Kansas Gov. signs several bills; Here's a list
TOPEKA (KSNT)- Kansas Governor Laura Kelly signed several bills on Friday, according to the Secretary of State's Office.
Each bill received overwhelming support from Republicans and Democrats in the Kansas House and Senate. The measures are set to take effect on July 1, 2024.
Here's the full list:
- SB 399 -Requiring vehicle dealers and salvage vehicle dealers to file monthly reports by the 25th day of the month.
- SB 424 - Providing for geographic positions or locations of points within the state of Kansas under the Kansas plane coordinate system act.
- SB 481 - Renaming Kansas State University Polytechnic campus to Kansas State University Salina.
- HB 2587 - Authorizing the board of directors for a drainage district to hold a meeting in executive session in accordance with the open meetings act.
- HB 2745 - Providing that military spouses of active military servicemembers shall be exempted from all occupational licensing, registration and certification fees.
- HB 2557 - Expanding the definition of "peer support counseling session" in the rules of evidence.
- HB 2525 - Providing for additional sources of revenue for the water program management fund and creating additional fees for the regulation of underground injection control wells.
- HB 2561 - Authorizing domestic credit unions to operate outside of the state, providing civil penalties for certain violations, allowing the administrator to enter into informal agreements, removing requirements regarding duplicate filings, establishing appeals procedures for suspended credit and supervisory committee members and requiring the members of a merged credit union to approve such merger.
- S. Sub for HB 2247 - An act concerning financial institutions; relating to the Kansas mortgage business act; uniform consumer credit code; pertaining to certain definitions, terms and conditions contained therein; modifying consumer loan finance charges and repayment terms; record requirements; credit card surcharge; definition of earnings and days; increasing the threshold for certain consumer loans and leases; origination fees for non-real estate transactions; clarifying license requirements to make supervised loans; exempting supervised loan license form filing notifications; transferring mortgage provisions contained in the uniform consumer credit code to the Kansas mortgage business act.
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