Kansas Senate Bills

Requiring the supreme court nominating commission to release certain records under the Kansas open records act.

Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services and the city of Osawatomie to execute and record an amendment to the original deed for conveyance of certain real property in Miami county that amends the reversionary interest of the state of Kansas to July 1, 2046.

Recognizing and commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Jayhawk Theatre.

Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant procedures.

Prohibiting certain persons from recovering damages in certain civil actions and creating requirements for actions involving negligent security.

Permitting the use of expedited partner therapy to treat a sexually transmitted disease.

Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.

Reorganizing certain provisions that apply to foreign insurance companies seeking authorization to do business in Kansas, authorizing the suspension or revocation of a nonresident agent's license without notice and opportunity for a hearing following notification to the commissioner of insurance that such nonresident agent no longer holds a home state license and requiring agents and public adjusters to respond to inquiries from the commissioner.

Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees by the Kansas department of health and environment.

House Substitute for SB 390 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Prohibiting certain additives in food provided by schools as part of certain federal food service programs and permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.

Requiring school districts to verify the household gross earned income of each student who qualifies for free meals under the national school lunch program and requiring legislative authorization to receive special assistance payments under federal law.

Authorizing animal shelters to place certain animals needing treatment or care in foster homes and requiring shelters to display photographs of animals at a location other than the shelter during a holding period.

Changing the requirement that the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight meet in January and April to meeting at least once each quarter.

Providing additional requirements for applications to the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund, including the requirement that applicants demonstrate the availability of a 25-year water supply, prohibiting grants for issues related to water rights that are impaired by another other water right, prioritizing applications based on various criteria and mandating annual submissions on September 15.

Amending the Kansas drycleaner environmental response act to modify the penalties for violations of the act, the required deductible rate for corrective actions, the environmental surcharge rate, the solvent fee and the delinquency penalty related to environmental surcharges and solvent fees.

Congratulating and commending the Kansas Health Science University Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine for its inaugural commencement.

Recognizing the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation, and the international community and for their promotion of sisterhood, scholarship and service.

Commending Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve and acknowledging the patriotic commitment of all Kansas employers who support their employees serving in the National Guard and Reserve.

Recommending Barry Ward as the 2026 Kansas State Balladeer

Celebrating the YMCA's 175th Anniversary.

Commending the 2026 Kansas Superintendent and Principals of the Year.

Approving the gaming compact with the Wyandotte Nation.

Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.

Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages.

Congratulating the 2026 Kansas Master Teachers.

Providing for the adjournment of the senate and the house of representatives for a period of time during the 2026 regular session of the legislature.

Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract.

House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.

Congratulating and commending award-winning educators in Kansas.

Honoring the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk and recognizing October 14 as Charlie Kirk Free Speech Day.

Recognizing Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community and their promotion of scholarship, service and advocacy

Commemorating and celebrating the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

Congratulating and commending the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.

Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government.

Providing for the assignment of seats in the Senate for the 2026 legislative session.

Providing for the organization of the Senate for the 2026 session of the Legislature.

A resolution congratulating and commending the 2024-2025 Washburn University men's basketball team for an outstanding season and qualification for the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship.

Honoring the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Danny J. Petersen.

Approving an amendment to the gaming compact with the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska concerning sports wagering.

Commending Senator Jerry Moran for his unwavering support of Kansas farmers.

Condemning the pardons and commutations of sentences for those individuals involved in the attack at the United States capitol building on January 6, 2021.

Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements.

Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance.

Expanding the postsecondary educational institutions eligible to participate in the Kansas promise scholarship program and increasing the maximum annual appropriation limit.

Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of the county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district, allowing such boards to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county and requiring the case, warrant and subpoena information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases.

Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.

Providing for the hunter nation distinctive license plate.

Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.

Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission.

Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.

Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains.

House Substitute for SB 9 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Prohibiting foreign principals from acquiring interests in real estate in proximity to military installations, state agencies and local government from purchasing drones or critical components of drones from foreign principals or that are manufactured in countries of concern and foreign principals from receiving benefits from economic development programs.

Authorizing the animal health commissioner to adopt rules and regulations to administer the poultry disease control act and to establish an annual participation fee for participation in the national poultry improvement plan, a certification fee for persons performing testing and diagnostic services and a testing fee per visit to each location participating in the plan.

Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof.

Requiring state agencies to provide notice of revocation of administrative rules and regulations to the public and removing abolished and inactive state agencies from the agency review requirement.

Substitute for SB 67 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Authorizing registered nurse anesthetists to prescribe, procure and administer drugs consistent with the registered nurse anesthetist's education and qualifications.

Adjusting certain internal KPERS act statutory references, extending the time for filing administrative appeals and updating provisions relating to compliance with the federal internal revenue code.

Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.