Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2028 - Reviving a law providing for discounted hunting and fishing licenses for persons who are 65 years of age or older; changing the amount charged for lifetime hunting and fishing licenses for children five and younger to $300 and for those children ages six to 15 to $400, prohibiting non-residents from hunting migratory waterfowl on public lands during the hunting season except on Sundays, Mondays, and Tuesdays; raising certain hunting fees; and requiring the department of wildlife and parks to report to the house and senate committees on agriculture and natural resources on the impact of limiting out of state waterfowl hunters.
AN ACT concerning wildlife; relating to hunting and fishing and hunting and fishing licenses; requiring the Kansas department of wildlife and parks to offer discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing passes to residents of this state who are 65 years of age or older; increasing the maximum age to qualify for Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing licenses and removing the expiration date for such licenses; prohibiting nonresidents from hunting migratory waterfowl during certain times and places; increasing fees for migratory waterfowl stamps; amending K.S.A. 32-939 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 32-988 and 32-9,101 and repealing the existing sections; reviving and amending K.S.A. 32-9,100 and repealing the revived section; also repealing K.S.A. 32-9,100, as amended by section 64 of chapter 7 of the 2023 Session Laws of Kansas.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-16 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-04-11 | Status | vetoed |
| 2025-04-11 | Latest Action | No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2114 | HB2114 - Substitute for HB 2114 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Clarifying which structures shall be considered water obstructions and not a dam, increasing application fees for a permit to construct, modify or add to a dam, requiring preconstruction permit fees and requiring any licensed professional engineer who conducts inspections required by the act to be approved by the chief engineer or a certified intern engineer who is under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer. | in_committee |
| HB 2158 | HB2158 - Permitting beekeepers who meet certain requirements to sell packaged honey and honeycombs without holding a food establishment or food processing plant license under the Kansas food, drug and cosmetic act. | unknown |
| HB 2413 | HB2413 - Providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony. | in_committee |
| HB 2595 | HB2595 - Substitute for HB 2595 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act, providing stipends to law students who meet certain requirements and agree to practice law in rural areas and providing loan forgiveness to lawyers who meet certain requirements and practice law in rural areas. | enrolled |
| HB 2004 | HB2004 - Senate Substitute for HB 2004 by Committee on Government Efficiency - Requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding or other written data-sharing instrument upon written request of the United States department of agriculture or the United States department of health and human services and comply with data requests from such federal agencies. | in_committee |
| HB 2111 | HB2111 - Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement. | in_committee |
| SB 425 | SB425 - Increasing the maximum annual registration fee limit for seed retailers and wholesalers and authorizing a late fee for registrations renewed after the registration deadline. | enrolled |
| HB 2477 | HB2477 - Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes. | enrolled |