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SB 380 — Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services. Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB380/
HB 2739 — Relating to housing code requirements, removing the definition of apartment houses from chapter 31 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, providing requirements for adoption of the international fire code, 2024 edition, and providing that certain state accessibility standards are not applicable to moderate income Latest action: Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2739/
SB 356 — House Substitute for SB 356 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission. Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB356/
SB 186 — 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 gener Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025 (Apr 11, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB186/
HB 2737 — Enacting the taxpayer agreement act to provide for an alternative method of tax increment financing of municipal economic development projects through taxpayer agreements. Latest action: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2737/
SB 50 — Establishing uniform interest rate provisions for service scholarship programs administered by the Kansas board of regents, authorizing the board of regents to recover the costs of collecting such repayment and charge fees for administration costs, requiring eligible students to enter into agreements with the b Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (Apr 10, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB50/
SB 260 — Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of candidacy from national, state and local offices; relating to the election of the board of directors of certain irrigation districts; specifying when such ele Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB260/
SB 300 — Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a general manufacturer and removing obsolete reference to global intangible low-taxed income provided for under the federal internal revenue code in deter Latest action: Conference committee report now available (Apr 10, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB300/
HB 2164 — Senate Substitute for HB 2164 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof. Latest action: Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/HB2164/
SB 76 — Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student's biological sex and birth certificate and authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor. Latest action: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507 (Mar 21, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB76/
SB 63 — Enacting the help not harm act, restricting use of state funds to promote gender transitioning, prohibiting healthcare providers from providing gender transition care to children whose gender identity is inconsistent with the child's sex, authorizing a civil cause of action against healthcare providers for prov Latest action: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 31, Nay 9 (Feb 18, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB63/
SB 204 — 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 distric Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025 (Apr 11, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB204/
SB 126 — House Sub for SB 126 - Establishing an advance universal newborn screening program, providing for the reimbursement of certain treatment services and extending the transfer of moneys to the Kansas newborn screening fund, increasing state financial assistance for local health departments under certain circumsta Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (Apr 10, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB126/
SB 55 — Prohibiting the assignment of benefits under certain property and casualty insurance contracts and defining such assignment of benefits as an unfair method of competition and unfair or deceptive act or practice. Latest action: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB55/
SB 79 — Directing the secretary for children and families to request a waiver from supplemental nutrition assistance program rules that would allow the state to prohibit the purchase of candy and soft drinks with food assistance. Latest action: No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained (Apr 11, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB79/
SB 398 — Requiring a proponent to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that certain specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand evidence before certain qualified witnesses may testify. Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB398/
SB 84 — Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance from one or more other adults, requirements for decision-making agreements and duties related thereto. Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB84/
SB 30 — Providing for occupational licensing annual reports by agencies to the joint committee on administrative rules and regulations and requiring that adoption of new occupational licenses and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by the legislature by ratification. Latest action: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to Senate on Monday, April 6, 2026 (Apr 9, 2026) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB30/
SB 199 — Designating the existing fallen firefighters memorial within the Kansas firefighters museum in Wichita as the official fallen firefighters memorial of the state of Kansas and replacing the Kansas firefighters memorial advisory committee with the Kansas firefighter memorial council; defining the fireworks sales Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025 (Apr 10, 2025) https://openstates.org/ks/bills/2025-2026/SB199/