Kansas House Bills

Enacting the defend the guard act to prescribe when the Kansas national guard may be released from the state for active duty combat.

Requiring government agencies, public utilities and other entities when exercising the power of eminent domain to make a good faith offer for the property prior to filing an eminent domain action, providing the good faith offer, if greater than the appraiser's award, shall be deposited with the court, allowing appeals from that amount, prohibiting the exercise of eminent domain for recreational trails and park and recreational facilities and deleting the power of the legislature to condemn property for economic development.

Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of privately owned electronic communication devices during school hours and to prohibit students from using school district computers or devices to access social media platforms.

Providing for the regulation of supplemental nursing services agencies and healthcare workers platforms by the secretary for aging and disability services.

Enacting the uniform family law arbitration act.

Allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when the person has prior convictions of the offense.

Requiring the Kansas state high school activities association to establish a school classification system based on student attendance and a multiplier factor that adjusts certain schools' student attendance.

Requiring the secretary for children and families to notify the parent of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect of such parent's rights during such investigation and to complete a written report upon closing such an investigation, providing for an agreement between the parent of a child and the secretary if such child is removed from the home during an investigation of abuse or neglect and a parent to withhold certain information except when otherwise ordered by a court.

Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act to provide financial assistance to lawyers and law students who practice law in rural areas.

Authorizing certain offenders to petition for relief from registration requirements under the Kansas offender registration act.

Creating the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove certain exceptions to the cause of action for the wrongful death of an unborn child when such death is caused by an abortion.

Designating the first full week of February as Kansas burn awareness week.

Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.

Enacting the returning to nonaccountability of the executive branch agencies that report to the governor act, eliminating the budget process requirements of a program service inventory, integrated budget fiscal process and performance-based budgeting system.

Providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act, establishing an income tax credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students.

Excluding from sales taxation the service of installing or applying tangible personal property for the reconstruction, restoration, remodeling, renovation, repair or replacement of a building or facility.

Providing an income tax credit for the sale and distribution of biodiesel and renewable diesel blends for motor vehicle fuels.

Exempting law enforcement agencies who do not provide emergency opioid antagonistspursuant to the statewide protocol from the requirement to procure a physician medical director.

Expanding pharmacist's scope of practice to include point-of-care testing for and treatment of COVID-19.

Establishing the education opportunity tax credit to provide an income tax credit for taxpayers with eligible dependent children who are not enrolled in public school.

Imposing property tax on rental and leased vehicles and discontinuing the excise tax on the rental and lease of such vehicles.

Specifying 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.

Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.

Prohibiting the permitting and siting of electric transmission lines within any area designated by the United States department of energy as a national interest electric transmission corridor.

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.

Increasing transfers from the lottery operating fund, to the community crisis stabilization centers fund and the clubhouse model program fund of the Kansas department for aging and disability services.

Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for adults who want decision-making assistance and amending the crime of mistreatment of a dependent adult or an elder person.

Requiring the secretary of state to enter into agreements with credit rating agencies for the release of certain information that can be used to verify the citizenship of persons registered to vote in this state.

Requiring each school district adopt an independent review process as part of such district's policies prohibiting and preventing bullying.

Requiring school districts to offer parents the opportunity to object to educational materials and activities that are not included in approved curriculum or standards or that impair a parent's beliefs, values or principles.

Increasing the minimum expenditure amount for school districts for contracted goods and services without requiring sealed bids and the minimum expenditure amount for goods and services that the district superintendent may acquire on behalf of the school district.

Authorizing school districts to levy an annual tax levy of up to two mills for the purposes of school building safety, security and compliance with the Americans with disabilities act and including such levy in the capital outlay state aid determination for such school districts.

Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install, operate and maintain school bus cameras.

Expanding student eligibility under the tax credit for low income students scholarship program, increasing the amount of the tax credit for contributions made pursuant to such program and providing for aggregate tax credit limit increases under certain conditions.

Making certain provisions of the commercial industrial hemp act applicable only if the Kansas department of agriculture has submitted a state plan to the federal government for the state monitoring and regulation of industrial hemp within Kansas and such state plan is still active.

Providing for a property tax exemption for one motor vehicle for firefighters.

Substitute for Substitute for HB 2132 by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care - Determining when a law enforcement officer may or shall take a child into custody.

Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.

Authorizing retirement and disability benefits under KPERS, KP&F and the retirement system for judges to be paid on either a biweekly or monthly basis at the option of a member or recipient.

Transferring teachers from the KPERS 3 cash balance plan to the KPERS 2 plan and defining teachers for purposes of KPERS.

Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to select and announce the version of certain instructions, calculations and documents in effect for the upcoming calendar year and cause such announcement to be published in the Kansas register, allowing certain life insurers to follow health financial reports and adopting certain provisions from the national association of insurance commissioners holding company system regulatory act relating to group capital calculations and liquidity stress testing.

Authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county.

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by Kansas legal services, inc.

Increasing the minimum wage for employees that receive tips and gratuities.

Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund.

Discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit for qualified developments receiving a 4% federal tax credit.

Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.

Establishing the state conservation fund and transferring $2,500,000 to such fund and providing for the enhanced transfer of moneys from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and from the state water plan fund to the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund.

Requiring the state corporation commission to establish and enforce a code of conduct and agricultural mitigation protocol for the development, operation and decommissioning of certain large energy facilities.

Designating a portion of United States highway 77 as the POW MIA memorial highway and bridge No. 82-14-6.88 (026) in Clay county as the POW MIA memorial bridge.

Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.

Including participation in certain learning experiences and agricultural activities as a valid excuse for absence from school and authorizing school boards to make rules therefor.

Establishing statewide standards governing the use of HIV post-exposure prophylaxis, permitting a pharmacist to initiate such medication to certain patients, providing civil liability protections to pharmacists who initiate prophylactic therapy to patients for post-exposure to human immunodeficiency virus.

Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases by not-for-profit corporations operating a community theater.

Providing for approval by the department of wildlife and parks for qualified program or management plans to qualify for the nongame and endangered species habitat credit.

Providing for transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits from the year that the credit was originally issued.

Authorizing the sale of electronic cigarettes in cigarette vending machines.

Authorizing victims of childhood abuse to access records related to substantiated reports or investigations of abuse or neglect and extending the time to file civil actions for recovery of damages caused by childhood sexual abuse.