Loading chat...

Commerce

Senate108 legislators-353 bills

Legislators(108)

Ways and Means26 bills
Commerce, Labor and Economic Development71 bills
Judiciary2 bills
Allen Reavis1 bills
R
Tim Shallenburger1 bills
R
Legislative Modernization1 bills
Ty Masterson2 bills
R
Federal and State Affairs2 bills
Kyler Sweely1 bills
R
TJ Rose1 bills
R
Commerce90 bills
Federal and State Affairs31 bills
Assessment and Taxation20 bills
Insurance1 bills
Dinah Sykes14 bills
D
Cindy Holscher8 bills
D
Ethan Corson7 bills
D
Oletha Faust-Goudeau26 bills
D
Marci Francisco15 bills
D
Pat Pettey19 bills
D
Patrick Schmidt4 bills
D
Mary Ware7 bills
D
Taxation3 bills
David Haley18 bills
D
Tom Holland22 bills
D
Agriculture and Natural Resources2 bills
Legislative Post Audit2 bills
Jeff Pittman1 bills
D
Usha Reddi1 bills
D
Transportation1 bills
Tom Hawk16 bills
D
Judiciary4 bills
Richard Hilderbrand2 bills
R
Stephen Owens2 bills
R
Mark Steffen2 bills
R
Michael Fagg1 bills
R
Alicia Straub1 bills
R
Mike Thompson1 bills
R
Richard Wilborn1 bills
R
Anthony Hensley19 bills
D
John Doll3 bills
R
Mike Petersen2 bills
R
Barbara Bollier4 bills
R
Sean Tarwater1 bills
R
Douglas Blex1 bills
R
Will Carpenter1 bills
R
Ken Corbet1 bills
R
Chris Croft1 bills
R
Leo Delperdang1 bills
R
Brenda Dietrich2 bills
R
Willie Dove1 bills
R
Renee Erickson1 bills
R
Charlotte Esau1 bills
R
Stan Frownfelter1 bills
D
Don Hineman1 bills
R
Nick Hoheisel1 bills
R
Steven Huebert1 bills
R
Susan Humphries1 bills
R
Les Mason1 bills
R
Leonard Mastroni1 bills
R
John Resman1 bills
R
Bill Rhiley1 bills
R
Louis Ruiz1 bills
D
Mark Samsel1 bills
R
Joe Seiwert1 bills
R
Eric Smith1 bills
R
Bill Sutton1 bills
R
Jack Thimesch1 bills
R
Adam Thomas1 bills
R
Kellie Warren1 bills
R
Barbara Wasinger1 bills
R
Kristey Williams2 bills
R
Select Committee on Federal Tax Code Implementation1 bills
Robert Olson1 bills
R
Vic Miller3 bills
D
Laura Kelly9 bills
D
Julia Lynn1 bills
R
Larry Alley1 bills
R
Molly Baumgardner1 bills
R
Edward Berger1 bills
R
Elaine Bowers1 bills
R
Jim Denning1 bills
R
Bud Estes1 bills
R
Steve Fitzgerald1 bills
R
Bruce Givens1 bills
R
Dan Goddard1 bills
R
Randall Hardy2 bills
R
Dan Kerschen1 bills
R
Carolyn McGinn1 bills
R
Mary Pilcher-Cook1 bills
R
Lynn Rogers4 bills
D
John Skubal2 bills
R
Gene Suellentrop1 bills
R
Mary Taylor2 bills
R
Susan Wagle1 bills
R
Troy Waymaster1 bills
R
J.R. Claeys1 bills
R
Susan Concannon1 bills
R
Erin Davis1 bills
R
Kyle Hoffman1 bills
R
Appropriations6 bills
General Government Budget2 bills
Brian Weber1 bills
R
Government Efficiency1 bills
Commerce and Economic Development8 bills
Kelly Kultala2 bills
D
Allen Schmidt1 bills
D
Utilities1 bills

Referred Bills (353)

SB535Introduced

Exempting correctional authorities and certain business entities contracting with correctional authorities from certain rules and regulations governing the possession, transportation and use of explosive materials.

SB229Engrossed

House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.

SB229Engrossed

House Substitute for SB 229 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing amendments, suspensions or repeals of employment security law provisions should follow specified review procedures by the legislature, authorizing the secretary of labor to recognize and approve employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans if such plans meet specific criteria and integrating such plans into the employment security law, updating and reorganizing statutory language, enhancing federal conformity by incorporating references to federal laws and guidelines, updating temporary unemployment provisions and providing for eight weeks of temporary unemployment benefits, eliminating debt relief provisions for negative balance employers and other updates to the employment security law.

HB2357Engrossed

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.

HB2588Engrossed

Providing for statewide electrician licensing by the board of technical professions.

HB2481Engrossed

Removing the two-bedroom requirement to qualify as hotel, motel or tourist court requiring collection of tax from all such qualifying rentals.

SB335Passed

Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages.

SB51Engrossed

House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports, updating statutes related to services provided by the chief information technology officer and authorizing the office of information technology services to provide certain services to political subdivisions and hospitals.

HB2767Engrossed

Establishing the Kansas military affairs commission and prescribing the powers and duties thereof.

HB2596Engrossed

Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes under the prison-made goods act.

HB2504Engrossed

Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective tenants receipt of housing assistance or eviction or criminal history, and permitting cities and counties to prohibit discrimination by landlords on the basis of receipt of veterans benefits.

SB418Engrossed

Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city to be considered zoned for single-family residential use.

SB531Introduced

Prohibiting the development or operation of any new large load data center in a county that has had a drought emergency declared for such county pursuant to the Kansas emergency management act within the preceding three years.

SB512Introduced

Removing the eight-week return to work expectation from the definition of temporary unemployment, excluding payments under compliant employer-sponsored supplemental unemployment benefit plans from the definition of wages and removing the negative debt write-off and forgiveness mechanism that conditionally moved employers to rate groups N11 for three years and the related option to avoid a negative debt write-off through voluntary contributions.

HB2719Engrossed

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.

SB334Engrossed

Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval.

HB2346Engrossed

Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events, providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund or from the state general fund if funds are not available therefrom.

HB2466Engrossed

Extending the sunset for the angel investor tax credit to 2031.

