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SB170 • 2026

Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

Energy
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

What This Bill Does

  • Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 Senate

    Died in Committee

  2. 2025-02-12 Senate

    Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 548-S event

  3. 2025-02-04 Senate

    Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities

  4. 2025-02-03 Senate

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Authorizing the state corporation commission to make recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for buildings.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
SENATE BILL No. 170
By Committee on Utilities
2-3
AN ACT concerning the state corporation commission; relating to energy
efficiency standards; authorizing the commission to make
recommendations regarding energy efficiency standards for residential,
commercial and industrial structures; amending K.S.A. 66-1227 and
repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 66-1227 is hereby amended to read as follows: 66-
1227. (a) The international energy conservation code 2006 (IECC 2006) is
hereby adopted as the applicable energy efficiency standard for new
commercial and industrial structures in this state.
(b) The state corporation commission may recommend energy
efficiency standards for residential, commercial or industrial structures.
The state corporation commission has no authority to adopt or enforce
energy efficiency standards for residential, commercial or industrial
structures.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude a city or
county from adopting or enforcing energy efficiency standards for
structures within the jurisdiction of such city or county.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 66-1227 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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