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Increasing the number of allowed residents in a home plus facility from 12 to 16.
This bill increases the maximum number of residents allowed in a Home Plus facility from 12 to 16. This change aims to provide more housing options for seniors and people with disabilities.
Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act.
This bill keeps certain exceptions to the Kansas Open Records Act intact. These exceptions allow some public records to remain private.
Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.
This bill increases penalties for certain privacy violations and changes what it means to intentionally commit such a crime.
Permitting moneys received from agricultural production on a state-owned property to be used for the management of all state-owned properties.
This bill allows money earned from farming on state-owned land to be used for managing all state-owned properties. This means that revenue generated from agricultural activities can be used to maintain and improve other state-owned lands.
Allowing licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests, adding advanced practice registered nurse to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, adding an advanced practice registered nurse position to the board of governors of the healthcare stabilization fund and requiring advance practice registered nurses to maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of active licensure.
This bill adds advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) as healthcare providers for insurance purposes and adds an APRN to a state fund board.
Removing the requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the face of each such stamp and increasing the fees for such stamps, authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges by the department of wildlife and parks and providing an exception from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records act for department of wildlife and parks records regarding the location of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation.
This bill removes a requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps and increases their fees. This change affects hunters who buy these stamps to participate in hunting migratory waterfowl.
Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and shotgun barrel length qualification requirements and providing enhanced penalties for certain felonies committed while using a firearm suppressor or short-barrel shotgun.
This bill would provide immunity from civil lawsuits for gun dealers who return firearms to owners after a hold agreement ends. It also removes restrictions on certain types of gun silencers and short-barreled shotguns.
Prohibiting the assessment of a prepayment penalty against any party more than six months after the execution of a note evidencing a home loan made primarily for personal, family or household purposes secured by a real estate mortgage.
This bill aims to prevent lenders from charging prepayment penalties on home loans more than six months after the loan was taken out. This means homeowners who want to refinance or sell their homes within a certain timeframe won't be hit with extra fees.
Defining teacher and paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas education opportunity scholarship program.
This bill defines what it means to be a teacher or paraprofessional for purposes of eligibility for a scholarship under the Kansas Education Opportunity Scholarship Program.
Authorizing the chief executive officer of the board of regents to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under financial aid programs administered by the board, providing requirements for agreements between postsecondary educational institutions and school districts for postsecondary courses taught in secondary schools, directing the governor to approve short-term workforce training programs for Pell grant eligibility, modifying requirements under the every child can read act and prohibiting Kansas promise scholarship awards for remedial hours.
This bill gives the head of the state board of regents the power to settle any financial obligations that students may have due to scholarships or grants. It also means that students who owe money back will not be eligible for additional funds.
Removing the requirement that the state board of education use a certain exam provider to deliver certain college entrance and career readiness exams and requiring the board to provide for such exams using any provider.
This bill changes how the state board of education provides college entrance and career readiness exams. Instead of being limited to one provider, the board can use any provider.
During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring timely rental permit processing, modifying the definition of transient guest for transient guest tax purposes and authorizing expanded sales of alcoholic beverages by cities and counties.
This bill changes the rules for hotels, motels, and tourist courts in Kansas. It would allow one-bedroom places to qualify as these types of establishments and require them to collect taxes from guests.
Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age.
This bill allows judges to require electronic monitoring for certain offenders charged with domestic violence or related crimes. The offender's victim will be notified of their release and monitoring.
Providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area under the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act.
This bill allows certain municipalities in Kansas to designate an entire neighborhood as a revitalization area. This can help revitalize and improve neighborhoods.
Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts and the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles.
This bill prevents courts and the Division of Vehicles from considering traffic citations or sanctions that are more than five years old when determining driving privileges. It also eliminates certain notice requirements for the Division.
Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act.
This bill extends a tax credit for angel investors who invest in Kansas businesses. It also sets a minimum amount of credits for investments in small counties.
Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs and employers of program graduates, the tax credits for contributions to the Eisenhower foundation and friends of cedar crest association and the sunset for the angel investor tax credit and providing for a minimum amount of such credits for investments in counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer.
This bill extends tax credits for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs, as well as employers who hire these graduates. It also extends tax credits for donations to the Eisenhower Foundation and Friends of Cedar Crest Association for three years.
Requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations that allow for the direct and indirect potable reuse of treated wastewater, providing additional requirements for applications to the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund and extending the current expiration date of such funds.
This bill requires the Secretary of Health and Environment to create rules for using treated wastewater directly or indirectly as drinking water.
Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.
This bill changes how jail credit works when multiple sentences are served consecutively. It also sets new rules for sentencing and bail when a felony is committed while on probation or parole.
Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions.
This bill would exempt oil lease owners from filing a request for property tax exemptions with the Board of Tax Appeals.
Establishing the save Kansas act, authorizing the use of additional resources for verifying voter registration records, imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications, removing individuals disqualified for voting from such records and providing an open records request exemption for certain information related to such records.
This bill aims to improve voter registration record verification by allowing for additional resources and removing disqualified voters from records. It also exempts certain information from open records requests.
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.
This bill allows natural gas utilities to recover investments in their systems by increasing a monthly fee for residential customers. It also speeds up the state's review process for these fees.
Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories.
This bill aims to protect motorsports venues in Kansas from lawsuits related to noise, property values, or other issues. It would provide immunity from civil actions for nuisance or taking.
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.
This bill makes stealing livestock or farming equipment a more serious crime. It would be considered a severity level 5 felony, which is one step below a violent felony.
Senate Substitute for HB 2402 by Committee on Education - Requiring eligible boards of education to consider participation in the community eligibility provision, providing a financial hardship exception to such participation, requiring the state department of education to assist school districts seeking such participation, extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming such applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission.
This bill requires eligible school boards to consider participating in a program that provides free meals for all students. It also allows schools facing financial hardship to opt out and offers state assistance to districts seeking participation.