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KS HB2719

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/24/2026

Primary Sponsor

Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Agencies may adopt technical amendments (cross-reference updates, renumbering, spelling corrections, formatting changes, contact information updates) immediately upon Department of Administration approval without full rulemaking proceedings

  • Rules and regulations mandated by legislature within nine months of an act's effective date receive "priority status" and must be processed ahead of all other pending regulations by state agencies

  • Department of Budget approval is not required for proposed rules implementing federal mandates, regardless of implementation costs, though agencies must still provide the economic impact statement

  • Before seeking legislative ratification of high-cost regulations (over $1,000,000 in five-year compliance costs), agencies must first submit proposed rules to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules and Regulations for review and recommendations

  • Removes obsolete statutory references to "revival" of rules and regulations and adds exemptions from the filing act for Department of Corrections emergency/security procedures and warden orders under K.S.A. 75-5256

Legislative Description

Providing an exception to the rules and regulations filing act for technical amendments, creating a process for certain rules and regulations to receive priority status in the adoption process, removing references to revival of rules and regulations, clarifying that the department of the budget is not required to approve proposed rules and regulations mandated by the federal government and adding references to department of corrections rules and regulations that are not subject to the act.

Last Action

Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Commerce2/25/2026
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development2/5/2026

Full Bill Text

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