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A resolution congratulating and commending the 2024-2025 Washburn University men's basketball team for an outstanding season and qualification for the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship.
This bill congratulates and commends the Washburn University men's basketball team for their outstanding season and qualification for the Final Four of the NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship.
Honoring the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Danny J. Petersen.
This bill honors the service and sacrifice of Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient Danny J. Petersen.
Approving an amendment to the gaming compact with the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska concerning sports wagering.
This bill approves an amendment to a gaming compact between Kansas and the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri, allowing for sports wagering.
Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
This bill allows law enforcement officers to investigate violations of the Scrap Metal Theft Reduction Act. It doesn't change any existing laws or regulations.
Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of the county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district, allowing such boards to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county and requiring the case, warrant and subpoena information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases.
This bill changes how some county law libraries are run. It lets the chief judge of a judicial district appoint certain board members and use fees for court functions.
Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.
This bill updates laws related to child sexual exploitation, visual depictions of children, and privacy. It also changes rules for setting bail for certain sex crimes.
Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2025 regular session of the Senate and House of Representatives.
This bill officially ends the 2025 regular session of the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives. It does not make any changes to laws or policies.
Recognizing April 15, 2025, as Jackie Robinson Day.
This bill recognizes April 15, 2025, as Jackie Robinson Day. It's a one-time declaration.
Providing for the hunter nation distinctive license plate.
This bill allows Kansas hunters to purchase a distinctive license plate that shows their support for hunting and conservation efforts.
Limiting and discontinuing the Kansas affordable housing tax credit and expanding transferability of Kansas housing investor tax credits.
This bill limits and ends a tax credit for affordable housing in Kansas. It also makes it easier to transfer tax credits for investors who fund new housing projects.
Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Finney, Pawnee, Seward and Jackson counties, providing that countywide retailers' sales tax apportionment based on tangible property tax levies remain unchanged until December 31, 2026, and excluding exempt sales of certain custom meat processing services from sales tax exemption certificate requirements.
This bill gives four Kansas counties - Finney, Pawnee, Seward, and Jackson - the authority to collect sales tax from retailers. It also keeps the way sales tax is divided among these counties the same until the end of 2026.
Providing an additional personal exemption for head of household tax filers and increasing the personal exemption for certain disabled veterans for purposes of income tax, modifying the definition of household income related to increased property tax homestead refund claims, providing for the apportionment of business income by the single sales factor and the apportionment of financial institution income by the receipts factor, providing for the apportionment pursuant to the three-factor test of a manufacturer who sells alcoholic liquor, requiring the use of single sales factor pursuant to the multistate tax compact, establishing deductions from income when using the single sales factor and receipts factor, providing for the decrease in corporate income tax rates, determining when sales other than tangible personal property are made in the state, excluding sales of a unitary business group of electric and natural gas public utilities, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers.
This bill increases personal exemptions for some Kansans, makes changes to property tax refunds, and updates rules for businesses and corporations. It also provides tax breaks for certain veterans and property owners.
Amending the Kansas open records act by limiting certain charges for furnishing records and employee time required to make records available and exempting certain records from disclosure and amending the Kansas open meetings act by providing for the membership calculation of subordinate groups and requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe.
This bill updates Kansas laws on open records and meetings. It sets limits on how much public bodies can charge for sharing information and exempts certain documents from being released. It also requires live-streamed meetings to be easily viewable by the public.
Senate Substitute for HB 2125 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Modifying the deadline for mailing property tax statements to taxpayers and the deadline for governing bodies to certify the amount of property tax to be levied to the county clerk, providing for the county clerk's use of the previous year's budget when a taxing subdivision fails to timely file its budget, modifying the content requirements of the revenue neutral rate hearing notice for property tax purposes, extending reimbursement from the taxpayer notification costs fund for printing and postage costs for county clerks for calendar years 2025 and 2026, prohibiting a filing fee when a previous appeal remains pending before the board of tax appeals and authorizing the continuation of the 20-mill statewide property tax levy for schools.
This bill changes deadlines for property tax statements and budget submissions. It also affects how county clerks handle budgets and appeals.
Reducing certain license fees and training requirements for child care staff, creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements, authorizing the secretary of health and environment to develop and operate pilot programs to increase child care availability or capacity, transferring certain child care programs to the Kansas office of early childhood and creating day care licensing duties of the director of early childhood.
This bill reduces fees and training requirements for child care staff, allows day care facilities to temporarily waive certain rules, and increases availability of child care services.
Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2007 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.
This bill reconciles multiple amendments to certain Kansas statutes. It does not introduce new laws or policies.
Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2025 and appropriations for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers authorizing the payment of certain claims against the state.
This bill makes appropriations for state agencies for fiscal years 2025, 2026, and 2027. It also authorizes capital improvement projects and fees.
Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.
This bill increases the amount of money the Kansas Secretary of Corrections can pay inmates who are injured or have property damaged due to negligence. It also requires inmates to notify the secretary if their losses exceed this new maximum payment.
Providing a sales tax exemption for the construction or remodeling of a qualified data center in Kansas and the purchase of data center equipment, eligible data center costs and certain labor costs to qualified firms that commit to a minimum investment of at least $250,000,000 and meet new Kansas jobs and other requirements.
This bill provides a sales tax exemption for companies that build or renovate data centers in Kansas and purchase equipment if they invest at least $250 million and meet certain job requirements.
Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission.
This bill proposes a constitutional amendment that would allow Kansans to directly elect Supreme Court justices and eliminate the current process of selecting them through a nominating commission.
Encouraging the governor to fully cooperate with federal enforcement of immigration laws.
This bill encourages the Kansas governor to fully cooperate with federal authorities on immigration law enforcement. It does not propose any new laws or regulations.
Providing that future income tax and privilege tax rate decreases be contingent on exceeding revenue estimates and retaining a certain amount in the budget stabilization fund.
This bill makes future income tax and privilege tax rate decreases dependent on exceeding revenue estimates and keeping a certain amount in the budget stabilization fund. This means that if state revenue exceeds projections, taxes could be lowered. If not, taxes would remain the same.
Enacting the right to try for individualized treatments act to permit a manufacturer to make an individualized investigative treatment available to a requesting patient.
This bill allows a manufacturer to provide an experimental treatment to a patient who requests it. The patient must be diagnosed with a serious or life-threatening condition.
Providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a restraint of trade in certain circumstances.
This bill makes it easier for people who sign contracts that include restrictions on what they can do. For example, a employee might agree not to work for a competitor after leaving their job.
Providing for different credit percentages for the tax credit for expenditures for the restoration and preservation of historic structures based on city populations and the amount of the expenditures.
This bill changes the tax credit for restoring historic buildings. The amount of the credit depends on the city's population and how much is spent on restoration.