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HOUSE BILL No. 2507
AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; authorizing the department of wildlife and parks to
adopt certain rules and regulations related to fees, registrations and other charges;
providing an exception from the disclosure requirements of the Kansas open records
act for records of the department of wildlife and parks regarding the location of any
species that is threatened, endangered or in need of conservation; removing the
requirement for migratory waterfowl stamps to be validated by a signature across the
face of each such stamp; increasing the fees for such stamps; amending K.S.A. 32-
939 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-988 and 45-221 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. Pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 77-441, and
amendments thereto, the Kansas department of wildlife and parks is
hereby authorized to adopt the following proposed permanent
administrative rules and regulations concerning fees, registrations and
other charges as identified and described in the rules and regulations
submitted by the department to the division of budget on March 6 ,
2026: K.A.R. 115-2-2; and 115-2-3.
Sec. 2. On and after July 1, 2026, K.S.A. 32-939 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 32-939. (a) As used in this section,
"migratory waterfowl" means any wild goose, duck or merganser.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by law or rules and regulations
of the secretary and in addition to any other license, permit or stamp
required by law or rules and regulations of the secretary, a valid state
migratory waterfowl habitat stamp is required to hunt any migratory
waterfowl in this state.
(c) The provisions of subsection (b) do not apply to hunting, by
legal means, by a person not required by K.S.A. 32-919, and
amendments thereto, to hold a hunting license.
(d) The stamp required by this section is valid throughout the
state.
(e) The stamp required by this section is valid from the date of
issuance and expires at 12 midnight on June 30 following its issuance.
(f) Each migratory waterfowl habitat stamp shall be validated by
the signature of the stamp holder written across the face of such stamp.
Sec. 3. On and after July 1, 2026, K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 32-988 is
hereby amended to read as follows: 32-988. (a) The secretary is
authorized to adopt, in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and
amendments thereto, rules and regulations fixing the amount of fees for
the following items, subject to the following limitations and subject to
the requirement that no such rules and regulations shall be adopted as
temporary rules and regulations:
Big game permits
Resident (other than elk permit): maximum $100
Nonresident (other than elk permit): maximum $400
Elk permit: maximum $350
Nonresident mule deer stamp: maximum $150
Nonresident applications: maximum $25
Combination hunting and fishing licenses
Resident: maximum $50
Lifetime: maximum $1,000; or 8 quarterly payments, each
maximum $150
Nonresident: maximum $200
Commercial dog training permits: maximum $25
Commercial guide permit or associate guide permit
Resident: maximum $250
Nonresident: maximum $1,000
Commercial harvest or dealer permits: maximum $200
Commercial prairie rattlesnake harvesting permits
Resident or nonresident with valid hunting license: maximum $5
Resident or nonresident nonfirearm without valid hunting license:
maximum $20
Controlled shooting area operator license: maximum $400
Duplicate licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department:
maximum $10
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Falconry
Permits: maximum $300
Examinations: maximum $100
Field trial permits: maximum $25
Fishing licenses
Resident: maximum $25
Lifetime: maximum $500; or 8 quarterly payments, each maximum
$75
Nonresident: maximum $75
Five-day nonresident: maximum $25
Institutional group: maximum $200
Special nonprofit group: maximum $200
Twenty-four-hour24-hour: maximum $10
Fur dealer licenses
Resident: maximum $200
Nonresident: maximum $400
Furharvester licenses
Resident: maximum $25
Lifetime: maximum $500; or 8 quarterly payments, each maximum
$75
Nonresident: maximum $400
Game breeder permits: maximum $15
Persons with a physical or developmental disability hunting and fishing
permits: maximum $5
Hound trainer-breeder running permits: maximum $25
Hunting licenses
Resident: maximum $25
Lifetime: maximum $500; or 8 quarterly payments, each maximum
$75
Nonresident 16 or more years of age: maximum $125
Nonresident under 16 years of age: maximum $75
Controlled shooting area: maximum $25
Forty-eight-hour48-hour waterfowl permits: maximum $25
Migratory waterfowl habitat stamps: maximum $8
Resident: maximum $15
Nonresident: minimum $100; and maximum $200
Mussel fishing licenses
Resident: maximum $200
Nonresident: maximum $1,500
Rabbit permits
Live trapping: maximum $200
Shipping: maximum $400
Raptor propagation permits: maximum $100
Rehabilitation permits: maximum $50
Scientific, educational or exhibition permits: maximum $10
Wildlife damage control permits: maximum $10
Wildlife importation permits: maximum $10
Wild turkey permits
Resident: maximum $100
Nonresident: maximum $400
Resident turkey tag: maximum $20
Nonresident turkey tag: maximum $30
Special permits under K.S.A. 32-961, and amendments thereto:
maximum $100
Miscellaneous fees
Special events on department land or water: maximum $200
Special departmental services, materials or supplies: no maximum
Other issues of department: no maximum
Vendor bond: no maximum
(b) The fee for a landowner-tenant resident big game or wild
turkey hunting permit shall be an amount equal to 1/2 of the fee for a
general resident big game or wild turkey hunting permit.
