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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages.
This bill makes it a crime to disrupt or interfere with religious gatherings and services. It also allows people who are harmed by this kind of interference to sue for damages.
Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.
This bill requires the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) to create a statewide system for tracking offenders who are required to register under the Offender Registration Act. The system would help ensure that all agencies in Kansas are using the same process for registering and monitoring offenders.
Reviving repealed statutes related to estates of absentees and requiring nonresident fiduciaries to appoint an agent residing in this state.
This bill revives old laws about estates of people who are absent or missing. It also requires non-resident guardians or trustees to appoint someone living in Kansas.
Prohibiting persons who engaged in wrongful conduct from recovering damages in certain civil actions, prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, providing that only the attorney general may file claims regarding public nuisances that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision unless the attorney general delegates authorization to file such claims and requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions.
This bill limits who can file claims about public nuisances that affect multiple areas. The Attorney General gets special permission to take action unless they delegate it to someone else.
Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating qualifications for the members of the board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim.
This bill changes how the Prisoner Review Board works. It removes the board from being overseen by the Secretary of Corrections and sets new rules for who is on the board.
Providing procedures, standards and requirements for the deposit and investment of public moneys, creating the public moneys fee fund and authorizing the state treasurer to assess a fee to operate the public moneys pooled method, making and concerning appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for the office of the state treasurer, authorizing a certain transfer from the state general fund to the public moneys fee fund, modifying investment standards for the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system of moneys certified by the state treasurer as equivalent to the aggregate net amount received for unclaimed property and authorizing investments in certain foreign governments and the KPERS board of trustees to elect the vice chairperson of the board, requiring newly affiliated KP&F employers to contribute at the actuarial required rate for past and future service and repealing certain working after retirement statutes for state and local elected officials.
This bill allows the KPERS board of trustees to elect a vice chairperson and requires some employers to contribute more money for past and future employee service. It also changes rules about state and local officials working after retirement.
Increasing the maximum annual registration fee limit for seed retailers and wholesalers and authorizing a late fee for registrations renewed after the registration deadline.
This bill increases the maximum annual registration fee for seed retailers and wholesalers. It also adds a late fee for those who renew their registrations after the deadline.
Enacting the by-right housing development act to provide a streamlined permit approval process for by-right housing developments, allowing third-party review of new residential construction development documents and inspection of improvements, requiring political subdivisions to allow certain building provisions for certain single-family residences of a certain size, excluding owner initiated rezoning to a single-family residential district from protest petition provisions and providing for all land within the corporate limits of a city that is zoned for any type of residential use to be considered zoned for single-family residential use.
This bill aims to make it easier for developers to build new homes by streamlining the permit approval process. It also allows third-party review of construction documents and inspections.
Imposing a duty on a conservator to notify certain entities and persons of any court order commanding performance or safekeeping of a conservatee's estate assets.
This bill requires conservators to notify certain entities and individuals when a court orders them to manage or protect an incapacitated person's assets.
Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact.
This bill updates Kansas laws about children in need of care and paternity. It also helps military families by providing services through a new referral process.
Providing for the pheasants forever, quail forever and delta waterfowl distinctive license plates, restricting the use of material or objects covering a license plate for motor vehicles and modifying the definition of conviction in the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act.
This bill creates three new types of distinctive license plates in Kansas: Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever, and Delta Waterfowl. The plates would be available for purchase by Kansans who support these organizations.
Requiring a proponent to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that certain specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand evidence before certain qualified witnesses may testify.
This bill requires witnesses with specialized knowledge to prove that their expertise will help the judge or jury understand evidence before they can testify.
Providing for the administration of statewide assessments to virtual school students by such students' virtual schools, adding third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher, providing for special education state aid reimbursement for certain qualified teachers, authorizing nonpublic schools to permit nonaccredited private elementary or secondary school students to participate in certain activities and authorizing foreign exchange students who reside with a host family to enroll in and attend the resident school district of the host family.
This bill allows virtual schools to administer and proctor statewide assessments for their students. It also updates the definition of special teachers and provides reimbursement for qualified educators who provide special education services.
Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services.
This bill requires electric companies to treat businesses that offer electric vehicle charging services fairly and equally. It also prevents these companies from passing on costs related to their own charging stations to customers.
Enacting the proxy advisor transparency act, requiring proxy advisors to make certain disclosures when recommending an action against company management, authorizing the attorney general to investigate and take enforcement actions against violators and establishing a private right of action for a declaratory judgment or injunctive relief.
This bill requires proxy advisors to be more transparent when recommending actions against company management. It also gives the Attorney General the power to investigate and take action if these advisors don't comply.
Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.
This bill requires courts to consider treatment options for defendants charged with serious crimes while determining their competency to stand trial. This means judges will need to think about how to help these individuals get better before they can participate in their own defense.
House Substitute for Senate Bill 366 by Committee on Transportation - Prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in school or construction zones and providing penalties thereof and permitting the display of certain lighting in road construction zones by vehicles and trailers engaged in highway construction and maintenance operations.
This bill makes it illegal to use a mobile phone while driving in school or construction zones. It also allows vehicles and trailers working on highway construction and maintenance to display special lighting.
Requiring the department of wildlife and parks to offer a discounted resident senior combination hunting and fishing license to residents of Kansas who are 65 years of age or older and increasing the maximum age to qualify for the Kansas kids lifetime combination hunting and fishing license and decreasing the maximum fee and removing the expiration of such license.
This bill requires the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to offer a discounted hunting and fishing license for residents aged 65 or older. It also increases the maximum age for the 'Kansas Kids Lifetime' license, lowers its fee, and removes expiration dates.