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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2578
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Claudia Hissong on behalf of the Kansas Farm Bureau
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AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to antique vehicles; creating
a definition for antique farm vehicle; permitting such vehicles to
register as an antique vehicle; directing the division of vehicles to
design a decal for such vehicles; exempting such registered vehicles
from the Kansas uniform commercial drivers' license act; amending
K.S.A. 8-166, 8-172 and 8-2,127 and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-166 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-166.
The following words and phrases when As used in this act shall for the
purpose of this act have the following meaning:
(a) "Antique" means any vehicle, including an antique military
vehicle and an antique farm vehicle , more than 35 years old, propelled by
a motor using petroleum fuel, steam or electricity, or any combination
thereof, regardless of the age or type of the components or equipment
installed on the vehicle.
(b) "Person" means every natural person, firm, copartnership,
association, corporation, club or organization.
(c) "Antique military vehicle" means a vehicle, regardless of the
vehicle's size or weight, that was manufactured for use in any country's
military forces and is maintained to represent its military design, except
that an "antique military vehicle shall " does not include a fully tracked
vehicle.
(d) "Antique farm vehicle" means a farm truck or truck tractor that:
(1) Is operated by the owner or operator of a farm or ranch, an
employee of such farm or ranch or a family member of such owner or
operator of a farm or ranch;
(2) transports agricultural commodities, livestock, agricultural
machinery or agricultural supplies to or from a farm or ranch;
(3) is not used in the operations of a common motor carrier; and
(4) has a gross vehicle weight rating or gross combination weight
rating that is:
(A) 26,001 pounds or less; or
(B) greater than 26,001 pounds if such vehicle is used in:
(i) Intrastate commerce; or
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(ii) interstate commerce within 150 air miles of any farm or ranch
owned or leased by the registered owner of such vehicle.
(e) "Gross vehicle weight rating" means the same as defined in
K.S.A. 8-2,128, and amendments thereto.
(f) The words and phrases defined in K.S.A. 8-126 and 8-126a, and
amendments thereto, when used in this act, shall mean the same as defined
by such sections.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-172 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-172. (a)
Except as provided in subsection (c), license plates issued for antique
vehicles shall be distinctive and shall , contain the words "Kansas" and
"antique" and there shall be have no year date thereon. The numbering
system shall consist of combinations of not more than seven letters of the
alphabet or numerals or a combination of such letters and numerals. The
combinations of such letters and numerals shall be at the direction of the
director of vehicles, except that any person owning an antique vehicle,
other than an antique motorcycle, may make application for a special
combination of letters and numerals not exceeding seven. Antique
motorcycle license plates shall be the same as other antique vehicle license
plates, except the numbering system shall consist of not more than five
letters of the alphabet or numerals or a combination of letters and
numerals. Such application shall be made in a manner prescribed by the
director of vehicles and shall be accompanied by a special combination fee
of $40. Unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by the
applicant have been assigned to another antique vehicle registered in this
state, or unless the combination of letters or numerals designated by the
applicant have a profane, vulgar, lewd or indecent meaning or connotation,
as determined by the director, the division shall assign such combination
of letters to the applicant's vehicle.
(b) In addition to the fees required under subsection (b) of K.S.A. 8-
167(b), and amendments thereto, and subsection (a) or (c) of this section ,
the registration fee for any antique vehicle shall be $40 and , once paid ,
shall not be required to be renewed.
(c) In lieu of the license plate issued under subsection (a), a person
who owns an antique vehicle who wants to display a model year license
plate on the vehicle shall make application in a manner prescribed by the
director of vehicles, including the execution of an affidavit setting forth
that the model year license plate the person wants to display on the
person's antique vehicle is a legible and serviceable license plate that
originally was issued by this state or a license plate originally issued by a
Kansas city or a reproduction of such city issued license plate. Except for
license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate shall be inscribed
with the date of the year corresponding to the model year when the vehicle
was manufactured. For license plates issued prior to 1921, such license
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plate shall be the license plate issued by the state or a Kansas city or a
reproduction of such city issued license plate corresponding to the model
year when the vehicle was manufactured. Duplicate numbers for any year
shall not be allowed for any model year license plate under the provisions
of this subsection. Upon application to display a reproduction of a city
issued license plate, the division of vehicles shall issue a number to be
used for such reproduction license plate. The model year license plate fee
shall be $40.
(d) In addition to the license plates authorized under subsection (a) or
(c), a person who owns an antique vehicle may display a model year
license plate originally issued by the state of Kansas or a Kansas city or a
reproduction of such city issued license plate on the front of an antique
vehicle. Except for license plates issued prior to 1921, such license plate
shall be inscribed with the date of the year corresponding to the model
year when the vehicle was manufactured. For license plates issued prior to
1921, such license plate shall be the license plate issued by the state or a
Kansas city or a reproduction of such city issued license plate
corresponding to the model year when the vehicle was manufactured.
(e) For a model year license plate issued during calendar year 1976 or
thereafter, and which that is displayed on an antique vehicle pursuant to
subsection (c), the owner may display a decal of the type described in
K.S.A. 8-132, and amendments thereto, for the year of the vehicle so long
as such decal is legible. Otherwise, on and after January 1, 2013, the
owner may obtain from the county treasurer a replacement decal from the
county treasurer which that displays the year of the vehicle.
(f) The division of vehicles shall design a decal to issue to the owner
of an antique farm vehicle that registers such vehicle under the provisions
of K.S.A. 8-166 et seq., and amendments thereto. Such decal shall be
designed to allow law enforcement officers to properly identify the vehicle
as an antique farm vehicle. The owner of an antique farm vehicle shall
affix such decal to a license plate issued for antique vehicles pursuant to
this section.
Sec. 3. K.S.A. 8-2,127 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-2,127.
Vehicles that are exempt from this act include:
(a) Farm vehicles, defined as follows that are:
(1) Registered as a farm truck or truck tractor under K.S.A. 8-143 or
8-166 et seq., and amendments thereto;
(2) used to transport either agricultural products commodities ,
livestock, farm agricultural machinery, farm or agricultural supplies , or
both, to or from a farm or ranch;
(3) not used in the operations of a common motor carrier; and
(4) used either in:
(A) Intrastate commerce; or
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(B) interstate commerce within 150 air miles of any farm or farms
owned or leased by the registered owner of such farm vehicle;
(b) vehicles operated by firefighters and other persons that are
necessary to the preservation of life or property or the execution of
emergency governmental functions, are equipped with audible and visual
signals and are not subject to normal traffic regulation. These vehicles
include fire trucks, hook and ladder trucks, foam or water transport trucks,
police SWAT team vehicles, ambulances or other vehicles that are used in
response to emergencies;
(c) military vehicles that are operated by military personnel in pursuit
of military purposes and all noncivilian operators of equipment owned or
operated by the United States department of defense. This applies to any
active duty military personnel and members of the reserves and national
guard on active duty, including personnel on full-time national guard duty,
personnel on part-time training and national guard military technicians,
civilians who are required to wear military uniforms and are subject to the
uniform code of military justice or the Kansas code of military justice;
(d) motor vehicles that would otherwise be considered commercial
motor vehicles, if such vehicles are used solely and exclusively for private
noncommercial use and any operator of such vehicles;
(e) farm tractors operated by an implement dealer, or employee
thereof, when moved or transported in accordance with K.S.A. 8-1918,
and amendments thereto; and
(f) motor grader vehicles operated by an employee of a municipality,
as defined in K.S.A. 75-6102, and amendments thereto, if such employee
is operating the motor grader vehicle within the boundaries of such
municipality.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 8-166, 8-172 and 8-2,127 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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