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  1. HB 2763 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. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  2. HR 6047 recognizing and honoring Thomas Day. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Hawkins (R) Resolution Enrolled on Monday, April 13, 2026
  3. SR 1738 Congratulating the 2025 and 2026 Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools award recipients. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Argabright (R) Resolution Enrolled on Friday, April 10, 2026
  4. HB 2412 Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school diploma. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Collins (R) Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 13, 2026
  5. HB 2513 Making and concerning supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2026 and appropriations for fiscal years 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030 for various state agencies, authorizing certain capital improvement projects and fees, authorizing certain transfers. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State Bill Motion to override line item veto prevailed; Line item veto 26(a) 53(b) 54(w) 54(u) 78(...
  6. HB 2365 Adding and removing certain substances in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act and making conforming changes to the criminal code definition of fentanyl-related controlled substances. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services Bill Approved by Governor on Friday, April 10, 2026
  7. HB 2535 Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary Bill Motion to not adopt Conference Committee Report passed; Yea: 107 Nay: 14 (Bill is killed)
  8. HB 2111 Senate Substitute for HB 2111 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Exempting certain registered agritourism operations from local code and regulation enforcement. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Water Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  9. SB 51 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. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Commerce Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  10. SCR 1626 Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2026 regular session of the Legislature. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Sykes (D) Concurrent Resolution Enrolled on Friday, April 17, 2026
  11. HB 2049 Updating public adjuster and insurance agent statutes pertaining to suspension, revocation, denial of licensure and licensure renewal. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Insurance Bill Representative James, Representative Chauncey, and Representative Weigel are appointe...
  12. HB 2569 Requiring actions challenging the constitutionality of an election statute to be brought in the district court of Shawnee county and providing a conditional amendment to limit advance voting if a court order invalidates or enjoins the signature verification requirement. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Elections Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  13. HB 2029 Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Schwertfeger (R) Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  14. SB 430 Permitting licensed physical therapists to perform certain capillary blood tests. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  15. SB 82 Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to grant physical environment waivers for certain rural emergency hospitals to provide skilled nursing facility care. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Public Health and Welfare Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  16. HB 2468 Electing to participate in the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations and increasing the aggregate tax credit limit on the tax credit for low income students scholarship program. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Education Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  17. HCR 5008 Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary Concurrent Resolution Motion to concur with amendments failed; Yea: 59 Nay: 62
  18. SB 300 Prohibiting the office of the state bank commissioner or any other state agency from becoming a receiver for a technology-enabled fiduciary financial institution that becomes insolvent or declares bankruptcy. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Joint Committee on Fiduciary Financial Institutions Oversight Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  19. HB 2745 Senate Substitute for HB 2745 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Taxation Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  20. SB 254 Prohibiting aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  21. HB 2346 Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  22. HB 2044 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. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Insurance Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  23. HB 2018 Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Elections Bill Will become law without Governor's signature
  24. HB 2515 Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions Bill Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 17, 2026
  25. HB 2587 Authorizing a licensed private psychiatric hospital to maintain a stock supply of emergency medication kits for pharmaceutical emergencies. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  26. SB 391 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. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Federal and State Affairs Bill Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 85 Nay: 38
  27. HB 2651 Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary Bill No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
  28. HB 2043 Providing a protest petition to contest certain increases in property tax revenues and continuing reimbursements from the taxpayer notification costs fund for an additional five years. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Insurance Bill Reengrossed on Monday, April 13, 2026
  29. HB 2731 Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance, directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval, prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs, limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program. 2026-04-10
    Sponsor: Committee on Welfare Reform Bill Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 29 Nay: 10
  30. HB 2579 Designating a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Transportation Bill Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
  31. SB 334 Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Commerce Bill Will become law without Governor's signature
  32. HB 2467 Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts and the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Transportation Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  33. HB 2595 Substitute for HB 2595 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the attorney training program for rural Kansas act, providing stipends to law students who meet certain requirements and agree to practice law in rural areas and providing loan forgiveness to lawyers who meet certain requirements and practice law in rural areas. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  34. HB 2320 Authorizing children in the custody of the secretary of the department for children and families to attend school in any school district, requiring records for such students to be timely transferred between school districts and requiring a transportation plan if the child remains in the school of origin. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on K-12 Education Budget Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  35. HB 2536 Requiring proposed guardians for certain adults who have a cognitive impairment or are diagnosed with a neurological condition to complete training approved by the secretary for aging and disability services prior to appointment as a guardian. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  36. HB 2747 Specifying that courts shall consider certain factors in determining whether a prior violation of law is comparable to any act described in certain driving under the influence crimes when calculating a person's criminal history score under the Kansas sentencing guidelines act. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  37. HB 2781 Authorizing the state historical society to acquire the junior officers' quarters at Fort Dodge and provide for the use, preservation, improvement, control and maintenance thereof. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Appropriations Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  38. HB 2534 Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain a supply of naloxone in all schools, requiring the department of education to establish guidelines for active shooter drills conducted by public and accredited nonpublic elementary and secondary schools, regulating active shooter simulations in such schools and modifying the requirements for student cohorts and achievement goals in school district at-risk student accountability plans. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  39. HB 2393 Authorizing the supreme court to impose a charge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel through June 30, 2030. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Appropriations Bill Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
  40. HB 2416 Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Delperdang (R) Bill Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
  41. HB 2369 Allowing pharmacists to administer certain vaccines to children and adults pursuant to a vaccination protocol. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Health and Human Services Bill Withdrawn from Committee on Health and Human Services; Rereferred to Committee on Insurance
  42. HR 6046 Honoring and supporting United States veterans who served in Honduras between 1981 and 1992. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Wilborn (R) Resolution Enrolled on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  43. HR 6045 Providing for a session of the House of Representatives to hear a message from Ambassador Alexander Tah-ray Yui. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Carpenter,B. (R) Resolution Enrolled on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  44. HB 2479 Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  45. HB 2653 Requiring the secretary of corrections to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment-related documentation prior to release from custody. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  46. HB 2615 Designating a portion of United States highway 75 as the Brig Gen George H Wark memorial highway, a portion of United States highway 56 as the Bill Tucker memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the purple heart/combat wounded veterans highway for United States highway 75. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Transportation Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  47. HB 2192 Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  48. HB 2413 Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Steele (R) Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  49. HB 2099 Senate Substitute for HB 2099 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Local Government Bill Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
  50. SB 33 House Substitute for Substitute for SB 33 by Committee on Taxation - Providing that countywide retailers' sales tax is apportioned based on total assessed valuations of the county and cities within the county rather than property taxes levied. 2026-04-09
    Sponsor: Committee on Assessment and Taxation Bill Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 1

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