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House Committee on Federal and State Affairs

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 9:00 am Location: 346-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB363 - Amending statutes regulating the practice of barbering regarding licensure, examination and fees.
    HB2043 - Requiring that discharged inmates be offered the opportunity to register to vote and requiring the secretary of state to develop a voter registration program that offers voter registration services through certain state agencies and at each accredited high school.
    HB2044 - Amending the definition of "race" in the Kansas act against discrimination to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.
    HB2045 - Increasing the statutory limit for charges assessed on loans made by pawnbrokers.
    HB2046 - Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.
    HB2051 - Establishing the advisory commission on Asian-American Pacific Islander affairs.
    HB2177 - Removing statutory provisions that require marriage to be between two parties of the opposite sex.
    HB2178 - Amending the Kansas act against discrimination to include sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and status as a veteran.
    HB2188 - Regulating the sale and distribution of kratom products, requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations and requiring licensure of kratom product dealers.
    HB2208 - Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property to the Shawnee Tribe.
    HB2244 - Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.
    HB2245 - Creating the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.
    HB2301 - Requiring commercial entities that produce material harmful to minors on the internet to require age verification for access to such internet sites and establishing a civil cause of action against such commercial entities by persons harmed to recover actual and punitive damages, court costs and attorney fees.
    HB2303 - Enacting the community defense and human trafficking reduction act to regulate sexually oriented businesses and human trafficking and to impose criminal penalties.
    HB2311 - Amending the Kansas amusement ride act relating to inspections of amusement rides and inflatable devices, training regarding the operation of amusement rides and inflatable devices and establishing an annual permit fee for inflatable devices.
    HB2339 - Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish a Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.
    HB2402 - Prohibiting new self-service storage facilities from being located within 1,000 feet of a child care facility or school.
    HB2403 - Creating the crime of unlawful storage of any firearm including a rifle, shotgun or machine gun or stun guns and the crime of unlawful storage of a large magazine capacity rifle or shotgun or machine gun where a minor has access.
    HB2404 - Enacting the Kansas protection of pensions and businesses against ideological interference act, relating to ideological boycotts involving environmental, social or governance standards, requiring KPERS to divest from and prohibiting state contracts or the deposit of state moneys with entities engaged in such boycotts as determined by the state treasurer and prohibiting discriminatory practices in the financial services industry based on such boycotts.
    HB2405 - Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
    HB2413 - Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
    HB2431 - Allowing vessels that operate upon the Perry reservoir to be licensed as clubs and drinking establishments.
    HB2441 - Creating the anti-red flag gun seizure act to prohibit the enforcement of any law, regulation or order that prohibits the possession of a firearm in violation of amendment II to the constitution of the United States.
    HB2442 - Creating the Kansas gun rights preservation act to prohibit the infringement of Kansas citizens' constitutional right to keep and bear arms by the federal government.
    HB2456 - Imposing requirements for reapportionment legislation.
    HB2469 - Changing the order of succession for the office of governor to provide that the speaker of the house of representatives shall become governor if the office of both the governor and lieutenant governor are vacant rather than the president of the senate.
    HB2476 - Requiring legislative approval of any national heritage area or national historic trail in the state of Kansas and prohibiting state funding of any national heritage area or national historic trail unless such funding is first approved by the legislature of the state of Kansas.
    HB2492 - Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition.
    HB2515 - Creating a civil cause of action against any healthcare provider who injures a child during an attempted abortion.
    HB2649 - Requiring the attorney general to submit an annual report to certain legislative committees relating to coordinated law enforcement agency training regarding missing and murdered indigenous persons.
    HB2652 - Requiring that the national motto be displayed in every public building.
    HB2677 - Authorizing the sale of wine by cereal malt beverage retailer licensees.
    HB2737 - Creating the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove the exceptions to the wrongful cause of death action for lawful abortions.
    HB2801 - Requiring a manufacturer of electronic cigarettes to certify annually under penalty of perjury that the manufacturer has received marketing authorization from the United States food and drug administration for the electronic cigarettes, establishing annual fees, requiring the department of revenue to maintain a website directory containing a list of all electronic cigarette manufacturers and certified electronic cigarettes and establishing civil and criminal penalties for violations.
    HB2803 - Creating the Kansas gun rights preservation act to prohibit the commandeering of state resources to enforce federal gun control against law-abiding citizens.
