Local Government & Preemption legislation in KS

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Enacted (19)

SB 260 — House Subsitute for SB 260 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - 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 elections may be conducted by the mail ballot election law; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; removing the requirements that treasurers be listed in political advertising attributions; clarifying campaign finance reports regarding vendor information.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
HB 2571 — Senate Substitute for HB 2571 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Increasing the cost threshold for when a county shall use the public bidding process in awarding a construction contract.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
HB 2769 — Requiring members of governing bodies of subordinate service taxing areas to be residents of such taxing areas.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
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.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
SB 374 — Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
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.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Wednesday, April 1, 2026
SB 435 — Providing procedures, standards and requirements for the deposit and investment of public moneys, creating the public moneys fee fund and authorizing the state treasurer to assess a fee to operate the public moneys pooled method, making and concerning appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for the office of the state treasurer, authorizing a certain transfer from the state general fund to the public moneys fee fund, modifying investment standards for the board of trustees of the Kansas public employees retirement system of moneys certified by the state treasurer as equivalent to the aggregate net amount received for unclaimed property and authorizing investments in certain foreign governments and the KPERS board of trustees to elect the vice chairperson of the board, requiring newly affiliated KP&F employers to contribute at the actuarial required rate for past and future service and repealing certain working after retirement statutes for state and local elected officials.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
HB 2470 — Providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area under the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026
HB 2481 — During the period of the FIFA 2026 world cup, prohibiting certain limitations by municipalities on short-term rental or vacation properties and requiring timely rental permit processing, modifying the definition of transient guest for transient guest tax purposes and authorizing expanded sales of alcoholic beverages by cities and counties.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
HB 2622 — Modifying the municipal lease-purchase protest petition requirements.enacted
Latest action 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
HB 2160 — Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Reengrossed on Saturday, March 29, 2025
HB 2145 — Substitute for HB 2145 by Committee on Local Government - Establishing the Butler county fair board to consist of 15 members, providing for the appointment of members to such board and allowing up to five members of such board to be appointed from the county at large.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
SB 9 — House Substitute for SB 9 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Prohibiting foreign principals from acquiring interests in real estate in proximity to military installations, state agencies and local government from purchasing drones or critical components of drones from foreign principals or that are manufactured in countries of concern and foreign principals from receiving benefits from economic development programs.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
HB 2118 — Requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
HB 2060 — Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2060 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Providing for the treatment of the reimbursement for expenses incurred for travel and activities in attending conferences or events by certain specified nonprofit organizations and discounted or free access to entertainment, sporting events or other activities.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 4, 2025
HB 2304 — Requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive program information to the secretary of commerce, defining such programs, requiring the secretary of commerce to post such information on the economic development incentive program database maintained by the secretary and requiring certain search result presentation and report formats.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
HB 2152 — Substitute for HB 2152 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions - Mandating financial institutions to secure governmental unit deposits in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the FDIC by utilizing a public moneys pooled method of securities, prohibiting investment advisers that execute bids for the investment of public moneys from managing moneys directly from such bid, allowing governmental unit deposits to be invested at a rate agreed upon by the governmental unit and the financial institution, requiring certification from a governmental unit that deposits in the municipal investment pool fund were first offered to a financial institution in the preceding year and allowing financial institutions to file complaints upon the failure to comply.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 3, 2025
SB 104 — Granting the Shawnee county board of county commissioners the discretion to create a citizens commission on local government.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
HB 2088 — Requiring local governments to meet specified deadlines for issuing building permits and requiring the department of health and environment to issue a response to an applicant's submitted notice of intent to discharge stormwater runoff from construction activities within 45 days of submission.enacted
Latest action 2025-04-10: Reengrossed on Thursday, March 27, 2025

Advancing (1)

HB 2101 — Prohibiting municipalities from adopting and implementing a guaranteed income program.enrolled
Latest action 2025-04-10: Will become law without Governor's signature

Died or failed (40)

