Kansas bills

Kansas legislators · Data: Open States

State bill data last updated Oct 18, 2026, 8:04 AM.

1,483 bills

• HB 2052 Became law
  Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2066 In committee
  Requiring business entities and public employers to register and use the e-verify program for employment purposes and prohibiting income tax deductions for wages and remuneration paid to unauthorized aliens.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• SCR 1605 In committee
  Proposing a constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2051 In committee
  Requiring legislative approval of any national heritage area or national historic trail in the state of Kansas and prohibiting state funding of any national heritage area or national historic trail unless such funding is first approved by the legislature of the state of Kansas.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HCR 5005 In committee
  Proposing to amend section 6 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit the use of elementary and secondary public funds for secular public schools and prohibit public funds from being used for private nonpublic schools.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2053 In committee
  Repealing restrictions on municipal regulation of political signs during certain periods of time around election days.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2058 In committee
  Providing for an increased amount of income for eligibility of individuals for the selective assistance for effective senior relief income tax credit.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• SB 60 In committee
  Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2065 Passed House
  Providing for the appointment of delegates to a convention under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities of such delegates.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2057 In committee
  Requiring the governor to appointment persons to fill vacancies in the offices of United States senator, state treasurer and the commissioner of insurance from a list of names approved by the legislature.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2063 In committee
  Establishing various conservation funds, allocating state moneys for conservation, requiring reports to the governor and legislature, and authorizing fund transfers and providing for the use of such funds by the Kansas department of agriculture and the Kansas department of wildlife and parks.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2067 In committee
  Establishing a feminine hygiene product grant program and grant fund to award moneys to qualifying title I schools to provide feminine hygiene products to students at no cost.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• SB 57 In committee
  Requiring certain state agencies, counties, cities and political subdivisions to reimburse the owner or operator of communications or video service facilities for the costs to modify or relocate such facilities for certain road and highway projects.
  Jan 22, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2042 Became law
  Authorizing the adoption of certain rules and regulations related to hazardous waste monitoring and permit application fees by the Kansas department of health and environment.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2043 Vetoed
  Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 44 Became law
  Declaring antisemitism and antisemitic acts to be against public policy and establishing a statutory definition of such terms.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 54 Became law
  Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2038 In committee
  Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 46 In committee
  Establishing the blind information access act to require the state library to provide on-demand information access services to persons who are blind, visually impaired, deafblind or print disabled.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2045 Became law
  Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2036 Passed House
  Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2046 Passed Senate
  Authorizing insurers to file certain travel insurance policies under the accident and health line of insurance.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 43 In committee
  Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2037 Became law
  Increasing the membership of the council on travel and tourism, updating the house legislative committee assignment required for council members appointed from the house, and removing provisions requiring allocation of funds from the matching grant program for the promotion of tourism for private, public and nonprofit entities and limiting the percentage of such funds granted to a single entity.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 45 Became law
  Substitute for SB 45 by Committee on Education - Requiring the state board of education to calculate graduation rates for all school districts for purposes of accreditation using an alternative calculation.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2039 Became law
  Adding maternity center to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act, amending definitions in the Kansas credentialing act to provide that certain entities providing physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech-language pathology are not home health agencies, clarifying that the authorized activities of paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians and emergency medical responders may be authorized upon the order of a healthcare professional, permitting certain ambulance services to offer service for less than 24 hours per day, every day of the year, and requiring entities that control automated external defibrillators to register the device with the emergency medical services board.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 49 In committee
  Requiring that each attendance center needs assessment be conducted by the local board of education and include input from board members, teachers, school site councils and school administrators and that board members receive certain state assessment data and identify allocations of money in the school district budget and budget summary.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2050 Became law
  Authorizing the commissioner of insurance to set the amount of certain fees and cause the publication of such fees in the Kansas register, authorizing the commissioner to reduce the number of board members on certain insurance-related boards, renaming the Kansas insurance department as the Kansas department of insurance, renaming the office of the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, securities division, renaming the securities commissioner as the department of insurance, assistant commissioner, securities division and eliminating the requirement of senate confirmation for appointees to such position, requiring the commissioner of insurance to maintain a list of eligible nonadmitted insurers and authorizing such nonadmitted insurers to transact business in Kansas with vehicle dealers and to provide excess coverage insurance on Kansas risks.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2035 In committee
  Amending the definition of land devoted to agricultural use for property tax purposes to include trail rides as a ranching activity to qualify as an agritourism activity.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2041 In committee
  Requiring a competitive bid process for the permitting of electric transmission lines.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 51 Became law
  House Substitute for SB 51 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Authorizing the chief information security officer to receive audit reports, updating statutes related to services provided by the chief information technology officer and authorizing the office of information technology services to provide certain services to political subdivisions and hospitals.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2047 Passed House
  Providing for the establishment of an online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 50 Became law
  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.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 47 Passed Senate
  Requiring school districts to publicly list the names and email addresses of current school board members, authorizing local school board members to add new items to board meeting discussions, ask questions or engage in discussion with members of the public and access school property, authorizing members of the public to address school boards at board meetings and authorizing payment of annual dues to any not-for-profit organization that provides services to member school districts.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SR 1704 Adopted
  Adopting the permanent rules of the Senate for the 2025-2028 term.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 40 In committee
  Requiring the termination of any candidate campaign account for an elected official who chooses to not run for reelection or who is defeated in a subsequent election.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 52 Passed Senate
  Enacting the Kansas film and digital media industry production development act, providing a tax credit and sales tax exemption to incentivize film, video and digital media production in Kansas, establishing a program to be administered by the secretary of commerce for the purpose of developing such production in Kansas and requiring the secretary of commerce to issue reports to the legislature regarding the program.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 41 In committee
  Adding advanced practice registered nurses to the definition of healthcare provider for purposes of the healthcare provider insurance availability act.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2048 Passed Senate
  Eliminating the requirement that the commissioner submit certain reports to the governor and removing certain specific entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 48 In committee
  Requiring school districts to demonstrate improvement in academic performance and be in compliance with all federal and state statutes and rules and regulations to achieve or maintain accreditation.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 53 Passed Senate
  Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of a county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district and allowing such board to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• SB 42 Became law
  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.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2044 Vetoed
  Providing a income tax subtraction modification for amounts received as compensation for serving in the armed forces and providing that a person shall not lose eligibility for a homestead property tax refund claim or the selective assistance for effective senior relief (SAFESR) income tax credit if the appraised valuation of the homestead subsequently exceeds $350,000 after qualifying in a previous tax year.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2049 Passed Senate
  Updating public adjuster and insurance agent statutes pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2040 Became law
  Extending the time in which the state corporation commission shall make a final order on a transmission line siting application.
  Jan 21, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2032 In committee
  Authorizing the state corporation commission to increase or decrease an electric public utility's return on equity based on whether such utility's all-in average retail rate has increased or decreased.
  Jan 17, 2025: Introduced
• SCR 1604 Adopted
  Making application to the United States congress to call a convention of the states for the purpose of proposing amendments to limit the federal government.
  Jan 17, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2029 Became law
  Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
  Jan 17, 2025: Introduced
• SB 39 Passed Senate
  Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
  Jan 17, 2025: Introduced
• HB 2031 Became law
  Providing that driving school instructors and motorcycle instructors may possess a driver's license or motorcycle driver's license from any state.
  Jan 17, 2025: Introduced