HB2602Engrossed

Establishing requirements for a portable benefit plan for independent contractors, determining types of contributions to such plans and providing a subtraction modification for Kansas income tax purposes.

HB2700Engrossed

Establishing the Kansas right-to-repair act to provide the right for persons who purchase or lease digital electronic equipment to obtain the legal authorization and necessary documentation and parts from original equipment manufacturers to diagnose, maintain and repair such equipment.

SB526Introduced

Requiring data centers to be located on land that was zoned for industrial or manufacturing uses or was not zoned on July 1, 2025, to qualify for the sales tax exemption for qualified data centers.

SB518Introduced

Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation.

HB2739Engrossed

Providing that fire sprinkler systems shall not be required in this state for multi-family dwellings of four attached units or fewer, prohibiting municipal fire sprinkler requirements for multi-family dwellings of four or fewer attached living units and defining apartment buildings for purposes of the fire code.

HB2343Engrossed

Creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act, supporting the development and growth of such businesses by limiting the regulatory power of municipalities.

SB197Engrossed

House Substitute for Substitute for SB 197 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Furthering economic development by providing for authorization of a port authority by the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas, authorizing redevelopment of mall facilities as STAR bond projects, allowing vertical construction for certain STAR bond projects, facilitating such projects in less-populated counties in the Wichita and Kansas City metropolitan statistical areas, setting visitor origin requirements for such projects and providing for enforcement of such requirements, expanding transparency of such projects, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue bonds for such projects, making certain other changes and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.

SB393Introduced

Authorizing the sale of alcoholic beverages 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the FIFA 2026 world cup.

SB429Introduced

Extending the sunset for the angel investor tax credit to 2031.

SB369Introduced

Requiring certain disclosures to be made to prospective tenants and providing restrictions on fees for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.

SB495Introduced

Enacting the motor vehicle right to repair act.

SB471Introduced

Increasing the Kansas minimum wage to $16 an hour and making such minimum wage applicable to employers and employees covered under the provisions of the federal fair labor standards act.

SB388Introduced

Setting a maximum fee for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.

HB2340Engrossed

Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain property located in Johnson county.

SB370Introduced

Modifying how a rental agreement terminates in the case of material noncompliance by the landlord with the rental agreement.

SB371Introduced

Requiring landlords to offer to sell certain rental properties to the tenants of such properties before offering such properties for sale to the public.

HB2119Engrossed

Discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit for qualified developments receiving a 4% federal tax credit.

HB2119Engrossed

Discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit for qualified developments receiving a 4% federal tax credit.

HB2291Passed

Creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general and establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend rules and regulations for program participants.

HB2088Passed

Requiring local governments to meet specified deadlines for issuing building permits and requiring the department of health and environment to issue a response to an applicant's submitted notice of intent to discharge stormwater runoff from construction activities within 45 days of submission.

HB2338Passed

Authorizing the board of cosmetology to issue temporary location and temporary guest artist permits and establishing criteria therefor.

HB2117Passed

Modifying certain business filing and fee requirements for business trusts, foreign corporations and limited partnerships; authorizing professional corporations or limited liability companies formed or organized to render a professional service to participate in transactions under the business entity transactions act; and making certain information provided by registered agents a public record.

HB2092Passed

Setting the time for professional employer organization registration expiration, renewal and the filing of audits with the secretary of state, limiting the method of providing surety for professional employer organizations with insufficient working capital to bonds and eliminating a market value measure of the sufficiency of such bonds.

SB227Passed

Providing for different credit percentages for the tax credit for expenditures for the restoration and preservation of historic structures based on city populations and the amount of the expenditures.

SB199Passed

Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council; defining the fireworks sales season for seasonal retailers of consumer fireworks, providing for year-round sales by permanent retailers of consumer fireworks, requiring permanent retailers to register with the state fire marshal.

HB2037Passed

Increasing the membership of the council on travel and tourism, updating the house legislative committee assignment required for council members appointed from the house, and removing provisions requiring allocation of funds from the matching grant program for the promotion of tourism for private, public and nonprofit entities and limiting the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity.

SB166Passed

Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations.

SB117Passed

Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.

SB218Introduced

Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees.

SB216Introduced

Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act.

SCR1609Introduced

Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations.

SB52Engrossed

Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program.

SB297Introduced

Providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.

HB2400Engrossed

Amending the definition of land devoted to agricultural use to include trail rides as a ranching activity to qualify as an agritourism activity.

SCR1606Introduced

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

SB189Introduced

Providing injured employees the freedom of choice to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation.

SB153Introduced

Establishing the Kansas paid prenatal personal leave act requiring employers to provide 20 hours of paid prenatal personal leave.

SB95Introduced

Providing that the legislature may approve the creation of port authorities by enactment of a bill and authorizing the governing body of the unified government of Wyandotte county and Kansas City, Kansas, to create a port authority.

SB559Failed

Preserving child labor protections by requiring a legislative review process when considering bills proposing to reduce or eliminate child labor protections, providing that the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations review such bills and that the secretary of labor provide a report to the legislature to assist the legislature’s consideration of such bills.

SB545Failed

Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs, electricity and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $600,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements.

SCR1620Failed

Creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas

SB486Failed

Changing the fee charged by the department of commerce for applications for certain economic development programs from a flat fee to a certain percentage of the total economic development incentive program package as determined by the secretary of commerce within a specified percentage range.

SB478Failed

Defining benefit year, temporary unemployment and other terms in the employment security law, requiring electronic filing for certain employers, establishing qualifications for employment security board of review candidates, extending the deadline for new accounts following business acquisitions, making certain changes to the employer rate schedules, enabling employers to report claimant work search issues, confirming legislative coordinating council oversight for the new unemployment insurance information technology system implementation, authorizing the secretary to grant temporary unemployment, requiring the secretary to annually publish certain data and abolishing the employment security interest assessment fund.

SB467Failed

Increasing the membership appointed by the governor on the council on travel and tourism and updating the house committee assignment required for house members from the committee on agriculture and natural resources to the committee on commerce, labor and economic development;reducing the required allocation of funds from the department of commerce's matching grant program for the promotion of tourism by public and nonprofit entities and removing the restriction on the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity.

