This publication includes summaries of the legislation enacted by the 2025 Legislature. Not summarized are bills of a limited, local, technical, clarifying, or repealing nature, and bills that were vetoed (sustained). However, these bills are listed beginning on page 288. During the 2025 Session, 707 bills were introduced: 299 in the Senate and 408 inContinue reading “Summary of Legislation 2025”
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Interstate Health Care Professional Licensure Compacts
Interstate compacts are agreements among states reached through the enactment of the same compact legislation by each state to address a common purpose, such as reciprocal professional licensure or compact privilege to practice in another compact member state. This memorandum summarizes the interstate health care professional licensure compacts enacted in Kansas through the 2025 LegislativeContinue reading “Interstate Health Care Professional Licensure Compacts”
Comparing States’ Laws on Online Vehicle Insurance Verification
In 2025, Kansas became one of the 19 states with online verification of insurance for passenger vehicles. Kansas’ law, effective July 1, 2025, includes many features suggested in the model Auto Liability Motor Vehicle Insurance Verification Act (Model Act) dated December 5, 2024, developed by the Insurance Industry Committee on Motor Vehicle Administration (IICMVA). ThisContinue reading “Comparing States’ Laws on Online Vehicle Insurance Verification”
Legislative Adjustments Memo 2025
Pursuant to KSA 75-6701, the most recent estimates of State General Fund (SGF) receipts for FY 2025 and FY 2026 have been adjusted to reflect the fiscal impact of legislation involving receipts to the SGF enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session subsequent to the Consensus Revenue Estimate (CRE) made on April 17, 2025 (see TableContinue reading “Legislative Adjustments Memo 2025”
Legislative Highlights 2025
Highlights is a summary of major legislation passed during the Session. This edition contains summaries from more than 20 major topics, and includes briefs on Year-round Fireworks Sales, Advance Ballot Return Deadline, Real-time Vehicle Insurance Verification, Supreme Court Elections, and Property Tax Reductions. Download a PDF of Highlights here. Scroll down for the web-readable versionContinue reading “Legislative Highlights 2025”
Spring 2025 Human Services Consensus Caseload Estimates
The Division of the Budget, Department for Children and Families (DCF), Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS), and the Kansas Legislative Research Department (Consensus Group) met on April 8, 2025, to revise the estimates on human services consensus caseload expenditures for FY 2025 and FY 2026. The caseloadContinue reading “Spring 2025 Human Services Consensus Caseload Estimates”
CRE Long Memo Spring 2025
Estimates for the State General Fund (SGF) are developed using a consensus process that involves the Division of the Budget, Kansas Legislative Research Department, Department of Revenue, and three consulting economists from state universities. This estimate is the base from which the Governor and the Legislature build the annual budget. Consensus revenue estimates are basedContinue reading “CRE Long Memo Spring 2025”
History of The Health Care Compact (2014 HB 2553)
This memorandum provides the history of the enactment of the Health Care Compact (Compact) in Kansas, notes the other states that considered and enacted Compact legislation, and updates the status of the Compact. The stated purpose of the Compact is to secure the right of Compact member states to regulate health care within their boundariesContinue reading “History of The Health Care Compact (2014 HB 2553)”
Consensus Revenue Estimates Short Memo, April 2025
The Consensus Estimating Group met today to revise the November 15, 2024 StateGeneral Fund (SGF) estimates for FY 2025 and FY 2026. The revisions include the estimated impact of all 2025 legislation signed into law thus far. The impact of any legislation affecting the SGF that becomes law after April 17, 2025, will be quantifiedContinue reading “Consensus Revenue Estimates Short Memo, April 2025”
Second Supplement to Preliminary Summary of Legislation 2025
This publication contains summaries of selected bills passed by the Legislature from April 10, 2025, through adjournment on April 11, 2025. Bills that have not yet been signed by the Governor are included. The first Preliminary Summary 2025 containing summaries of major bills that were passed through the end of the legislative day on MarchContinue reading “Second Supplement to Preliminary Summary of Legislation 2025”
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