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| Bill | Title | Status | Momentum | Last action | Docs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 2462 | Requiring the secretary of health and environment to adopt rules and regulations that allow for the direct and indirect potable reuse of treated wastewater, providing additional requirements for applications to the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund and extending the current expiration date of such funds. | Enacted | 84 | Jan 15, 2026 | 4 |
| HB 2464 | Extending the number of years that tax credits may be issued or earned for contributions to graduates of aerospace and aviation-related educational programs and employers of program graduates, the tax credits for contributions to the Eisenhower foundation and friends of cedar crest association and the sunset for the angel investor tax credit and providing for a minimum amount of such credits for investments in counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer. | Enacted | 84 | Jan 15, 2026 | 4 |
| HB 2466 | Enacting the Kansas sports authority act, authorizing STAR bond projects in major amusement park areas and extending the expiration date of the STAR bonds financing act. | Enacted | 83 | Jan 15, 2026 | 3 |
| SB 335 | Requiring public construction contracts to include a mutual waiver of consequential damages. | Enacted | 82 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2467 | Prohibiting past convictions or sanctions for failure to comply with a traffic citation that are more than five years old from being considered by courts and the division of vehicles in determining suspended or restricted driving privileges and eliminating certain notice requirements for the division of vehicles. | Enacted | 81 | Jan 15, 2026 | 3 |
| HB 2470 | Providing that certain municipalities may designate the entire municipality within a neighborhood revitalization area under the Kansas neighborhood revitalization act. | Enacted | 80 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| SB 334 | Facilitating nursing workforce development by providing education levels for instructors at nursing schools as a requirement for state approval. | Passed First Chamber | 56 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2465 | Enacting the professionals' freedom of expression act to provide protection for professionals and businesses against adverse action as a result of an expression of beliefs of such professional or business that is unrelated to such profession or business. | Reported from Committee | 40 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2450 | Providing exceptions to the automatic termination of candidate campaign accounts. | Reported from Committee | 40 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| 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. | Reported from Committee | 40 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2447 | Providing for a presidential preference primary election every four years commencing in 2028 and aligning the special election date in March with the presidential preference primary election date. | Reported from Committee | 40 | Jan 15, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2444 | Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings. | Enacted | 100 | Jan 14, 2026 | 5 |
| SB 325 | Creating the vehicle services modernization task force, providing limitations on expenditures of county treasurer motor vehicle fee funds and authorizing county treasurers to charge certain increased fees for vehicle registration transactions. | Enacted | 84 | Jan 14, 2026 | 3 |
| SB 321 | Designating certain bridges on U.S. highway 69 and 18th street expressway in Johnson county as the Representative Robert M Tomlinson memorial bridge, a bridge on interstate 135 in Sedgwick county as the Don Snyder memorial bridge, a portion of interstate 35 as the deputy Sam Smith memorial highway, a portion of U.S. highway 36 as the undersheriff Brandon Gaede memorial highway, a portion of K-49 highway as the Pvt Michael E Gerber memorial highway and redesignating a current portion of the 35th infantry division memorial highway for interstate 35. | Enacted | 83 | Jan 14, 2026 | 4 |
| HB 2440 | Excluding owners of oil leases from having to file request for exemption with the board of tax appeals for property tax exemptions. | Enacted | 80 | Jan 14, 2026 | 2 |
| SB 317 | Providing additional requirements for applications to the water technical assistance fund and the water projects grant fund, including the requirement that applicants demonstrate the availability of a 25-year water supply, prohibiting grants for issues related to water rights that are impaired by another other water right, prioritizing applications based on various criteria and mandating annual submissions on September 15. | Passed First Chamber | 56 | Jan 14, 2026 | 4 |
| SB 327 | Changing the requirement that the Robert G. (Bob) Bethell joint committee on home and community based services and KanCare oversight meet in January and April to meeting at least once each quarter. | Passed First Chamber | 56 | Jan 14, 2026 | 2 |
| HB 2435 | Substitute for HB 2435 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Authorizing natural gas public utilities to recover certain growth-related investments in the gas system reliability surcharge, increasing the cap on the amount that the monthly fixed charge may be increased for residential customers and reducing the time for the state corporation commission to act on gas system reliability surcharge filings. | Enacted | 80 | Jan 13, 2026 | 3 |
| HB 2413 | Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught. | Enacted | 86 | Jan 12, 2026 | 3 |
| HB 2416 | Creating the Kansas motorsports venue protection act to provide immunity to motorsports venues from civil actions for nuisance, taking or similar legal theories. | Enacted | 84 | Jan 12, 2026 | 5 |