SB464Failed

Creating the Kansas small, minority, woman, disadvantaged and service-disabled veteran business enterprise development act, providing for development of such business enterprises through greater participation in providing goods and services to state agencies and postsecondary educational institutions and requiring development of plans and goals for such participation, establishing the office of minority and women business development within the department of commerce and providing for an advisory committee on certified small business enterprises.

SB330Failed

Eliminating the requirement to conduct a recurring 911 implementation audit, a recurring KPERS audit and certain economic development incentive audits.

SB329Failed

Discontinuing the angel investor tax credit program after 2024.

SB325Failed

Establishing the transformation of passenger and freight vehicle industry program to attract businesses engaged in electric motor vehicle and hydrogen-powered vehicle production by offering qualified companies that meet certain requirements an investment tax credit, retention of a percentage of total payroll tax, reimbursement of a percentage of eligible employee training and education expenses and a sales tax exemption for construction costs of the qualified company’s qualified business facility.

HB2275Failed

Increasing the maximum amount of yearly income tax credits available for purchases under the disability employment act from qualified vendors, continuing in existence such credits beyond tax year 2023 of eligible purchases available for such credit and further defining qualifying vendors and employees eligible for the credit, establishing a grant program to facilitate transitions by employers to minimum wage employment for persons with disabilities and creating the Kansas sheltered workshop transition fund.

HB2414Failed

Substitute for HB 2414 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Developing postsecondary engineering programs, providing scholarships for engineering students at certain public and private institutions of higher education by establishing a matching grant program to be administered by the secretary of commerce and creating the engineering graduate incentive fund.

HB2446Vetoed

Prohibiting cities and counties from regulating plastic and other containers designed for the consumption, transportation or protection of merchandise, food or beverages.

HB2401Failed

Defining "benefit year" and "temporary unemployment" in the employment security law, allowing the extension of temporary unemployment; requiring electronic report filing by certain employers, permitting discretion in appointments and terms for the temporary employment security board of review, delaying new account formation after certain business acquisitions, requiring the new unemployment insurance system to allow employer reports regarding claimant compliance and authorizing the legislative coordinating council to extend new system implementation deadlines.

HB2388Failed

Requiring that licensing bodies provide paper-based and verified electronic credentials to credential holders, including military servicemembers and others receiving Kansas credentials based on their credentials from other jurisdictions, that the secretary of administration develop and implement an electronic license verification system, that centralized electronic credential data management systems be established with instant verification systems operated by licensing bodies and excepting the certification of law enforcement officers from all provisions of the amended section.

HB2331Failed

Designating Lehigh Portland state park.

HB2400Failed

Enacting the Kansas adult learner grant act to facilitate workforce development by providing grants and workforce retention incentive tax credits to adults who pursue baccalaureate degrees from eligible postsecondary educational institutions in certain fields of study.

HB2387Failed

Providing funding for STAR bond districts to replace lost food sales tax revenue, authorizing renovation and construction costs for historic theaters and major amusement parks, including amusement rides, as eligible STAR bond project costs, extending the deadline for the STAR bond report to certain legislative committees, and increasing the financing limit for pay-as-you-go funding for rural redevelopment projects.

SB282Failed

Establishing child care licensing requirements relating to license capacity and staff-to-child ratios, eliminating certain license fees and training requirements, permitting a 16 year-old staff member to staff a unit with children at least 12 months old without supervision, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase day care facility availability or capacity.

HB2234Failed

Increasing and changing the measure of the cost threshold when state construction projects require a negotiating committee and the selection of professional services from a list of qualified firms.

SB165Failed

Permitting workers compensation benefits for first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

SB159Failed

Creating the Kansas rural grocery store development incentive act to provide tax incentives for the development of grocery businesses in rural areas of the state.

SB140Failed

Allowing cites, counties or other local units of government to raise the minimum wage by ordinance, resolution or law.

SB91Failed

Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit, sales tax exemption and loans and grants to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports on the economic impact of the act.

SB70Failed

Enacting the making work pay act to increase the Kansas minimum wage.

SB47Failed

Prohibiting cities and counties from regulating consumer merchandise and auxiliary containers for the consumption, transportation or protection of consumer merchandise.

SB38Failed

Increasing the maximum compensation benefits payable by an employer for permanent total disability suffered by an injured employee.

SB34Failed

Expanding the use of bond proceeds under the Kansas rural housing incentive district act, the transferability of income, privilege and premium tax credits issued under the Kansas housing investor tax credit act and enacting the Kansas urban housing incentive district act.

HB2648Passed

Requiring the director of the budget to independently determine costs of compliance and implementation for all proposed rules and regulations and authorizing the director of the budget to disapprove proposed rules and regulations.

HB2790Passed

Transferring registration requirements and related compliance oversight and enforcement authority for professional employer organizations from the commissioner of insurance to the secretary of state effective January 1, 2025, granting the secretary responsibility over the professional employer organization fee fund and ensuring that welfare benefit plans offered by professional employer organizations to employees and covered employees are treated as a single employer welfare benefit plan for purposes of state law.

HB2570Passed

Substitute for HB 2570 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Defining benefit year, temporary unemployment, wages and other terms in the employment security law, requiring electronic filing for certain employers, establishing qualifications for employment security board of review candidates, extending the deadline for new accounts following business acquisitions, making certain changes to the employer rate schedules and lowering rates for new employers, enabling employers to report claimant work search issues, confirming legislative coordinating council oversight for the new unemployment insurance information technology system implementation, authorizing the secretary to grant additional temporary unemployment in certain circumstances, requiring the secretary to publish certain information, abolishing the employment security interest assessment fund and providing relief for negative account balance employers.

HB2483Passed

Eliminating the requirement to conduct a recurring 911 implementation audit, a recurring KPERS audit and certain economic development incentive audits.

HB2545Passed

Providing for the sale of property not retrieved by an occupant after notice, allowing electronic signatures and delivery for rental agreements, defining property that has no commercial value, providing for the deemed effectiveness of rental agreements not signed or delivered by an owner or occupant and specifying custody of abandoned or towed property under the self-service storage act.

