KANSAS STATE COUNCIL
SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
June 15, 2015 FINAL
Below please find the list of bills introduced during the 2015 Legislative Session. These bills have
been identified as issues which may impact the interest to the Society for Human Resource
Management. Within the bill tracker you will find the bill number and its subject matter as well the
current status of the bill and whether there is pending committee action on the bill. You may access
the full text of the bill by holding down your computer control key and clicking on the bill number in
the report. If you should have any questions or concerns regarding the bills below, please do not
hesitate to contact our lobbyist, Natalie Bright, at natalie@brightcarpenter.com 316.640.1422.
Bill
Number
Bill Sponsor
Bill Subject
Current Status
Last Action
Group(s)
Notes
HB
2320
Barbara Ballard,
D-44th
Directing the secretary of
administration to study
whether public employers
engage in wage discrimination
on the basis of sex
In House Federal
and State Affairs
02/12/2015 - House
Referred to Federal and
State Affairs
discrimination Support:
Monitor
equal
protection
HB
2394
House
Appropriations
Committee
Career technical education
incentive draw down
On General
Orders in House
03/09/2015 - House
Committee Report
recommending bill be
passed as amended by
Education Budget
education
Prohibiting retaliation or
In Senate
discrimination by an employer Commerce
against a parent for taking time
off to attend certain court
proceedings involving children
02/12/2015 - Senate
Referred to Commerce
employment
discrimination
Authorizing private sector
Approved by
employers to establish a hiring Governor
preference for veterans
05/29/2015
employment
Approved by Governor Sam
Brownback
Charitable gaming; bingo and
raffles; lottery; sale of tickets;
other
05/19/2015
employment
Approved by Governor Sam
Brownback
SB 207 Senate Federal
and State Affairs
Committee
HB
2154
House Veterans,
Military and
Homeland
Security
Committee
S Sub House Veterans,
for HB Military and
2155 Homeland
Security
Approved by
Governor
Committee
HB
2357
House Commerce,
Labor and
Economic
Development
Committee
Department of labor;
employment security;
disqualification for benefits,
administrative review,
personnel carrying our act,
filing of wage reports
In House
Commerce, Labor
and Economic
Development
SB 65
Senate Federal
and State Affairs
Committee
Carrying of concealed
On General
handguns by public employees Orders in Senate
while engaged in employment
03/05/2015 - House
employment
Scheduled Hearing in
Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development:
Tuesday, 3/10, 1:30 PM, Rm
346-S
03/18/2015 - Senate
firearms
Committee Report
recommending bill be
passed by Federal and State
Affairs
SB 175 Senate Ways and Exercise of religious freedom
Means Committee by postsecondary education
student associations
On General
Orders in House
04/02/2015 - House
free speech
Committee Report
religious
recommending bill be
passed by Federal and State freedom
Affairs
SB 309 Senate Ways and Establishing a 3.5% fee for
Means Committee policies sold on the federally
facilitated health insurance
exchange
In Senate Ways
and Means
05/20/2015 - Senate
health
Scheduled Hearing in Ways insurance
and Means: Thursday, 5/21,
1:00 PM, Rm 548-S
SB 166 Senate Federal
and State Affairs
Committee
In Senate Federal 02/06/2015 - Senate
and State Affairs Referred to Federal and
State Affairs
HB
2294
Rule of law restoration act;
immigration
House Federal and Requiring the use of e-verify by In House Federal
State Affairs
employers
and State Affairs
Committee
02/11/2015 - House
Referred to Federal and
State Affairs
Immigrants'
rights
Oppose:
Testify
Immigrants'
rights
Oppose:
testify
workforce
development
SB 228 Senate Select
Committee on
KPERS
Defining police for purposes of Approved by
eligibility in the Kansas police Governor
and firemen's retirement
system
In Senate Select
SB 284 Senate Ways and Enacting the Kansas deferred
Means Committee retirement option program act Committee on
KPERS
HB
2287
House Taxation
Committee
Investment standards and
divestment procedures for
KPERS related to Iran
In House
Pensions and
Benefits
04/16/2015
KPERS
Approved by Governor Sam
Brownback
03/18/2015 - Senate
Scheduled Discussion and
Action in Select Committee
on KPERS: Thursday, 3/19,
3:30 PM, Rm 118-N
Oppose:
Testify
KPERS
03/13/2015 - House
KPERS
Scheduled Hearing in
Pensions and Benefits:
Wednesday, 3/18, 9:00 AM,
Rm 152-S
HB
2416
House
Appropriations
Committee
KPERS; definition of
In House
compensation for purposes of Calendar and
computing final average salary Printing
03/31/2015 - House
Withdrawn from
Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development;
referred to Calendar and
Printing
HB
2426
House
Appropriations
Committee
KPERS; definition of
In House
compensation for purposes of Commerce, Labor
