dwelling units to tenants prior to offering such units for sale to the public, by Representative Xu.

HB 2668, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; mandating health insurers to provide coverage for pain management services, by Representative Simmons.

HB 2669, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to unit owners associations; prohibiting such associations from limiting or prohibiting the installation of rooftop solar energy conversion systems; authorizing such associations to adopt reasonable rules regarding the placement of such systems, by Committee on Local Government.

HB 2670, AN ACT concerning video programming; relating to advertisement volume; prohibiting certain video streaming services from transmitting commercial advertisements with the audio louder than that of the main video streaming content in which such advertisement is placed, by Representatives Roeser, Anderson, Barrett, Bergkamp, Bergquist, Blex, Bloom, Boatman, Bohi, Brunk, Bryce, Butler, Carlin, B. Carpenter, Chauncey, Esau, Essex, Featherston, Francis, Goddard, Goetz, Haskins, Helwig, Hoffman, Hoheisel, Howe, Howell, Howerton, Hoye, Huebert, James, T. Johnson, Minnix, Neelly, Pickert, Pishny, Poskin, Rahjes, Reavis, Rhiley, Roth, Sanders, Schlingensiepen, Schmoe, Schwertfeger, Seiwert, Simmons, Stiens, Sweely, Tarwater, Turk, VanHouden, Ward, Waymaster, White, Wikle, Williams, K., Woodard and Xu.

HB 2671, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; establishing the Kansas community harmed by AI technology act; requiring covered entities to mandate user accounts for accessing companion AI chatbots and to verify user age using commercially available methods; classifying users as minors or adults based on age verification; mandating parental account affiliation and parental consent for minors; blocking minor users’ access to interactions involving suicidal ideation or sexuallyexplicit communications; protecting the confidentiality of age information and monitoring interactions for suicidal ideation; requiring popups to inform users that they are interacting with AI, not humans; requiring the attorney general to issue compliance guidance by December 31, 2026; outlining enforcement actions under the Kansas consumer protection act; providing a safe harbor for covered entities that rely on user-provided age information and comply with the attorney general’s guidance, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2672, AN ACT concerning persons with intellectual disabilities; removing certain terminologies from statute; amending K.S.A. 76-17d01 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 76-6b04 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2673, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; establishing the positive learning environment act; establishing certain rights for teachers; requiring the board of education of each school district to adopt a school management plan for each school of the school district; requiring such plans to establish a tiered system of consequences and interventions for minor and major behavioral infractions, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2674, AN ACT concerning the environment; enacting the PFAS protection act; prohibiting certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS; authorizing the department of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations to prohibit certain products that contain intentionally added PFAS; requiring disclosure of information and the testing of products that contain intentionally added PFAS and are sold, offered for sale, distributed or distributed for sale in this state, by Representative Bohi.

HB 2675, AN ACT concerning economic development, relating to international trade; establishing the Kansas-Italy trade commission to advance, promote and encourage business and other mutually beneficial activities between Kansas and Italy; establishing the Kansas-Italy trade commission fund, by Representative Bohi.

HB 2676, AN ACT concerning pharmacists and pharmacy; relating to a pharmacist’s scope of practice; permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist’s education, training and experience; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-16,131 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2677, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance coverage; mandating health insurance policies to provide coverage and payment for hearing aids for children under the age of 18; providing for an exemption for such coverage, by Representative Howe.

HB 2678, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to medical cannabis; enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act; providing for the licensure and regulation of the cultivation, processing, manufacturing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products; establishing the medical cannabis registration fund and the medical cannabis regulation fund; requiring the expungement of cannabis- related charges; assessing an excise tax and requiring amounts collected from such tax to be used to fund child care, economic development, mental health, low-cost housing and property tax rebates; making exceptions to the crimes of unlawful manufacture and possession of controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 21-6109, 23-3201, 38-2269, 44-1009, 44-1015, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1567, 21-5705, 21-6607, 22-3717, 22-4714, 44-501, 44-706, 65-1120 and 65-28b08 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Carr, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Paige, Carlin, Carmichael, Curtis, Hoye, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Ruiz, L., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Wikle, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2679, AN ACT concerning cannabis; enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act; providing for the licensure and regulation of cannabis, including the cultivation, manufacturing, transportation, possession and sale of cannabis; providing certain fines and penalties for violations of the act; providing exemptions from crimes involving controlled substances; requiring the expungement of cannabis-related charges; assessing an excise tax and requiring amounts collected from such tax to be used to fund child care, economic development, mental health, low-cost housing and property tax rebates; establishing the cannabis business regulation fund; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5706, 21-5707, 21-5709, 21-5710, 79-5201 and 79-5210 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5705 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Carr, Boatman, Paige, Carmichael, Featherston, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Vaughn, Wikle and Xu.

HB 2680, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the tax credit for low income students scholarship program; renaming such program the Kansas K-12 students scholarship program; expanding eligibility for scholarships under such program; providing for program administration by the state treasurer; increasing the aggregate tax credit limit of such program; amending K.S.A. 72-4351, 72-4353, 72-4355 and 72-4356 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-4352, 72-4354 and 72-4357 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2681, AN ACT concerning the department of corrections; relating to peer support programs; establishing the department of corrections peer support fund for such programs; transferring funds from the state general fund to the department of corrections peer support fund during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2682, AN ACT concerning public health and the environment; relating to solid waste; enacting the Kansas organic waste land application accountability act; regulating the land application of biosolids and organic waste materials, except when applied by a bona fide farmer conducting normal farming operations on land owned or leased by such farmer; establishing the permitting, testing, sampling, documentation, setbacks, operational limitations, odor and dust abatement requirements; defining nuisance conditions; authorizing the secretary of health and environment or the applicable county to issue cease and desist orders or impose civil penalties in response to any violation of the act; authorizing counties to adopt additional restrictions and investigate complaints, conduct inspections, collect samples and enforce the act concurrently with the secretary, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2683, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to healthcare records; allowing fees to be charged by healthcare providers to furnish healthcare records; providing for the disclosure of a decedent’s healthcare records to certain individuals; amending K.S.A. 65-6836 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2684, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to prescription drugs; providing coverage for insulin drugs and diabetes management devices; providing price limitations and requirements therefor under health insurance plans, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2685, AN ACT concerning public officials; enacting the public official accountability act; providing that public officials are personally liable for actions that violate constitutional rights or exceed such official’s lawful duties, by Representative Rhiley.

