Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: SB130 - Amending the Kansas pet animal act to require the Kansas department of agriculture to maintain records of inspections for not less than five years and removing the requirement that the commissioner only apply federal rules and regulations to United States department of agriculture licensed animal distributors and animal breeders.
AN ACT concerning agriculture; relating to the Kansas pet animal act; updating provisions for operating an animal shelter or pound; making changes to certain defined terms; modifying authority pertaining to refusal to issue or renew and the modification, limitation, suspension or revocation of any license or permit; providing for making immediate actions to protect the public interest; requiring the posting of a cash or security bond to pay for the costs of caring for a seized or impounded pet animal; requiring certain licensees that cease to engage in licensed activity to notify the commissioner at least 10 days prior to ceasing business, or if extenuating circumstances exist, not later than the date such activity ceases; requiring a closing inspection to confirm that licensed activity has ceased prior to expiration of the license period; requiring certain additional rules and regulations; increasing the maximum amount of certain fees; clarifying the conditions required for a licensed veterinarian to act as or be a boarding or training kennel operator; changing the date during which a licensee or permit holder that is in the process of ceasing to do business may be issued a temporary closing permit; amending K.S.A. 47-1701, 47-1704, 47-1706, 47-1706a, 47-1707, 47-1709, 47-1712, 47-1715, 47-1721, 47-1723 and 47-1732 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-02-25 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-02-25 | Latest Action | Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means; Rereferred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 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 2042 | HB2042 - Requiring title agents to make their audit reports available for inspection instead of submitting such reports annually, requiring the amount of surety bonds filed with the commissioner of insurance to be $100,000, eliminating the controlled business exemption in certain counties. | in_committee |
| HB 2331 | HB2331 - Authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions. | enrolled |
| 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. | enrolled |
| 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. | enrolled |