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  • Committee Assistant: Connie Burns 785-296-4335
  • Connie.Burns@Senate.ks.gov

    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 10:30 am Location: 144-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB11 - Prohibiting the altering or backdating of the postmarks of advance mail ballots.
    SB34 - Sunsetting administrative rules and regulations five years after adoption unless extended by the legislature.
    SB35 - Removing the option of extension of the time for receipt of advance mail ballots after the third day following an election.
    SB79 - Providing the state fire marshal with law enforcement powers and requiring an investigation of deaths resulting from fire.
    SB92 - Creating the Kansas equal access act to authorize the use of medical marijuana.
    SB94 - Requiring all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots.
    SB96 - Repealing the provision of Kansas residency for purposes of tuition and fees at a postsecondary educational institution for individuals who are not lawfully present in the United States.
    SB108 - Creating the veterans benefit lottery game fund and transferring moneys to veterans service programs.
    SB109 - Requiring the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office to submit an initial application for a VA state veterans home construction grant.
    SB125 - Authorizing mail ballot elections for propositions to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas.
    SB130 - Amending the definition of "race" in the Kansas act against discrimination to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.
    SB156 - Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol.
    SB165 - Removing the requirement of residency for election commissioners.
    SB166 - Authorizing county election officers to transmit advance voting ballots up to 40 days prior to the election.
    SB169 - Authorizing the legislative coordinating council to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in the state capitol.
    SB179 - Designating February 15 of each year as Susan B. Anthony Day in the state of Kansas.
    SB184 - Authorizing any registered voter to apply for permanent advance voting status.
    SB187 - Prohibiting internet social media terms of service that permit censorship of speech.
    SB188 - Enacting the national popular vote interstate compact for electing the president of the United States.
    SB190 - Creating the Kansas protection of firearm rights act to restore the right to possess a firearm upon expungement of certain convictions.
    SB192 - Requiring relinquishment of firearms pursuant to certain court orders related to domestic violence.
    SB201 - Authorizing voter registration for individuals 16 years of age or older.
    SB209 - Restrictions on third party solicitations to registered voters to file an application for an advance voting ballot.
    SB210 - Reducing the number of members of the house of representatives to 120.
    SB252 - Creating fulfillment house licenses to authorize storage and shipping services provided to winery special order shipping licensees.
    SB253 - Allowing a farm winery licensee to transfer and receive bulk wine and produce fortified wine.
    SB254 - Authorizing certain licensees under the Kansas liquor control act and the club and drinking establishment act to sell and serve cereal malt beverages.
    SB255 - Allowing the director of alcoholic beverage control to suspend or revoke a license under the Kansas liquor control act or the club and drinking establishment act.
    SB256 - Changing the start time for Sunday sales of alcoholic liquor from 12 noon to 10 a.m. and removing restrictions on sales on certain holidays.
    SB257 - Allowing clubs and drinking establishments to sell beer and cereal malt beverage for consumption off the licensed premises.
    SB258 - Clarifying the license terms and electronic submission of tax payments, reports and documentation for holders of a special order shipping license.
    SB262 - Authorizing a vote in Sedgwick county to allow the operation of electronic gaming machines at a racetrack gaming facility and prohibiting betting on greyhound races.
    SB292 - Limiting who may return an advance voting ballot and the number of such ballots a person may return.
    SB293 - Creating the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act to criminalize the receipt and expenditure of private moneys by election officials.
    SB294 - Creating the Roy'Ale Spencer firearms safety act to require firearms to be safely secured and establishing criminal penalties for violations of the act.
    SB307 - Requiring that advance voting ballots be returned to the county election office by the day of the election.
    SB310 - Establishing the Kansas reapportionment commission to propose reapportionment plans for congressional, senate, representative and board of education districts and imposing requirements for enactment of such plans.
    SB312 - Changing election law regarding bond law elections, eliminating the requirement that county commissioners reside in the county, clarifying mail ballot provisions and repealing obsolete election laws relating to the presidential preference primary and certain elections-related corporate contribution restrictions.
    HB2005 - Excluding hot water supply boilers that have a nominal water capacity not exceeding 120 gallons from the provisions of the boiler safety act.
    HB2057 - Allowing an alcoholic liquor manufacturer to obtain a drinking establishment license under certain conditions.
    HB2209 - Enacting the psychology interjurisdictional compact to provide for interjurisdictional authorization to practice telepsychology and temporary in-person, face-to-face psychology.
    HB2212 - Eliminating Kansas residency requirements for various liquor licenses.
    HB2264 - Permitting student athletes at postsecondary educational institutions to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, likeness rights or athletic reputation.