HB 2153 — Specifying when boards of directors for irrigation districts of 35,000 or more acres may conduct board member elections by mail ballot and establishing the terms for such members.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2053 — Repealing restrictions on municipal regulation of political signs during certain periods of time around election days.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2349 — Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee
HB 2655 — Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee
SB 120 — Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2115 — Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 297 — Providing for local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2599 — Exempting minor-owned businesses from paying sales tax on the first $10,000 of sales from tangible personal property sold each calendar year and from local taxes, licenses, permits and other local government permissions.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died on Calendar
HB 2492 — Requiring the county election officer to call a special election to fill a vacancy within the governing body of a municipality if the position remains vacant after 60 days.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 191 — Limiting the amount of fees, taxes and other charges on a utility bill assessed by a board of public utilities.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 524 — Requiring banks to enter into a written agreement with the state treasurer to be a depository of public moneys, increasing the market value of securities necessary to secure the deposit of public moneys, providing procedures for when a depository fails to follow the requirements of the state treasurer, modifying certain definitions, authorizing the state treasurer to assess a fee to operate the public moneys pooled method, creating the public moneys fee fund and providing exceptions to the public moneys pooled method if accounts are subject to conflicting federal law.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee
SB 468 — Repealing the prohibition on municipal establishment of guaranteed income programs.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 525 — Establishing requirements for a county sheriff operating a jail for the enforcement of detainer requests issued by the United States immigration and customs enforcement, requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage for law enforcement that enforces federal laws, requiring the state to pay certain judgments in federal court actions, requiring the attorney general to provide representation in certain civil actions and exempting section 287(g) agreements from certain provisions of the interlocal cooperation act.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 333 — Prohibiting the use of fluoride additives in public water supplies.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2771 — Establishing requirements for the county sheriff operating a jail for the enforcement of United States immigration and customs enforcement detainers, requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage for law enforcement that enforces federal laws, requiring the state to pay certain judgements in a federal court action, requiring the attorney general to provide representation in certain civil actions and authorizing county sheriffs to enter into certain interlocal cooperation agreements without the approval of the board of county commissioners.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died on Calendar
HB 2343 — Creating the no-impact home-based business fairness act, supporting the development and growth of such businesses by limiting the regulatory power of municipalities.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died on Senate General Orders
HB 2728 — Requiring the state corporation commission to establish uniform siting and permitting standards for certain energy facilities and limiting local governmental actions relating theretodead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 528 — Enacting the Kansas municipal self-funded medical and prescription drug insurance pool act and establishing certain reserve, maximum exposure funding and reporting requirements for municipal self-funded medical and prescription drug insurance pools.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HR 6023 — Opposing the federal preemption of state laws that regulate artificial intelligence.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2723 — Requiring the supreme court to develop or procure a court date reminder program for the purpose of sending advance notifications to individuals with scheduled court dates for a criminal case or an infraction and requiring all courts to send certain notifications using such program.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 490 — Authorizing the imposition of a privilege tax by a municipality for the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages, food and food ingredients and tobacco within a community improvement district.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 65 — House Substitute for SB 65 by House Committee on Elections - Removing cities, counties, school districts and community colleges from the mail ballot election law; authorizing the election of directors by irrigation districts by mail ballot; requiring qualified electors deliver advance ballots unless otherwise provided by federal law.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died on House Calendar
SB 273 — Requiring that special elections be held on the first Tuesday in March.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 231 — House Substitute for SB231 by Committee on Elections - Changing the timing of city, school, community college and certain other municipality elections to fall in even-numbered years and requiring the term of office of municipal elected officials to be either two years or four years.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died on House Calendar
HB 2724 — Authorizing judges to waive the docket fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 90 — Providing for a property tax exemption from local government levies to the extent of the first $100,000 of appraised value for certain owner-occupied homes and authorizing local governments to propose a ballot question to opt out of such property tax exemption.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 12 — Requiring each member of a municipal governing body whose district territory includes land being acquired to approve the exercise of eminent domain for such acquisition when such land is to be used for a recreational project.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 439 — Enacting the utility railroad crossing act and establishing a process and limitations for utilities to interact with railroad right-of-way.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee
SCR 1605 — Proposing a constitutional amendment to grant counties home rule powers.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2264 — Restoring local government control over wages, compensation and benefits for construction projects.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2641 — Enacting the Kansas property rights protection act to require just compensation be provided to landowners for governmental actions that impose burdens upon or diminish the value of private property.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
SB 66 — Substitute for SB 66 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Requiring annual filing of the statement of substantial interests by elected or appointed city or county officials, providing that officials of governmental subdivisions other than cities or counties file statements of substantial interests if any change in substantial interests occurred and requiring governmental officials with a substantial interest in a real estate development project to verbally disclose such interest prior to participating in any discussion, review or action on a proposed zoning change or permit.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in House Committee
HB 2293 — Prohibiting the acquisition of critical components of drone technology from countries of concern and the procurement of final or finished goods or services from countries of concern.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2545 — Increasing certain municipal court fee assessments and crediting such increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund.dead
Latest action 2026-04-10: Died in Committee
HB 2372 — Senate Substitute for HB 2372 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of unlawful approach of a first responder and providing penalties therefore, requiring traffic laws that apply to local and state law enforcement to apply to federal law enforcement; including federal law enforcement in the definitions used in the crime of interference with law enforcement; including buildings owned by the United States in the crime of interference with the conduct of public business of public buildings; including enforcement of federal laws and executive orders in the exceptions from liability in the tort claims act, relating to the enforcement of detainers issued by the United States immigration and customs enforcement by a county sheriff operating a county jail; requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage of law enforcement agencies enforcing federal law; requiring the state to pay certain judgements in federal civil actions and provide legal representation by the attorney general, exempting section 287(g) federal immigration agreements from certain provisions of the interlocal cooperation act.vetoed
Latest action 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
HB 2603 — Prohibiting regulation of battery-charged security fences by municipalities.vetoed
Latest action 2026-04-09: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Monday, April 6, 2026
SB 481 — Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant procedures.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-03-20: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
HB 2544 — Establishing the relocation reimbursement assistance fund to provide reimbursement assistance to communications service providers that are required to relocate facilities located in the public right-of-way pursuant to an order or directive of a municipality.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-19: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
HB 2452 — Changing the timing of city, school, community college and certain other municipality elections to fall in even-numbered years and requiring the term of office of municipal elected officials to be either two years or four years.died on adjournment
Latest action 2026-02-19: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
SB 244 — House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.vetoed
Latest action 2026-02-18: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 87, Nay 37, Absent 1