Proposed Kansas Firearm Legislation
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Title: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
Description: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
Last Action: House Engrossed on Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Last Action Date: February 26, 2025

Title: Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.
Description: Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.
Last Action: House Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.
Description: Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 28, 2025

Title: Authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county.
Description: Authorizing cities and counties to regulate the sale and purchase of firearms and ammunition within a building owned by such city or county.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 28, 2025

Title: Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
Description: Requiring firearms and stun guns to be stored in locked containers, establishing crimes for failure to store such weapons where a person under 18 years of age has access to such weapons and creating more severe penalties for firearms with large-capacity magazines.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 30, 2025

Title: Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.
Description: Providing a permanent exemption for postsecondary educational institutions from the public buildings requirements under the personal and family protection act.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025

Title: Enacting the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.
Description: Enacting the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025

Title: Creating a traffic infraction for not securely storing a firearm in an unattended vehicle, providing exceptions and penalties therefor and requiring the office of the attorney general to conduct a secure storage of firearms educational campaign and create materials therefor.
Description: Creating a traffic infraction for not securely storing a firearm in an unattended vehicle, providing exceptions and penalties therefor and requiring the office of the attorney general to conduct a secure storage of firearms educational campaign and create materials therefor.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025

Title: Increasing the criminal penalty for possessing or refusing to surrender any firearm in or on any school property or grounds.
Description: Increasing the criminal penalty for possessing or refusing to surrender any firearm in or on any school property or grounds.
Last Action: House Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1:30 PM Room 546-S - CANCELED
Last Action Date: February 13, 2025

Title: Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish a Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.
Description: Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to establish a Kansas voluntary do-not-sell firearms list to prevent the purchase of firearms by any person who voluntarily registers to be placed on the list.
Last Action: House Hearing: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: March 13, 2025

Title: Establishing the safe and secure firearm detection program in the office of the attorney general, providing for certain entities to use firearm detection software, establishing the safe and secure firearm detection fund and transferring funds from the state general fund to support the program.
Description: Establishing the safe and secure firearm detection program in the office of the attorney general, providing for certain entities to use firearm detection software, establishing the safe and secure firearm detection fund and transferring funds from the state general fund to support the program.
Last Action: House Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Referred to Committee on Transportation and Public Safety Budget
Last Action Date: February 27, 2025

Title: Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.
Description: Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol and providing exceptions for law enforcement and members of the military.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 26, 2025

Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
Description: Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
Last Action: House Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies on the basis of social credit score and requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients prior to investing client moneys in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts.
Description: Prohibiting discrimination by financial services companies on the basis of social credit score and requiring registered investment advisers to obtain written consent from clients prior to investing client moneys in mutual funds, equity funds, companies and financial institutions that engage in ideological boycotts.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance
Last Action Date: January 21, 2025

Title: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
Description: Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 22, 2025

Title: Providing a refundable income tax credit for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage.
Description: Providing a refundable income tax credit for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage.
Last Action: Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Last Action Date: February 26, 2025

Title: Enacting the responsible gun ownership act to establish the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm.
Description: Enacting the responsible gun ownership act to establish the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025

Title: Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.
Description: Authorizing the sale or transfer of forfeited firearms under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to a licensed firearm dealer.
Last Action: House Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: March 12, 2025

Title: Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices.
Description: Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Last Action Date: February 6, 2025

Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
Description: Proposing a constitutional amendment to amend section 4 of the Kansas bill of rights to recognize the right to bear arms as a fundamental right that includes the possession and use of ammunition, firearm accessories and firearm components, and that any restrictions on such right are subject to the strict scrutiny standard.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 6, 2025