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Publications iconKansas Register

Rates

Notices

Kansas Guardianship Program

Notice of Meeting

Kansas Department of Administration - Office of Procurement and Contracts

Notice to Bidders for State Purchase

Kansas State Board of Regents Universities

Notice to Bidders for University Purchase

Kansas Department of Transportation

Notice to Contractors for May 2026 Letting Information

Johnson County Community College

Request for Proposals for Various On-Call Services

Legislative Branch

Legislative Administrative Services

Interim Committee Schedule April 27 – May 15, 2026

New State Laws

Kansas Legislature

Senate Bill 374, concerning criminal procedure; relating to competency of a defendant to stand trial; establishing procedures in the Kansas code of procedure for municipal courts related to determination of an accused person’s competency to stand trial; authorizing a municipal judge to order an examination; authorizing a district court judge to rely on a psychiatric or psychological examination ordered by a municipal court to facilitate an examination; requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment for defendants charged with the most serious offenses; requiring certain items to be contained in a petition and written report of the evaluation in an involuntary commitment proceeding; setting requirements for involuntary commitment proceedings when the defendant has not been committed or has been released and the court has determined a probability does not exist that the defendant will regain competency in the foreseeable future; requiring the court to make certain findings with respect to a person who is alleged to be mentally ill and subject to involuntary commitment for care and treatment when such person is also a criminal defendant

House Bill 2068, concerning pharmacists and pharmacy; allowing a pharmacy to employ certain remote workers to engage in the remote practice of pharmacy; providing for the supervision and duties of remote pharmacy workers; permitting a pharmacist to initiate therapy for certain conditions consistent with the pharmacist’s education, training and experience; adding pharmacists who initiate such therapy to the healthcare stabilization fund; allowing for a 90-day emergency supply of a noncontrolled prescription drug to be filled when no refills remain; adopting the United States pharmacopeia compounding standards under the pharmacy act of the state of Kansas; removing the authority of the state board of pharmacy to authorize individuals to access the program database as delegates by rules and regulations

House Bill 2466, concerning economic development; enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events; requiring members of the authority to submit to a state and national criminal history record check; authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas; permitting additional STAR bond districts where a major professional sports complex STAR bond district previously existed; clarifying geographic areas from which STAR bond revenues may be pledged; clarifying the length of time that revenues may be captured within a STAR bond project area; permitting cities or counties to pledge community improvement district or transportation development district revenues for the payment of STAR bonds; clearly establishing the authority of the secretary to set or modify STAR bond project district and STAR bond project areas without effect on local revenue pledges with respect to a major professional sports complex STAR bond district; permitting cities and counties, upon the request of the secretary, to modify their pledge area for a major professional sports complex STAR bond district; extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act by prohibiting new STAR bond district approvals after July 1, 2031; clarifying the definition of a STAR bond project area; permitting the secretary to approve applications for STAR bond project financing more than one year after a STAR bond district has been established; condensing city, county and department of commerce notice, posting and reporting requirements; requiring a reset of the base year revenue for purposes of financing new STAR bonds in certain circumstances; clarifying that revenues from the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund may be used to pay management, operations and other costs of a professional sports team’s primary facility; authorizing STAR bond projects in certain counties located in certain metropolitan statistical areas as rural redevelopment projects; setting certain visitor origin requirements and requiring certain enforcement by the secretary against developers that fail to meet such requirements; requiring the secretary to make certain information concerning STAR bond projects publicly available on the website of the department of commerce; prohibiting state general fund moneys from being pledged for the repayment of any special obligation bond issued by a city or county to finance a STAR bond project; prohibiting a city or county from using eminent domain to acquire real property for a STAR bond project; requiring the secretary to add to the secretary’s annual report information regarding business movement into and out of STAR bond districts and local sales tax revenues lost as the result of such movement

House Bill 2485, concerning education; providing requirements for agreements between postsecondary educational institutions and school districts for the provision of postsecondary courses taught in secondary schools; directing the governor to approve short-term workforce training programs for Pell grant eligibility; requiring the state workforce development board to establish an internal process for such eligibility; providing for the transferability of credentials earned through career readiness assessments toward a degree; relating to the Kansas blueprint for literacy; expanding reporting requirements in the every child can read act; requiring members of the literacy advisory committee to have certain expertise; aligning literacy fluency goals with the state board of education’s assessment cut scores; requiring school districts to employ reading specialists and develop individual student literacy plans for certain high-risk students; requiring the state board of education to designate best literacy practices and include a literacy practicum in the requirements for teacher licensure; requiring the development of a comprehensive literacy implementation plan; providing requirements for educator preparation programs; prohibiting Kansas promise scholarship awards from being used to fund remedial hours offered as part of corequisite courses; authorizing the chief executive officer of the state board of regents to negotiate and settle repayment obligations arising under certain state financial aid programs; prohibiting the payment of additional funds to any student who is subject to repayment obligations under such financial aid programs

House Bill 2591, concerning financial institutions; relating to the oversight and regulation of such institutions and certain transactions performed by such institutions; authorizing financial institutions to report suspected financial exploitation of an adult account holder to a designated agency, notify any adult designated as a trusted contact by such account holder of suspected financial exploitation and place a temporary hold on certain transactions or disbursements; limiting liability in any civil or criminal action for taking such actions or choosing not to take such actions; enacting the virtual currency kiosk consumer protection act; providing definitions; establishing requirements for virtual currency kiosk operators; relating to certain disclosures, transaction receipts, fraud detection and prevention, live customer service, kiosk location reporting, money transmission licensure and refunds; imposing certain limits on virtual currency kiosk transaction amounts and charges; authorizing the attorney general and any law enforcement agency to investigate reports of fraudulent money transmission and report to the state bank commissioner; prohibiting the office of the state bank commissioner or any other state agency from becoming a receiver for a technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution that becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy; providing that earned wage access service registrants are subject to the provisions of the Kansas financial institutions information security act; eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays

Bonds

Sedgwick County, Kansas

Summary Notice of Bond Sale

City of Manhattan, Kansas

Summary Notice of Bond Sale