Kansas Senate Bills

Moving marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the uniform controlled substances act.

Adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher and authorizing special education state aid reimbursement for qualified teachers who provide approved special education or related services to students with an IEP administered by such school district pursuant to a contract.

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity delivered to residential premises for noncommercial use.

Making certain violations of the residential landlord and tenant act subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act.

Enacting the utility railroad crossing act and establishing a process and limitations for utilities to interact with railroad right-of-way.

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.

Providing income tax credits for the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel and expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and discontinuing income tax credits for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, environmental compliance, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement.

Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

Requiring the county appraiser to submit a single property appraisal report at the valuation appeal hearing before the regular division of the state board of tax appeals.

Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax credit for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, repealing the agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement tax credits and expanding the eligibility for applicable expenses under the child day care services assistance tax credit.

Prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies on the basis of social credit score and requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients prior to investing client moneys in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts.

Requiring school districts to demonstrate improvement in academic performance and be in compliance with all federal and state statutes and rules and regulations to achieve or maintain accreditation.

Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.

Providing a postretirement cost-of-living adjustment for certain KPERS 1 and KPERS 2 retirants and making appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for KPERS to pay the actuarial cost of such cost-of-living adjustment.

Authorizing the state bank commissioner to revoke a TEFFI charter, subject to approval by the legislative coordinating council.

Providing sales tax exemptions for certain services purchased on behalf of a provider in the provision of communication services and certain purchases by the Kansas fairgrounds foundation and modifying the definition of alcoholic beverages for purposes of the retailers' sales tax.

Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.

Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.

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

Requiring the department of health and environment to audit hospital compliance with the lay caregiver act and report the results of such audit to the legislature.

Requiring a person convicted of an offense that resulted in the incapacitation or death of a victim who is the parent or guardian of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child support.

Creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing a civil action for victims.

Prohibiting plaintiffs from filing abusive civil actions against certain defendants with whom the plaintiff has a current or former family, household or dating relationship and authorizing the court to impose prefiling restrictions on such plaintiffs.

Establishing Erin's law to require school districts to provide training and age-appropriate student instruction on the identification and reporting of signs of child sexual abuse.

Providing for a universal homestead exemption from ad valorem property taxation.

Establishing the intercity passenger rail service program and making transfers annually to the passenger rail service revolving fund.

Authorizing the state bank commissioner to establish a nonprofit organization incorporated under the laws of Kansas to provide charitable consumer financial education initiatives in Kansas.

Requiring that vehicle turn signals be used when moving right or left or exiting a roundabout.

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.

Proposing to amend section 13 of article 2 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require a simple majority for passage of a resolution to ratify any amendment to the constitution of the United States or to make any application for congress to call a convention for proposing amendments to the constitution of the United States.