SB430Passed

Providing workers compensation act coverage for the Kansas national guard, limiting benefit reductions for retirement benefits, increasing dependents death benefits, reducing certain functional impairment requirements, increasing compensation for certain disability categories and for treatment without authorization, raising the evidentiary standard for future medical treatment, limiting certain procedures for post-award medical benefit claims, allowing benefit payment by funds transfer or payment cards, establishing procedures for neutral healthcare examinations, exchanges and admission of medical reports, extending employee injury notification deadlines, eliminating the deadline for motions to avoid dismissal for lack of prosecution, providing for expedited settlement and digital recording of hearings and other changes to the workers compensation act.

SB333Passed

Providing hiring, promotion and retention preferences for persons with disabilities for certain state executive branch positions and extending the expiration provision for the state use law committee.

HB2745Passed

Providing that military spouses of active military servicemembers shall be exempted from all occupational licensing, registration and certification fees.

HB2344Vetoed

Senate Substitute for HB 2344 by Committee on Commerce - Establishing child care licensing requirements relating to license capacity and staff-to-child ratios, eliminating certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for a temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity.

HB2292Passed

Promoting Kansas workforce development by enacting the Kansas apprenticeship act to expand apprenticeships with businesses, healthcare organizations and nonprofit organizations through tax credits and grants and to develop teaching apprenticeships with public schools through scholarships for professional teaching degrees and by establishing a program to provide matching grants to public and private professional engineering schools for engineering scholarships and program development costs.

HB2173Passed

Ensuring that refrigerants that are approved for use under federal law may be used in Kansas.

HB2336Passed

Increasing bonding authority and simplifying the approval process for public airport construction and improvement projects under the surplus property and public airport authority act and increasing the cost threshold for state construction projects when the convening of a negotiating committee to obtain professional services is required.

HB2042Passed

Authorizing towing by self-storage unit operators of motor vehicles, watercraft or trailers for nonpayment of rent or abandonment and providing for notice to occupants, a right of redemption prior to towing and liability protection for operators.

SB114Passed

Creating definitions for "advanced recycling" and related terms and separating advanced recycling from the current solid waste management system.

SB511Failed

Providing public employees and professional employees certain rights with respect to withholding of public employee organization and professional employee organization dues.

SB504Failed

Providing that worker's compensation benefit reductions due to retirement benefits funded by the employer shall apply to retirement benefits that the employee begins receiving after the injury to reduce permanent disability benefits and exempting benefits under the federal social security act.

SB505Failed

Enacting the protect home-based work act prohibiting the enactment or enforcement of zoning regulations that are barriers to home-based work.

SB491Failed

Permitting workers compensation benefits for first responders who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder.

SB470Failed

Requiring a prevailing wage for state public works construction contracts by state agencies and permitting cities and counties to require a prevailing for such contracts.

SB467Failed

Enacting the making work pay act to increase the Kansas minimum wage.

SB461Failed

Enacting the delivery service liability act and assigning liability when delivery drivers cause damage to the property of others while carrying out their duties.

SB382Failed

Applying licensure provisions for real estate brokers and salespersons to trusts and authorizing the Kansas real estate commission to issue cease and desist orders.

SB361Failed

Concerning an employer's maximum liability for permanent total disability compensation and requiring an employer to pay such disabled employee during the continuance of such disability from the date of maximum medical improvement for the lifetime of the employee at the weekly rate of the compensation in effect on the date of injury for which compensation is being made.

HB2219Failed

Enacting the Kansas targeted employment act to provide tax credits for the employment of persons with developmental disabilities.

SB291Failed

Increasing the minimum wage by $1 per year to $15 an hour by 2027.

SB177Failed

Changing provisions of the employment security law including creation of the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, development of a new unemployment insurance information technology system, provision of tax information to claimants, publication of trust fund data, the maximum benefit period, the charging of employer accounts for benefits paid, employer contribution rate determination and schedules, abolishment of the employment security interest assessment fund, crediting of employer accounts for fraudulent or erroneous payments, transfers from the state general fund to the unemployment insurance trust fund for improper benefit payments, changes to the shared work compensation program and other unemployment trust fund provisions.

SB213Failed

Prohibiting an employer from taking any adverse employment against against an employee because of the employee's vaccination status.

HB2045Failed

Revising two tax credits - first by updating the Kansas angel investor tax credit act with respect to the definition of qualified securities, tax credit limitations and amounts, investor requirements and extending the date that credits may be allowed, and second by increasing the tax credit for expenses incurred to make a residence accessible to persons with a disability.

HB2097Failed

Decoupling the KIT and KIR workforce training programs from the high performance incentive fund program.

SB219Failed

Changing law pertaining to real estate brokers and salespersons including the definition of broker, licensure, actions that require licensing, exemptions, application of licensure provisions to trusts, Kansas real estate commission administrative fines, cease and desist orders and subpoena authority.

SB281Failed

Changing unemployment insurance disqualification provisions for fraud, part-time employment for educational institutions and receipt of pensions.

SB259Failed

Providing that the testimony of an examining healthcare provider may be submitted in evidence by the provider's medical report in workers compensation cases.

SB236Failed

Establishing the Kansas commission for the United States semiquincentennial.

SB219Failed

Changing law pertaining to real estate brokers and salespersons including the definition of broker, licensure, actions that require licensing, exemptions, application of licensure provisions to trusts, Kansas real estate commission administrative fines, cease and desist orders and subpoena authority.

SB213Failed

Prohibiting an employer from taking any adverse employment against against an employee because of the employee's vaccination status.

SB203Failed

Allowing injured employees to designate their healthcare provider and requiring the employer to pay for the services of such healthcare provider with regard to workers compensation.

SB177Failed

Changing provisions of the employment security law including creation of the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, development of a new unemployment insurance information technology system, provision of tax information to claimants, publication of trust fund data, the maximum benefit period, the charging of employer accounts for benefits paid, employer contribution rate determination and schedules, abolishment of the employment security interest assessment fund, crediting of employer accounts for fraudulent or erroneous payments, transfers from the state general fund to the unemployment insurance trust fund for improper benefit payments, changes to the shared work compensation program and other unemployment trust fund provisions.

SB189Failed

Requiring use of the fourth edition of the AMA medical guide to determine impairment for awarding workers compensation benefits.

