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Kansas Legislature
Kansas Legislature
The Kansas Legislature consists of 165 current members in the Senate and House of Representatives. Track 13,293 Kansas bills, view legislator voting records, and monitor committee activity.
Sessions (13)
2025-2026 Regular Session
2024 Special Session
2023-2024 Regular Session
2021-2022 Regular Session
2021 Special Session
2020 Special Session
2019-2020 Regular Session
2017-2018 Regular Session
2016 Special Session
2015-2016 Regular Session
2013-2014 Regular Session
2011-2012 Regular Session
2009-2010 Regular Session
Legislators (165)
Bills (50)
Authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact, specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact and providing for recovery of actual damages in exceptional circumstances.
Exempting the state of Kansas from daylight saving time but providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move.
Providing for the crime victims compensation board to establish fees chargeable for conducting examinations of persons who may be victims of sexual assault and authorizing the board to adopt rules and regulations to administer such fees and to use moneys in the crime victims compensation fund for the payment of such fees.
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.
Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes.
Enacting the utility railroad crossing act and establishing a process and limitations for utilities to interact with railroad right-of-way.
Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma.
Providing for a decreased gallonage tax on beer and cereal malt beverages that are produced and packaged within the United States.
Prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if the inmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
Modifying the registration period for personalized license plates and authorizing county treasurers to charge increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.
Specifying that courts shall consider certain factors in determining whether a prior violation of law is comparable to any act described in certain driving under the influence crimes when calculating a person's criminal history score under the Kansas sentencing guidelines act.
Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.
Restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate for motor vehicles.
House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.
Directing the governor to approve eligible programs for workforce Pell grants and providing requirements for the state workforce development board with regard to eligibility, approval and financing of such programs.
Authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers' quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance thereof.
Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.
Providing for the rounding of final transaction amount for sales tax purposes if payment is made with cash.
Increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee.
Including homestead renters as eligible to participate in certain homestead property tax refund claims.
Prohibiting promise scholarship awards from being used to fund corequisite courses.
Including federal law enforcement officers in the definition of law enforcement officer that is used in certain crimes and traffic provisions and clarifying that enforcement of a federal law is covered under the tort claims act.
Requiring members of governing bodies of subordinate service taxing areas to be residents of such taxing areas.
Exempting correctional authorities and certain business entities contracting with correctional authorities from certain rules and regulations governing the possession, transportation and use of explosive materials.
Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes.
Allowing pharmacists to administer certain vaccines to children and adults pursuant to a vaccination protocol.
Establishing a seal for the house of representatives and providing for its custody and use.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to section 1 of the Kansas bill of rights to affirm that men and women are possessed of equal and inalienable natural rights from conception.
Clarifying county authority over the transfer or appropriation of water by placing such authority, except for domestic use, with the chief engineer and water transfer hearing panel.
Creating the specialty practice student loan program and the specialty practice student loan repayment fund, allowing for the transfer of funds from the OBGYN and psychiatry medical student loan repayment funds to the specialty practice student loan repayment fund and abolishing the OBGYN and psychiatry medical student loan repayment funds.
Modifying the composition of the board of pharmacy and prohibiting the board of pharmacy from adopting rules and regulations that would limit or condition the use of telepharmacy.
Enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution.
Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.
Providing that leased ground owned by a county-recognized community land trust shall be considered as a factor in determining fair market value for property tax purposes.
Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.
Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.
Requiring a county appraiser to adjust the value of residential and commercial property upon final determination or obtain a fee simple appraisal if the appraised value exceeds 5% increase over three years.
Establishing the Affordable Healthcare for Kansans program to expand medicaid eligibility.
Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the healthcare access for working Kansans (HAWK) act.
Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway.
Authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records.
Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition.
Clarifying modifications for certain business interest expenses and federal net operating loss carrybacks and providing a technical change to a statutory cross reference for recaptured moneys related to adoption savings accounts for purposes of Kansas income tax.
Establishing the born to invest act and requiring the office of vital statistics to provide data to the office of the state treasurer for the distribution of informational materials regarding certain government-administered savings accounts.
Expanding pharmacist's scope of practice to include point-of-care testing for and treatment of COVID-19.
Modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity by changing the connection to breach of privacy and describing the content of the image, video or other recording.
Providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.
Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks.
Establishing the remote practice of pharmacy, requiring certain conditions for such practice and limiting activities performed under such practice.
Substitute for HB 2357 by Committee on Judiciary - Providing for expungement of certain court records and consideration of mediation in eviction actions in which the underlying rental agreement is governed by the residential landlord and tenant act.