HB 2686, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; prohibiting certain agents of the United States immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) from being eligible for employment as a law enforcement officer in Kansas, by Representative Ruiz, S..

HB 2687, AN ACT concerning waters of the state; relating to the operation of aquatic aircraft; prohibiting any governmental agency from regulating landings, takeoffs or the operation of aquatic aircraft on waters of the state, by Representatives Roeser, Bohi, Carlin, Esau, Goddard, T. Johnson, Reavis, Schwertfeger and VanHouden.

HB 2688, AN ACT concerning nondisclosure agreements; providing that a nondisclosure agreement by any party in an action related to childhood sexual abuse or human trafficking shall not be judicially enforceable in a dispute involving childhood sexual abuse or human trafficking allegations or claims, by Representatives Bohi, Williams, L., Barrett and Lewis.

HB 2689, AN ACT concerning child care; enacting the Kansas tri-share child care act for the sharing of child care costs among employers, employees and the state; establishing the Kansas tri-share child care matching program within the Kansas office of early childhood and to be administered by the director of early childhood; creating the Kansas tri-share child care matching program fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-7703 and repealing the existing section, by Representatives Osman, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Oropeza, Vaughn, Wikle and Xu.

HB 2690, AN ACT concerning cities and counties; relating to interior inspections and abatement of nuisances in residential property; allowing cities to abate nuisances that involve certain interior code violations or delegate such authority to the county; authorizing inspections without consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable cause of imminent danger related to public health and safety; amending K.S.A. 12-1617e and 12-16,138 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Xu.

HB 2691, AN ACT concerning evictions; requiring cause for evictions from residential property; modifying the petition and notice requirements in residential eviction cases; removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant acontinuance; amending K.S.A. 61-3801, 61-3804, 61-3805 and 61-3807 and repealing the existing sections, by Representative Xu.

HB 2692, AN ACT establishing standards of conduct for agents of the United States immigration and customs enforcement; prohibiting facial covering, requiring agency vehicles to be clearly marked; prohibiting raids in schools, places of worship, daycare centers, hospitals and courts; requiring judicial search warrants; requiring minimum training, by Representatives Simmons, Alcala, Amyx, Boatman, Carr, Haskins, Martinez, Meyer, Mosley, Ruiz, S., Wikle and Xu.

HB 2693, AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the application of swine waste; prohibiting certain applications except with low-pressure drop nozzles within an average height of three feet and using secretary-approved methods; requiring contour buffer strips for application on land with slopes of 3% or greater; establishing setback rules for property lines, road rights-of-way, habitable structures, refuges and parks; requiring applicators to prevent nuisance conditions; amending K.S.A. 65-1,182 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

HB 2694, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to prescription medication; enacting the opioid patients right to know act; requiring that a healthcare provider disclose the risks of prescribed opioid use, by Representative Simmons.

HB 2695, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to children receiving medical assistance; enacting the enhanced oversight and accountability for the prescription of psychotropic drug act; enhancing oversight of psychotropic drug prescriptions for children receiving medical assistance; requiring the department of health and environment to establish an adverse drug reaction online reporting system, by Representative Howe.

HB 2696, AN ACT concerning the modernization of notarization and the notary public process with respect to real estate documents; concerning mitigation of real estate document-related fraud; creating a new category of verified notaries public with respect to real estate documents; providing for the development, implementation and administration of a device-bound authentication system for notarization of real estate documents; requiring the use of a three-dimensional liveness biometric antifraud system by all notaries public in such new category by December 31, 2027; amending K.S.A. 58-2209 and 58-2211 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2697, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes involving property; modifying the crime of unlawful acts involving theft detection shielding devices to include possessing, with the intent to commit theft, a computer program, application, software or other device adapted, designed or commonly used to operate a lock or locks on or start a motor vehicle without an ignition key or key fob, or to copy, store information relating to, or interfere with those functions and providing for exceptions; amending K.S.A. 21-5805 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2698, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to seizures of animals; providing for permanent seizures of animals in instances when the owner violates county resolutions; authorizing judges of competent jurisdiction to order such seizures; amending K.S.A. 19-101d and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2699, AN ACT concerning legal publications; providing for official publications on a county website for counties with a population of 100,000 or more; amending K.S.A. 64-101 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2700, AN ACT concerning consumer protection; enacting the Kansas right-to- repair act; establishing a right for persons who purchase or lease digital electronic equipment to obtain the legal authorization and necessary documentation and parts from original equipment manufacturers to diagnose, maintain and repair such equipment; providing for enforcement by the attorney general; creating liability limitations; limiting application of such act to digital electronic equipment made available for sale on or after July 1, 2026, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2701, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to zoning regulations; permitting nonuniform zoning regulations within a zoning district with respect to classes or kinds of buildings or land uses; amending K.S.A. 12-756 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2702, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to physician assistant practice agreements; providing that applicants for a physician assistant license submit to a criminal history record check; providing for the collaboration between a physician and a physician assistant; requiring the revocation of a physician assistant license under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 65-28,127, 65-28a01, 65-28a02, 65-28a03, 65-28a04, 65-28a05, 65-28a06, 65-28a08, 65-28a09 and 65-28a11 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2703, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health coverage; enacting the Kansas health insurance affordability transparency act; requiring the Kansas department of insurance to prepare a report upon the request of a legislator concerning the financial impact to covered individuals that would result from the passage of certain health insurance legislation, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2704, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to credit for time spent incarcerated; providing that certain amendments are applicable to any sentence computed on or after October 20, 2023; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2705, AN ACT concerning civil procedure; relating to habeas corpus; providing limitations on the circumstances that require courts to appoint counsel for an indigent inmate in certain habeas corpus actions; amending K.S.A. 22-4506 and 60-1503 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.

HB 2706, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; prohibiting certain federal law enforcement officers from entering hospitals, schools and places of worship under certain circumstances; prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties with certain exceptions, by Representative Carr.