(c) The fee for a big game or wild turkey hunting permit for a
resident under 16 years of age shall be an amount not to exceed 1/2 of
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the fee for a general resident big game or wild turkey hunting permit.
(d) The fee for a furharvester license for a resident under 16 years
of age shall be an amount equal to 1/2 of the fee for a resident
furharvester license.
(e) For a resident who is at least 65 years of age, but less than 75
years of age:
(1) The fee for an annual hunting license shall be an amount equal
to 1/2 of the fee for a general annual hunting license;
(2) the fee for an annual fishing license shall be an amount equal
to 1/2 of the fee for a general annual fishing license; and
(3) the fee for an annual combination hunting and fishing license
shall be an amount equal to 1/2 of the fee for a general annual
combination hunting and fishing license.
(f) Any person who is a resident of this state and satisfies the
requirements to be considered a disabled veteran under K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 32-934, and amendments thereto, shall be exempt from the
hunting and fishing license fees listed in subsection (a).
(g) The secretary may establish, by rules and regulations adopted
in accordance with K.S.A. 32-805, and amendments thereto, different
fees for various classes and types of licenses, permits, stamps and other
issuances of the department which may occur within each item as
described under subsection (a).
Sec. 4. On and after July 1, 2026, K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-221 is
hereby amended to read as follows: 45-221. (a) Except to the extent
disclosure is otherwise required by law, a public agency shall not be
required to disclose:
(1) Records the disclosure of which is specifically prohibited or
restricted by federal law, state statute or rule of the Kansas supreme
court or rule of the senate committee on confirmation oversight relating
to information submitted to the committee pursuant to K.S.A. 75-
4315d, and amendments thereto, or the disclosure of which is
prohibited or restricted pursuant to specific authorization of federal law,
state statute or rule of the Kansas supreme court or rule of the senate
committee on confirmation oversight relating to information submitted
to the committee pursuant to K.S.A. 75-4315d, and amendments
thereto, to restrict or prohibit disclosure.
(2) Records that are privileged under the rules of evidence, unless
the holder of the privilege consents to the disclosure.
(3) Medical, psychiatric, psychological or alcoholism or drug
dependency treatment records that pertain to identifiable patients.
(4) Personnel records, performance ratings or individually
identifiable records pertaining to employees or applicants for
employment, except that this exemption shall not apply to the names,
positions, salaries or actual compensation employment contracts or
employment-related contracts or agreements and lengths of service of
officers and employees of public agencies once they are employed as
such.
(5) Information that would reveal the identity of any undercover
agent or any informant reporting a specific violation of law.
(6) Letters of reference or recommendation pertaining to the
character or qualifications of an identifiable individual, except
documents relating to the appointment of persons to fill a vacancy in an
elected office.
(7) Library, archive and museum materials contributed by private
persons, to the extent of any limitations imposed as conditions of the
contribution.
(8) Information that would reveal the identity of an individual who
lawfully makes a donation to a public agency, if anonymity of the
donor is a condition of the donation, except if the donation is intended
for or restricted to providing remuneration or personal tangible benefit
to a named public officer or employee.
