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2016 Laws Report

Bills Approved By Governor

SB19 - Bill by Judiciary
Electronic service of order or notice under the Kansas administrative procedure act and the Kansas judicial review act.
SB22 - Bill by Judiciary
Substitute for SB 22 by Committee on Judiciary – Public records; audio and video recordings using a body camera or a vehicle camera; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records; open records act definitions of criminal investigation records, public agency and public record; disclosure of charitable gaming licensee information.
SB44 - Bill by Judiciary
House Substitute for SB 44 by Committee on Judiciary - Amending the commercial real estate broker lien act.
SB55 - Bill by Insurance and Financial Institutions
House Substitute for SB 55 by Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions - Authorizing the use of correction orders and civil penalties for health care facilities that violate health care provider insurance statutes.
SB99 - Bill by Transportation
Substitute for SB 99 by Committee on Transportation -Relating to height and length of vehicles and loads and exceptions to maximums.
SB103 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
Substitute for SB 103 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance - Pharmacy benefit managers limitation on activities.
SB128 - Bill by Judiciary
House Substitute for SB 128 by Committee on Judiciary – Courts; attorney licensure; selection and appointment of judges and justices; supreme court nominating commission and district judicial nominating commissions; applicability of open meetings act and open records act.
SB133 - Bill by Judiciary
Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverage by minor; immunity from criminal prosecution for minor seeking medical assistance.
SB149 - Bill by Taxation
House Substitute for SB 149 by Committee on Taxation -- Taxation; relating to income tax returns and instructions, use tax remittance, checkoff for schools; credits, angel investment tax credit; community improvement district sales tax administration fund; electronic cigarettes; sales tax exemptions, Gove county healthcare endowment foundation, inc. and personal property purchased to rebuild or repair certain fences.
SB168 - Bill by Pensions and Benefits
House Substitute for SB 168 by Committee on Pensions and Benefits – Providing certain provisions relating to working after retirement; death and disability contributions moratorium; KPERS act of 2015; Kansas deferred retirement option program act; Kansas public employees deferred compensation act.
SB175 - Bill by Ways and Means
Exercise of religious freedom by postsecondary education student associations.
SB193 - Bill by Education
House Substitute for SB 193 by Committee on Education - Amendments to the freedom from unsafe restraint and seclusion act.
SB224 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Emergency medical services board authority to impose fines, investigate and issue subpoenas.
SB225 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Interstate compact for recognition of emergency personnel licensure.
SB227 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
House Substitute for SB 227 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources - Enacting the contaminated property redevelopment act.
SB245 - Bill by Transportation
House Substitute for SB 245 by Committee on Transportation - Relating to a DUI memorial signage program, establishing the Kyle Thornburg and Kylie Jobe believe act.
SB247 - Bill by Ways and Means
Municipal audits.
SB248 - Bill by Ways and Means
Title X funding priorities for family planning service providers.
SB255 - Bill by Judiciary
House Substitute for SB 255 by Committee on Judiciary-Amending court docket fees and charges.
SB278 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Cowley county; official stone bridge capital of the state of Kansas.
SB312 - Bill by Legislative Post Audit Committee
Extending the school district efficiency audit sunset and exemption time frame.
SB314 - Bill by Senator Kerschen
Extending the local food and farm task force.
SB318 - Bill by Utilities
Utilities and state entities.
SB319 - Bill by Judiciary
Civil procedure; enacting the public speech protection act; limiting certain habeas corpus actions; amending definitions in the protection from stalking act; amending article reference for venue under the small claims procedure act.
SB321 - Bill by Judiciary
Eliminating conditions upon the protective filing of wills.
SB323 - Bill by Education
Substitute for SB 323 by Committee on Education – Providing a cap on capital improvement state aid and authorizing the state board to prioritize the allocations of capital improvement state aid; requiring school districts to provide suicide prevention and awareness training; creating a language assessment program for children who are deaf or hard of hearing.