HB 2707, AN ACT concerning the protection from abuse act; modifying the definition of abuse to include certain acts or threats related to pets; specifying that courts may include orders relating to pets in protection orders; amending K.S.A. 60-3102, 60-3106 and 60-3107 and repealing the existing sections, by Representatives Oropeza, Alcala, Amyx, Ballard, Boatman, Bohi, Paige, Carlin, Carmichael, Carr, Curtis, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, Martinez, McDonald, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Neighbor, Ohaebosim, Poskin, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Schreiber, Simmons, Stogsdill, Vaughn, Wikle, Woodard and Xu.

HB 2708, AN ACT concerning state boards, commissions and authorities; establishing within the legislative branch the office of the executive director for Kansas advisory commissions and the advisory commission on Asian American and Pacific Islander affairs; transferring the Hispanic and Latino American affairs commission and the advisory commission on African-American affairs to the legislative branch; requiring the executive director to serve each advisory commission; requiring legislative leadership and the governor to appoint members to each advisory commission; amending K.S.A. 74-6501, 74-6502, 74-6503, 74-9901, 74-9902 and 74-9903 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-6507, 74-6508, 74-6509, 74-9904 and 74-9906, by Representative Roeser.

HB 2709, AN ACT concerning home inspectors; requiring examination and licensure of home inspectors in the same manner as general contractors; providing that home inspectors obtain liability insurance coverage as required for general contractors, by Representative Chauncey.

HB 2710, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; enacting the affirming parental rights act; requiring the state department of education and school districts to provide a link to an affirming parental rights webpage that describes parental rights established pursuant to federal and state laws; establishing the standard form of such affirming parental rights document; requiring the attorney general to provide a description of parental rights that shall be referenced on such webpage; requiring the state department of education to receive and investigate reported violations of parental rights; establishing remedies for parents who are aggrieved by such violations or by decisions of school districts regarding complaints of such violations, by Committee on Education.

HB 2711, AN ACT concerning cities of the third class; relating to procedures required for the dissolution of a city; amending K.S.A. 15-111 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2712, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; relating to city and countywide retailers’ sales tax; increasing the authority for a countywide retailers’ sales tax and providing for the dedicated apportionment of special purpose tax revenues up to 2%; limiting special purpose taxes to 10 years; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-187, 12-189 and 12-192 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2713, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to motor vehicles; imposing tax on used motor vehicles following the 12th month in which a used motor vehicle was purchased or acquired; amending K.S.A. 79-5102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2714, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to gallonage tax; providing for a decreased gallonage tax on beer and cereal malt beverage that are manufactured and packaged in the United States; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 41-501 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2715, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to motor vehicles; imposing tax on new motor vehicles following the 12th month in which a new motor vehicle was purchased or acquired; amending K.S.A. 79-5102 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2716, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to license plates; permitting a person with a disability to be issued one special license plate for each vehicle owned, registered and operated by such person; amending K.S.A. 8-1,125 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

HB 2717, AN ACT concerning education; relating to compulsory attendance; decreasing the minimum age requirement from age seven to six for compulsory school attendance of students; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-3120 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2718, AN ACT concerning adult care homes; relating to resident rights; creating a right for a resident to use such resident’s pharmacy of choice without being charged a fee or financial penalty by the adult care home, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2719, AN ACT concerning administrative rules and regulations; relating to the rules and regulations filing act; providing exceptions for technical amendments; creating a process for certain rules and regulations to receive priority status in the adoption process; removing references to the revival of rules and regulations; clarifying that the department of the budget is not required to approve proposed rules and regulations that are otherwise mandated by federal law; adding references to department of corrections rules and regulations that are not subject to the act; amending K.S.A. 75-3504, 77-419 and 77-437 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 77-415, 77-416, 77-420, 77-421 and 77-441 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 77-418, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2720, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; enacting the Kansas surrogate medical decisions act to establish a hierarchy for identifying a surrogate who would make healthcare decisions; providing associated definitions and provider guidelines, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2721, AN ACT concerning the open records act; relating to permissible exceptions to disclosure; modifying an exception to the open records act for software programs for electronic data processing and documentation thereof; eliminating a requirement that a public agency maintain a register accessible to the public that describes information such agency maintains on computer facilities and the form that such information can be made available using existing computer programs; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-221 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2722, AN ACT concerning the Kansas uniform trust code; relating to spendthrift and discretionary trusts; providing that certain resultant trusts are not subject to claims of the settlor’s creditors; amending K.S.A. 58a-505 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2723, AN ACT concerning courts; requiring the supreme court to develop or procure a court date reminder program for the purpose of sending advance notifications to individuals with scheduled court dates for a criminal case or an infraction; requiring all courts to send certain notifications using such program, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2724, AN ACT concerning courts; relating to docket fees; authorizing judges to waive the docket fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit; removing the restriction on service of process pending such determination of poverty; amending K.S.A. 12-4516, 21-6614 and 60-2001 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2725, AN ACT concerning public officers and employees; relating to drug screening; requiring the director of the division of personnel services of the department of administration to add judges of the district court to the state drug screening program; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-4362 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2726, AN ACT concerning courts; relating to nonpartisan selection of judges of the district court and retention in office thereof; decreasing the number of votes required from a majority to 40% to not retain a judge in office; amending K.S.A. 20-2908 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2727, AN ACT concerning abortion; relating to the woman’s-right-to-know act; providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of such act; making the laws providing for medical malpractice screening panels inapplicable when such election is made; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-6708 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2728, AN ACT concerning energy; relating to the siting and permitting of certain energy facilities; requiring the state corporation commission to establish uniform siting and permitting standards for such energy facilities; establishing requirements and timelines for local government actions relating to such energy facilities; requiring such energy facilities to establish a decommissioning plan and maintain financial assurance; prohibiting the imposition of requirements that impose an undue burden on the construction of an energy facility; establishing requirements for judicial review of agency actions and actions of local governments; prohibiting the commission from engaging in ex parte communications with energy facility applicants or opponents and requiring disclosure thereof; authorizing the commission to adopt rules and regulations, by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications.

HB 2729, AN ACT concerning abortion; relating to the woman’s-right-to-know act; requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to provide certain forms and notices to physicians; amending K.S.A. 65-6709 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-6716 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2730, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to medical assistance; requiring managed care organizations to provide an explanation of benefits to KanCare and CHIP enrollees; amending K.S.A. 39-709h and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2731, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to contract with the office of the inspector general for the establishment of a fraud detection unit to detect, investigate and assist in prosecuting fraud in the food assistance program, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2732, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to death certificates; directing the state registrar of vital statistics to provide death certificates to survivors of deceased veterans with a service-connected disability or presumptive illness that state the relationship between the cause of death and any service-connected disability or presumptive illness of such veterans, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2733, AN ACT concerning state elected officials and certain local government elected officials; requiring that such elected officials be and remain residents of the state and such official’s respective district; amending K.S.A. 22a-102, 25-101a, 25-2020, 40-109, 71-1414 and 80-202 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 25-1903 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Elections.

