Volume 41 - Issue 9 - March 3, 2022

State of Kansas

Legislative Administrative Services

Legislative Bills and Resolutions Introduced

The following numbers and titles of bills and resolutions were introduced February 17–23 during the 2022 session of the Kansas Legislature. Full text of bills, bill tracking, and other information may be accessed at http://www.kslegislature.org/li/.

House Bills

HB 2712, AN ACT establishing the Kansas commission for the United States semiquincentennial as part of the department of commerce; prescribing commission membership, responsibilities, meetings and expiration; creating the Kansas commission for the United State semiquincentennial gifts and donations fund, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2713, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; affiliating for membership for certain security officers of the department of corrections and certain law enforcement officers and employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; establishing employee and employer contributions, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2714, AN ACT concerning the Kansas act against discrimination; prohibiting discrimination based on COVID-19 vaccination status; amending K.S.A. 44-1001, 44-1002, 44-1004, 44-1005 and 44-1006 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2715, AN ACT relating to elections; requiring a certificate program be established for county election officials, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2716, AN ACT concerning educational benefits for spouses and dependents of deceased, injured or disabled public safety officers and employees and certain deceased, injured or disabled military personnel and prisoners of war; definitions; increasing the limitation on reimbursements to Kansas educational institutions; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 75-4364 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Appropriations.

HB 2717, AN ACT concerning municipalities; relating to law enforcement agencies and cooperation with federal officials regarding citizenship, immigration status and enforcement of federal immigration laws; requiring any municipal identification card to state it is not valid for state identification; amending K.S.A. 8-1327 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

HB 2718, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases and sales by the Johnson county Christmas bureau association; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606, as amended by section 16 of 2022 Senate Bill No. 347, and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2719, AN ACT concerning property taxation; relating to exemptions; providing for exemption of telecommunications machinery and equipment; including inventory and work-in-progress machinery and equipment in such exemption; amending K.S.A. 79-224 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2720, AN ACT concerning sales and compensating use tax; providing a 0% state rate for sales of food; amending K.S.A. 13-13a39 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 12-189a, 79-3603 and 79-3703 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Taxation.

HB 2721, AN ACT concerning taxation; relating to sales and compensating use tax; providing for a sales tax exemption for sales of over-the-counter drugs; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606, as amended by section 16 of 2022 Senate Bill No. 347, and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Taxation.

House Concurrent Resolutions

HCR 5031, A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the adjournment of the senate and house of representatives for a period of time during the 2022 regular session of the legislature, by Representatives Ryckman, Hawkins and Sawyer.

Senate Bills

SB 521, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; prohibiting motorcycle profiling by law enforcement agencies, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 522, AN ACT concerning education; relating to firearms; standardizing firearm safety education training programs in school districts, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 523, AN ACT concerning the Kansas public employees retirement system; making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023; authorizing certain transfers from the state general fund to the Kansas public employees retirement fund; requiring state finance council approval for such fiscal year 2023 transfers, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 524, AN ACT concerning retirement and pensions; relating to the Kansas police and firemen’s retirement system; affiliating for membership for certain security officers of the department of corrections and certain law enforcement officers and employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks; establishing employee and employer contributions, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 525, AN ACT concerning education; relating to school finance; requiring at least 65% of moneys provided by the state to school districts to be expended in the classroom or for instruction; amending K.S.A. 72-5191 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 526, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for purchases for the construction or repair of buildings used for human habitation by the Kansas state school for the blind and the Kansas state school for the deaf; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 527, AN ACT concerning sales taxation; relating to exemptions; providing an exemption for certain purchases and sales by certain nonprofit organizations providing substance use disorder treatment or support to foster children and licensed foster families; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-3606 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 528, AN ACT concerning school districts; relating to teachers; requiring school districts to reimburse teachers for classroom supplies, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 529, AN ACT concerning nondriver’s identification cards; providing for the electronic renewal thereof; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-1324 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 530, AN ACT concerning railroads; establishing the Kansas rail safety improvement act; providing for safety requirements for railroad operations and crossings, by Committee on Ways and Means.

SB 531, AN ACT concerning health professions and practices; enacting the massage therapist licensure act; providing for regulation and licensing of massage therapists; powers, duties and functions of the state board of healing arts, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 532, AN ACT concerning elections; relating to candidate names on ballots; allowing candidates for nonpartisan office to have such candidate’s political party provided with such candidate’s name; amending K.S.A. 25-613 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 533, AN ACT concerning drivers’ licenses; relating to commercial drivers’ licenses; prohibiting prosecuting attorneys from concealing certain traffic violations from the CDLIS driver report; increasing the period of disqualification length for certain offenses; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 8-2,142 and 8-2,150 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 534, AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; enacting the reduce armed violence act; increasing criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 21-6804 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 535, AN ACT concerning law enforcement; relating to applicants for law enforcement officer positions; requiring hiring agencies to determine whether applicants have been employed in law enforcement and examine certain records; amending K.S.A. 75-4379 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 536, AN ACT concerning wrongful conviction; requiring the attorney general to investigate allegations of misconduct by a prosecuting attorney that may have contributed to a wrongful conviction and, if the evidence warrants, prosecute any appropriate criminal charges and commence ouster proceedings against such prosecuting attorney; providing that prosecuting attorneys shall not have immunity from such criminal charges or ouster proceedings; amending K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 60-5004 and repealing the existing section, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 537, AN ACT concerning foreign influence in the operations of state government; relating to contracts, gifts and grants; requiring state contractors, grant recipients, vendors, state agencies and political subdivisions to disclose certain gifts or grants received from a foreign source to the department of administration; institutions of higher education to report certain gifts or grants from foreign sources to the board of regents; state educational institutions to screen certain foreign applicants seeking employment in certain research positions; prohibiting certain public entities from participating in agreements with, or accepting gifts or grants from, foreign countries of concern; authorizing civil penalties for violations of disclosure requirements; establishing research integrity offices and international travel approval and monitoring programs at state educational institutions; directing the legislative division of post audit to conduct certain performance audits, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

SB 538, AN ACT concerning taxation; eliminating the local ad valorem tax reduction fund; amending K.S.A. 65-163j, 65-3306, 65-3327, 75-2556 and 79-1479 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 19-2694, 79-2960, 79-2961 and 79-2962 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 79-2959, by Committee on Assessment and Taxation.

SB 539, AN ACT concerning health and healthcare; relating to naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists; providing naturopathic doctors and acupuncturists a certificate of authorization for a business entity to provide professional services; amending K.S.A. 17-2710 and K.S.A. 2021 Supp. 65-28,134 and repealing the existing sections, by Committee on Federal and State Affairs.

Senate Resolutions

SR 1729, A RESOLUTION recognizing the members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., for their outstanding service to the citizens of our state, our nation and the international community and for their promotion of sisterhood, scholarship and service, by Senators Faust-Goudeau, Haley and Pittman.

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