SB194Failed

Removing an employment security law restriction on leasing of certain employees by client lessees of lessor employing units.

SB176Failed

Enacting the Kansas home inspectors professional competence and financial responsibility act and providing for registration for home inspectors with oversight by the attorney general.

SB193Failed

Expanding the definition of compensable personal injury in workers compensation law to include mental injuries suffered from physical injury, emotional shock or after a series of work-related events.

SB164Failed

Concerning an employer's maximum liability for permanent total disability compensation and requiring an employer to pay such disabled employee during the continuance of such disability from the date of maximum medical improvement for the lifetime of the employee at the weekly rate of the compensation in effect on the date of injury for which compensation is being made.

SB162Failed

Providing for an emergency expansion of the employment security board of review with a sunset of June 30, 2024.

SB163Failed

Amending unemployment insurance disqualification provisions relating to dates disqualification begins, recovery from illness or injury and part-time employment for an educational institution.

SB137Failed

Expanding the military spouse and service member’s expedited licensure law to all applicants who have established or intend to establish residency in Kansas, providing for licenses in an emergency declared by the legislature, allowing telemedicine by out-of-state healthcare providers and permitting the use of electronic credentials.

SB126Failed

Authorizing the sale of alcoholic liquor by class A clubs at special events under the club and drinking establishment act.

SB10Failed

Enacting the right to earn a living act to minimize unnecessary occupational licensing and regulation.

SB493Vetoed

Prohibiting cities and counties from regulating plastic and other containers designed for the consumption, transportation or protection of merchandise, food or beverages.

SB161Vetoed

Providing for the use of personal package delivery devices on sidewalks and crosswalks, exempting such devices from motor vehicle regulation and limiting additional municipal regulation.

SB161Vetoed

Providing for the use of personal package delivery devices on sidewalks and crosswalks, exempting such devices from motor vehicle regulation and limiting additional municipal regulation.

HB2703Passed

Changing law relating to employment including employment security law provisions regarding the employment security fund status and employer contribution rates and the definition of employment to conform with federal law, making revisions to the department of labor’s my reemployment plan program and enacting the Kansas targeted employment act to facilitate employment of persons with developmental disabilities through a tax credit incentive for employers.

SB91Passed

House Substitute for SB 91 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs.

SB378Introduced

Regulating the retail sale of fireworks all year and extending the time period for seasonal retail sale of fireworks.

SB347Passed

House Substitute for SB 347 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Enacting the attracting powerful economic expansion act to provide for tax and other incentives to attract projects in specified industries, or for national corporate headquarters, that involve a capital investment of at least $1,000,000,000, providing for a reduction in the Kansas corporate income rate triggered by the first agreement under the act, limiting the number of agreements and requiring state finance council approval of agreements.

HB2196Passed

Senate Substitute for Substitute HB 2196 by Committee on Commerce - Changing provisions of the employment security law including creation of the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, development of a new unemployment insurance information technology system, provision of tax information to claimants, publication of trust fund data, the maximum benefit period, the charging of employer accounts for benefits paid, employer contribution rate determination and schedules, crediting of employer accounts for fraudulent or erroneous payments, transfer of federal COVID-19 moneys to the unemployment insurance trust fund, emergency expansion of the employment security board of review, providing for the my reemployment plan program and workforce training program availability to claimants, changes to the shared work compensation program and other unemployment trust fund provisions.

SB124Passed

House Substitute for SB 124 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding STAR bonds by adding rural redevelopment projects and major business facilities, prohibiting public officials from employment with a developer, providing for public notice of hearings on city or county websites, posting of certain documents and links on websites, disclosure of names of developer, disclosure of state, federal and local tax incentives within a STAR bond district, changing certain project financing, investment and sales provisions, adding visitor tracking plan requirements and additional feasibility study requirements with oversight by the secretary, requiring approval by the secretary for real estate transfers, requiring district contiguity and extending the sunset date.

SB90Passed

Amending the Kansas rural housing incentive district act to permit bond funding for vertical residential renovation of older buildings in central business districts and by changing the definitions of an eligible city or county.

SB66Passed

Amending the angel investor tax credit with respect to the definition of qualified securities, tax credit limitations and amounts, investor requirements and extending the date that credits may be allowed, and also amending the tax credit for expenses incurred to make a residence accessible to persons with a disability by increasing the credit.

SB65Passed

Enhancing the high performance incentive program by decoupling the KIT and KIR workforce training programs and by providing for the transferability of the tax credit.

HB2112Passed

Permitting online advertisement and sales of abandoned property by self-storage rental unit operators; providing for the designation by occupants of an alternate contact and limiting claims for loss or damage of stored property to the property value limit provided in the rental agreement.

SB1Failed

Amending workers compensation law regarding occupational diseases to provide certain presumptions for compensation for COVID-19 with respect to all employers.

SB378Failed

Extending the period for unemployment insurance benefit eligibility to 26 weeks for the next two years.

SB501Failed

Amending employer contribution rates.

HB2689Failed

Amending the angel investor tax credit with respect to the definition of qualified securities, tax credit limitations and amounts, investor requirements and extending the date that credits may be allowed.

SB498Failed

Extending the STAR bonds financing act sunset to July 1, 2021.

SB435Failed

Providing for the use of personal package delivery devices on sidewalks and crosswalks, exempting such devices from motor vehicle regulation and preempting additional municipal regulation.

SB494Failed

Exempting certain plans or operations from the crime of conducting a pyramid promotional scheme.

HB2702Vetoed

Enacting the Kansas taxpayer protection act; establishing notice and public hearing requirements prior to approval by a governing body to exceed its revenue neutral rate for the imposition of property tax and discontinuing the city and county tax lid; providing a waiver of interest and fees on certain delinquent property taxes for a period of time and delaying preparation of delinquent real estate tax list and notice; prohibiting valuation increase for real property solely as the result of normal repair, replacement or maintenance of existing structure; providing for county treasurers to establish a payment plan for the payment of delinquent or nondelinquent taxes; requiring the state board of tax appeals to serve orders and notices by electronic means if requested by the party; prohibiting county appraisers and the state board of tax appeals from increasing the valuation of county appraised property in valuation appeals

HB2428Failed

Requiring the board of technical professions to adopt license fee amounts by rules and regulations.