SB325 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amending search and seizure parameters for parole and postrelease supervision.
SB326 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Increasing production limits for microbreweries; hard cider production; licensure residency requirements for farm wineries, microbreweries and microdistilleries.
SB329 - Bill by Natural Resources
Clarifying approval of a change application for place of use for multi-year flex accounts.
SB330 - Bill by Natural Resources
Establishing the Kansas conservation reserve enhancement program.
SB334 - Bill by Judiciary
Requiring notice to the attorney general before any Kansas court determines that a statute or constitutional provision is invalid or unconstitutional.
SB337 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
House Substitute for SB 337 by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources – Water; creating a penalty for failure to report annual water use; division of water resources, groundwater management, chief engineer.
SB349 - Bill by Transportation
Hazardous materials endorsement exemption.
SB352 - Bill by Commerce
Amending nonresident real estate broker and salesperson license requirements.
SB358 - Bill by Education
Amending the nurse educator service scholarship program act.
SB362 - Bill by Judiciary
Adding electronically stored information to the criminal justice information system; amending the rules of civil procedure concerning official records and authentication.
SB366 - Bill by Commerce
Concerning local governmental regulatory authority; price controls on real estate transactions; food labeling, distribution, production; residential property inspections; employee scheduling.
SB367 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amendments to the juvenile justice system.
SB369 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
Modernizing the Kansas mortgage business act.
SB373 - Bill by Transportation
Authorizing the director of the Kansas turnpike authority to instruct the division of vehicles to require payment of unpaid tolls before registering certain vehicles.
SB376 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amending law enforcement duties concerning missing person reports.
SB387 - Bill by Senators Bruce, Bowers, Wilborn
Establishing the pooled money investment board as a separate state agency for purposes of budget submissions
SB390 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
Amending the state banking code.
SB392 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amending provisions relating to a request for final disposition of detainer by prisoners.
SB402 - Bill by Health and Human Services
House Substitute for SB 402 by Committee on Health and Human Services - Public assistance; eligibility and limitations; step therapy under medicaid.
SB407 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amending registration requirements under the Kansas offender registration act for persons civilly committed under the sexually violent predator act and reviving a statute concerning conditional release of such persons.
SB408 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Reporting and investigation of abuse, neglect and exploitation of persons; duties and powers of attorney general, law enforcement and department of corrections.
SB412 - Bill by Utilities
Water district No. 1 of Johnson County and purposes of property easement.
SB418 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Enacting the host families act; clarifying use of a domestic violence offender assessment conducted by a certified batterer intervention program to aid in determining the issue of legal custody, residency and parenting time of a child; amending statutes related to human trafficking, children in need of care and juvenile offenders.
SB423 - Bill by Ways and Means
Redesignating Kansas state university-Salina, college of technology as Kansas state university polytechnic campus.
SB438 - Bill by Financial Institutions and Insurance
Renewals of property and casualty insurance policies.
SB443 - Bill by Senators Haley, Abrams, Arpke, Baumgardner, Bowers, Bruce, Denning, Donovan, Faust-Goudeau, Fitzgerald, Francisco, Hawk, Hensley, Holland, Holmes, Kelly, Kerschen, King, Knox, LaTurner, Longbine, Love, Lynn, Masterson, McGinn, Melcher, O'Donnell, Olson, Ostmeyer, Petersen, Pettey, Pilcher-Cook, Powell, Pyle, V. Schmidt, Smith, Tyson, Wagle, Wilborn, Wolf
Official state of Kansas "cage elevator."
SB449 - Bill by Public Health and Welfare
Kansas department for aging and disability services; powers, duties and functions.
SB459 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Fire extinguisher inspections; fireworks manufacturers, distributors and display operations; license fees eliminated.
SB484 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Approving a cigarette and tobacco sales and taxation compact between the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the state of Kansas.
SB485 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Approving a cigarette and tobacco sales and taxation compact between Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska and the state of Kansas.