(9) Testing and examination materials, before the test or
examination is given or if it is to be given again, or records of
individual test or examination scores, other than records that show only
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passage or failure and not specific scores.
(10) Criminal investigation records, except as provided herein.
The district court, in an action brought pursuant to K.S.A. 45-222, and
amendments thereto, may order disclosure of such records, subject to
such conditions as the court may impose, if the court finds that
disclosure:
(A) Is in the public interest;
(B) would not interfere with any prospective law enforcement
action, criminal investigation or prosecution;
(C) would not reveal the identity of any confidential source or
undercover agent;
(D) would not reveal confidential investigative techniques or
procedures not known to the general public;
(E) would not endanger the life or physical safety of any person;
and
(F) would not reveal the name, address, phone number or any
other information that specifically and individually identifies the victim
of any sexual offense described in article 35 of chapter 21 of the
Kansas Statutes Annotated, prior to their repeal, or article 55 of chapter
21 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto.
If a public record is discretionarily closed by a public agency
pursuant to this subsection, the record custodian, upon request, shall
provide a written citation to the specific provisions of subparagraphs
(A) through (F) that necessitate closure of that public record.
(11) Records of agencies involved in administrative adjudication
or civil litigation, compiled in the process of detecting or investigating
violations of civil law or administrative rules and regulations, if:
(A) Disclosure would interfere with a prospective administrative
adjudication or civil litigation;
(B) disclosure would reveal the identity of a confidential source or
undercover agent; or
(C) the investigation is formally closed and the agency determines
that no violation occurred.
(12) Records of emergency or security information or procedures
of a public agency, if disclosure would jeopardize public safety,
including records of cybersecurity plans, cybersecurity assessments and
cybersecurity vulnerabilities or procedures related to cybersecurity
plans, cybersecurity assessments and cybersecurity vulnerabilities, or
plans, drawings, specifications or related information for any building
or facility that is used for purposes requiring security measures in or
around the building or facility or that is used for the generation or
transmission of power, water, fuels or communications, if disclosure
would jeopardize security of the public agency, building or facility.
(13) The contents of appraisals or engineering or feasibility
estimates or evaluations made by or for a public agency relative to the
acquisition of property, prior to the award of formal contracts therefor.
(14) Correspondence between a public agency and a private
individual, other than correspondence that is intended to give notice of
an action, policy or determination relating to any regulatory,
supervisory or enforcement responsibility of the public agency or that
is widely distributed to the public by a public agency and is not
specifically in response to communications from such a private
individual.
(15) Records pertaining to employer-employee negotiations, if
disclosure would reveal information discussed in a lawful executive
session under K.S.A. 75-4319, and amendments thereto.
(16) Software programs for electronic data processing and
documentation thereof, but each public agency shall maintain a register,
open to the public, that describes:
(A) The information that the agency maintains on computer
facilities; and
(B) the form in which the information can be made available using
existing computer programs.
(17) Applications, financial statements and other information
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submitted in connection with applications for student financial
assistance where financial need is a consideration for the award.
(18) Plans, designs, drawings or specifications that are prepared
by a person other than an employee of a public agency or records that
are the property of a private person.
(19) Well samples, logs or surveys that the state corporation
commission requires to be filed by persons who have drilled or caused
to be drilled, or are drilling or causing to be drilled, holes for the
purpose of discovery or production of oil or gas , to the extent that
disclosure is limited by rules and regulations of the state corporation
commission.
(20) Notes, preliminary drafts, research data in the process of
analysis, unfunded grant proposals, memoranda, recommendations or
other records in which opinions are expressed or policies or actions are
proposed, except that this exemption shall not apply when such records
are publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda of an
open meeting.
(21) Records of a public agency having legislative powers that
pertain to proposed legislation or amendments to proposed legislation,
except that this exemption shall not apply when such records are:
(A) Publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda
of an open meeting; or
(B) distributed to a majority of a quorum of any body that has
authority to take action or make recommendations to the public agency
with regard to the matters to which such records pertain.