    HB2809 - Creating the every mom matters act to require the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption.
    HB2814 - Establishing the Kansas ultrasound act, requiring that an obstetric ultrasound be performed on a woman prior to an abortion, permitting a woman to avert her eyes from the ultrasound images, establishing civil and criminal penalties and providing an emergency exception to requirements of the act.
    HB2817 - Removing the maximum fee amount for controlled shooting area operator licenses and allowing the secretary of wildlife and parks to adjust such license fee amount on an annual basis to cover any projected loss of revenue caused by enactments concerning wildlife fees by the legislature.
    HB2822 - Extending restrictions on fees charged for records by state agencies under the open records act to include fees charged for records by political and taxing subdivisions.
    HB2823 - Creating an expedited process for the eviction of unauthorized persons occupying a rental dwelling unit and amending the residential landlord tenant act to require rental agreements to include a list of all persons who will occupy the rental dwelling unit.
    HB2835 - Requiring cities of the first class and counties that have cities of the first class to adopt, by ordinance or resolution, respectively, law enforcement vehicle pursuit protocols and requiring chiefs of police and county sheriffs to propose such protocols for adoption or amendment.
    HB2838 - Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons convicted of a felony if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
    Resolutions In Committee
    HCR5006 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to repeal section 16 of article 15 of the constitution of the state of Kansas that requires marriage to be between individuals of the opposite sex.
    HCR5020 - Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
    HR6039 - Affirming the commitment to freedom of expression with integrity
    Sponsored Bills
    SB116 - House Substitute for SB 116 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Removing state agency fees for licenses to carry concealed handguns.
    SB446 - Prohibiting acquisitions of ownership interests in certain Kansas real property by foreign individuals and entities unless authorized by the state land council and establishing the state land council.
    SB474 - Eliminating the administrative ordinance restriction in the city initiative statute.
    HB2043 - Requiring that discharged inmates be offered the opportunity to register to vote and requiring the secretary of state to develop a voter registration program that offers voter registration services through certain state agencies and at each accredited high school.
    HB2044 - Amending the definition of "race" in the Kansas act against discrimination to include traits historically associated with race, including hair texture and protective hairstyles.
    HB2045 - Increasing the statutory limit for charges assessed on loans made by pawnbrokers.
    HB2046 - Requiring all persons to be 18 years of age to be eligible to give consent for marriage and eliminating exceptions to such requirement.
    HB2058 - Requiring monthly remittance of gallonage taxes on wine to the secretary of revenue by the holder of a special order shipping license.
    HB2059 - Exempting charitable raffle prizes of alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverages from the Kansas liquor control act, the club and drinking establishment act and the Kansas cereal malt beverage act; amending the spirits, wine and beer distributors law regulating samples; requiring monthly remittance of gallonage taxes regarding special order shipping of wine; allowing businesses to sell cereal malt beverage by the drink on Sundays without requiring that 30% of the gross receipts of such businesses be derived from the sale of food; permitting food establishments to allow dogs in outside areas on the premises and food establishments that are microbreweries to allow dogs in outside and inside areas on the premises notwithstanding certain provisions of the Kansas food code; amending the common consumption area law to permit rather than require roads be blocked and allowing designation of such areas by signage.
    HB2084 - Enacting the kratom consumer protection act, defining kratom as a food product, prohibiting the sale of kratom that is adulterated, requiring persons to be at least 18 years of age for the purchase of such product, establishing civil fines for violations of the act and requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations for the administration of the act.
    HB2151 - Requiring the secretary of corrections to notify judges, prosecutors, nonexpert witnesses and lead investigators when an inmate is released from custody.
    HB2152 - Requiring the display of the national motto in public schools, colleges and universities.
    HB2169 - Permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time, permitting victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring a civil action for recovery of damages caused by such abuse at any time and reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984.
    HB2170 - Providing sampling rules for alcoholic liquor and cereal malt beverages for spirits distributors, wine distributors and beer distributors in regard to the amount of products used for samples for distributors, retailers and club and drinking establishment licensees.
    HB2187 - Adding members to the commission on peace officers' standards and training and requiring the new members to be appointed with a preference to increase diversity.
    HB2188 - Regulating the sale and distribution of kratom products, requiring the secretary of agriculture to adopt rules and regulations and requiring licensure of kratom product dealers.
