Kansas Legislation

Establishing certain license fees and training requirements, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements and authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care facility availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and separating licensing duties between the secretary for health and environment and the executive director of early childhood.

Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, increasing the extent of exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy and providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund.

Expanding the current sales tax exemption for purchases by domestic violence shelters to domestic and sexual violence programs.

Enacting the safeguarding American veteran empowerment (SAVE) act to limit compensation for assisting in veterans benefits matters.

Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state.

Authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county.

Providing that the selection of alternative payment methods by a dental provider will remain in force for the duration of a contract with a dental benefit plan.

Prohibiting the acquisition of critical components of drone technology from countries of concern and the procurement of final or finished goods or services from countries of concern.

Requiring school districts to adopt policies to limit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours and requiring the state board of education to designate a period of time for social media awareness and develop goals and materials relating thereto.

Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property located in Johnson county to the Shawnee Tribe; requiring deeds and conveyances contain restrictive covenants prohibiting any gaming or gambling on such property; requiring a report by the Shawnee Tribe every two years for a 10-year period to the joint committee on state-tribal relations regarding the rehabilitation of the property and consultations with other tribes.

Amending the uniform nonparent visitation act to modify the evidentiary standard for awarding visitation to a nonparent.

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.

Providing an income tax credit for the sale and distribution of biodiesel and renewable diesel blends for motor vehicle fuels.

Removing the expiration of provisions relating to moving cybersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government.

Transferring the licensure of on-premise cereal malt beverage retailers and off-premise cereal malt beverage retailers from cities and counties to the alcoholic beverage control division of the department of revenue; allowing continued local licensure by cities or counties.

Establishing the Kansas paid sick time act, setting accrual, usage and employer obligations regarding earned paid sick time and making it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees exercising rights under the act.

Providing income tax credits for the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel and expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and discontinuing income tax credits for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, environmental compliance, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement.

Authorizing parents of a child who is the subject of an investigation of abuse or neglect or a child in need of care proceeding and victims of childhood abuse or neglect to access records related to such investigation or proceeding.

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.

Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a general manufacturer and removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code in determining Kansas adjusted gross income.

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.

Authorizing school districts to employ chaplains or accept such persons as volunteers.

Reducing the authorized amount of days that a child may be placed in a secure facility and eliminating the court's option to extend such authorization.

House Substitute for SB 65 by House Committee on Elections - Removing cities, counties, school districts and community colleges from the mail ballot election law; authorizing the election of directors by irrigation districts by mail ballot; requiring qualified electors deliver advance ballots unless otherwise provided by federal law.

Creating the drug abuse resistance education (D.A.R.E.) educator position.

Prohibiting electric public utilities from recovering from ratepayers the costs associated with electric vehicle charging stations and requiring electric public utilities to establish electric vehicle charging service rate schedules.

Invalidating restrictive covenants that limit or prohibit the installation of solar panels and allowing the adoption of reasonable rules by homeowners associations concerning solar panels.

Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.

Enacting the aviation and innovative manufacturing in Kansas act to attract businesses establishing a headquarters or engaged in aircraft assembly, electric or hydrogen-powered motor vehicle production, and other specified industries to Kansas by offering companies meeting certain employment and investment requirements an investment tax credit, retention of a percentage of total payroll tax, reimbursement of eligible employee training and education expenses and a sales tax exemption for construction costs.

Declaring that the world health organization, the united nations and the world economic forum have no power within the state of Kansas or any political subdivisions thereof to enforce any rule, regulation, fee, tax, policy or mandate.

Excluding buyer's premiums from the sale price of property purchased at auction for real estate sales validation questionnaire and property tax valuation purposes.

Providing for the preceptor income tax incentive act, establishing an income tax credit for nursing home administrators, registered nurses and registered dietitians that serve as a community-based faculty preceptor in adult care homes and medical care facilities by providing personalized instruction, training and supervision for students.

House Substitute for SB 392 by Committee on Elections - Establishing reasons for withdrawal of candidacy from national, state and local offices, concerning vacancies in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor, requiring driver's licenses to reflect citizenship status, requiring provisional ballots be provided to persons showing a driver's license reflecting noncitizenship, require state agencies required by federal law to provide voter registration services to provide quarterly reports to the secretary of state listing noncitizens receiving public benefits.

Requiring the director of legislative administrative services to remove legislative video recordings from cloud based servers and video on demand platforms after 10 years.

Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.

Enacting the utility railroad crossing act and establishing a process and limitations for utilities to interact with railroad right-of-way.

Permitting highway construction and maintenance vehicles in road construction zones to display flashing amber, white or green lights at all times or flashing white and blue lights on stationary trailers under certain conditions and prohibiting the use of a mobile telephone while operating a motor vehicle in a school zone or a road construction zone.

Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax credit for qualified alternative-fueled motor vehicle property or fueling station expenditures, repealing the agritourism liability insurance, assistive technology contributions, declared disaster capital investment, owners promoting employment across Kansas and swine facility improvement tax credits and expanding the eligibility for applicable expenses under the child day care services assistance tax credit.

Providing tax exemption eligibility for telecommunication, railroad, commercial and industrial machinery and equipment that is currently ineligible for tax exemption due to such equipment being acquired or transported into this state on or before June 30, 2006.

Providing funding for the state historical society to issue a scope statement, plan the work to be accomplished and issue a request for proposals for a master plan for the Quindaro ruins archaeological park in Wyandotte county, Kansas, and implement such master plan.

Authorizing certain offenders to petition for relief from registration requirements under the Kansas offender registration act.

Requiring school districts to provide elementary students with a certain amount of daily recess, prohibiting limiting or withholding recess for disciplinary reasons, requiring a Kansas state fitness test and designating required recess time as part of the school term.

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.

Providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.

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 and establishing addition and subtraction modifications under the Kansas income tax act.

House Substitute for SB 303 by Committee on Taxation - Decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district, discontinuing certain sales tax exemptions, imposing sales tax on certain sales of lottery tickets, imposing an excise tax on all sports wagers as a rate of 2% of the amount wagered, creating the property tax relief fund and providing for transfers therefrom to the state school district finance fund and creating the sports wagering privilege tax refund fund.

Prohibiting cities and counties from adopting or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that requires landlords to lease housing to tenants receiving financial assistance from or through the housing choice voucher program or any other housing assistance program or that otherwise restricts a landlord's ability to consider the income source of a prospective tenant.

Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.

Providing a refundable income tax credit for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage.

Eliminating certain tax credits, exemptions, incentives, refunds and limitations, a transitional adjustment, a checkoff and a restoration program administered by the secretary that have expired or are no longer applicable.