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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)
Enacting the utility railroad crossing act and establishing a process and limitations for utilities to interact with railroad right-of-way.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
Increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee.
Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.
Prohibiting promise scholarship awards from being used to fund corequisite courses.
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.
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.
Providing for a decreased gallonage tax on beer and cereal malt beverages that are produced and packaged within the United States.
Modifying the registration period for personalized license plates and authorizing county treasurers to charge increased fees for vehicle registration transactions.
Requiring members of governing bodies of subordinate service taxing areas to be residents of such taxing areas.
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.
Enacting the enhanced oversight and accountability for the prescription of psychotropic drug prescriptions act to require the secretary of health and environment to establish an online reporting system for adverse drug reactions.
Establishing a seal for the house of representatives and providing for its custody and use.
Enacting the Kansas consumer prescription protection and accountability act and providing for regulation and registration of pharmacy benefits managers.
Providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.
Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.
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.
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.
Enacting the defense of drug delivery act to prohibit manufacturer interference relating to 340B drug distribution.
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.
Removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code in determining Kansas adjusted gross income.
Allowing pharmacists to administer certain vaccines to children and adults pursuant to a vaccination protocol.
Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.
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.
Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider.
Establishing the Affordable Healthcare for Kansans program to expand medicaid eligibility.
Designating a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway.
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.
Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks.
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.
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.
Designating Kansas as a purple heart state and permitting homeless veterans to use alternative forms of proof of identity and residency when applying for nondriver identification cards.
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.
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.
Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the healthcare access for working Kansans (HAWK) act.
Permitting a pharmacist to distribute pre-measured doses of epinephrine to a school for emergency medication kits.
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.
Expanding pharmacist's scope of practice to include point-of-care testing for and treatment of COVID-19.
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.
Establishing standards and requirements for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools.
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.
Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.
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.