Bills

1,485 bills moved in Kansas’s legislature in two years. 248 became law.

Introduced: 86
In committee: 32
Passed a chamber: 49
Became law: 248
Vetoed, failed or withdrawn: 1,070

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House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports, updating statutes related to services provided by the chief information technology officer and authorizing the office of information technology services to provide certain services to political subdivisions and hospitals.SB 51 · Apr 10
Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages.HB 2018 · Apr 10
Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.HB 2029 · Apr 10

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Failed · Apr 10Including limited liability partnerships as an entity required to obtain county approval to establish a dairy or swine production facility.SB 465IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Directing 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.HB 2738IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.HB 2017IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Adding 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.SB 497IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Providing for a sales tax exemption for non-profit organizations serving students of United States military academies, alumni of such academies and families of students and alumni of such academies.HB 2776IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Providing a refundable income tax credit for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage.SB 74IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Substitute for HB 2798 by Committee on Higher Education Budget - Granting authority to state educational institutions regarding transactions involving contracts, easements and the procurement of goods and services, exempting the state educational institutions from statutes governing such transactions and authorizing legislators to request copies of certain documents.HB 2798IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Requiring the county election officer to call a special election to fill a vacancy within the governing body of a municipality if the position remains vacant after 60 days.HB 2492IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages.SB 520IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Requiring able-bodied adults and work registrants without dependents under six years of age to participate in an employment training program as a condition of receiving food assistance.HB 2358IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Increasing 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 city and countywide retailers' sales taxes to 10 years and requiring certain reporting to the department of revenue for administration of such tax.HB 2712IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Enacting the Kansas age-appropriate design code act to require businesses to assess and mitigate risks of compulsive use in minors; enacting the Kansas stopping likeness abuse by nonconsensual digital replicas act to create a private right of action for the unauthorized digital replication and distribution of individuals' digital likenesses; enacting the Kansas saving human connection act to prohibit deceptive practices and ensure transparency in chatbot interactions.HB 2772IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept such persons as volunteers.HB 2034IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Urging the United States department of education to distribute certain federal moneys in the form of block grants to the state.HCR 5015IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Specifying when boards of directors for irrigation districts of 35,000 or more acres may conduct board member elections by mail ballot and establishing the terms for such members.HB 2153IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases of personal property and services, sales of personal property and purchases of construction materials and services for not-for-profit animal shelters and rescue network managers licensed under the Kansas pet animal act.SB 59IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Making the theft of livestock or implements of husbandry a severity level 5, nonperson felony.HB 2253IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Providing for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants.HB 2368IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Directing the deposit of civil penalties collected for violations of correction orders issued by the state fire marshal into the disability community services providers civil monetary penalty reinvestment fund or the adult care homes civil monetary penalty reinvestment fund.HB 2316IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law
Failed · Apr 10Providing for a universal homestead exemption from ad valorem property taxation.SB 489IntroducedVetoed, failed or withdrawnBecame law

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The latest floor votes in Kansas’s legislature

Providing for the sale of property not retrieved by an occupant after notice, allowing electronic signatures and delivery for rental agreements, defining property that has no commercial value, providing for the deemed effectiveness of rental agreements not signed or delivered by an owner or occupant and specifying custody of abandoned or towed property under the self-service storage act.HB 2545	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Feb 6, 2024
Substitute for HB 2103 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Eliminating the statutory 15% alternative investment limit for the KPERS fund and requiring the KPERS board to establish an alternative investment percentage limit.HB 2103	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Feb 1, 2024
Removing the definition of lead-free and an exception for leaded joints in the public water supply systems law and updating terminology relating to hazardous waste generated by certain persons.SB 331	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Jan 31, 2024
A Concurrent Resolution rejecting the rates of compensation for members of the Legislature set by the Legislative Compensation Commission.SCR 1615	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Jan 31, 2024
Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund.SB 15	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Jan 31, 2024
Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund.SB 15	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Jan 31, 2024

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