Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: SB279 - Amending the campaign finance act and the state governmental ethics laws regarding the qualifications of members of the governmental ethics commission, actions of the commission, formation of political committees, reporting requirements and requirements for "paid for"" attributions."
AN ACT concerning governmental ethics; relating to the campaign finance act and the state governmental ethics law; establishing the enforcement authority of the governmental ethics commission; limiting when advisory opinions may be issued; establishing expiration dates for commission subpoenas; modifying campaign finance reporting requirements; limiting when attributions are required in internet communications; eliminating the bar on elected office candidacy for failure to pay fines imposed by the commission; amending K.S.A. 25-4119a, 25-4119d, 25-4142, 25-4148, 25-4156, 46-214a and 46-254 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 25-4143, 25-4158 and 25-4181 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 25-4119g, 25-4148a and 25-4153b.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-26 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-02-27 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-02-27 | Latest Action | Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2018 | HB2018 - Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages. | passed_lower |
| HB 2437 | HB2437 - Authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records. | passed_lower |
| HB 2539 | HB2539 - Requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions. | passed_lower |
| HB 2564 | HB2564 - Providing for the election of alternative payment methods by a dental provider and allowing such payment method to remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan. | passed_lower |
| HB 2569 | HB2569 - Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county. | passed_lower |
| HB 2727 | HB2727 - Providing for the plaintiff to elect to limit recovery in claims brought for violations of the woman's-right-to-know act and making the laws providing for medical malpractice screening inapplicable when such election is made. | passed_lower |
| HB 2505 | HB2505 - Providing an exception for Kansas department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act. | passed_lower |