(22) Records of a public agency having legislative powers that
pertain to research prepared for one or more members of such agency,
except that this exemption shall not apply when such records are:
(A) Publicly cited or identified in an open meeting or in an agenda
of an open meeting; or
(B) distributed to a majority of a quorum of any body that has
authority to take action or make recommendations to the public agency
with regard to the matters to which such records pertain.
(23) Library patron and circulation records that pertain to
identifiable individuals.
(24) Records that are compiled for census or research purposes
and which that pertain to identifiable individuals.
(25) Records that represent and constitute the work product of an
attorney.
(26) Records of a utility or other public service pertaining to
individually identifiable residential customers of the utility or service.
(27) Specifications for competitive bidding, until the
specifications are officially approved by the public agency.
(28) Sealed bids and related documents, until a bid is accepted or
all bids rejected.
(29) Correctional records pertaining to an identifiable inmate or
release, except that:
(A) The name; photograph and other identifying information;
sentence data; parole eligibility date; custody or supervision level;
disciplinary record; supervision violations; conditions of supervision,
excluding requirements pertaining to mental health or substance abuse
counseling; location of facility where incarcerated or location of parole
office maintaining supervision and address of a releasee whose crime
was committed after the effective date of this act shall be subject to
disclosure to any person other than another inmate or releasee, except
that the disclosure of the location of an inmate transferred to another
state pursuant to the interstate corrections compact shall be at the
discretion of the secretary of corrections;
(B) the attorney general, law enforcement agencies, counsel for
the inmate to whom the record pertains and any county or district
attorney shall have access to correctional records to the extent
otherwise permitted by law;
(C) the information provided to the law enforcement agency
pursuant to the sex offender registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq.,
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and amendments thereto, shall be subject to disclosure to any person,
except that the name, address, telephone number or any other
information that specifically and individually identifies the victim of
any offender required to register as provided by the Kansas offender
registration act, K.S.A. 22-4901 et seq ., and amendments thereto, shall
not be disclosed; and
(D) records of the department of corrections regarding the
financial assets of an offender in the custody of the secretary of
corrections shall be subject to disclosure to the victim, or such victim's
family, of the crime for which the inmate is in custody as set forth in an
order of restitution by the sentencing court.
(30) Public records containing information of a personal nature
where the public disclosure thereof would constitute a clearly
unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
(31) Public records pertaining to prospective location of a business
or industry where no previous public disclosure has been made of the
business' or industry's interest in locating in, relocating within or
expanding within the state. This exception shall not include those
records pertaining to application of agencies for permits or licenses
necessary to do business or to expand business operations within this
state, except as otherwise provided by law.
(32) Engineering and architectural estimates made by or for any
public agency relative to public improvements.
(33) Financial information submitted by contractors in
qualification statements to any public agency.
(34) Records involved in the obtaining and processing of
intellectual property rights that are expected to be, wholly or partially
vested in or owned by a state educational institution, as defined in
K.S.A. 76-711, and amendments thereto, or an assignee of the
institution organized and existing for the benefit of the institution.
(35) Any report or record that is made pursuant to K.S.A. 65-
4922, 65-4923 or 65-4924, and amendments thereto, and that is
privileged pursuant to K.S.A. 65-4915 or 65-4925, and amendments
thereto.
(36) Information that would reveal the precise location of an
archeological site.
(37) Any financial data or traffic information from a railroad
company, to a public agency, concerning the sale, lease or rehabilitation
of the railroad's property in Kansas.
(38) Risk-based capital reports, risk-based capital plans and
corrective orders including the working papers and the results of any
analysis filed with the commissioner of insurance in accordance with
K.S.A. 40-2c20 and 40-2d20, and amendments thereto.
(39) Memoranda and related materials required to be used to
support the annual actuarial opinions submitted pursuant to K.S.A. 40-
409(b), and amendments thereto.
(40) Disclosure reports filed with the commissioner of insurance
under K.S.A. 40-2,156(a), and amendments thereto.
(41) All financial analysis ratios and examination synopses
concerning insurance companies that are submitted to the
commissioner by the national association of insurance commissioners'
insurance regulatory information system.