HB2008 - Bill by Education
Senate Substitute for HB 2008 by Committee on Education - Creating the student online personal protection act.
HB2018 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice – Adding and amending substances included in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act; use of certain controlled substances to treat binge eating authorized.
HB2049 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Senate Substitute for HB 2049 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Changing the definition of “significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning” related to intellectual disability.
HB2056 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Senate Substitute for HB 2056 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Licensure of bail enforcement agents by the attorney general and amending requirements for justification and approval of sureties.
HB2062 - Bill by Judiciary
Substitute for HB 2062 by Committee on Judiciary - Uniform commercial code (UCC) updates; exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law; other technical corrections.
HB2088 - Bill by Assessment and Taxation
Senate Substitute for HB 2088 by the Committee on Assessment and Taxation-Property tax lid, cities and counties; effective date; exemptions; election options.
HB2112 - Bill by Judiciary
Senate Substitute for HB 2112 by Committee on Judiciary – Amending the Kansas general corporation code and the business entity standard treatment act.
HB2131 - Bill by Utilities
Senate Substitute for HB 2131 by Committee on Utilities - Concerning telecommunications.
HB2134 - Bill by Appropriations
Authorizing consumer credit report security freezes for individuals less than 16 years old.
HB2151 - Bill by Judiciary
Substitute for HB 2151 by Committee on Judiciary – Authorizing community parenting release for early release from incarceration; requiring all law enforcement agencies to adopt a written policy relating to eyewitness identification; requiring judges to allow certain persons to witness grand jury instructions.
HB2156 - Bill by Natural Resources
Senate Substitute for HB 2156 By Committee on Natural Resources - Amending provisions of the nongame and endangered species conservation act.
HB2163 - Bill by Local Government
Fire districts; audits.
HB2164 - Bill by Local Government
Certain sewer districts; construction contract bid threshold raised.
HB2285 - Bill by Ways and Means
Senate Substitute for HB 2285 by Committee on Ways and Means-Reconciling amendments to certain statutes.
HB2289 - Bill by Judiciary
Substitute for HB 2289 by Committee on Judiciary - DUI test refusal or failure; administrative hearing procedure.
HB2365 - Bill by Ways and Means
Senate Substitute for HB2365 by Committee on Ways and Means - Skilled nursing care facility quality care assessment rate, sunset and improvement panel amendments.
HB2387 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Emergency medical services amendments.
HB2436 - Bill by Representative Merrick
Allowing persons to operate sailboat after completing instruction led class.
HB2438 - Bill by Representative Merrick
Fire districts; city territory adjoining a fire district to be added.
HB2442 - Bill by Legislative Post Audit Committee
Limiting which government officials may receive information technology audit written reports.
HB2446 - Bill by Special Insurance
Insurance; increasing minimum motor vehicle insurance liability limit for property damage; expanding the type of claims for payment of proceeds statutes.
HB2447 - Bill by Joint Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight
Amendments concerning program credits for certain inmates.
HB2449 - Bill by Appropriations
Repealing the nonseverability clause in 2015 House Bill No. 2005 and providing for the severability of the provisions of such bill, concerning the judicial branch.
HB2454 - Bill by Insurance and Financial Institutions
Allowing health insurers to offer policies that require health services to be rendered by a participating provider.
HB2456 - Bill by Health and Human Services
Relating to minor’s access to tanning devices; licenses and regulation of barbering.
HB2460 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amending consumer protection laws related to identity theft and security of personal identifying information; creating the crime of violation of a consumer protection order related to door-to-door sales.
HB2462 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Amending penalty for first and second marijuana possession convictions; increasing criminal penalties for residential burglary; increase theft loss value required for felony and add look back period.
HB2463 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Allowing certain juvenile adjudications to decay from criminal history; prison sanctions without county jail sanction for absconders; linking person or nonperson underlying crime designations to violations of the Kansas offender registration act.
