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KS HB2196

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/31/2025

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Ballard

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Postsecondary educational institutions in Kansas would receive a permanent exemption from concealed carry requirements in public buildings under the Personal and Family Protection Act

  • Removes the temporary exemption provision (which expired July 1, 2017) that previously allowed colleges and universities to opt out of campus carry by notifying the Kansas attorney general

  • Adds postsecondary educational institutions to the list of permanently exempt facilities, alongside schools for the deaf and blind, medical care facilities, adult care homes, community mental health centers, and indigent health care clinics

  • Amends K.S.A. 75-7c20 and takes effect upon publication in the Kansas Register

Legislative Description

Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.

Last Action

House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs

1/31/2025

Committee Referrals

Federal and State Affairs1/31/2025

Full Bill Text

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