(42) Any records the disclosure of which is restricted or prohibited
by a tribal-state gaming compact.
(43) Market research, market plans, business plans and the terms
and conditions of managed care or other third-party contracts,
developed or entered into by the university of Kansas medical center in
the operation and management of the university hospital that the
chancellor of the university of Kansas or the chancellor's designee
determines would give an unfair advantage to competitors of the
university of Kansas medical center.
(44) The amount of franchise tax paid to the secretary of revenue
or the secretary of state by domestic corporations, foreign corporations,
domestic limited liability companies, foreign limited liability
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companies, domestic limited partnership, foreign limited partnership,
domestic limited liability partnerships and foreign limited liability
partnerships.
(45) Records, other than criminal investigation records, the
disclosure of which would pose a substantial likelihood of revealing
security measures that protect:
(A) Systems, facilities or equipment used in the production,
transmission or distribution of energy, water or communications
services;
(B) transportation and sewer or wastewater treatment systems,
facilities or equipment; or
(C) private property or persons, if the records are submitted to the
agency. For purposes of this paragraph, security means measures that
protect against criminal acts intended to intimidate or coerce the
civilian population, influence government policy by intimidation or
coercion or to affect the operation of government by disruption of
public services, mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping. Security
measures include, but are not limited to, intelligence information,
tactical plans, resource deployment and vulnerability assessments.
(46) Any information or material received by the register of deeds
of a county from military discharge papers, DD Form 214. Such papers
shall be disclosed: To the military dischargee; to such dischargee's
immediate family members and lineal descendants; to such dischargee's
heirs, agents or assigns; to the licensed funeral director who has
custody of the body of the deceased dischargee; when required by a
department or agency of the federal or state government or a political
subdivision thereof; when the form is required to perfect the claim of
military service or honorable discharge or a claim of a dependent of the
dischargee; and upon the written approval of the Kansas office of
veterans services, to a person conducting research.
(47) Information that would reveal the location of a shelter or a
safehouse or similar place where persons are provided protection from
abuse or the name, address, location or other contact information of
alleged victims of stalking, domestic violence or sexual assault.
(48) Policy information provided by an insurance carrier in
accordance with K.S.A. 44-532(h)(1), and amendments thereto. This
exemption shall not be construed to preclude access to an individual
employer's record for the purpose of verification of insurance coverage
or to the department of labor for their business purposes.
(49) An individual's e-mail address, cell phone number and other
contact information that has been given to the public agency for the
purpose of public agency notifications or communications that are
widely distributed to the public.
(50) Information provided by providers to the local collection
point administrator or to the 911 coordinating council pursuant to the
Kansas 911 act upon request of the party submitting such records.
(51) Records of a public agency on a public website that are
searchable by a keyword search and identify the home address or home
ownership of: A law enforcement officer as defined in K.S.A. 21-5111,
and amendments thereto; a parole officer; a probation officer; a court
services officer; a community correctional services officer; a local
correctional officer or local detention officer; a federal judge; a justice
of the supreme court; a judge of the court of appeals; a district judge; a
district magistrate judge; a municipal judge; a presiding officer who
conducts hearings pursuant to the Kansas administrative procedure act;
an administrative law judge employed by the office of administrative
hearings; a member of the state board of tax appeals; an administrative
law judge who conducts hearings pursuant to the workers
compensation act; a member of the workers' compensation appeals
board; the United States attorney for the district of Kansas; an assistant
United States attorney; a special assistant United States attorney; the
attorney general; an assistant attorney general; a special assistant
attorney general; a county attorney; an assistant county attorney; a
special assistant county attorney; a district attorney; an assistant district
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attorney; a special assistant district attorney; a city attorney; an
assistant city attorney; or a special assistant city attorney. Such person
shall file with the custodian of such record a request to have such
person's identifying information restricted from public access on such
public website. Within 10 business days of receipt of such requests, the
public agency shall restrict such person's identifying information from
such public access. Such restriction shall expire after five years and
such person may file with the custodian of such record a new request
for restriction at any time.
