(Jan. 17, 2025) – Senate Bill 14 by Committee on Ways and Means – Concerning the state budget; providing for a continuous budget until amended, lapsed or eliminated by the legislature; temporary reallocations

Senate Bill 16 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Concerning financial services; prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies based on social credit scorez; requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients before investing client money in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts

Senate Bill 19 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare – Concerning public health; relating to medical care; enacting the Conscientious Right to Refuse Act; prohibiting discrimination against individuals who refuse certain medical interventions and creating a civil cause of action against entities who discriminate based upon such medical care refusal; revoking the authority of the secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to order individuals to isolate or quarantine and impose penalties for violations thereof

Senate Bill 23 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance – Concerning insurance; relating to unfair and deceptive acts or practices; requiring agents and insurers to respond to inquiries from the commissioner of insurance within 14 calendar days; authorizing certain rebate pilot programs to exceed one year in duration

Senate Bill 25 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation – Concerning insurance; relating to property and casualty insurance; enacting the Insurance Savings Account Act; allowing individuals and corporations to establish insurance savings accounts with certain financial institutions; providing eligible expenses, requirements and restrictions for such accounts; requiring the secretary of revenue to adopt certain rules and regulations; granting nonexclusive marketing authority to the state commissioner of insurance; establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas Income Tax Act

Senate Bill 27 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance – Concerning insurance; relating to the powers, duties and responsibilities of the commissioner; eliminating the requirement that the commissioner submit certain reports to the governor; removing certain specific entities from the definition of person for the purpose of enforcing insurance law

House Bill 2015 by Committee on Welfare Reform, Requested by Representative Awerkamp – Concerning public assistance; relating to food assistance; directing the secretary for the Kansas Department for Children and Families to request a waiver from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that would allow the state to prohibit purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance

House Bill 2023 by Committee on Elections, Requested by Representative Waggoner – Concerning elections; relating to election crimes; creating the crime of interference with an election official; providing penalties for violations thereof

House Bill 2024 by Committee on Taxation, Requested by Representative Hoheisel – Concerning income taxation; enacting the Fighting Chance for Firefighters Act; providing a tax credit for firefighters who incur unreimbursed medical expenses for screening for occupation-related cancer

House Bill 2027 by Committee on Welfare Reform, Requested by Representative Awerkamp – Concerning public assistance; reorganizing subsections of the public assistance statute; updating cross-references