HB2506Failed

Substitute for HB 2506 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding the military spouse and service member's expedited licensure law to all applicants who have established or intend to establish residency in Kansas.

HB2507Failed

Liability protection for businesses that participate in high school work-based learning programs.

SB474Failed

Permitting student athletes to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, likeness rights or athletic reputation when 15 other states adopt similar legislation.

HB2454Failed

Self-storage unit rentals; sales and towing of property for nonpayment of rent or abandonment; contractual value of property.

SB424Failed

Amending certain provisions regarding business entities and business filings with the secretary of state, including business name, certain addresses, making revisions to certain statutory citations and extending the effective date of certain provisions pertaining to series of a limited liability company.

SB419Failed

Enhancing employment security law penalties for employee misclassification and providing for an order enjoining further business until an employer complies with the law.

SB394Failed

Setting the number of weeks a claimant is eligible to receive unemployment benefits.

SB392Failed

Creating eligibility requirements for compensation of the unemployment benefit waiting week.

SB391Failed

Enacting the right to earn a living act to minimize unnecessary occupational licensing and regulation.

SB378Failed

Extending the period for unemployment insurance benefit eligibility to 26 weeks for the next two years.

SB251Failed

Changing the filing schedule for business entity information reports with the secretary of state from an annual to a biennial basis effective July 1, 2022.

HB2154Failed

Senate Substitute for HB 2154 by Committee on Commerce - Amending employment security law with respect to benefit eligibility, contribution rates, shared work program requirements and other matters to address COVID-19 and to comply with federal COVID-19 employment security law emergency administrative grant and reimbursement funding requirements.

HB2147Failed

Increasing bond maturity limitations in the Kansas rural housing incentive district act.

HB2006Failed

Economic development program evaluations and disclosure of certain data; development incentives for rural housing shortage and rural housing incentive district bonds.

SB168Failed

Enacting the Kansas home inspectors professional competence and financial responsibility act.

SB204Failed

Establishing the legislative post audit economic development incentive review subcommittee.

SB176Failed

Requiring the department of commerce to create a database of economic development incentive program information.

SB180Failed

Enacting the Kansas buy American act.

SB168Failed

Enacting the Kansas home inspectors professional competence and financial responsibility act.

SB175Failed

Enacting the public employee right to choose act, providing public employees with the right of relief from the obligation to pay union dues through withholding of their wages.

SB172Failed

Increasing the limit of healthcare expenses allowed as a workers compensation benefit for injured employees prior to formal authorization of a claim.

SB146Failed

Allowing injured workers who receive social security to keep the full amount of their workers compensation benefits.

SB141Failed

Increasing the minimum wage.

SB92Failed

Workers compensation impairment determination; use of AMA guidelines.

SB42Failed

Amending the meaning of the terms "rebate" and "interest" as used in the real estate brokers' and salespersons' license act.

SB38Failed

Unemployment benefits for privately contracted school bus drivers.

SB26Failed

Income tax credit for certain purchases of goods and services by a taxpayer from qualified vendors that provide employment to individuals who are blind or disabled.

SB5Failed

Enacting the Kansas reinvestment act.

SB27Passed

House Substitute for SB 27 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing for a maximum of 26 weeks of unemployment insurance benefits and compensation for the pre-payment waiting period.

SB361Introduced

Affording public employees and professional employees certain rights with respect to withholding of public employee organization and professional employee organization dues.

SB366Introduced

Substitute for SB 366 by Committee on Commerce - Expanding the expedited occupational licensure provisions for military servicemembers and spouses to all applicants; reports by licensing bodies.

HB2167Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2167 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing a commercial industrial hemp program.

SB60Passed

Amending Kansas real estate commission licensing provisions for brokers and sales persons.

SB90Passed

Extending the tax credit under the center for entrepreneurship act to financial institutions and increasing the annual tax credit limit for all contributors.

HB2174Passed

Extending the sunset date of the state use law for five years.

HB2044Passed

Income tax credit for taxpayer purchases of certain goods and services from qualified vendors providing employment for blind or disabled individuals.

HB2572Failed

Substitute for HB 2572 by Committee on Taxation - Requiring the department of commerce to create a database of economic development incentive program information.

SB448Failed

Establishing the economic development incentive review program to be evaluated by the legislature’s commerce committees and requiring reports by the post auditor.

SB435Failed

Permitting real estate brokers and salespersons to give clients or customers rebates if disclosed in the purchase contract or listing agreement.

SB434Failed

Amending STAR bonds by limiting financing to tourist attractions, limiting the state revenue contribution and limiting benefits for certain businesses.

SCR1612Failed

Urging the state corporation commission to lower retail electric rates to regionally competitive levels.

SB432Failed

Transparency, project financial viability requirements and other reforms to the STAR bond financing act.

SB430Failed

Extending the high performance incentive program tax credit carry forward period from 16 to 25 years.

SB412Failed

Unemployment benefits for privately contracted school bus drivers

SB403Failed

Allowing workers with injuries to choose their doctors.

SCR1610Failed

Urging the state corporation commission to take all action to set rates for electric service at regionally competitive levels.

SB339Failed

Making workers compensation death benefits adequate and equivalent with respect to recent benefit limit changes.

SB334Failed

Extending the time that taxpayers may carry forward the high performance incentive program tax credit.

SB252Failed

Enacting the ad astra rural jobs act.

HB2182Failed

Authorizing growth of Kansas agribusiness through development of an industrial hemp industry; enacting the Kansas agricultural industry growth act.

SB231Failed

Promoting the employment across Kansas act; moratorium on the award of benefits.

HB2168Failed

Enacting the ad astra rural jobs act.

SB230Failed

High performance incentive program, moratorium on income tax credits and sales tax exemptions.

SB212Failed

Directing the secretary of labor to submit a plan and negotiate an agreement for state enforcement of OSHA standards.

SB177Failed

Hiring Kansans first.

SB176Failed

Kansas buy American act.

SB134Failed

Enhancing the penalty for misclassification of employees for purposes of evading taxes or unemployment insurance contributions.

