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KS SB248
Bill
Status
2/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary
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AI Summary
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Transfers authority for conducting criminal history record checks on hemp producer license applicants from the Kansas Department of Agriculture to the State Fire Marshal, who may collect fees to cover fingerprinting costs
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Updates fingerprinting and criminal history check language for money transmission licensees by adding "applicant in control of a licensee" as a defined term and requiring background checks for such applicants, licensees, and key individuals through K.S.A. 22-4714
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Streamlines criminal history record check procedures for the State Bank Commissioner regarding earned wage access services providers by referencing the standardized process in K.S.A. 22-4714
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Expands the State Gaming Agency's access to criminal history records to include adult convictions, non-convictions, diversions, expunged records, juvenile adjudications, non-adjudications, and diversions for employee and licensee background checks
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Amends K.S.A. 22-4714 to consolidate and clarify which agencies receive specific types of criminal history information, reorganizing existing provisions for the attorney general and state gaming agency
Legislative Description
Requiring criminal history record check information relating to hemp producers to be sent to the state fire marshal, updating the fingerprinting language for the state banking commissioner for money transmitters and earned wage access services providers and authorizing the state gaming agency and attorney general to have access to more criminal history record information.
Last Action
Senate Hearing: Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
1/20/2026