Kansas House Bills

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals and discontinuing the sales tax exemption for purchases made by certain qualifying military veterans.

Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Jackson county for the purpose of supporting hospital services in the county.

Enacting the foreign adversaries out of higher education act to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from accepting gifts, grants and other moneys from foreign adversaries and their affiliates, prohibiting certain foreign adversary affiliates from operating on campuses and providing training and education on such foreign adversaries and their affiliates.

Ratifying and providing for the continuation of the state of disaster emergency declaration issued on February 9, 2026, for Douglas, Johnson and Wyandotte counties.

Enacting the interstate compact on the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote.

Establishing the positive learning environment act to provide for certain rights for teachers and require school districts to adopt school management plans to address behavioral infractions by students.

Requiring managed care organizations to provide an explanation of benefits to KanCare and CHIP enrollees.

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 for the apportionment of business income by a manufacturer of alcoholic liquor by the single sales factor.

Providing for a three-year exemption from severance tax for new oil and gas wells.

Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.

Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund.

Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.

Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement.

Providing that future income and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding tax receipt revenues.

Providing that certain resultant trusts are not subject to claims of the settlor's creditors.

Renaming the tax credit for low income students scholarship program the Kansas K-12 students scholarship program, expanding eligibility under the program, increasing the aggregate tax credit limit and moving the program's administration to the state treasurer.

Providing for the licensure of anesthesiologist assistants.

Enacting the every body can move act to mandate the coverage and payment for prosthetic and orthotic devices in health insurance policies.

Enacting the insurance savings account act, allowing individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions, providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts and establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas income tax act.

Permitting a person with a disability to be issued one special license plate for each vehicle owned, registered and operated by such person.

Transferring the licensure of on-premise cereal malt beverage retailers and off-premise cereal malt beverage retailers from cities and counties to the alcoholic beverage control division of the department of revenue; allowing continued local licensure by cities or counties.

Increasing penalties for the crimes of assault and battery if committed against a public-facing worker while such worker is engaged in the performance of such worker's assigned duties.

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 city and countywide retailers' sales taxes to 10 years and requiring certain reporting to the department of revenue for administration of such tax.

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

Enacting the dietitian licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges for dietitians.

Modifying an exception to the Kansas Open Records Act concerning software programs for electronic data processing.

Establishing the Kanbucks program to authorize the state treasurer to invest in linked deposits with eligible financial institutions to provide linked deposit loans to eligible borrowers and abolishing the Kansas agricultural production, housing, extraordinary utility costs and economic recovery loan deposit programs and the city utility low-interest loan program.

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.

Providing a income tax subtraction modification for amounts received as compensation for serving in the armed forces and providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) income tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year.