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KS HB2300

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/5/2025

Primary Sponsor

Judiciary

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to cover land leases, options, and easements for wind and solar energy projects, meteorological evaluation towers, and sodar units, treating landowners as "consumers" and energy developers as "suppliers"

  • Prohibits suppliers from conducting door-to-door sales to consumers in hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or residential healthcare facilities unless written consent is obtained via certified mail (limited to 2 mailings per year), and requires suppliers to cease contact with consumers who have diminished capacity

  • Grants consumers the right to revoke wind/solar energy leases or contracts, and allows the attorney general, county attorneys, or consumers themselves to seek court orders revoking such agreements for violations of the act

  • Makes contract provisions unenforceable if they prohibit recording negotiations, restrict disclosure of contract contents to government agencies or courts, or prevent testimony in legal proceedings

  • Consumers with diminished capacity may appoint a representative who must be present during all oral communications and receive copies of all written communications from the supplier

Legislative Description

Establishing limitations for land transactions for wind and solar energy projects and allowing a consumer to revoke such land transaction under the Kansas consumer protection act.

Last Action

House Referred to Committee on Judiciary

2/5/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/5/2025

Full Bill Text

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