HB 2734, AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas code for care of children; requiring expedited procedures for children who are under two years of age at the time that a petition is filed requesting such child be adjudicated to be a child in need of care; requiring permanency be achieved within 12 months of an out-of-home placement for such child; requiring the secretary for children and families and the judicial branch to submit a report to the legislature on implementing expedited permanency processes; defining a permanent home for a child under two years of age; prohibiting certain continuances in such a child’s proceeding unless good cause is shown; establishing a presumption that transfer of venue for a proceeding would be against such child’s best interests; requiring concurrent adjudication and dispositional hearings for such child; requiring a permanency hearing for such child be held within three months of removal from such child’s home; directing the court to request certain information from the secretary at permanency planning hearings for such child; amending K.S.A. 38-2204, 38-2246, 38-2251 and 38-2253 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2264 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2735, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to health insurance; enacting the patient’s right to save act; establishing shared savings programs maintained by health insurers; providing for the duties and requirements of such shared savings programs, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2736, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to hospital billing; requiring non-disproportionate share hospitals to screen patients for eligibility for such hospital’s financial assistance programs or charity care policy, by Committee on Insurance.

HB 2737, AN ACT concerning economic development; relating to tax increment financing; providing for alternative financing of projects through taxpayer agreements; enacting the taxpayer agreement act; amending K.S.A. 12-1774 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2738, AN ACT concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for children and families to request or update a pending waiver application from the supplemental nutrition assistance program that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of food commonly marketed, advertised or recognized as candy and soft drinks; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 39-709 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Welfare Reform.

HB 2739, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to fire safety and prevention; providing that fire sprinkler systems shall not be required in this state for multi-family dwellings of four attached units or fewer; prohibiting municipal fire sprinkler requirements for multi-family dwellings of four or fewer attached living units; defining apartment buildings for purposes of the fire code; amending K.S.A. 12-16,219 and 31-132a and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2740, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to pharmacy; adopting the United States pharmacopeia compounding standards under the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas; amending K.S.A. 65-1637e and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2741, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; enacting the Kansas medical rights of conscience act; permitting a healthcare professional to refuse to provide transgender healthcare services if such services violate the healthcare professional’s conscience; creating a civil cause of action for violation of the act, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2742, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to reports by healthcare providers; enacting the family rights in medical investigations act; providing for requirements for the reporting of suspicions of abuse or neglect of a child by medical professionals; permitting parents to request a second opinion after a CARE exam, by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care.

HB 2743, AN ACT concerning education; relating to the Kansas blueprint for literacy; requiring the state board of regents and the state department of education to ensure that no teacher preparation program include content related to diversity, equity and inclusion principles; providing an extended period for retired and substitute teachers to complete certain required literacy training; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-32,294 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

HB 2744, AN ACT concerning education; encouraging school districts to annually designate a Linda Brown and family walk to school day, by Committee on Education.

HB 2745, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to property tax revenues of taxing jurisdictions; requiring a vote of the electors to approve increases in property tax revenues for the next year; establishing the property tax relief fund; providing transfers to counties that limit property taxes to certain increases; establishing the property tax limit in lieu of the revenue neutral rate to provide for certain budget increases of taxing subdivisions; continuing in existence the taxpayer notification costs fund; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5137, 79-2929, 79-2988 and 79-2989 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2746, AN ACT concerning higher education; providing that an award of tenure to a faculty member by any postsecondary educational institution shall not create a right or property interest in continued employment with such institution, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2747, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to the revised Kansas sentencing guidelines act; specifying that courts shall consider certain factors in determining whether a prior violation of law is comparable to any act described in certain driving under the influence crimes when calculating a person’s criminal history classification; amending K.S.A. 21-6811 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2748, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act; increasing the time of initial orders and possible extensions; amending K.S.A. 60-3107 and 60-31a06 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2749, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sex offenses; adding an element to the crime of unlawful sexual relations to include a person in a position of trust or authority when such person uses such position to carry out the offense; providing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 21-5512 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2750, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; increasing the criminal penalty for violation of a protective order on a second or subsequent conviction; amending K.S.A. 21-5924 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2751, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; increasing the minimum bail requirements for certain crimes from $50,000 to $100,000; requiring certain findings to reduce such requirements; amending K.S.A. 21-5703, 21-5709, 21-5710, 21-6316 and 21-6329 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2752, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; establishing the Kansas health freedom act; setting standards for patient and caregiver identification cards to ensure legal access to medical cannabis; requiring medical providers to certify patients for medical cannabis use; protecting patients’ rights, including firearm ownership and non- disqualification from medical care; establishing the Kansas medical cannabis agency within the department of health and environment; creating a medical cannabis tax fund for research and public health initiatives; ensuring confidentiality of patient records; authorizing the expungement of certain cannabis-related convictions; sealing of records related to decriminalized offenses; removing cannabis from the Kansas uniform controlled substances act; amending K.S.A. 21-5706 and 21-5709 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5701, 21-5705, 65-4101 and 65-4105 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2753, AN ACT concerning the Kansas program of medical assistance; relating to procurement and oversight of managed care organizations; establishing the managed care bid fidelity and accountability act; prohibiting the termination of certain clinical service contracts; providing penalties for material deviations from request for proposal responses and requiring reporting to the legislature of bid audits and material deviations, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2754, AN ACT concerning debt; enacting the providing civil relief from coerced debt act; providing protections and remedies for victims of certain debts constituting a coerced debt because of actions by another individual within the context of domestic violence, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2755, AN ACT concerning human trafficking; relating to data collection; directing the university of Kansas to operate a statewide data repository for anonymous human trafficking data; requiring law enforcement agencies, the Kansas bureau of investigation and prosecutors to submit anonymous data to such repository, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2756, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; prohibiting certain sex offenders from residing withing 1,000 feet of any school property; amending K.S.A. 22-4902 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2757, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax credit incentives; repealing or discontinuing certain income tax credit incentives; relating to abandoned well plugging credit, agritourism liability insurance credit, alternative fuel tax credit, assistive technology contribution credit, biomass-to-energy plant tax credit and deduction, carbon dioxide capture and sequestration tax deduction, disabled access credit, electric cogeneration facility credit and deduction, employer health insurance contribution credit, environmental compliance credit, friends of cedar crest association credit, petroleum refinery credit, regional foundation credit, storage and blending equipment credit and deduction and swine facility improvement credit; extending the income tax credit for angel investors and aviation-related employment; providing expanded options in the high performance tax credit program for tax credit transfers and wage requirements for rural businesses amending K.S.A. 40-2246, 65-7107, 74-50,131, 74-50,154, 79-229, 79-32,177, 79-32,179, 79-32,180, 79-32,201, 79-32,204, 79-32,207, 79-32,222 and 79-32,256 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-1438, 74-8133, 79-32,160a and 79-32,176a and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 79-32,218, 79-32,233, 79-32,234, 79-32,235, 79-32,236, 79-32,237, 79-32,245, 79-32,246, 79-32,247, 79-32,248, 79-32,249, 79-32,251, 79-32,252, 79-32,253, 79-32,254 and 79-32,255 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-32,275 and 79-32,295, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2758, AN ACT concerning the state capitol; relating to permanent displays; directing the capitol preservation committee to develop and approve plans for a registry kiosk of Kansas military forces killed in action or who died of wounds incurred during active duty to be placed within the state capitol, by Committee on Veterans and Military.

