Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2780 - Authorizing the terramation of dead human bodies in the state of Kansas and requiring all terramations to be performed by licensed terramatory operators.
AN ACT concerning the state board of mortuary arts; authorizing terramation of dead human bodies in the state of Kansas; specifying that terramation facilities shall be licensed and comply with local and state building codes, zoning laws, ordinances and environmental standards; mandating that only licensed terramation facility operators may perform terramation; requiring a terramation authorization form signed by an authorizing agent and a coroner's permit to terramate; prohibiting the terramation of bodies with potentially hazardous implants unless removed; ensuring that terramated remains are properly identified and packed; establishing fees related to terramation; adding references to terramation where references to cremation exist in current law; amending K.S.A. 21-6106, 22a-215, 22a-246, 40-3103, 65-904, 65-1713, 65-1713a, 65-1723, 65-1727, 65-1734, 65-1751, 65-1753, 65-3233, 65-67a03 and 75-712g and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 65-1732, 65-2401, 65-2426a and 74-7301 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-18 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-02-18 | Latest Action | Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 2099 | HB2099 - Senate Substitute for HB 2099 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county. | enrolled |
| HB 2357 | HB2357 - 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. | enrolled |
| HB 2481 | HB2481 - Replacing the two-bedroom requirement with a one-bedroom requirement to qualify as hotel, motel or tourist court requiring collection of tax from all such qualifying rentals, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties during the period of May 15, 2026, through July 25, 2026, and modifying the definition of transient guest for such period. | enrolled |
| 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. | enrolled |
| HB 2739 | HB2739 - Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements for adoption of the national fire protection association standards, 2024 edition, and providing that certain state accessibility standards are not applicable to moderate income housing program and Kansas investor tax credit housing act projects. | enrolled |
| SB 391 | SB391 - Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant. | enrolled |
| SB 418 | SB418 - 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 certain 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 that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use. | enrolled |
| SB 415 | SB415 - Making certain violations of the residential landlord and tenant act subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act. | in_committee |