Kansas bills

Kansas legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM.

1,483 bills

• HB 2506 In committee
  Establishing the addiction counselor apprentice license and setting fees for such license.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2511 Became law
  Permitting moneys received from agricultural production on a state-owned property to be used for the management of all state-owned properties.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2501 Became law
  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.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• SB 354 In committee
  Modifying member appointment, compensation and meeting requirements of the Kansas fire service training commission.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2496 In committee
  Requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility when the total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreased more than 5% and a governmental body requests such review or audit.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2499 In committee
  Requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence offenses to attend victim impact panel programs.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HCR 5022 Adopted
  Making application to the congress of the United States to call a convention of the states to establish term limits for members of congress.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2490 In committee
  Clarifying the signature verification requirements for advance voting ballot envelopes and providing for the repeal of advance voting statutes, except where advance voting is required by federal law, if a state or federal court issues a final order or judgment which is not subject to appeal invalidating such signature verification requirements.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• SB 355 Passed Senate
  Regulating the manufacture, wholesale and distribution of electronic cigarettes in this state and establishing licensure of electronic cigarette manufacturers.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• SB 357 In committee
  Establishing the intercity passenger rail service program and making transfers annually to the passenger rail service revolving fund.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2497 Became law
  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.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2489 Passed House
  Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain supplies of naloxone in each school.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2500 In committee
  Creating the Kansas public employees retirement system cost-of-living adjustment commission, prescribing powers and duties of the commission and establishing procedures of the legislature relating to the annual cost-of-living adjustment rate recommended by the commission.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• SB 348 Became law
  Exempting any electric public utility that is a not-for-profit wholly owned subsidiary of an electric cooperative public utility from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HCR 5021 In committee
  Amending article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require voters to present photographic identification at the time of voting.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2492 In committee
  Requiring the county election officer to call a special election to fill a vacancy within the governing body of a municipality if the position remains vacant after 60 days.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• SB 350 In committee
  Enacting the age-appropriate school device act to establish safety standards and requirements for the use of school-issued devices in certain grade levels and authorizing parents to opt students out of certain uses of such devices.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2488 In committee
  Requiring the university of Kansas school of medicine to use a letter grading system or other tiered grading system to assess student performance.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2504 Passed House
  Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective tenants receipt of housing assistance or eviction or criminal history, and permitting cities and counties to prohibit discrimination by landlords on the basis of receipt of veterans benefits.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2494 In committee
  Allowing a nonpartisan candidate to include such candidate's political party affiliation on the ballot with such candidate's name.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2510 In committee
  Requiring each school district board of education to allocate membership association dues to individual board members and prohibiting the payment of such dues if a board member elects not to join such membership association.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2491 Passed House
  Requiring state agencies to make quarterly reports to the secretary of state with the names and addresses of noncitizens receiving public benefits.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2498 In committee
  Classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2512 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 part of any report required to be made public.
  Jan 21, 2026: Introduced
• SB 347 In committee
  Terminating the secretary of state's authority to appoint election commissioners and transferring the jurisdiction, powers and duties for conducting elections in counties with an election commissioner to the county clerk for such county.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2476 Passed House
  Permitting federal pesticide warning or labeling requirements to satisfy any state pesticide warning or labeling requirements.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2471 Passed Senate
  Designating a portion of I-35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for I-35.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• SB 344 Passed Senate
  Authorizing animal shelters to place certain animals needing treatment or care in foster homes and requiring shelters to display photographs of animals at a location other than the shelter during a holding period.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2477 Became law
  Requiring the Kansas department of agriculture to publish a map on the department's official website that shows the location of all applied for diversions of water, including requested changes in the point of diversion by more than 300 feet, and expanding the current individual notice requirement to apply to all landowners that are within half a mile of such applied for diversions or changes.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2481 Became law
  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.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2474 In committee
  Requiring the director of property valuation to conduct a review or audit of the appraisal and apportionment of the valuation of the property of any public utility whose total appraised value of property of such public utility in this state decreased more than 5%.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2475 In committee
  Providing a sales tax exemption for purchases made by radical life inc.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• SCR 1618 In committee
  Proposing amendments to article 10 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to establish requirements for reapportioning congressional, state senatorial, state representative and board of education districts and prohibit the reapportionment thereof except when required by the constitution of the state of Kansas or when ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• SB 343 In committee
  Requiring the state board of regents to adopt rules and regulations to prohibit state moneys from being allocated for certain low-earning outcome programs and prohibiting political subdivisions from allocating state moneys for certain low-earning outcome programs.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• SB 342 In committee
  Extending the expiration date of the Kansas school equity and enhancement act from 2027 to 2028.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• SB 345 In committee
  Removing breastfeeding mothers from the mandatory jury service exclusion list and including them in the discretionary jury service exclusion list.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2472 In committee
  Enacting the forming open and robust university minds or FORUM Act, prohibiting postsecondary educational institutions from certain actions concerning freedom of speech, expression and association, providing exceptions thereto, providing for monetary damages, and requiring the submission of a report to the legislature and the governor.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2478 Became law
  Requiring that advanced practice registered nurses and registered nurse anesthetists submit to a criminal history check upon application for a nursing license.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2473 In committee
  Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2479 Became law
  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.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2480 In committee
  Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• SB 346 In committee
  Prohibiting plaintiffs from filing abusive civil actions against certain defendants with whom the plaintiff has a current or former family, household or dating relationship and authorizing the court to impose prefiling restrictions on such plaintiffs.
  Jan 20, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2453 Passed House
  Requiring applications for advance voting ballots be filed by the 14th day prior to election day, that advance voting in person be completed by 12:00 p.m. on the Sunday prior to election day, extending the time for transmittal of advance voting ballots to 22 days prior to an election and ending the time for voter registration at 23 days prior to election day.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2460 Passed House
  Modifying an exception to the Kansas open records act that authorizes certain individuals to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership by providing that certain individuals who were employed for five or more years, certain elected officials and persons who reside at an address that is subject to restriction from public access may request to have such information restricted and removing an exception related to information or reports obtained and prepared by the office of the state bank commissioner.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2448 Passed House
  Requiring citizenship status be listed on driver's licenses.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2464 Became law
  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.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2462 Became law
  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.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• SB 332 In committee
  Excluding buyer's premiums from the sale price of property purchased at auction for real estate sales validation questionnaire and property tax valuation purposes.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2447 In committee
  Providing for a presidential preference primary election every four years commencing in 2028 and aligning the special election date in March with the presidential preference primary election date.
  Jan 15, 2026: Introduced
• HB 2468 Vetoed
  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 15, 2026: Introduced