HB 2759, AN ACT concerning the state governmental ethics laws; requiring registration of agents and political organizations representing countries of concern and foreign principals; amending K.S.A. 46-214a and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 46-288 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2760, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to estheticians; enacting the esthetics licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2761, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to speech- language pathology; enacting the speech-language pathology assistant licensure act, by Committee on K-12 Education Budget.

HB 2762, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to unlawful sexual relations; describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school; amending K.S.A. 21-5512 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

HB 2763, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to athletic trainers; enacting the athletic trainer licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2764, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; relating to the employment security law; prohibiting amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions through budget provisos, appropriations bills or temporary fiscal measures without following specified review procedures; authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria, including compliance with federal guidance and being employer-funded; ensuring that supplemental unemployment benefit plans do not disqualify employees from state unemployment benefits; requiring the secretary to maintain a registry of authorized plans and monitor the impact of such plans on the employment security trust fund; updating terminology to reflect modern labor arrangements; reorganizing sections for improved readability and compliance; enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines; integrating supplemental unemployment benefit plans into the current statutory framework; updating the criteria for determining suitable work and disqualification conditions for unemployment benefits; clarifying procedures for filing claims, determining eligibility and handling appeals and emphasizing electronic submissions and secure online portals for employer responses; specifying timelines for appeals and decisions; updating the structure and responsibilities of the employment security board of review; amending K.S.A. 44-701, 44-702, 44-704a, 44-704b, 44-710d, 44-710e, 44-710f, 44-710i, 44-711, 44-712, 44-713, 44-713a, 44-714, 44-715, 44-716, 44-716a, 44-718, 44-719, 44-720, 44-721, 44-722, 44-723, 44-724, 44-725, 44-727, 44-758, 44-759, 44-760, 44-765, 44-766, 44-767, 44-768, 44-769, 44-770, 44-773 and 44-777 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 44-703, 44-704, 44-705, 44-706, 44-709, 44-709b, 44-710, 44-710a, 44-710b, 44-717, 44-757, 44-772, 44-774, 44-775 and 79-3234 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 44-706a, 44-761, 44-762, 44-763 and 44-764, by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development.

HB 2765, AN ACT concerning controlled substances; adding and removing certain substances in schedule I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act; making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances; amending K.S.A. 65-4109 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5701, 65-4105 and 65-4111 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Health and Human Services.

HB 2766, AN ACT concerning the powers of artificial persons and foreign artificial persons; relating to political powers such as election activity or ballot-issue activity; providing that artificial persons shall not possess any such political powers and any exercise of such powers shall be void and result in forfeiture of privileges granted pursuant to Kansas law; amending K.S.A. 17-1503, 17-1605, 17-2034, 17-2204, 17-6001, 17-6101, 17-6104, 17-7930, 56-1a106, 56-1a253 and 56a-306 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 17-7668 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

House Resolutions

HR 6024, A RESOLUTION urging the Kansas Turnpike Authority to waive tolls for vehicles displaying Kansas special license plates related to injury, loss of life or valor in active military service, by Representatives T. Johnson, Barrett, Bloom, Bohi, Buehler, Butler, Droge, Ellis, Esau, Goddard, Helwig, Hoffman, Humphries, James, McDonald, Melton, Neelly, Poetter, Poskin, Rahjes, Sanders, Schwertfeger, Tarwater, Turk and Wilborn.

HR 6025, A RESOLUTION recognizing February 5, 2026, as Wear Red Day in the Kansas legislature, by Representative Wasinger.

HR 6026, A RESOLUTION commemorating Kansas Young Professionals Day, by Representative Simmons.

HR 6027, A RESOLUTION honoring Kansas District Optimist for its commitment to hope, positive thinking and action, by Representative VanHouden.

HR 6028, A RESOLUTION condemning the violent and hostile presence of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and its affiliated agencies in our country, asserting state sovereignty against federal overreach, demanding transparency and accountability and honoring the memory of those who have lost their lives because of ICE agent enforcement actions and while in ICE custody, by Representatives Simmons, Alcala, Boatman, Carmichael, Featherston, Martinez, Meyer, Oropeza, Poskin and Xu.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5023, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; providing that property tax exemptions be approved by the electors of the state, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard, Paige, Carmichael, Martinez, Melton, Meyer, Mosley, Ohaebosim, Oropeza, Ruiz, L., Sawyer, Clayton, Simmons, Stogsdill, Wikle and Woodard.

HCR 5024, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; determining valuations for real property used for residential purposes, by Committee on Taxation.

HCR 5025, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to assessed valuation of property in determining property taxes for real property used for residential purposes and real property necessary to accommodate a residential community of mobile or manufactured homes, by Representatives Osman, Amyx, Ballard and Woodard.