(52) Records of a public agency that would disclose the name,
home address, zip code, e-mail address, phone number or cell phone
number or other contact information for any person licensed to carry
concealed handguns or of any person who enrolled in or completed any
weapons training in order to be licensed or has made application for
such license under the personal and family protection act, K.S.A. 75-
7c01 et seq., and amendments thereto, shall not be disclosed unless
otherwise required by law.
(53) Records of a utility concerning information about cyber
security threats, attacks or general attempts to attack utility operations
provided to law enforcement agencies, the state corporation
commission, the federal energy regulatory commission, the department
of energy, the southwest power pool, the North American electric
reliability corporation, the federal communications commission or any
other federal, state or regional organization that has a responsibility for
the safeguarding of telecommunications, electric, potable water, waste
water disposal or treatment, motor fuel or natural gas energy supply
systems.
(54) Records of a public agency containing information or reports
obtained and prepared by the office of the state bank commissioner in
the course of licensing or examining a person engaged in money
transmission business pursuant to K.S.A. 9-508 et seq., and
amendments thereto, shall not be disclosed except pursuant to K.S.A.
9-513c, and amendments thereto, or unless otherwise required by law.
(55) Records of a public agency that contain captured license plate
data or that pertain to the location of an automated license plate
recognition system.
(56) Records of a public agency that contain material that is
obscene as defined in K.S.A. 21-6401, and amendments thereto.
(57) Records of the department of wildlife and parks regarding the
precise location of any species that is listed as threatened or
endangered pursuant to 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq. or the precise location
of any species that is threatened, endangered or in need of
conservation pursuant to the nongame and endangered species
conservation act, K.S.A. 32-957 et seq., and amendments thereto,
except when requested by a landowner, landowner's lessee or other
designee regarding such person's own property.
(b) Except to the extent disclosure is otherwise required by law or
as appropriate during the course of an administrative proceeding or on
appeal from agency action, a public agency or officer shall not disclose
financial information of a taxpayer that may be required or requested
by a county appraiser or the director of property valuation to assist in
the determination of the value of the taxpayer's property for ad valorem
taxation purposes; or any financial information of a personal nature
required or requested by a public agency or officer, including a name,
job description or title revealing the salary or other compensation of
officers, employees or applicants for employment with a firm,
corporation or agency, except a public agency. Nothing contained
herein shall be construed to prohibit the publication of statistics, so
classified as to prevent identification of particular reports or returns and
the items thereof.
(c) As used in this section, the term ''cited or identified'' does not
include a request to an employee of a public agency that a document be
prepared.
(d) If a public record contains material that is not subject to
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disclosure pursuant to this act, the public agency shall separate or
delete such material and make available to the requester that material in
the public record that is subject to disclosure pursuant to this act. If a
public record is not subject to disclosure because it pertains to an
identifiable individual, the public agency shall delete the identifying
portions of the record and make available to the requester any
remaining portions that are subject to disclosure pursuant to this act,
unless the request is for a record pertaining to a specific individual or to
such a limited group of individuals that the individuals' identities are
reasonably ascertainable, the public agency shall not be required to
disclose those portions of the record that pertain to such individual or
individuals.
(e) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to exempt
from public disclosure statistical information not descriptive of any
identifiable person.
(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), any public
record that has been in existence more than 70 years shall be open for
inspection by any person unless disclosure of the record is specifically
prohibited or restricted by federal law, state statute or rule of the
Kansas supreme court or by a policy adopted pursuant to K.S.A. 72-
6214, and amendments thereto.
(g) Any confidential records or information relating to security
measures provided or received under the provisions of subsection (a)
(45) shall not be subject to subpoena, discovery or other demand in any
administrative, criminal or civil action.
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Sec. 5. On and after July 1, 2026, K.S.A. 32-939 and K.S.A. 2025
Supp. 32-988 and 45-221 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the Kansas register.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the HOUSE, and was
adopted by that body
HOUSE adopted
Conference Committee Report
Speaker of the House.
Chief Clerk of the House.
Passed the SENATE
as amended
SENATE adopted
Conference Committee Report
President of the Senate.
Secretary of the Senate.
APPROVED
Governor.