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Including funeral home online obituary notices as sufficient grounds for removal of a deceased voter from the voter registration books; requiring that poll workers be citizens of the United States and live within the state of Kansas; prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents who are citizens of the United States as poll workers on the basis of residency or being a registered voter; relating to advance voting ballot applications; modifying the requirements for soliciting registered voters to submit advance voting applications.
This bill updates Kansas' voter registration process by removing deceased voters from the rolls using online obituary notices and ensuring poll workers are US citizens living in Kansas. It also allows active military members and their families to work at polls.
Expanding the property tax exemption for Strother field airport property.
This bill expands a property tax exemption for Strother Field Airport property. This means the airport won't have to pay as much in property taxes.
Authorizing nonpublic and virtual school students to participate in ancillary public school activities and making it unlawful for the Kansas state high school activities association and school districts to discriminate against such students based on enrollment status.
This bill allows students from nonpublic and virtual schools to participate in extracurricular activities at public schools. It also makes it illegal for certain organizations and school districts to discriminate against these students based on their enrollment status.
Requiring the governor to appoint a person to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature.
This bill requires the governor to fill vacancies in certain state offices by choosing from a list of names approved by the legislature. The offices affected are United States senator, state treasurer, and commissioner of insurance.
Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.
This bill gives the Shawnee County Board of Commissioners the power to create a citizens commission on local government. The commission would allow citizens to have a say in how their local government operates.
Requiring vehicle dealers to apply for a dealer inventory-only title for certain used nonhighway vehicles that a vehicle dealer obtains.
This bill requires vehicle dealers to get a special title for certain used vehicles they buy. This applies to non-highway vehicles like boats or RVs.
Authorizing the animal health commissioner to adopt rules and regulations to administer the poultry disease control act and to establish an annual participation fee for participation in the national poultry improvement plan, a certification fee for persons performing testing and diagnostic services and a testing fee per visit to each location participating in the plan.
This bill allows the state's animal health commissioner to create rules and fees for a program that helps control diseases in poultry. The program is part of a national effort to improve chicken and egg production.
Requiring postsecondary educational institutions to regularly review and update accreditation policies, prohibiting accrediting agencies from compelling such institutions to violate state law and providing a cause of action for violations thereof.
This bill requires Kansas colleges and universities to regularly review their accreditation policies. It also prohibits accrediting agencies from forcing these institutions to break state laws.
Requiring state agencies to provide notice of revocation of administrative rules and regulations to the public and removing abolished and inactive state agencies from the agency review requirement.
This bill requires state agencies to notify the public when they revoke administrative rules and regulations. It also removes abolished or inactive state agencies from a review process.
Adjusting certain internal KPERS act statutory references, extending the time for filing administrative appeals and updating provisions relating to compliance with the federal internal revenue code.
This bill updates Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) laws. It changes some internal references and gives people more time to appeal administrative decisions.
Modifying the requirements and allocations for multi-year flex accounts.
This bill modifies requirements and allocations for multi-year flex accounts. It does not provide further details on what this means or how it will affect Kansans.
Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas board of regents, authorizing the board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment and charge fees for administration costs, requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the board of regents as a condition to receiving a grant under the adult learner grant act and sunsetting the low-income family postsecondary savings accounts incentive program in 2028 and reducing the number of audits required for such program.
This bill sets interest rates for service scholarships administered by the Kansas Board of Regents and allows them to charge fees for administrative costs. It also requires students to agree to repayment terms to receive grants under the Adult Learner Grant Act.
Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.
This bill declares antisemitism and antisemitic acts against public policy in Kansas. It also establishes a definition of these terms.
Providing for the establishment of a web-based online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance, eliminating the requirement that the commissioner of insurance submit certain reports to the governor and requiring certain reports be available on the insurance department's website, removing certain entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law, requiring that third party administrators maintain separate fiduciary accounts for individual payors and prohibiting the commingling of funds held on behalf of multiple payors, requiring the disclosure to the commissioner of insurance of any bankruptcy petition filed by or on behalf of such administrator pursuant to the United State bankruptcy code, requiring title agents to make their reports available for inspection upon request of the commissioner of insurance instead of submitting such reports annually, standardizing the amount of surety bonds filed with the commissioner of insurance at $100,000 and eliminating the small business exemption in certain counties.
This bill establishes an online system for verifying motor vehicle liability insurance and makes changes to reporting requirements for insurance companies. It also updates rules for third-party administrators and title agents.
Increasing the cap on the amount of moneys disbursed by the division of conservation to conservation districts and providing an increased matching basis for state moneys disbursed to conservation districts based on amounts allocated by the board of county commissioners for such districts.
This bill increases the amount of money that can be given to conservation districts by the state. It also makes it easier for these districts to get matching funds from the state if they receive more funding from local county commissions.
Discontinuing the state property tax levies for the Kansas educational building fund and the state institutions building fund and providing for financing therefor from the state general fund.
This bill ends state property taxes for two funds: Kansas educational building fund and state institutions building fund. Instead, it will use money from the state general fund to finance these projects.
Amending the Kansas parimutuel racing act regarding qualifications for an organization license, the definition of horsemen's associations and horsemen's nonprofit organizations and the distribution of certain tax revenues.
This bill updates rules for organizations that participate in horse racing in Kansas. It changes who can get a license and how tax money is distributed.
Providing for continuous state budgets until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature, temporary reallocations and establishing conditions and limitations.
This bill would allow the state budget to remain in effect until it's changed, expired, or eliminated by the legislature. It also allows for temporary changes and sets rules for these adjustments.
Eliminating requirements for filings, registrations and licenses related to labor organizations, educational facility agreements, annual tax reports, river bank easements and bonded warehousemen with the secretary of state.
This bill eliminates certain requirements for filings, registrations, and licenses with the Kansas Secretary of State. It affects labor organizations, educational facilities, taxpayers, riverbank easements, and bonded warehousemen.
Prohibiting the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections.
This bill prohibits the use of ranked-choice voting methods for conducting elections in Kansas. It means that voters will no longer have the option to rank candidates in order of preference.
Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the legislature.
This bill requires the Kansas Legislature's approval before using federal funds for elections and election-related activities.
Proposing to amend the Kansas Constitution to repeal section 12 of article 15, regarding membership and nonmembership in labor organizations.
This bill proposes to repeal a section of the Kansas Constitution that deals with membership and non-membership in labor organizations. If passed, it would change the state's laws regarding workers' rights.
Increasing the Kansas minimum wage of employees.
This bill aims to increase the minimum wage for Kansas employees. It would raise the current minimum wage to a higher amount.
Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act.
This bill would require employers in Kansas to provide paid sick time to employees. Employees would earn a certain amount of paid sick time per year and could use it for their own illnesses or to care for family members.
Establishing a child income tax credit.
This bill proposes a tax credit for parents or guardians who have children. The credit would be applied to their income taxes.