Kansas Bills

Providing for the election of alternative payment methods by a dental provider and allowing such payment method to remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan.

Permitting certain healthcare providers to complete health assessments for children enrolled at day care facilities.

Authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey real property valued at $5,000,000 or less without further legislative authorization and requiring the submission of an annual report listing any such real property sales to the legislature.

Removing the presumption that leased land shall be classified as land devoted to agricultural use for property tax purposes.

Prohibiting certain terms in a contract between a health insurer and a dentist and requiring that reviews, audits or investigations of healthcare providers concerning healthcare provider claims be completed within six months.

Providing for the pheasants forever and quail forever distinctive license plates.

Providing for the Kansas PBS distinctive license plate and discontinuing the issuance of certain distinctive and educational institution license plates.

Enacting the Kansas pharmacy services administrative organization act.

Requiring certain 340B entities to report annually to the Kansas department of insurance on certain costs, savings and payments made under the federal 340B drug pricing program.

Mandating insurance coverage of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).

Increasing the personal needs allowance for residents receiving long-term care in a medicaid-approved nursing facility.

Requiring a valid upland game bird stamp prior to taking any upland game bird in this state, except on private land, establishing the upland game bird restoration fund and requiring the department of wildlife and parks to use moneys from such fund for the procurement and release of upland game birds.

Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Labette county for the purpose of providing financial support to fire departments located in the county.

Increasing certain municipal court fee assessments and crediting such increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund.

Requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses, permits or passes that were established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027.

Designating a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway.

Enacting the Kansas rural business growth program act, providing a premium tax credit to incentivize capital investment in rural areas and establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of incentivizing such investment.

Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong.

Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.

Establishing an impaired provider program, expanding the grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee and providing for the reinstatement of a revoked license under the Kansas nurse practice act.

Permitting a licensed chiropractor to evaluate and provide written clearance to a school athlete who has been removed from a sport competition or practice session pursuant to the school sports head injury prevention act.

Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments towards a degree.

Modifying procedures for the citizen petition process to impanel a citizen grand jury under the Kansas code of criminal procedure, limiting criminal liability for good faith conduct by the person who initiates such petitions and any person who signs such petitions and prohibiting diversion agreements related to a true bill of indictment found by a citizen grand jury.

Establishing restrictions on the use of step therapy protocols by health insurance plans.

Prohibiting the use of remote ballot boxes for the return of advance voting ballots.

Authorizing technical colleges and community colleges to affiliate with Kansas universities or colleges, authorizing state educational institutions to affiliate with accredited independent institutions and providing procedures for such affiliations.

Permitting highway construction and maintenance vehicles in road construction zones to display flashing amber, white or green lights at all times or flashing white and blue lights on stationary trailers under certain conditions and prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone or a road construction zone.

Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Leavenworth county for the purposes of furnishing, equipping, improving and maintaining county-supported emergency management operations.

Providing for the qualifications of regular and provisional appraisers and allowing for the appointment of such appraisers to serve as county appraisers.

Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.

Designating the first Tuesday in May as precinct committee person awareness day.

Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.

Requiring treasurers of candidates and persons who support or oppose constitutional amendments to report lists of small donors names and addresses to the public disclosure commission and providing that such lists shall not be part of any report required to be made public.

Requiring each school district board of education to allocate membership association dues to individual board members and prohibiting the payment of such dues if a board member elects not to join such membership association.

Prohibiting healthcare providers from prescribing medication, administering diagnostic tests or conducting ongoing behavioral health treatments to minors except in certain circumstances.

Establishing the addiction counselor apprentice license and setting fees for such license.

Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act.

Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective tenants receipt of housing assistance or eviction or criminal history, and permitting cities and counties to prohibit discrimination by landlords on the basis of receipt of veterans benefits.

Repealing the mail ballot election act.

Requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older and removing the expiration date for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses.

Creating the Kansas public employees retirement system cost-of-living adjustment commission, prescribing powers and duties of the commission and establishing procedures of the legislature relating to the annual cost-of-living adjustment rate recommended by the commission.

Requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence offenses to attend victim impact panel programs.

Classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes.

Requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility when the total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreased more than 5% and a governmental body requests such review or audit.

Authorizing counties to adopt resolutions to regulate activities on or within navigable rivers and adding navigable rivers to the crime of criminal trespass.

Allowing a nonpartisan candidate to include such candidate's political party affiliation on the ballot with such candidate's name.

Requiring 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.

Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits.

Clarifying the signature verification requirements for advance voting ballot envelopes and providing for the repeal of advance voting statutes, except where advance voting is required by federal law, if a state or federal court issues a final order or judgment which is not subject to appeal invalidating such signature verification requirements.

Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain supplies of naloxone in each school.

Requiring the university of Kansas school of medicine to use a letter grading system or other tiered grading system to assess student performance.

Eliminating the Kansas residency requirement after completing a Kansas promise scholarship program, clarifying the work requirements upon completion of such program and repealing the sunset on the program.

Enacting the transparency and reform of utility expenditures act.

Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.

Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by radical life inc.

Requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility whose total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreased more than 5%.

Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.

Enacting the forming open and robust university minds or FORUM Act, prohibiting postsecondary educational institutions from certain actions concerning freedom of speech, expression and association, providing exceptions thereto, providing for monetary damages, and requiring the submission of a report to the legislature and the governor.

Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.