Policy-focused browsing for Kansas legislation.
| Bill | Title | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
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vetoed | House Committee on Water |
| HB 2340 |
HB2340 - Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain property located in Johnson county. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development |
| HB 2476 |
HB2476 - Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements. 2025-2026 | House
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failed | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB 130 |
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. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB 235 |
SB235 - Making it unlawful to sell, offer for sale, use or distribute certain seeds coated with a pesticide that contains a neonicotinoid unless otherwise ordered by the governor. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB 428 |
SB428 - Requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to execute a memorandum of understanding, data use agreement 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. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Government Efficiency |
| SB 465 |
SB465 - Including limited liability partnerships as an entity required to obtain county approval to establish a dairy or swine production facility. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB 519 |
SB519 - Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| HB 2004 |
HB2004 - Requiring the secretary for children and families and the office of inspector general to exchange information and documents related to cash assistance, childcare assistance and food assistance fraud investigations and 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. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | Rep. Shannon Francis |
| 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 post-construction 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. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Water |
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | Rep. Rebecca Schmoe |
| HB 2413 |
HB2413 - Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | Rep. Kevin Schwertfeger |
| 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, coordination between the department of commerce and the office of judicial administration. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 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. 2025-2026 | Senate
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enacted | Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Water |
| SB 344 |
SB344 - Authorizing animal shelters to place certain animals needing treatment or care in foster homes and requiring shelters to display photographs of animals at a location other than the shelter during a holding period. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| SB 390 |
SB390 - House Substitute for SB 390 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Prohibiting certain additives in food provided by schools as part of certain federal food service programs and permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 2063 |
HB2063 - Establishing various conservation funds, allocating state moneys for conservation, requiring reports to the governor and legislature, and authorizing fund transfers and providing for the use of such funds by the Kansas department of agriculture and the Kansas department of wildlife and parks. 2025-2026 | House
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failed | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget |
| HB 2582 |
HB2582 - Establishing the developing veterinary medicine in rural Kansas program within the Kansas department of agriculture and providing financial assistance and support to certain veterinarians practicing in rural communities. 2025-2026 | House
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failed | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 2578 |
HB2578 - Creating a definition for antique farm vehicle to permit owners of such vehicles to register as an antique vehicle, directing the division of vehicles to design a decal for such vehicles and exempting such registered vehicles from the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Transportation |
| HB 2682 |
HB2682 - Enacting the Kansas organic waste land application accountability act and authorizing the department of health and environment to regulate the land application of biosolids and organic waste materials, except when applied by a bona fide farmer conducting normal farming operations on land owned or leased by such farmer. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 2693 |
HB2693 - Prohibiting certain applications of swine waste, establishing setback rules and requiring applicators to prevent nuisance conditions. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 2028 |
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. 2025-2026 | House
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vetoed | House Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| HB 2172 |
HB2172 - Senate Substitute for HB 2172 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Establishing the water program task force to evaluate the state's water program and funding for such program and requiring the task force to establish a water planning work group and submit a report the legislature and the governor. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources |
| HB 2169 |
HB2169 - Providing for an exemption from remediation costs or other liability from prior commercial pesticide application by the United States army for owners of certain nonresidential property located in Johnson county. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Transportation |