    HB2339 - Expanding the crime of election tampering to include changing or altering votes cast, manipulating computer hardware or software or vote tabulation methods or producing false vote totals.
    HB2406 - Sunday start time for the sale of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage in retail stores changed from 12 noon to 9 a.m.
    HB2417 - Allowing clubs and drinking establishments to sell beer and cereal malt beverage for consumption off the licensed premises.
    Resolutions In Committee
    SCR1609 - Proposing a constitutional amendment that provides for legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials.
    SCR1611 - Article V Convention to propose amendments to limit federal power.
    HCR5013 - Urging congress to propose the "keep nine" amendment to the United States constitution to prohibit expanding the number of justices on the United States supreme court.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB27 - Amending the Kansas storage tank act to extend the sunsets of certain funds and to increase certain liability and reimbursement amounts.
    SB34 - Sunsetting administrative rules and regulations five years after adoption unless extended by the legislature.
    SB35 - Removing the option of extension of the time for receipt of advance mail ballots after the third day following an election.
    SB41 - Establishing a $100 maximum out-of-pocket cost-share per month per covered person for prescription insulin drugs.
    SB42 - Concerning the study and investigation of maternal deaths in the state of Kansas.
    SB79 - Providing the state fire marshal with law enforcement powers and requiring an investigation of deaths resulting from fire.
    SB80 - Requiring changes to electric rates for transmission costs to be approved through an electric utility's general rate case proceedings.
    SB81 - Requiring the state corporation commission to provide the legislature with an annual report of the electric rates of electric public utilities in the region.
    SB82 - Limiting utilization review conducted by health plans under certain circumstances involving the treatment of mental illness or substance abuse disorder.
    SB84 - Substitute for SB 84 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing sports wagering under the Kansas expanded lottery act.
    SB94 - Requiring all voting systems for elections to use individual voter-verified paper ballots.
    SB125 - Authorizing mail ballot elections for propositions to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas.
    SB181 - Creating the elevator safety act to require inspections of elevators and licensure for elevator installation and repair.
    SB182 - Requiring electronic filing of campaign reports by candidates for state office unless an exemption is granted for cause.
    SB183 - Requiring equipment and other personal property purchased with campaign funds by a candidate terminating their candidacy be sold or purchased by the candidate for fair market value and the money disposed of in the same manner as residual funds.
    SB190 - Creating the Kansas protection of firearm rights act to restore the right to possess a firearm upon expungement of certain convictions.
    SB208 - Creating the fairness in women's sports act to require that female student athletic teams only include members who are biologically female.
    SB209 - Restrictions on third party solicitations to registered voters to file an application for an advance voting ballot.
    SB210 - Reducing the number of members of the house of representatives to 120.
    SB218 - Providing restrictions, lender reporting and other requirements for alternative small installment loans made under the UCCC.
    SB235 - Enacting the back to school act to require school districts to provide a full-time, in person attendance option for all students beginning on March 26, 2021.
    SB252 - Creating fulfillment house licenses to authorize storage and shipping services provided to winery special order shipping licensees.
    SB253 - Allowing a farm winery licensee to transfer and receive bulk wine and produce fortified wine.
    SB254 - Authorizing certain licensees under the Kansas liquor control act and the club and drinking establishment act to sell and serve cereal malt beverages.
    SB255 - Allowing the director of alcoholic beverage control to suspend or revoke a license under the Kansas liquor control act or the club and drinking establishment act.
    SB256 - Changing the start time for Sunday sales of alcoholic liquor from 12 noon to 10 a.m. and removing restrictions on sales on certain holidays.
    SB257 - Allowing clubs and drinking establishments to sell beer and cereal malt beverage for consumption off the licensed premises.
    SB258 - Clarifying the license terms and electronic submission of tax payments, reports and documentation for holders of a special order shipping license.
    SB262 - Authorizing a vote in Sedgwick county to allow the operation of electronic gaming machines at a racetrack gaming facility and prohibiting betting on greyhound races.
    SB269 - Prohibiting the sale, slaughter and acquisition of live dangerous regulated animals, including nonhuman primates and wolves as dangerous regulated animals and requiring sufficient distance and barriers between dangerous regulated animals and the public.
    SB270 - Prohibiting the hiring of certain law enforcement officers with history of serious misconduct allegations and making certain law enforcement disciplinary records public records.
    SB271 - Extending the time that victims of childhood sexual abuse have to bring a cause of action.
    SB272 - Requiring sexual assault evidence collection procedures to include a urinalysis test to determine the presence of controlled substances that may have been used to commit the alleged sexual assault.