HB2473 - Bill by Transportation
Substitute for HB 2473 by Committee on Transportation - Concerning motor vehicles; relating to distinctive license plates, Alzheimer’s disease awareness, military decals; towing of vehicles from private property.
HB2480 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
Amendments to livestock brand law.
HB2485 - Bill by Insurance and Financial Institutions
Updating the effective date of the risk-based capital instructions.
HB2490 - Bill by Agriculture and Natural Resources
Allowing the secretary of the Kansas department of agriculture to contain chemical toxins and other plant pests for the protection of the public health; updating provisions relating to weights and measures.
HB2501 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Clarifying the definition of crime committed with an electronic device; including unlawful dissemination of consensually taken images in blackmail and breach of privacy; creating the crimes of unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and unlawful possession of a visual depiction of a child.
HB2502 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Regulation of the possession of firearms.
HB2509 - Bill by Commerce
Senate Substitute for HB 2509 - Concerning administrative fees for economic development programs administered by the department of commerce.
HB2512 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Allowing students early access to the CPA examination.
HB2516 - Bill by Energy and Environment
Asbestos control act, state licensing requirements and federal compliance.
HB2518 - Bill by Health and Human Services
Mandatory electronic filing of death certificates.
HB2522 - Bill by Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
Concerning the division of vehicles; relating to driver’s licenses and identification cards, renewal, use of facial imaging; application for motorized bicycle license; examinations, three-wheeled motorcycles.
HB2536 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Amendments regarding accountant licensure.
HB2545 - Bill by Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Release of information in support of arrest warrants and search warrants.
HB2549 - Bill by Federal and State Affairs
Requests for law enforcement assistance from foreign jurisdictions.
HB2558 - Bill by Local Government
Elections; regulation of election campaign workers, hospital district board elections.
HB2563 - Bill by Transportation
Nonhighway certificate of title or salvage title for travel trailers.
HB2567 - Bill by Veterans, Military and Homeland Security
Reinstating resident tuition and fees for certain military veterans and dependents.
HB2610 - Bill by Transportation
Designating the junction of interstate highway 70 and commerce parkway as the chief warrant officer 4 David Carter fallen veterans memorial interchange; allowing increased speed limit by five miles per hour on certain highways.
HB2615 - Bill by Health and Human Services
Relating to the licensure and regulation of certain health care providers.
HB2617 - Bill by Commerce, Labor and Economic Development
Workers compensation; medical administrator; electronic filing; records disclosure.
HB2622 - Bill by Education
Board of regents; updating fees and making amendments to the Kansas private and out-of-state postsecondary educational institution act; requiring a degree prospectus; awarding credit hours based on CLEP test results.
HB2632 - Bill by Insurance and Financial Institutions
Concerning economic development financing programs; tax increment financing; STAR bond financing act; Kansas bioscience authority assets sale authorization.
HB2655 - Bill by Ways and Means
Senate Substitute for HB 2655 by Committee on Ways and Means - Amendments to the CLASS Act regarding supplemental general state aid and capital outlay state aid.
HB2696 - Bill by Judiciary
Creating the Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund; relating to the law enforcement training center fund and the commission on peace officers' standards and training fund; increasing vehicle registration fees; increasing municipal court assessments; amending jurisdiction of university of Kansas medical center police officers.
HB2739 - Bill by Appropriations
State finances; performance based budgeting; program service inventory; integrated budget fiscal process; establishing a budget stabilization fund; revenue and expenditures; review of risk-based practices; repealing key deposit funds.

Bills Becoming Law Without Governors Signature

Bills Vetoed By Governor; Veto Overridden

SB280 - Bill by Taxation
House Substitute for SB 280 by Committee on Taxation - Concerning taxation; certain recreation commissions, budget, tax levy; property tax, valuation, appeals, procedure; ratio study, presentation to county commissioners; property tax exemptions; bed and breakfasts; oil and gas leases, determination of value of production, evidence; county appraisers, persons eligible; market study analysis; tax liens, extinguishment; delinquent real property taxes, interest rates, claims against the county.