    HB2207 - Expanding the election crime of corrupt political advertising to include messages sent using text messaging devices.
    HB2208 - Authorizing the state historical society to convey certain real property to the Shawnee Tribe.
    HB2269 - Amending the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act to raise the minimum age to 21 years old for the sale, purchase or possession of cigarettes, electronic cigarettes or tobacco products.
    HB2300 - Requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect of children except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege.
    HB2301 - Requiring commercial entities that produce material harmful to minors on the internet to require age verification for access to such internet sites and establishing a civil cause of action against such commercial entities by persons harmed to recover actual and punitive damages, court costs and attorney fees.
    HB2303 - Enacting the community defense and human trafficking reduction act to regulate sexually oriented businesses and human trafficking and to impose criminal penalties.
    HB2304 - Standardizing firearms safety programs in school districts.
    HB2311 - Amending the Kansas amusement ride act relating to inspections of amusement rides and inflatable devices, training regarding the operation of amusement rides and inflatable devices and establishing an annual permit fee for inflatable devices.
    HB2345 - Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for adults who want decision-making assistance.
    HB2358 - Relating to the uniform vital statistics act; regarding certification of individual causes of death; permitting cause of death certifiers to provide certification.
    HB2402 - Prohibiting new self-service storage facilities from being located within 1,000 feet of a child care facility or school.
    HB2403 - Creating the crime of unlawful storage of any firearm including a rifle, shotgun or machine gun or stun guns and the crime of unlawful storage of a large magazine capacity rifle or shotgun or machine gun where a minor has access.
    HB2404 - Enacting the Kansas protection of pensions and businesses against ideological interference act, relating to ideological boycotts involving environmental, social or governance standards, requiring KPERS to divest from and prohibiting state contracts or the deposit of state moneys with entities engaged in such boycotts as determined by the state treasurer and prohibiting discriminatory practices in the financial services industry based on such boycotts.
    HB2405 - Establishing the Kansas legal tender act and providing for an income tax subtraction modification for sales of specie.
    HB2406 - Prohibiting persons in charge of a building from requiring off-duty police officers carrying a concealed handgun from providing certain personal information or wearing anything identifying such persons as a law enforcement officer or as being armed.
    HB2412 - Removing state agency fees for concealed-carry licenses.
    HB2413 - Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
    HB2417 - Creating the medical cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis.
    HB2422 - Eliminating the statutory qualifications listed for the chief inspector for boiler safety appointed by the state fire marshal.
    HB2426 - Authorizing appeals from certain decisions related to a citizen-initiated grand jury.
    HB2427 - Requiring school districts to provide separate accommodations for students of each biological sex on overnight school sponsored trips.
    HB2430 - Providing for requirements for use of funds allocated to agencies for the purpose of supporting unhoused individuals and creating penalties for unauthorized camping on government-owned land.
    HB2431 - Allowing vessels that operate upon the Perry reservoir to be licensed as clubs and drinking establishments.
    HB2437 - Updating certain terms, requirements and fees contained in the Kansas pet animal act.
    HB2438 - Eliminating the instructor-coordinator's certificate requirement associated with the teaching of emergency medical services courses.
    HB2439 - Requiring notification to patients that the effects of a medication abortion may be reversible.
    HB2441 - Creating the anti-red flag gun seizure act to prohibit the enforcement of any law, regulation or order that prohibits the possession of a firearm in violation of amendment II to the constitution of the United States.
    HB2442 - Creating the Kansas gun rights preservation act to prohibit the infringement of Kansas citizens' constitutional right to keep and bear arms by the federal government.
    HB2446 - Prohibiting cities and counties from regulating plastic and other containers designed for the consumption, transportation or protection of merchandise, food or beverages.
    HB2447 - Prohibiting cities and counties from banning the sale of products or services otherwise allowed by state law.
    HB2451 - Specifying the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration amount for final hemp products and allowing certain hemp products to be manufactured, marketed, sold or distributed.
    HB2455 - Updating the Kansas general corporation code, the business entity transactions act, the business entity standard treatment act, the Kansas revised uniform limited partnership act and the Kansas uniform partnership act.
    HB2456 - Imposing requirements for reapportionment legislation.
