Final Action Bills

March 22, 2010

HB 2107: This bill would permit affiliation by the Adjutant General with the Kansas Police and Firemen’s (KP&F) Retirement System in order to provide membership to certain qualified firefighters and to offer enhanced benefits for future service.
Passed: 119 Yeas 0 Nays

HB 2671: An act that would amend the law governing the investigation authority of the State Fire Marshal and would transfer the office of the State Fire Marshal to the Insurance Department.
Passed: 67 Yeas 52 Nays

H Sub for SB 213: This would amend the Rules and Regulations Filing Act. The bill would update the Act by removing obsolete language and allow for future publication of the Kansas Administrative Rules and Regulations in electronic form by the Secretary of State.
Passed: 119 Yeas 0 Nays

SB 373: Would amend the law to clarify that all municipal ordinance violations, except for nonmoving traffic violations, require the municipal court to charge a $19 assessment.
Passed: 113 Yeas 6 Nays

SB 394: This would add educational institutions, state and federal agencies, and any other person to the list of entities or individuals that the Secretary of Agriculture may cooperate with to publish information and conduct short courses of instruction on the safe use and application of pesticides. Currently, the Secretary may cooperate only with Kansas State University. The bill also allows the Secretary to cooperate with these same entities to carry out the related provisions of pesticide law.
Passed: 119 Yeas 0 Nays

March 23, 2010

HB 2166: This would amend current law regarding health exceptions for late-term abortions. The bill would delete the word “impairment” in four existing statues and insert in its place the terms “physical disorder, physical illness, or physical injury.” According to KDHE, the bill would increase expenditures by $1500 in FY 2010. Of the amount, $500 would be to modify and print forms, and $1000 for staff to travel and train providers about the changes to current law. 89 Yeas 33 Nays

HB 2428: Act relating to water and a water data repository. Allow grant-funded projects related to stream bank stabilization to receive funding. Authorize Kansas Water Office to call in service water in federal reservoirs when it has determined that there are benefits to the State of Kansas to acquire the water. 92 Yeas 30 Nays

HB 2620: Would create the Kansas firearms freedom act. Under this bill, any firearm, firearm accessory, or ammunition that is manufactured commercially or privately in Kansas and remains within the borders of this state would not be subject to federal law or regulation, including registration under the authority of Congress to regulate interstate commerce. Require all lakes to have at least one of the three following uses; flood control storage, public water supply, and/or recreation. Removal of certain provisions prohibiting the State of Kansas from participating in renovation projects related to public water supply storage based solely on the cost of such storage. The Kansas Water Office and State Conservations Commission would have the authority to enforce these. 95 Yeas 27 Nays

HB 2666: This would increase the statutory maximum amounts of several fees within the Kansas Animal Health Department. The bill provides that new fees within the statutory maximum amounts would be set by the Kansas Animal Health Board and adopted through rule and regulation authority granted to the Livestock Commissioner of the KAHD. All funding received from these fees would be deposited in the agency’s Animal Disease Control Fund. 93 Yeas 29 Nays

Sub HB 2669: This bill would create the Kansas Employment First Initiative Act. The bill would require state programs and services, which support employment of person with disabilities to consider, as their first options, competitive and integrated employment for persons with disabilities. It would create the Kansas Employment First Oversight Commission, which would establish measurable goals and objectives to insure implementation of the act. The Commission would be terminated on July 1, 2013. Under the bill, the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services would be the lead agency responsible for compiling data and coordinating the preparation of the annual report.
121 Yeas 1 Nay

HCR 5032: This would amend the State Constitution by adding a new Article 16. The purpose of the new constitutional article, which concerns health care, would be to preserve the freedom of Kansans to provide for their health care. 75 Yeas 47 Nays (Required 84 votes for passage, Failed)

Sub SB 67: As amended, this would amend the crimes of mistreatment of a dependent adult, identity theft and identity fraud, and criminal possession of a firearm. Additionally, the bill would make an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit any of the specified felonies in the statue including convictions of drug felonies as the crimes are identified in prior statutes, a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

H Sub SB 83: This would change the regulatory status of naturopathic doctors with the Board of Healing Arts from registrants to licensees. In addition, the bill would authorize naturopaths to form professional corporations and would provide clarifying language that licensure does not require health insurance to provide covered services.