HCR 5026, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas, relating to equal rights, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HCR 5027, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to add a new section establishing an electoral college system for electing the governor and the lieutenant governor whereby each senatorial district would have one vote in the selection, by Committee on Elections.

HCR 5028, A PROPOSITION to amend the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto, relating to the right for adults to possess and use cannabis, Representatives Carr, Alcala, Carlin, Martinez, Meyer, Mosley, Ruiz, S., Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill and Wikle.

HCR 5029, A PROPOSITION to amend the bill of rights of the constitution of the state of Kansas by adding a new section thereto, relating to the public right to possess and use cannabis for medical purposes, Representatives Carr, Alcala, Carlin, Featherston, Martinez, Meyer, Mosley, Poskin, Ruiz, S., Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Stogsdill and Wikle.

HCR 5030, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the 119th Congress of the United States to take immediate action to enact comprehensive immigration reform, Representatives Martinez, Alcala, Boatman, Paige, Carmichael, Carr, Featherston, Haskins, Hoye, McDonald, Meyer, Mosley, Oropeza, Osman, Poskin, Ruiz, L., Ruiz, S., Sawyer, Clayton, Schlingensiepen, Simmons, Weigel, Wikle and Xu.

Senate Bills

SB 432, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; relating to the regulation of dentists; eliminating the minimum personal presence requirement of a licensee in a dental office owned by such licensee; amending K.S.A. 65-1435 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Government Efficiency.

SB 433, AN ACT concerning veterans and military; relating to veterans benefits; prohibiting certain conduct and improper collection of veterans benefit fees; requiring mandatory counseling concerning the benefit claims process; requiring that violations be considered under the Kansas consumer protection act, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 434, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to veterans and military; providing for a new determination of disability for the purposes of certain retailer’s sales tax exemptions; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3606h and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 435, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas public employees retirement system and systems thereunder; authorizing the board of trustees to elect the vice chairperson of the board; requiring newly affiliated employers of the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system to contribute at the actuarial required rate for past and future service; repealing certain working after retirement statutes for state and local elected officials; amending K.S.A. 74-4967 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 74-4905 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 74-4915b and 74-4915c, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 436, AN ACT concerning counties; relating to public bids for construction contracts; increasing the cost threshold for when the public bidding process shall be used to award such contracts; amending K.S.A. 19-214 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics.

SB 437, AN ACT concerning education; relating to technical colleges; establishing

the technical college funding task force; requiring such task force to design and make recommendations for a pilot outcomes-based funding model for technical colleges, by Committee on Education.

SB 438, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility program; providing a financial hardship exception to such participation; requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, by Committee on Education.

SB 439, AN ACT concerning railroads; enacting the utility railroad crossing act; relating to utility facilities crossing or parallel to railroads; requiring a process for utilities to construct, maintain, operate or alter utility facilities crossing or parallel to a railroad right-of-way; requiring notice and certain information regarding the proposed utility facility or changes to such facility be provided to railroads; permitting railroads to request certain items for the construction, maintenance, operation or alteration of utility facilities in such railroad’s right-of-way; providing for objections to utility facilities and resolution of such objections through the state corporation commission, by Committee on Utilities.

SB 440, AN ACT concerning education; relating to teacher training programs; authorizing a special education training pilot program that provides provisional accreditation to a private entity for the purpose of operating a special education teacher training program; authorizing such entity to collect data from such program; providing requirements for full accreditation of such program; amending K.S.A. 72-2151 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 441, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school districts; enacting the applied behavior analysis services in school act; authorizing medically necessary behavioral health services in schools to students with autism and third-party payment for such services; requiring private providers of such services to submit to a criminal history record check; requiring school districts to adopt policies for the provision of such services; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 442, AN ACT concerning 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 Senator Sykes.

SB 443, AN ACT concerning evictions; requiring cause for evictions from residential property; modifying the petition and notice requirements in residential eviction cases; removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance; amending K.S.A. 61-3801, 61-3804, 61-3805 and 61-3807 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Sykes.

SB 444, AN ACT concerning cities and counties; relating to interior inspections and abatement of nuisances in residential property; allowing cities to abate nuisances that involve certain interior code violations or delegate such authority to the county; authorizing inspections without consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or if there is probable cause of imminent danger related to public health and safety; amending K.S.A. 12-1617e and 12-16,138 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Sykes.

SB 445, AN ACT concerning the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee; relating to the Kansas highway patrol and the Kansas bureau of investigation; providing that the law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee may receive requests from a law enforcement agency for temporary personnel and other assistance in support of funeral services honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the service of the state; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Transportation.

SB 446, AN ACT concerning social workers; relating to attorney-client privilege; creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney; permitting attorneys to require certain licensed social workers to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege when working under the supervision of such attorney; amending K.S.A. 38-2224, 39-1402, 39-1403, 39-1431, 39-1432 and 65-6315 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 38-2223 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 447, AN ACT concerning domestic violence; creating a domestic violence task force within the office of the attorney general; providing for membership and duties of the task force, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 448, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases; permitting the use of expedited partner therapy for the treatment thereof, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 449, AN ACT concerning weather modification; enacting the clean air preservation act; prohibiting solar radiation modification, geoengineering, weather modification, cloud setting and other polluting atmospheric experiments or interventions; creating a crime for violation thereof and imposing penalties thereto; repealing the Kansas weather modification act; repealing K.S.A. 82a-1401, 82a-1402, 82a-1403, 82a-1405, 82a-1406, 82a-1407, 82a-1408, 82a-1409, 82a-1410, 82a-1411, 82a-1412, 82a-1413, 82a-1414, 82a-1415, 82a-1416, 82a-1417, 82a-1418, 82a-1419, 82a-1420, 82a-1421, 82a-1422, 82a-1423, 82a-1424 and 82a-1425., by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 450, AN ACT concerning state employees; authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud, waste or abuse of funds in any program administered by a state agency; amending K.S.A. 75-37,105 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 451, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to campaign finance reports; requiring treasurer reports to include the products and services provided by vendors that are paid by an advertising agency, public relations firm or political consultant from a campaign account expenditure; amending K.S.A. 25-4148 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 452, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; requiring traffic laws that apply to local and state law enforcement to apply to federal law enforcement; including federal law enforcement in the definitions used in the crime of interference with law enforcement; including buildings owned by the United States in the crime of interference with the conduct of public business in public buildings; including enforcement of federal laws and executive orders in the exceptions from liability in the tort claims act; amending K.S.A. 8-1404, 8-2010, 21-5904 and 21-5922 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1102 and 75-6104 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 453, AN ACT concerning infrastructure; enacting the Kansas critical infrastructure protection act; prohibiting access to state critical infrastructure by countries of concern; prohibiting the acquisition of critical software and other technology used in state infrastructure from countries of concern, by Senator Bowser.