SB133Failed

Requiring e-verify for certain public contracts, enacting the Kansas employer e-verify accountability act.

SB90Failed

Workers compensation impairment determination.

SB71Failed

Clarifying how to enforce an order for support against a person's workers compensation benefits.

SB64Failed

Providing for fair consideration for employment to persons with records of conviction.

SB44Failed

Including volunteer members of regional search and rescue teams within workers compensation coverage under the state workers compensation self-insurance fund.

SB7Failed

Enacting the Kansas reinvestment act.

HB2580Passed

Eliminating consumer reporting agencies' authority to charge certain fees related to consumer report security freezes.

HB2482Passed

Concerning restrictions of state contracts with businesses engaged in anti-Israel boycotts.

HB2184Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2184 by Committee on Commerce - Amending workers compensation death benefits.

SB185Passed

Authorizing redevelopment districts encompassing federal enclaves to impose utility franchise fees, incur debt, issue bonds and enter into lease-purchase agreements.

HB2329Passed

Amending certain employment security benefit provisions relating to receipt of separation pay.

SB55Passed

Public construction contracts and performance and payment bonds.

HB2665Failed

City and county inspections of rental properties; limitations.

HB2576Failed

Prohibiting cities or counties from adopting employee scheduling policies for private employers.

HB2595Failed

Reserving regulation of consumer incentive items and nutrition labeling for food menu items in restaurants and vending machines to the legislature.

HB2509Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2509 - Concerning administrative fees for economic development programs administered by the department of commerce.

HB2617Passed

Workers compensation; medical administrator; electronic filing; records disclosure.

SB502Failed

Kansas ideas festival by state employees for efficiency savings in state government.

SB501Failed

Establishing a non-discretionary performance based bonus program for state employees.

SB493Failed

Providing for community finance fees and other administrative cost recovery fees for the department of commerce.

SB488Failed

Utility franchises in redevelopment districts that encompass federal enclaves.

SB469Failed

Recertification of professional employees' organizations under the professional negotiations act.

SB433Failed

Employment security law: reinstating waiting week and trailing spouse benefit provisions.

SB366Passed

Concerning local governmental regulatory authority; price controls on real estate transactions; food labeling, distribution, production; residential property inspections; employee scheduling.

SB317Failed

Enacting the Kansas reinvestment act to assist small business and community development in low income areas.

HB2096Failed

Senate Substitute for HB 2096 by Committee on Commerce - Public employees concerning public employer-employee relations act and deductions from wages.

SB266Failed

Redefining tenant and rental agreement under the residential landlord and tenant act.

SB221Failed

Allowing businesses to pass on credit surcharge to consumers.

SB212Failed

Strengthening protection of public employee paychecks.

SB207Failed

Prohibiting retaliation or discrimination by an employer against a parent for taking time off to attend certain court proceedings involving children.

SB209Failed

Repealing the prohibition against agencies and municipalities requiring contractors to enter into certain labor agreements for public works construction projects.

SB210Failed

Requiring employment of Kansas workers for certain state contracts and tax incentives.

SB198Failed

State directory of new hires; contractors.

SB208Failed

Directing the secretary of administration to study whether public employers engage in wage discrimination on the basis of sex.

SB179Failed

Limiting negotiations under the public employer-employee relations act.

SB167Failed

Workers compensation use of American medical association guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment.

SB107Failed

Public entities expenditures for energy projects intended to reduce energy costs.

SB80Failed

Enacting the Kansas working families pay raise act.

SB3Failed

Unemployment benefits for privately contracted school bus drivers.

SB338Vetoed

Rehabilitation of abandoned property by cities.

HB2512Passed

Allowing students early access to the CPA examination.

SB365Engrossed

Enacting the contaminated property redevelopment act.

SB352Passed

Amending nonresident real estate broker and salesperson license requirements.

SB106Engrossed

House Substitute for SB 106 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development-Enacting the alternative crop research act.

SB283Introduced

STAR bonds; economic impact study; base year for additions of area to project districts; financing in excess of approved amounts.

SB276Passed

Integrating certain statutes pertaining to business filings and limited liability companies.

SB154Passed

Amending unemployment insurance benefits determination; employer classification and contribution rates.

SB84Introduced

Cities; rehabilitation of abandoned property; definitions, other.

HB2391Passed

State employees; classified positions converted to unclassified positions.

HB2254Passed

Exempting certain general contractors from the roofing contractor registration act.

SB108Passed

Real estate brokers and salespersons; license fees; education; applicants; prohibited acts; transaction representation.

HB2267Passed

Alternative project delivery; notice requirements and selection procedures.

HB2615Failed

Substitute for HB 2615 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Workers compensation assigned risk pool.

HB2675Failed

State contracts; access to negotiated bid contracts by certified businesses; preference for business owned by disabled veterans.

SB445Failed

Enabling active business recruitment through PEAK.

HB2721Passed

Substitute for Substitute for HB 2721 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Enacting the business entity standard treatment act.

SB442Failed

Enacting the Kansas employee credit consideration act.

HB2086Passed

Economic development financing; eligible project costs for certain TIF and CID districts; bond repayment requirements; clarifying tax status of certain property.

HB2430Passed

Substitute for HB 2430 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Promoting employment across Kansas act; benefits.

HB2616Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2616 by Committee on Commerce - Secretary of labor directed to study state enforcement of OSHA standards.

SB292Failed

Emerging industry investment act; treatment of certain bioscience companies.

SB405Failed

State use law; extending the committee for 5 years; allowing municipalities to use the products and services.

SB262Failed

Promoting employment across Kansas act; benefits.

HB2246Passed

Substitute for HB 2246 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Peer review for certain licensed technical professions.

SB405Failed

State use law; extending the committee for 5 years; allowing municipalities to use the products and services.

SB398Failed

Enacting the public service protection act.

SB340Failed

Enacting the Kansas reinvestment program act.

SR1777Failed

War on Poverty, 50th Anniversary.

SB304Failed

Enacting the municipal communication's network and private telecommunications investment safeguards act.

SB293Failed

Municipalities; solid waste collection; limitations

SB292Failed

Emerging industry investment act; treatment of certain bioscience companies.

SB262Failed

Promoting employment across Kansas act; benefits.