H Sub SB 146: This would establish procedures for computing benefits for state employees who are members of the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS), the Kansas Police and Fireman’s (KP&F) Retirement System, or the Retirement System for Judges and who are placed on furlough or have a reduction in compensation. 118 Yeas 4 Nays

H Sub SB 293: The period during which certain requirement for a school bus – for design, lighting equipment, distinctive markings, special warning devices and other equipment – would be governed by the requirements effective at the time the bus was manufactured, would extend from 20 to 25 years. 116 Yeas 6 Nays

H Sub SB 300: This would amend provisions relating to “Support Kansas Arts” license plates, add three distinctive license plates as of January 1, 2012, and prohibit certain covering over license plates. 116 Yeas 6 Nays

H Sub SB 313: This would establish a limitation on the total amount of State General Fund backed bonds issued by the Kansas Development Finance Authority (KDFA). The bill would require KDFA to certify the amount of estimated outstanding principal balance for a fiscal year. If the outstanding principal balance of State General Fund bonded debt exceeds 25% of estimated State General Fund revenue for the fiscal year, the bill would restrict KDFA from issuing bonds backed by the State General Fund during that fiscal year. 92 Yeas 30 Nays

SB 346: As amended, this bill would grant the Secretary of Corrections four, rather than three, business days to notify the sheriff to immediately convey the offender in his or her custody to the Department of Corrections Reception and Diagnostic Unit. The bill would require the Secretary to be responsible for all medical care and treatment costs of the offender while the actual physical custody of the Secretary. Also, it would grant the Secretary discretion to discharge the offender from the prison portion of the sentence if the offender has ten days or less remaining to be served at the time the Secretary receives the notice of the Order for Commitment. Finally, the bill would require the court to forward a cost of the complaints, affidavits, and the county and district attorney reports to the officer having custody of the offender for delivery when the offender is transferred to a correctional institution. 92 Yeas 30 Nays

SB 363: Would authorize a debtor to exempt the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) from the bankruptcy proceeding. The exemption, however, does not limit the rights of offset, attachment, or other process for payment of child support or spousal maintenance.

SB 372: This would require that orders establishing and governing a guardianship or conservator ship, or both, issued by a court of competent jurisdiction of any other state be given full faith and credit within Kansas except when doing so would be in specific violation of any Kansas Law. The bill would require the petition for guardianship or conservator ship to include information about where a proposed ward has lived previously (5 years) and who with, as well as their contact information. 122 yeas 0 Nays

SB 382: As amended, this bill would amend statues governing the Kansas Housing Loan Deposit Program. 92 Yeas 30 Nays

SB 410: This would amend KSA 2009 Supp. 75-30, 100 to permit the acceptance of debit cards by state agencies. 121 Yeas 1 Nay

H Sub SB 449: This bill would amend existing law by requiring that all repairs, and maintenance, or inspection of medial gas piping systems be completed by a person that is licensed under plumbers and plumbing in cities and counties statutes and is certified under the appropriate professional qualifications standard or standards of ASSE Series 6000. 90 Yeas 32 Nays

SB 460: As amended, this bill would amend several statutes to clarify the priority of certain orders concerning children; custody orders, residency orders, or parenting time orders. 122 Yeas 0 Nay

SB 533: This bill would amend current law regarding traffic, municipal courts, and county code enforcement to allow for the use of an electronic citation system to issue citations, complaints, and notices to appear. The bill also would authorize electronic signatures as the intent to sight the record. 119 Yeas 3 Nays

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