Kansas bills

Kansas legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

1,483 bills

• SB 397 In committee
  Providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• SB 395 In committee
  Requiring treasurers of candidates and persons who support or oppose constitutional amendments to report lists of small donors' names and addresses to the public disclosure commission and providing that such lists shall not be a part of any report required to be made public.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2558 In committee
  Increasing the amount of moneys transferred from the state general fund to the state water plan fund and from the state water plan fund to the water technical assistance fund and the water project grant fund.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2559 In committee
  Removing the presumption that leased land shall be classified as land devoted to agricultural use for property tax purposes.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2549 In committee
  Mandating insurance coverage of pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• SB 394 Passed Senate
  House Substitute for SB 394 by Committee on Elections - Relating to signature verification for advance voting ballots, concerning court orders that invalidate or enjoin signature verification triggering a return to allowing advance voting only if certain conditions exist, establishing venue in the district court in Shawnee county for all constitutional challenges to election laws.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2565 In committee
  Requiring that employees of the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf be paid at same rate of compensation that is paid to a teacher employed by USD 233, Olathe, in the current school year.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2548 In committee
  Increasing the personal needs allowance for residents receiving long-term care in a medicaid-approved nursing facility.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2564 Passed Senate
  Providing for the election of alternative payment methods by a dental provider and allowing such payment method to remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2560 Became law
  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.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2556 In committee
  Prohibiting certain terms in a contract between a health insurer and a dentist and requiring that reviews, audits or investigations of healthcare providers concerning healthcare provider claims be completed within six months.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2561 In committee
  Authorizing the state board of regents to sell and convey real property valued at $5,000,000 or less without further legislative authorization and requiring the submission of an annual report listing any such real property sales to the legislature.
  Jan 27, 2026: Introduced
• SB 384 Passed Senate
  Extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 387 Passed Senate
  Requiring school districts to verify the household gross earned income of each student who qualifies for free meals under the national school lunch program and requiring legislative authorization to receive special assistance payments under federal law.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2546 In committee
  Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Labette county for the purpose of providing financial support to fire departments located in the county.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2543 In committee
  Requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses, permits or passes that were established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 389 In committee
  Providing a sales tax exemption for feminine hygiene products, diapers and incontinence products.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 379 Passed Senate
  Authorizing the state 911 board to establish a statewide program for emergency medical dispatch and telecommunicator cardiopulmonary resuscitation, medical direction and quality assurance services.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2541 In committee
  Enacting the Kansas rural business growth program act, providing a premium tax credit to incentivize capital investment in rural areas and establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of incentivizing such investment.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 378 In committee
  Providing a one-time, nonrefundable vehicle registration property tax credit for eligible vehicles.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 386 In committee
  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.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2540 Became law
  Exempting contingent deferred annuities from certain requirements of the standard nonforfeiture law for individual deferred annuities act and authorizing the commissioner of insurance to establish nonforfeiture benefits for such contingent deferred annuities through rules and regulations.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2547 In committee
  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.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2539 Became law
  Authorizing library boards to change from being appointed members to elected members and requiring that the members of the Eudora community library district board of directors be elected to such positions.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SCR 1619 In committee
  Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to decrease the assessment percentage used to determine the assessed value of real property used for residential purposes and mobile homes used for residential purposes from 11½% to 9% for purposes of property taxation.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 376 In committee
  Changing the age for determining when a slot machine is an antique for purposes of exempting such devices from criminal gambling statutes.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2544 In committee
  Establishing the relocation reimbursement assistance fund to provide reimbursement assistance to communications service providers that are required to relocate facilities located in the public right-of-way pursuant to an order or directive of a municipality.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 381 Passed Senate
  Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 380 Became law
  Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2542 Passed Senate
  Designating a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 383 In committee
  Adding certain third parties who contract with school districts to the definition of special teacher and authorizing special education state aid reimbursement for qualified teachers who provide approved special education or related services to students with an IEP administered by such school district pursuant to a contract.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 388 In committee
  Setting a maximum fee for the late payment of rent under the residential landlord and tenant act.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2545 In committee
  Increasing certain municipal court fee assessments and crediting such increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 377 In committee
  Requiring cardiac emergency response plans at all recreational youth facilities, including the placement of automatic external defibrillators.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 382 Became law
  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.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• SB 385 In committee
  Establishing Erin's law to require school districts to provide training and age-appropriate student instruction on the identification and reporting of signs of child sexual abuse.
  Jan 26, 2026: Introduced
• HR 6022 Introduced
  Congratulating and commending the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2527 Passed Senate
  Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2532 In committee
  Establishing an impaired provider program, expanding the grounds for disciplinary action against a licensee and providing for the reinstatement of a revoked license under the Kansas nurse practice act.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2533 Became law
  Enacting the occupational therapy licensure compact, respiratory care interstate compact, esthetics licensure compact and athletic trainer licensure compact to provide interstate practice privileges.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2534 Became law
  Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain a supply of naloxone in all schools, requiring the department of education to establish guidelines for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, regulating active shooter simulations in such schools and modifying the requirements for student cohorts and achievement goals in school district at-risk student accountability plans.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2530 Passed House
  Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments towards a degree.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2526 In committee
  Establishing restrictions on the use of step therapy protocols by health insurance plans.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2535 Passed Senate
  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.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2529 In committee
  Modifying procedures for the citizen petition process to impanel a citizen grand jury under the Kansas code of criminal procedure, limiting criminal liability for good faith conduct by the person who initiates such petitions and any person who signs such petitions and prohibiting diversion agreements related to a true bill of indictment found by a citizen grand jury.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2538 In committee
  Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2536 Became law
  Requiring proposed guardians for certain adults who have a cognitive impairment or are diagnosed with a neurological condition to complete training approved by the secretary for aging and disability services prior to appointment as a guardian.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2531 In committee
  Permitting a licensed chiropractor to evaluate and provide written clearance to a school athlete who has been removed from a sport competition or practice session pursuant to the school sports head injury prevention act.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2537 Became law
  Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2528 Became law
  Requiring all state board of nursing actions related to certain nonpractice violations be void, allowing for late license renewal for professional, practical and advanced practice registered nurses, setting fees for late license renewal, limiting unprofessional conduct to acts related to the practice of nursing, prohibiting the board from taking retaliatory action against a licensee based on certain lawful actions and creating a civil cause of action for violation thereof, requiring termination of current board members on January 1, 2027 and requiring the governor to appoint interim board members subject to senate confirmation and requiring the board to issue refunds for overpayment or duplicate payment.
  Jan 23, 2026: Introduced