Bills introduced in the 2021 and 2022 legislative sessions are dead, and any bills to be considered must be introduced anew. Any bills introduced in 2023 that are not enacted will carry over to the 2024 session. For the 2023 Session of the Kansas Legislature, individual requests for bill intr...
Kansas Legislature Drops Bills on Judiciary, Guns, KDOT, Foster CareThe House budget committee demonstrated eagerness Tuesday toresolve a conflict with the Kansas...Carpenter, Tim
Sports betting in the state came about after the Kansas legislature came through in 2022, agreeing onSB 84to expand the Kansas Lottery to allow online sports betting. TheHouse approved the bill73-49 on Thursday, April 28th, and the Senate jumped on board with a 21-13 vote on Friday the ...
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's actions set up a series of confrontations with the Republican-supermajority Legislature over those issues. The measures appeared to have the two-thirds majorities needed in both chambers to override vetoes, but GOP leaders' success depends on how many lawmakers are...
2018:The Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992 is overturned by the US Supreme Court. Three bills that legalize sports betting in KS are introduced, but all die in the legislature. 2019:There is another attempt to legalize sports betting that would tax operators at ...
This bill, prefiled by Rep. Carmichael (D-Wichita), would restore the law to the way it read before 2016 (see2016 HB128, 3rd CCR) when the legislature passed bills pushed by former Secretary of State Kris Kobach. Among other things, the 2016 law required (1) applicants for admission to...
State Legislatures Move Opposite Directions On Hemp, Delta-8 Michigan Hemp Bills Sail Through the House CBD News Roundup: Senate Passes CBD and Marijuana Research Expansion Act The CBD Insider Author The mission of The CBD Insider is to provide consumers with a way to find high-quality...
Since the US Supreme Court struck down PASPA in May 2018, the Kansas legislature had been working on legislation governing sports betting. During that same year, Kansas became one of the pioneering states to attempt the introduction of sports betting. ...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Kansas Legislature is set to convene its annual session Monday with GOP leaders seeking to wrest control of policy from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly amid their ongoing disputes over how to handle the COVID-19
This year, the Legislature passed bills — and later overrode Kelly’s vetoes — for statutes that will require abortion providers to ask patients why they are terminating their pregnancies and report the answers to the state, and that will make it a specific crime ...