Kansas Privacy & Technology Bills

Directing the university of Kansas to operate a statewide repository of anonymous human trafficking data that is submitted by law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.

Providing tenants with relief from use by landlords of old eviction or rental arrears records to deny housing.

Providing for the establishment of an online insurance verification system for the verification of evidence of motor vehicle liability insurance.

Providing an exception to KORA that authorizes certain retired KPERS members to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership.

Imposing restrictions on websites that can accept and transmit voter registration applications.

Modifying an exception to the Kansas open records act that authorizes certain individuals to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership by providing that certain individuals who were employed for five or more years, certain elected officials and persons who reside at an address that is subject to restriction from public access may request to have such information restricted and removing an exception related to i...

Imposing a fee on each international transaction by a money transmitter by wire, allowing the state bank commissioner to assess penalties for the nonpayment of such fee, providing for the distribution of such fee and penalty moneys, establishing the criminal litigation fund, wire transfer fee fund and prosecutor and law enforcement grant fund and creating a misdemeanor crime of unlawful transmission of a wire transfer and providing criminal penalties therefor.

Requiring school districts to prohibit the use of personal electronic communication devices during school hours, prohibiting any employee of a school district from using social media to directly communicate with any student for official school purposes and requiring school districts to report on the amount of screen time that certain students experience during a typical school day.

Providing for the rounding of final transaction amount for sales tax purposes if payment is made with cash.

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.

Enacting the longitudinal data act, establishing the division of longitudinal data in the legislative research department, authorizing the appointment of a director of the division by the legislative coordinating council and providing for the development and management of the Kansas longitudinal data system for the purpose of tracking and analyzing education, workforce and related data.

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.

Providing for the modernization of notarization and the county register of deeds process with respect to real estate documents for the purpose of mitigation of real estate document-related fraud, requiring the development, implementation and administration of a two-tiered authentication system for notarization of real estate documents, requiring use of a 3D biometric antifraud system by all notaries public by December 31, 2026, and allowing any register of deeds to delay filing of real estate...

Enacting the fair chance housing and homelessness reduction act to limit the use of past evictions and rental arrears to deny applicants from renting a home.

Authorizing legal publications to be made on internet websites selected by the governing body of a city, county or school district.

Providing an income tax credit for an eligible small business that purchases qualified local news organization advertising.

Directing the secretary for children and families to review and compare data for public assistance program eligibility.

Creating the bitcoin and digital assets reserve fund and providing definitions, procedures and requirements for abandoned digital assets.

Enacting the app store accountability act to regulate app store and developer operations with respect to minors, create requirements for age verification and parental consent and provide for enforcement under the Kansas consumer protection act and through a private cause of action.

Eliminating certain stipulations relating to the payment of negotiable instruments on Saturday afternoons or holidays.