HB2086Passed

Economic development financing; eligible project costs for certain TIF and CID districts; bond repayment requirements; clarifying tax status of certain property.

SB231Passed

House Substitute for SB 231 - Concerning valuation and appeals; renaming the state court of tax appeals; timing of decisions.

HB2179Failed

Removing the secretary of labor's role of taking assignment of wage claims.

HB2172Passed

Regulated entities and activities including cemeteries and agreements relating thereto and certain city and county licenses.

HB2122Failed

Real estate brokers and salespersons; licensing requirements; sales transaction requirements.

HB2125Failed

Kansas expanded lottery act; south central Kansas gaming zone restrictions.

HB2035Failed

Cities; experience requirements for plumbers, electricians and certain mechanical contractors.

SB198Failed

Kansas Buy American Act.

SB195Failed

Kansas employment first initiative act amendments.

SB179Failed

Requiring employment of Kansas workers for certain state contracts and tax benefits.

SB116Failed

Prohibiting referral fees between realtors

SB115Failed

Requiring radon testing for residential home sales.

SCR1609Failed

Constitutional amendment adding the economic freedom amendment prohibiting the transfer to the federal government of ownership interests in entities formed under Kansas law.

SB93Failed

Civil procedure, commercial property liens; state construction registry, notice of commencement and notice of furnishings.

SB53Failed

Prohibiting employers from requiring employees to divulge social media content.

SB48Failed

Kansas employer e-verify accountability act.

SB31Failed

Certain deductions from wages authorized.

SB5Failed

Business entities; restricting the use of an acquired entity's name by an acquiring entity.

HB2576Passed

Employment security law; creation of "new employer rate."

SB372Passed

Amending the shared work unemployment compensation program; layoff aversion.

HB2272Enrolled

Kansas expanded lottery act; southeast Kansas gaming zone; privilege fee and investment threshold amount reduced.

HB2023Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2023 by Committee on Commerce - enacting the public service benefits protection act.

HB2440Passed

Emerging industry investment act; treatment of certain bioscience companies.

SB371Passed

Amending employment security law regarding disposition of penalty funds and disclosure of confidential information.

HB2648Engrossed

Property tax exemption for levees.

SB37Vetoed

Kansas home inspectors professional competence and financial responsibility act.

HB2105Passed

Substitute for HB 2105 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development- Employment security law.

HB2069Passed

Public policy; certain city ordinances and county resolutions declared void.

HB2024Passed

Substitute for HB 2024 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development- Kansas roofing registration act.

HB2083Passed

Public employees relations board; assessment of certain costs.

HB2326Passed

VoIP and IP enabled services.

HB2150Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2150 by Committee on Commerce – Concerning the Kansas employment first oversight commission.

SB187Passed

Establishing the workers compensation and employment security boards nominating committee; administrative law judges; appeals board; duties of secretary of health and environment; filing claims; AMA guide; workplace health and safety program.

SB149Passed

Drug screening for recipients of cash assistance and unemployment benefits.

SB74Passed

Prison-made goods act; prohibiting prisoner production of manufactured or modular homes.

SB75Passed

Record requirements and civil penalties relating to sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers.

HB2022Passed

Senate Substitute for HB 2022 by Committee on Commerce concerning employees -- relating to certain employee organizations; political activities; certain deductions from wages.

SB73Engrossed

Workers compensation: administration; administrative judge disqualification; notice; workplace health and safety program.

HB2673Failed

Secretary of labor; powers and duties; employment standards; accident prevention programs; wage claim assignment fee fund.

HB2638Failed

Employment security law; eligibility for certain benefits, abolish Employment Security Advisory Council, notice requirements.

HB2627Failed

Certain deductions from wages authorized.

SB286Failed

Use of credit report for employment decisions.

HB2637Failed

Workers in shared arrangements; professional employer organization registration act; multiple coordinate policies for workers compensation insurance.

SB413Failed

Workers compensation and employment security boards nominating commission.

SB438Failed

Information submitted to department of labor for state directory of new hires.

HB2510Failed

Prison-made goods act; prohibition against production of manufactured or modular homes.

SB420Failed

Enacting the Kansas financial incentive protection act.

SB413Failed

Workers compensation and employment security boards nominating commission.

SB408Failed

Employment security law; reversing waiting week and trailing spouse benefit amendments in 2011 SB 77.

SB355Failed

Amendments to labor and employment standards pertaining to accident prevention and the powers and duties of the secretary of labor regarding wage claims, labor disputes and workplace inspection.

SB352Failed

Employment Security Law.

SB318Failed

Requiring employment of Kansas workers for certain state contracts and tax benefits.

SB295Failed

Discrimination based on employment status prohibited.

SB268Failed

Enacting the Kansas small and disadvantages business development act.

SB157Failed

Enforcement of employee misclassification by the attorney general.

SB137Failed

Employment security law; benefits for school bus drivers.

SB219Failed

Wage payment act; additional penalties for employers who repeatedly fail to pay wages.

SB205Failed

Establishing the Kansas employment initiative act and the Kansas employment first oversight commission.

SB189Failed

Kansas Bioscience Authority; additional voting members.

SB171Failed

Reinstatement of prevailing wage for state construction projects.

SB157Failed

Enforcement of employee misclassification by the attorney general.

SB140Failed

Kansas small and disadvantaged business development program act.

SB137Failed

Employment security law; benefits for school bus drivers.

SB110Failed

Transferring KTEC appointment authority to governor.

SB78Failed

Transferring KTEC appointment authority to Governor.

SB416Engrossed

House Substitute for SB 416 by Committee on Commerce and Economic Development -- Secretary of Labor, employment security law; workplace safety program, employment standards, labor and wage dispute.

SB417Passed

Trailer bill for 2011 ERO 37.

HB2054Passed

Abolishing KTEC: transferring duties to department of commerce and board of regents.

HB2135Passed

Subsitute HB 2135 by Committee on Commerce and Economic Development -- Misclassification of employees to avoid tax withholding, contributions and reporting requirements.

SB77Passed

Employment security law; interest payment assessment; duties of secretary.

HB2134Passed

Substitute HB 2134 by Committee on Commerce and Economic Development - Amending the workers compensation act.