Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2483 - Enacting the transparency and reform of utility expenditures act.
AN ACT concerning energy; enacting the transparency and reform of utility expenditures act; requiring the state corporation commission to prepare and submit a report to the legislature regarding the electric transmission projects recommended for construction by a regional transmission organization; requiring the commission to provide weekly notice of meetings that were held with stakeholders if such meetings pertained to legislative or regulatory matters that may impact electric rates; requiring the construction of certain transmission lines that are directed by a regional transmission organization to be subject to competitive bidding; prohibiting the commission and certain electric public utilities from supporting any integrated transmission plan unless such plan provides benefits to the state; authorizing sales of energy and energy services pursuant to power purchase agreements and energy storage service agreements; exempting such sales from the retail electric suppliers act and public utility regulation; prohibiting municipalities from imposing restrictions on the construction and operation of nuclear energy facilities; prohibiting commissioners and staff of the state corporation commission from being employed by a public utility within one year following the date that such person ceased to hold such position; requiring legislative approval prior to the construction of any high-impact electric transmission line; requiring members appointed to the citizens' utility ratepayer board to be subject to senate confirmation; limiting the membership of the citizens' utility ratepayer board from the same political party to not more than three members; authorizing the consumer counsel of the citizens' utility ratepayer board to represent the interests of residential and small commercial ratepayers before the federal energy regulatory commission and regional transmission organization; prohibiting electric public utilities from changing the utility's transmission delivery charge and requiring any such changes to be made in a general retail rate proceeding; requiring the commission to provide notice to certain legislative committees of matters that may lead to an increase in electric rates pending before a regional transmission organization; amending K.S.A. 66-1,170, 66-1,177, 66-1222, 66-1223 and 74-633 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 66-104, 66-1,178 and 66-1237 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-05 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-05 | Latest Action | Hearing: Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 9:00 AM Room 582-N |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2773 | HB2773 - Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a general manufacturer. | in_committee |
| HB 2793 | HB2793 - Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events. | unknown |
| HB 2798 | HB2798 - Substitute for HB 2798 by Committee on Higher Education Budget - Granting authority to state educational institutions regarding transactions involving contracts, easements and the procurement of goods and services, exempting the state educational institutions from statutes governing such transactions and authorizing legislators to request copies of certain documents. | in_committee |
| HB 2346 | HB2346 - 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. | passed_lower |
| HB 2435 | HB2435 - Substitute for HB 2435 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Authorizing natural gas public utilities to recover certain growth-related investments in the gas system reliability surcharge, increasing the cap on the amount that the monthly fixed charge may be increased for residential customers and reducing the time for the state corporation commission to act on gas system reliability surcharge filings. | passed_lower |
| HB 2596 | HB2596 - Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the Hutchinson correctional facility under the prison-made goods act. | passed_lower |
| HB 2606 | HB2606 - Modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act. | passed_lower |
| HB 2644 | HB2644 - Requiring a county appraiser to adjust the value of residential and commercial property upon final determination or obtain a fee simple appraisal if the appraised value exceeds 5% increase over three years. | passed_lower |