    SB273 - Enacting the governmental response to certain emergencies by amending the Kansas emergency management act, providing procedures for declaration and extension of state of disaster emergencies, limiting powers granted to the governor during a state of disaster emergency, defining public health disasters and establishing special provisions therefor, creating the joint committee on emergency management and prescribing powers, duties and functions of the secretary of health and environment, city and county government and the board of education of each school district to control the spread of disease and establishing judicial review thereof.
    SB276 - Providing considerations in family law, adoption, foster care, guardianship and child in need of care proceedings for a parent or prospective parent who is blind.
    SB279 - Establishing the wind generation permit and property protection act and imposing certain requirements on the siting of wind turbines.
    SB283 - Continuing the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas by extending the expanded use of telemedicine, the authority of the board of healing arts to grant certain temporary emergency licenses, the suspension of certain requirements related to medical care facilities and immunity from civil liability for certain healthcare providers and certain persons conducting business in this state for COVID-19 claims until March 31, 2022.
    SB284 - Amending the Kansas emergency management act to authorize a state of disaster emergency to continue for no longer than 21 days unless ratified by concurrent resolution of the legislature and provide for extensions for specified periods not to exceed 30 days each.
    SB285 - Providing for the alpha kappa alpha distinctive license plate.
    SB287 - Enacting the Kansas medical marijuana regulation act and enacting the Kansas innovative solutions for affordable healthcare act to expand medical assistance eligibility.
    SB292 - Limiting who may return an advance voting ballot and the number of such ballots a person may return.
    SB293 - Creating the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act to criminalize the receipt and expenditure of private moneys by election officials.
    SB294 - Creating the Roy'Ale Spencer firearms safety act to require firearms to be safely secured and establishing criminal penalties for violations of the act.
    SB295 - Giving counties the authority to adopt prioritized COVID-19 vaccination plans separate from state guidelines.
    SB296 - Adjusting the rate of sales and compensating use tax on food and food ingredients and implementing additional formulaic adjustments to tax rate.
    SB298 - Updates to the controlled substances act.
    SB300 - Amending the Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act to add a person who has engaged in identity theft or identity fraud to the definition of "covered person" and add identity theft and identity fraud to the definition of "racketeering activity."
    SB301 - Establishing the office of the child advocate within the office of the attorney general and the joint committee on child welfare system oversight.
    SB303 - Prohibiting boards of county commissioners, boards of trustees or employees from restricting visitors of residents of a county home for the aged or patients in a county hospital and permitting such residents and patients to waive state, city or federal restrictions on right to receive visitors.
    SB304 - Removing the sunset provision in the COVID-19 contact tracing privacy act.
    SB307 - Requiring that advance voting ballots be returned to the county election office by the day of the election.
    SB308 - Providing for the right of individuals to not wear face coverings in places of public accommodation, refuse vaccinations and access off-label medications.
    SB309 - Designating a portion of United States highway 69 as the AMM2c Walter Scott Brown memorial highway.
    SB310 - Establishing the Kansas reapportionment commission to propose reapportionment plans for congressional, senate, representative and board of education districts and imposing requirements for enactment of such plans.
    SB312 - Changing election law regarding bond law elections, eliminating the requirement that county commissioners reside in the county, clarifying mail ballot provisions and repealing obsolete election laws relating to the presidential preference primary and certain elections-related corporate contribution restrictions.
    HB2138 - Senate Substitute for HB 2138 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing the suspension or revocation of licenses for violations of lawful orders, sales on Sunday and certain holidays and the sale and removal of beer and cereal malt beverage in certain containers.
    HB2183 - Creating the transparency in revenues underwriting elections act; prohibiting the receipt and expenditure of private moneys by election officials; directing the secretary of state to publish certain registered voter totals; relating to advance voting ballots by requiring signed statements for delivery of such ballots on behalf of a voter; limiting the number of such ballots that can be delivered; prohibiting the altering or backdating of the mailing date on such ballots; requiring a matching signature on such ballots; removing the secretary of state's authority to provide additional time for receipt of such ballots; prohibiting candidates for office from engaging in certain conduct related to advance voting ballots; creating the crime of false representation of an election official; and, expanding the crime of electioneering.
    HB2252 - Senate Substitute for HB 2252 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing the issuance of fulfillment house licenses, drinking establishment licenses to manufacturers under certain conditions and the transfer and receipt of bulk alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverage for certain purposes, requiring electronic submission of gallonage taxes by special order shipping licensees and eliminating the Kansas grown product requirements for farm wineries and microbreweries and the Kansas residency requirement for all licensees.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2021 Legislative Session
    SCR1611 - Article V Convention to propose amendments to limit federal power.
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