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Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2026 regular session of the Legislature.
This bill ends the regular session of the Kansas Legislature for 2026. It does not make any new laws.
Congratulating the 2025 and 2026 Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools award recipients.
This bill congratulates the award recipients of the Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools for 2025 and 2026.
recognizing and honoring Thomas Day.
This bill recognizes and honors Thomas Day. It does not provide further details on what this recognition entails.
Permitting licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests.
This bill allows licensed physical therapists to perform certain blood tests. This change would give physical therapists more autonomy and potentially improve patient care.
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.
This bill prohibits Kansas cities and counties from passing laws that require landlords to rent homes to people receiving government housing assistance or restrict a landlord's ability to consider where a tenant gets their income.
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.
This bill prevents the state bank commissioner or other state agencies from taking control of a technology-enabled financial institution that goes bankrupt. Instead, it would look for another solution.
Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.
This bill prohibits undocumented immigrants from receiving state or local public benefits. It aligns with federal law.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials.
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment to give lawmakers more oversight of rules and regulations made by state agencies and officials. This would allow the legislature to review and approve or reject these rules.
Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.
This bill aims to allow athletic trainers licensed in Kansas to practice across state lines without needing additional licenses. This would make it easier for them to work with athletes and teams that travel or compete out of state.
Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.
This bill allows property owners to protest certain increases in their property tax revenues by submitting a petition. It also continues funding for a program that helps notify taxpayers about changes to their taxes.
Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance, directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval, prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs, limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.
This bill requires the Department for Children and Families and the Office of Inspector General to share information and documents related to investigations into fraud involving cash assistance, childcare assistance, and food assistance.
Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance.
This bill allows a person to challenge a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity if they discover fraud, duress, or mistake of fact. It also specifies that certain genetic testing results can be used as evidence.
Authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies.
This bill allows a licensed private psychiatric hospital to keep emergency medication kits on hand for unexpected pharmaceutical emergencies. The kits would contain medications that are commonly used in crisis situations.
Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and providing a conditional amendment to limit advance voting if a court order invalidates or enjoins the signature verification requirement.
This bill would require lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of election laws to be filed in Shawnee County's district court.
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.
This bill allows people to catch feral cats, get them vaccinated or spayed/neutered, and then release them back into their original location without being charged with animal cruelty.
Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
This bill aims to protect consumers who use virtual currency kiosks by setting limits on transaction amounts and charges. It also allows state officials to investigate cases of fraudulent money transmission.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers.
This bill aims to pay certain claims against the state, make appropriations for those payments, and allow for some transfers. It's a financial measure that deals with past debts or obligations.
Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program.
This bill allows individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations to participate in a federal tax credit program. It also increases the total amount of tax credits available for low-income students.
Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma.
This bill increases criminal penalties for putting a child under six years old in danger. It aims to make it a more serious offense.
Adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances.
This bill aims to establish a new mental health hospital in Kansas. The hospital would serve people in the south central region of the state.
Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund.
This bill creates a program to provide matching grants to Kansas communities for developing and continuing sporting events. The program would be administered by the Secretary of Commerce.
Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement.
This bill would exempt certain agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement if they are registered. This means these operations wouldn't have to follow specific rules or get permits from their local government.
Updating public adjuster and insurance agent statutes pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal.
This bill updates laws about public adjusters and insurance agents. It deals with situations where their licenses are suspended, revoked, denied, or need to be renewed.
Providing a income tax subtraction modification for amounts received as compensation for serving in the armed forces and providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) income tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year.
This bill requires third-party administrators to keep separate accounts for each individual who pays them and disclose if they file for bankruptcy. This ensures that funds are kept separate and secure.
Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.
This bill requires insurance agents and companies to respond quickly to inquiries from the state's insurance commissioner. It also allows certain rebate programs to last longer than a year.