SB 454, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; enacting the crush transnational repression in Kansas act; providing for enhanced criminal penalties for offenses committed with the intent to commit transnational repression; requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Bowser.

SB 455, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to the homestead property tax refund act; restoring homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims; amending K.S.A. 79-4501, 79-4511 and 79-4522 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-4502, 79-4508 and 79-4509 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Corson.

SB 456, AN ACT concerning public safety; creating the Kansas law enforcement trust fund; establishing the purposes and requirements for such fund; authorizing such fund to retain interest earnings; making a transfer from the state general fund to the Kansas law enforcement trust fund during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2027, by Senator Corson.

SB 457, 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 Committee on Education.

SB 458, AN ACT concerning education; relating to state assessments; requiring state assessment performance levels and cut scores to be based on the 2024 performance levels and cut scores; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 72-5170 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Education.

SB 459, AN ACT concerning the prisoner review board; relating to membership of the board; changing the appointing authority for the members and creating qualifications for the members; requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim; amending K.S.A. 75-52,152 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-3717 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 460, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to replacement drivers’ licenses; authorizing municipal court services agencies to issue an identification certificate to offenders under the agency’s probation supervision; amending K.S.A. 8-246 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 461, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; requiring offenders convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death to register under the act for 15 years; amending K.S.A. 22-4902 and 22-4906 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 462, AN ACT concerning public nuisance; prohibiting civil actions for certain nuisances; requiring the attorney general to bring nuisance actions that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision; requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions; providing an accrual period for the statute of limitations in public nuisance actions; amending K.S.A. 60-513 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 463, AN ACT concerning civil actions; relating to actions in negligence; prohibiting certain persons from recovering damages in such actions; creating requirements for actions involving negligent security, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 464, AN ACT enacting the anesthesiologist assistant licensure act; providing for the powers, duties and functions of the state board of healing arts thereunder; amending K.S.A. 65-1163 and 65-28,127 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 465, AN ACT concerning corporations; relating to agricultural corporations; including limited liability partnerships as an entity required to obtain county approval to establish a dairy or swine production facility; amending K.S.A. 17-5903, 17-5904, 17-5907 and 17-5908 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 466, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to denial of housing or other adverse actions against tenants or prospective tenants on the basis of past evictions or rental arrears; prohibiting the reporting by consumer reporting agencies or the use by landlords for adverse action against tenants of such information after three years from the date of such evictions or rental arrears; requiring consumer reporting agencies to provide an opportunity for individuals to explain any record of evictions or rental arrears; providing that court records of an eviction action be sealed for certain periods; providing that violations of such provisions by landlords or consumer reporting agencies shall constitute unconscionable acts or practices under the provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act; amending K.S.A. 50-626, 60-2617 and 61-3804 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Faust Goudeau.

SB 467, AN ACT concerning accident and health insurance; relating to utilization review; enacting the use of artificial intelligence in medical decisions transparency act; establishing requirements for the use of artificial intelligence by certain health insurers and utilization review entities; requiring that all medical necessity determinations be made by a competent licensed physician or healthcare professional, by Senator Holscher.

SB 468, AN ACT repealing K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 12-16,222; relating to the prohibition on municipal establishment of guaranteed income programs, by Senator Holscher.

SB 469, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; enacting the safe and transparent arrest act; requiring all law enforcement agencies operating in Kansas to adopt a written policy regarding the use of facial coverings; prohibiting law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties except as expressly authorized by law; waiving any privilege or immunity against a claim of civil liability for certain tortious conduct committed while committing violations thereof; providing criminal penalties for violations thereof, by Senator Holscher.

SB 470, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for sales of electricity delivered to residential premises for noncommercial use; amending K.S.A. 12-189a and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-3603 and 79-3606 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Haley.

SB 471, AN ACT concerning labor and employment; increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $16 an hour; providing that such minimum wage shall apply to employers and employees covered under the provisions of the federal fair labor standards act; amending K.S.A. 44-1202 and 44-1203 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Holscher.

SB 472, AN ACT concerning the Kansas department of insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner of insurance; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees; requiring the publication of such fees in the Kansas register; eliminating the 10% credit to the state general fund required of fee agencies as reimbursement for certain services provided by the state; amending K.S.A. 17-12a205, 17-12a302, 17-12a305, 17-12a410, 17-12a601, 17-12a605 and 75-3170a and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 40-241 and 40-246b and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance.

SB 473, AN ACT concerning real property; relating to the conveyance of certain property in Wabaunsee county; authorizing Audubon of Kansas to convey such property; requiring any deeds and conveyances related to such property be reviewed and approved by the state historical society; amending K.S.A. 75-2731 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources.

SB 474, AN ACT concerning insurance; relating to accident and health coverage; enacting the Kansas short-term limited duration insurance act; establishing definitions, disclosure, premium, renewal and underwriting requirements related thereto; authorizing the commissioner of insurance to adopt rules and regulations to implement and administer the act; amending K.S.A. 40-2,193 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Sykes.

SB 475, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to hospitals; requiring the use of a surgical smoke plume evacuation system during certain surgical procedures, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 476, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; exempting certain property used for thrift store purposes by a church or religious organization; amending K.S.A. 79-201 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Kloos.

SB 477, AN ACT concerning postsecondary education; relating to scholarship programs; enacting the Kansas first responder scholarship act; providing tuition assistance to certain first responders and dependents of such first responders, by Senator Corson.

SB 478, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to crimes against persons; increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee; amending K.S.A. 21-5412 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5413 and repealing the existing sections, by Senators Corson and Claeys.

SB 479, AN ACT concerning state law enforcement personnel; authorizing the Kansas highway patrol and Kansas bureau of investigation to establish and implement a comprehensive wellness program for officers and employees; permitting certified law enforcement personnel of other state agencies to participate in such programs; making annual transfers from the state highway fund and the state general fund for the purpose of financing the implementation of such programs, by Senator Corson.

