Policy-focused browsing for Kansas legislation.
| Bill | Title | Status | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Appropriations |
| SB 161 |
SB161 - Requiring legislative approval prior to any state agency seeking or implementing a public assistance program waiver or other authorization from the federal government that expands eligibility for any public assistance program or increases cost to the state or making certain changes in services for persons with intellectual or developmental disabilities. 2025-2026 | Senate
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in_committee | Senate Committee on Government Efficiency |
| SB 222 |
SB222 - Prohibiting deference to a state agency's interpretation of a statute, rule or regulation or document by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action. 2025-2026 | Senate
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in_committee | Senate Committee on Judiciary |
| SB 279 |
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." 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| SB 285 |
SB285 - Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for certain expenses incurred by state officers and employees for travel in attending conferences or events provided by nonprofit organizations and for discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| SB 286 |
SB286 - Relating to the definitions of lobbyist, lobbying and lobbying client for purposes of the state governmental ethics law. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| SB 300 |
SB300 - 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 and removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code in determining Kansas adjusted gross income. 2025-2026 | Senate
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enacted | Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight |
| SB 308 |
SB308 - Prohibiting members of the legislature from lobbying for a period of four years after leaving office. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Sen. Ethan Corson |
| SB 313 |
SB313 - Prohibiting members of the legislature from engaging in transactions involving stocks and other securities during legislative sessions. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Sen. Ethan Corson |
| SB 450 |
SB450 - Authorizing the secretary of administration to grant a monetary award to a state employee who reports activity that constitutes fraud, waste or abuse of funds in any program administered by a state agency. 2025-2026 | Senate
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in_committee | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| SB 483 |
SB483 - Requiring all legislators and the spouses of legislators who are in leadership positions to disclose the amount of any salary they receive paid by public funds, providing that such information be published on the legislative website and requiring such information be provided in statements of substantial interest. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Sen. Cindy Holscher |
| SB 513 |
SB513 - Directing the Kansas department for children and families to develop, procure and implement software to provide direct child care subsidy payments to child care providers. 2025-2026 | Senate
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in_committee | Senate Committee on Ways and Means |
| SB 66 |
SB66 - Substitute for SB 66 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Requiring annual filing of the statement of substantial interests by elected or appointed city or county officials, providing that officials of governmental subdivisions other than cities or counties file statements of substantial interests if any change in substantial interests occurred and requiring governmental officials with a substantial interest in a real estate development project to verbally disclose such interest prior to participating in any discussion, review or action on a proposed zoning change or permit. 2025-2026 | Senate
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in_committee | Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| SB 494 |
SB494 - Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Judiciary |
| SB 99 |
SB99 - Requiring the head of each state agency to certify the number of full-time positions paid from the state general fund that have been vacant for more than 180 calendar days and lapsing state general fund appropriations for such positions for fiscal year 2026. 2025-2026 | Senate
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failed | Senate Committee on Government Efficiency |
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Local Government |
| HB 2519 |
HB2519 - Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Judiciary |
| HB 2560 |
HB2560 - Concerning postsecondary education; authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey certain real property in the city of Manhattan, Riley county, Kansas, on behalf of Kansas state university, 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. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | Rep. Angelina Roeser |
| HB 2571 |
HB2571 - Senate Substitute for HB 2571 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Local Government |
| HB 2591 |
HB2591 - Authorizing financial institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult account holder to a designated agency, notify any adult designated as a trusted contact by such account holder of suspected financial exploitation and place a temporary hold on certain transactions or disbursements. Enacting the virtual currency kiosk consumer protection act, providing definitions, and establishing requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators. Prohibiting the office of the state bank commissioner or any other state agency from becoming a receiver for a technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution that becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy. Providing that earned wage access service registrants are subject to the Kansas financial institutions information security act, and eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays. 2025-2026 | House
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enacted | House Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions |
| SB 30 |
SB30 - Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by the legislature by ratification. 2025-2026 | Senate
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enacted | Senate Committee on Judiciary |
| 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. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | Rep. Will Carpenter |
| HB 2759 |
HB2759 - Requiring registration of agents and political organizations representing countries of concern. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Federal and State Affairs |
| HB 2753 |
HB2753 - Enacting the Kansas managed care bid fidelity and accountability act prohibiting the termination of certain clinical service contracts, providing penalties for material deviations from request for proposal responses and requiring reporting to the legislature of bid audits and material deviations. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | House Committee on Health and Human Services |
| HB 2547 |
HB2547 - Requiring a valid upland game bird stamp prior to taking any upland game bird in this state, except on private land, establishing the upland game bird restoration fund and requiring the department of wildlife and parks to use moneys from such fund for the procurement and release of upland game birds. 2025-2026 | House
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in_committee | Rep. Shawn Chauncey |