Kansas House Bills

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.

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.

Expanding the income tax credit for qualified railroad track maintenance expenditures to allow credits against certain premium taxes, privilege fees and privilege taxes and allowing the transfer of unused credits to any individual or entity subject to such taxes.

Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.

Creating the rural health transformation fund, prescribing powers and duties of the state finance council concerning such fund and the rural health transformation program, crediting all federal moneys for the rural health transformation program to such fund and making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2026, and June 30, 2027, for the state finance council and other state agencies.

Prohibiting public adjusters from negotiating for or effectuating the settlement of any insurance claim relating to residential lines of insurance.

Modifying an exception to the Kansas open records act that authorizes certain individuals to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership by providing that certain individuals who were employed for five or more years, certain elected officials and persons who reside at an address that is subject to restriction from public access may request to have such information restricted and removing an exception related to information or reports obtained and prepared by the office of the state bank commissioner.

Requiring any person who is 17 years of age and under to wear a helmet when operating an electric-assisted scooter or electric-assisted bicycle and modifying the definition and operation of electric-assisted scooters to include certain specifications and maximum operating speeds.

Requiring the approval of property tax levies and bond issuances by elected bodies or electors.

Restricting residential homestead property taxes to not more than the established base of property taxes owed for individuals 65 years of age and older and eliminating the property tax exemption for certain commercial properties used for healthcare when in competition with other non-exempt properties.

Authorizing cities and counties to levy a 0% sales and use tax on sales of food and food ingredients.

Making and concerning certain supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028 and 2029 for various state agencies.

Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to accept partial payments and to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing.

Requiring applications for advance voting ballots be filed by the 14th day prior to election day, that advance voting in person be completed by 12:00 p.m. on the Sunday prior to election day, extending the time for transmittal of advance voting ballots to 22 days prior to an election and ending the time for voter registration at 23 days prior to election day.

Prohibiting the use of public assets by government officers and employees to advocate for or against proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas and ballot questions submitted to qualified electors.

Authorizing the removal of a voter from voter registration rolls if such voter is issued a driver's license by another state and requiring attestation on voter registration form that obtaining a foreign driver's license constitutes a change in residency for voting purposes.

Requiring citizenship status be listed on driver's licenses.

Deleting the requirement that the name of treasurers be listed in attributions for political advertising.

Enacting the health care sharing ministries tax deduction act to provide a subtraction modification for qualified health care sharing expenses paid by a qualified individual and certain qualified health care shares received by a qualified individual.

Providing that certain natural gas storage facilities shall not be classified as public utilities for property tax purposes.

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

Adding compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas to alternative fuels that are eligible for the income tax credit for alternative-fueled motor vehicle property expenditures.

Enacting the Kansas geoengineering and weather modification prohibition act, prohibiting geoengieering and weather modification activities, providing criminal penalties for violations of the act and assigning enforcement and reporting authority to the department of health and environment.

Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.

Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance.

Substitute for HB 2434 by Committee on Appropriations - Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027 and 2028 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.