(March 25, 2025) – The House and Senate are working through bill bundles at this point in the legislative session. The chambers began working through the following:
Other bills making their way through the process have seen motions to concur, including:
- House Bill 2031 provides that driving school instructors and motorcycle instructors may possess a driver's license or motorcycle driver's license from any state
- House Bill 2052 updates cross references in the Personal and Family Protection Act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requires the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, provides for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibits the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requires such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed
- House Bill 2061 includes aboveground and belowground lines, cables and wires in the definition of a critical infrastructure facility used for telecommunications or video services for the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility
- House Bill 2109 exempts public utilities from civil liability relating to the attachment, access, operation, maintenance or removal of law enforcement equipment on any utility pole or other structure that is owned or operated by the public utility
- House Bill 2195 establishes the Kansas Technical College Operating Grant Fund administered by the Kansas Board of Regents
- Sub for House Bill 2152 mandates financial institutions to secure governmental unit deposits in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation by utilizing a public moneys pooled method of securities, prohibits investment advisers that execute bids for the investment of public moneys from managing moneys directly from such bid, allows governmental unit deposits to be invested at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution, requires certification from a governmental unit that deposits in the Municipal Investment Pool Fund if first offered to a financial institution in the preceding year and allows financial institutions to file complaints upon the failure to comply
- House Bill 2120 authorizes the Kansas Board of Regents to sell and convey certain real property in Riley County, Kansas, and Douglas County, Nebraska, on behalf of Kansas State University and Kansas State University Veterinary Medical Center
- Sub for House Bill 2149 requires distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requires the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishes requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increases the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size
- House Bill 2206 renames the Kansas Governmental Ethics Commission to the Kansas Public Disclosure Commission, defines terms in the Campaign Finance Act, requires the filing of statements of independent expenditures and prohibits agreements requiring contributions in the name of another
- House Bill 2311 prohibits the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody and appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity and creating a right of action for violations
These bills will now go to Governor Laura Kelly.