    HB2458 - Authorizing the state board of education to establish a new unified school district, if necessary, for the attachment of territory of a school district disorganized via voter petition and providing for administrative and judicial review of resolutions to permanently close a public school building.
    HB2467 - Revising the definition of "abortion" to clarify procedures that are excluded from such definition.
    HB2469 - Changing the order of succession for the office of governor to provide that the speaker of the house of representatives shall become governor if the office of both the governor and lieutenant governor are vacant rather than the president of the senate.
    HB2515 - Creating a civil cause of action against any healthcare provider who injures a child during an attempted abortion.
    HB2632 - Expanding membership of the law enforcement memorial advisory committee to include a representative of the Kansas chapter of concerns of police survivors to be appointed by the governor.
    HB2652 - Requiring that the national motto be displayed in every public building.
    HB2653 - Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception.
    HB2677 - Authorizing the sale of wine by cereal malt beverage retailer licensees.
    HB2737 - Creating the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution for violation of Alexa's law and to remove the exceptions to the wrongful cause of death action for lawful abortions.
    HB2783 - Concerning motor vehicles; prohibiting any state agency, city or county from regulating or restricting the use or sale of motor vehicles based on the energy source used; allowing state agencies and local governments to establish purchase policies regarding the energy source for vehicles.
    HB2801 - Requiring a manufacturer of electronic cigarettes to certify annually under penalty of perjury that the manufacturer has received marketing authorization from the United States food and drug administration for the electronic cigarettes, establishing annual fees, requiring the department of revenue to maintain a website directory containing a list of all electronic cigarette manufacturers and certified electronic cigarettes and establishing civil and criminal penalties for violations.
    HB2803 - Creating the Kansas gun rights preservation act to prohibit the commandeering of state resources to enforce federal gun control against law-abiding citizens.
    HB2806 - Authorizing certain telecommunications and video service providers to operate in county public right-of-way and limiting the fees and costs that a county may impose upon such providers for such activities.
    HB2807 - Providing for the appointment of delegates to a convention under article V of the constitution of the United States and prescribing the duties and responsibilities therefor.
    HB2808 - Creating the crimes of causing harm to a public transportation employee and  aggravated causing harm to a public transportation employee and the crime of abuse of a sports official; providing penalties thereof.
    HB2809 - Creating the every mom matters act to require the state treasurer to contract with eligible organizations to provide information and support services to pregnant women and parents considering adoption.
    HB2810 - Amending the Kansas life and health guaranty association act to include health maintenance organizations as member insurers and broadening the assessment base for long-term care insurance insolvencies.
    HB2813 - Creating the crime of reproductive coercion that includes coercion to obtain an abortion or to gain control over the reproductive autonomy of another person by force; providing penalties.
    HB2814 - Establishing the Kansas ultrasound act, requiring that an obstetric ultrasound be performed on a woman prior to an abortion, permitting a woman to avert her eyes from the ultrasound images, establishing civil and criminal penalties and providing an emergency exception to requirements of the act.
    HB2818 - Providing for a legislative review process and criteria when considering bills that propose new or additional occupational regulation, requiring the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations to review such bills and authorizing the joint committee to direct regulatory entities or to contract with a consulting firm to provide a report to the legislature to inform the legislature's consideration of such bill.
    HB2821 - Creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general and establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend state statutes and rules and regulations for program participants.
    HB2822 - Extending restrictions on fees charged for records by state agencies under the open records act to include fees charged for records by political and taxing subdivisions.
    HB2823 - Creating an expedited process for the eviction of unauthorized persons occupying a rental dwelling unit and amending the residential landlord tenant act to require rental agreements to include a list of all persons who will occupy the rental dwelling unit.
    HB2824 - Mandating insurance coverage for pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS) and pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections (PANDAS).
    HB2835 - Requiring cities of the first class and counties that have cities of the first class to adopt, by ordinance or resolution, respectively, law enforcement vehicle pursuit protocols and requiring chiefs of police and county sheriffs to propose such protocols for adoption or amendment.
    HB2838 - Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons convicted of a felony if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2023 Legislative Session
    HCR5008 - Applying to the Congress of the United States to call for a convention of the states for the limited purpose of amending the constitution of the United States to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2024 Legislative Session
    HCR5008 - Applying to the Congress of the United States to call for a convention of the states for the limited purpose of amending the constitution of the United States to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government.
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