SB 480, AN ACT concerning probate; relating to estates of absentees; reviving and amending K.S.A. 59-2701, 59-2702, 59-2703, 59-2704, 59-2705, 59-2707 and 59-2708 and repealing the revived sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 481, AN ACT concerning courts; establishing procedures in the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts related to determination of an accused person’s competency to stand trial; authorizing a municipal judge to order an examination; authorizing a district court judge to rely on a psychiatric or psychological examination ordered by a municipal court to facilitate an examination; amending K.S.A. 12-4113 and 22-3302 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 482, AN ACT concerning the residential landlord and tenant act; relating to dwelling units that are condemned; requiring landlords to return the security deposit and certain portions of rent payments that would be due; amending K.S.A. 58-2562 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 483, AN ACT concerning state governmental ethics; relating to the legislature; requiring all legislators and the spouses of legislators who are in leadership positions to disclose the amount of any salary paid by public funds; providing that such information be published on the legislative website; requiring such information be provided in statements of substantial interest; amending K.S.A. 46-229 and repealing the existing section, by Senator Holscher.

SB 484, AN ACT concerning the uniform controlled substances act; moving marijuana and tetrahydrocannabinols from schedule I to schedule III of the act; amending K.S.A. 21-5706 and 65-4109 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-4105 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Holscher.

SB 485, AN ACT concerning housing; relating to the residential landlord and tenant act; requiring landlords to consider certain income of a tenant or prospective tenant when demonstrating income as a condition for qualifying for housing; providing that court records in eviction actions in which the underlying rental agreement is governed by such act shall be sealed for certain periods; requiring expungement of certain court records of such eviction actions; requiring mediation in eviction actions in which the underlying rental agreement is governed by such act unless the court finds that mediation would not aid the parties materially; providing that certain violations of this act constitute deceptive or unconscionable acts or practices under the provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act; amending K.S.A. 60-2617, 61-3804, 61-3806 and 61-3807 and repealing the existing sections, by Senator Holscher.

SB 486, AN ACT concerning civil rights; creating a civil cause of action for violations of the constitution or laws of the United States by any person acting under the color of law, by Senator Holscher.

SB 487, AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; relating to agencies that register offenders under the act; requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to provide a statewide offender registration system; allowing offenders required to register under the act to report where such offender works or attends school at a single point of registration; amending K.S.A. 22-4904 and 22-4905 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 488, AN ACT concerning taxation; enacting the Kansas property tax freedom act of 2026; providing for the phased elimination of property taxation; maintaining existing payments in lieu of taxes for renewable energy facilities; providing revenue replacement grants to taxing subdivisions; establishing the Kansas fair share purchase surcharge and the property tax freedom reserve fund; providing for the distribution of Kansas fair share purchase surcharge revenue to school districts, counties, cities, townships and other taxing subdivisions, the state general fund and the property tax freedom reserve fund; providing for a voter-approved local add-on fair share purchase surcharge for debt service of general obligation bonds; providing for freedom dividend rebates, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 489, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for a universal homestead exemption from ad valorem taxation; providing for state reimbursement to school districts; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 79-2988 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 490, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to community improvement districts; authorizing the imposition of a privilege tax by a municipality for the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages, food and food ingredients and tobacco within a community improvement district; amending K.S.A. 12-194, 12-6a26, 12-6a27, 12-6a29, 12-6a30, 12-6a32, 12-6a33, 12-6a34 and 12-6a35 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 491, AN ACT concerning education; enacting the Haylee Weissenbach protecting students act; establishing the office of education inspector general; authorizing the education inspector general to conduct audits, investigations and reviews of educational institutions; requiring reporting of suspected professional and criminal misconduct by school employees and agents; requiring certain individuals to register on an educator misconduct registry established by the education inspector general; requiring school employees and agents to submit to a criminal history record check; providing for civil penalties for violations of the act; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-4714 and 75-702 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Education.

SB 492, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to file sharing by law enforcement agencies; requiring law enforcement agencies to share information about law enforcement officers related to criminal conduct or conduct giving rise to licensing or certification sanctions; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-4379 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 493, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to sex offenses; adding an element of sexual exploitation of a child involving communication through electronic means and social media; providing criminal penalties therefor; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5510 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 494, AN ACT concerning domestic violence; relating to victims of domestic violence offenses; expanding the definition of course of conduct used in the crime of stalking to include more technology-based methods; requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls; requiring the prosecutor to affirm a primary aggressor analysis was completed when filing a complaint or indictment in a domestic violence case; prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence offenses for public records; allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense; adding prohibitions on certain contact to options for protection from abuse or protection from stalking orders; allowing lifetime extension of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery; amending K.S.A. 21-5427, 22-2307, 22-3201,60-455, 60-3107, 60-31a06 and 75-7d05 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-219 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Judiciary.

SB 495, AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to motor vehicle repairs; enacting the motor vehicle right to repair act; establishing the motor vehicle repair board under the supervision of the office of the attorney general; requiring vehicle manufacturers to provide for purchase all diagnostic repair tools, parts, software and other components to motor vehicle owners and independent repair facilities, by Committee on Commerce.

SB 496, AN ACT concerning education; relating to postsecondary educational institutions; requiring the state board of regents, in consultation with the attorney general, to develop materials, programs and procedures regarding freedom of speech, association and exercise of religion; requiring postsecondary educational institutions to provide training to certain individuals using such materials, programs and procedures; requiring the state board of regents to confirm that each such institution has complied with such requirements; authorizing the attorney general to bring a civil action to enforce compliance with this act, by Committee on Education.

SB 497, AN ACT concerning controlled substances; adding kratom to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming amendments to the definition of fentanyl-related controlled substance in the criminal code; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5701 and 65-4105 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Public Health and Welfare.

SB 498, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to income tax; providing a tax credit for the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel; discontinuing the tax credit for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures; amending K.S.A. 79-32,201 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1725, A RESOLUTION recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community and their promotion of scholarship, service and advocacy, by Senator Faust Goudeau.

Senate Concurrent Resolutions

SCR 1621, A PROPOSITION to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas; relating to property taxation; prohibiting the levy of property taxes by the state or any political or taxing subdivision of the state, Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

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