computing final average salary and Economic
Development
05/06/2015 - House
KPERS
Scheduled Hearing in
Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development:
Monday, 5/11, 9:00 AM, Rm
582-N
HB
2253
House Pensions
and Benefits
Committee
Extending special employment On General
after retirement provisions
Orders in House
under KPERS for certain
retirants who are teachers
03/24/2015 - House
Committee Report
recommending bill be
passed as amended by
Pensions and Benefits
HB
2391
House
Appropriations
Committee
State employees; shared leave Approved by
program limited to life
Governor
threatening medical
conditions; longevity bonuses
only if moneys appropriated
for such bonuses; classified
positions converted to
unclassified positions
05/14/2015
public
Approved by Governor Sam employees
Brownback
HB
2299
House
Appropriations
Committee
Directing the secretary of labor
to submit a statewide plan for
state enforcement of OSHA
standards
02/18/2015 - House
State OSHA
Scheduled Discussion and
Possible Action in
Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development:
Tuesday, 2/24, 1:30 PM, Rm
346-S
In House
Commerce, Labor
and Economic
Development
KPERS
pensions
SB 199 Anthony Hensley,
D-19th
Income tax credit for expenses In Senate
paid for household and
Assessment and
dependent care services
Taxation
necessary for gainful
employment
02/12/2015 - Senate
taxes
Referred to Assessment and
Taxation
H Sub
for SB
270
Taxation; relating to income
Conference
tax, food sales tax credit; sales Report adopted
and compensating use tax,
in House
exemptions; joint committee
on tax exemptions and income
06/11/2015 - House
taxes
Adopted Conference
Committee Report; Yeas 63,
Nays 44
Senate
Assessment and
Taxation
Committee
tax credits; property tax,
elections by cities and counties
S Sub House Judiciary
for HB Committee
2109
Taxation; relating to tax
Pending
amnesty; sales and
enrollment
compensating use tax, rates,
distribution thereof, food;
income tax, subtraction
modifications, credits,
individual development
accounts, low income
scholarship program; motor
vehicle taxation; taxation of
cigarettes and electronic
cigarettes; sales tax authority
for Bourbon, Douglas and
Thomas counties; property
taxation, consolidated fire
districts; rural opportunity
zones; land banks; creating the
joint committee on tax
exemptions and income tax
credits
SB 154 Senate Commerce Amending unemployment
insurance benefits
Committee
determination; employer
classification and contribution
rates
HB
2261
House Commerce,
Labor and
Economic
Development
Committee
SB 212 Senate
Assessment and
Taxation
Committee
SB 24
Senate Federal
and State Affairs
Committee
Approved by
Governor
06/11/2015 - House
taxes
Previous action
reconsidered; Conference
Committee Report adopted
on House bill; Yeas 63, Nays
45
05/18/2015
unemployment
Approved by Governor Sam insurance
Brownback
Amending unemployment
insurance benefits
determination; employer
classification and contribution
rates
In House Taxation 02/17/2015 - House
Withdrawn from
Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development;
referred to Taxation
Strengthening protection of
public employee paychecks
In Senate
Commerce
03/18/2015 - Senate
wages
Scheduled Final Action in
Commerce: Thursday, 3/19,
8:30 AM, Rm 548-S
Technical professions act;
definitions clarification
In House Federal
and State Affairs
03/04/2015 - House
workforce
Scheduled Hearing in
development
Federal and State Affairs:
Tuesday, 3/10, 9:00 AM, Rm
346-S
SB 179 Senate Ways and Limiting negotiations under the In Senate
Means Committee public employer-employee
Commerce
unemployment
insurance
03/18/2015 - Senate
workforce
Scheduled Final Action in
development
Commerce: Thursday, 3/19,
relations act
8:30 AM, Rm 548-S
HB
2012
Jim Ward, D-86th
Enacting the Kansas working
families pay raise act
HB
2288
House Pensions
and Benefits
Committee
Enacting the Kansas deferred
In House
retirement option program act Pensions and
Benefits
HB
2317
Brandon Whipple, Requiring employment of
Kansas workers for certain
D-96th
state contracts and tax
incentives
Sub for House
HB
Appropriations
2151 Committee
HB
2152
House
Appropriations
Committee
Grand juries; witnesses to
grand jury instructions
In House
Appropriations
01/13/2015 - House
Referred to Appropriations
workforce
development
03/20/2015 - House
Withdrawn from
Appropriations; rereferred
to Pensions and Benefits
workforce
development
In House Taxation 02/13/2015 - House
Withdrawn from
Commerce, Labor and
Economic Development;
referred to Taxation
workforce
development
On General
Orders in House
03/10/2015 - House
Committee Report
recommending substitute
bill be passed by Judiciary
workplace
environment
01/29/2015 - House
Referred to Appropriations
workplace
environment
Giving full-time state
In House
employees one additional
Appropriations
discretionary holiday each year