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 Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: January 29, 2025
Title: Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.
Description: Standardizing firearm safety programs in school districts.
Last Action: House Hearing: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: February 6, 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: 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 Introduced
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 Introduced
Last Action Date: January 31, 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 Hearing: Wednesday, February 5, 2025, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: February 5, 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 Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation
Last Action Date: January 24, 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: Senate Introduced
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025