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KANSAS STATE COUNCIL

SOCIETY FOR HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

February 22, 2019

Below please find the list of bills introduced during the 2019 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 as 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 [email protected] or 316.640.1422.

Bill Bill Sponsor Bill Subject Position Current Status Last Action Group(s) Number

HB House Resolving liability concerns In House 02/18/2019 - House apprenticeships

2354 Commerce, regarding high school Commerce, Scheduled Hearing Labor and apprenticeships and on-the- Labor and in Commerce, Labor Economic job training programs Economic and Economic Development Development Development: Committee Wednesday, 2/20, 1:30 PM, Rm 112-N

HB House Taxation Required fee for entry into a In House 02/06/2019 - House business 2138 Committee sexually oriented business Taxation Referred to Taxation

HB Jim Karleskint, Providing for the legal use of In House Health 02/07/2019 - House cannabis 2163 R-42nd medical cannabis and Human Referred to Health Services and Human Services

HB House Judiciary Authorizing the use of In House 02/13/2019 - House cannabis 2244 Committee cannabidiol treatment Judiciary Referred to Judiciary preparation to treat certain medical conditions

HB Dennis “Boog” Changing the designation of In House 02/01/2019 - House date designation 2009 Highberger, D- columbus day to indigenous Federal and Scheduled Hearing 46th peoples day State Affairs in Federal and State Affairs: Wednesday, 2/6, 9:00 AM, Rm 346-S SB 84 Barbara Bollier, Amending the Kansas act In Senate 02/05/2019 - discrimination D-7th against discrimination to Judiciary Senate include sexual orientation Referred to Judiciary and gender identity or expression

HB , D- Amending the Kansas act In House 02/05/2019 - House discrimination 2130 23rd against discrimination to Federal and Referred to Federal include sexual orientation State Affairs and State Affairs and gender identity or expression

HB Ponka-We Creating the limited driver's In House 02/01/2019 - House driver's license 2003 Victors, D-103rd license and identification card Federal and Withdrawn from for certain individuals State Affairs Transportation; referred to Federal and State Affairs

SB 27 Senate Removing a restriction, for In Senate 02/21/2019 - employment Commerce purposes of employment Commerce Senate Committee security law, on leasing of Scheduled Final certain employees by client Action in lessees of lessor employing Commerce: units Monday, 2/25, 8:30 AM, Rm 548-S

HB House Removing a restriction for On General 02/13/2019 - House employment 2076 Commerce, purposes of employment Orders in House Committee Report Labor and security law on the leasing of recommending bill Economic certain employees by be passed, by Development businesses from lessor Commerce, Labor Committee employing units and Economic Development

HB , D- Providing for fair In House 02/13/2019 - House employment 2259 84th consideration for Commerce, Referred to employment to persons with Labor and Commerce, Labor records of conviction Economic and Economic Development Development

HB House Ensuring a public employee's In House 02/15/2019 - House employment 2341 Appropriations right to resign from a public Appropriations Referred to Committee employee organization Appropriations HB House Children Removing provisional In House 02/18/2019 - House employment 2343 and Seniors employment from adult care Children and Scheduled Hearing Committee homes, home health agencies Seniors in Children and and providers of disability Seniors: Thursday, services 2/21, 1:30 PM, Rm 346-S

HB House Enacting the fair share act In House 02/08/2019 - House fair share act 2175 Commerce, Commerce, Referred to Labor and Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic Economic and Economic Development Development Development Committee

HB House Federal Authorizing amendments to a In House 02/20/2019 - House gender identity 2376 and State registrant's birth certificate Federal and Referred to Federal Affairs when there is a change in the State Affairs and State Affairs Committee registrant's sex

SB 29 Senate Financial Providing for fully-insured In Senate 01/23/2019 - health care Institutions and association health plans Financial Senate Insurance Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee Insurance in Financial Institutions and Insurance: Wednesday, 1/30, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S

SB 30 Senate Financial Updating definitions relating In Senate 01/24/2019 - health care Institutions and to small employer health Financial Senate Insurance plans and association health Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee plans Insurance in Financial Institutions and Insurance: Thursday, 1/31, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S

SB 31 Senate Financial Exempting certain association In Senate 01/30/2019 - health care Institutions and health plans from Financial Senate Insurance requirements pertaining to Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee small employer health plans Insurance in Financial Institutions and Insurance: Tuesday, 2/5, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S SB 32 Senate Financial Exempting certain non- In House 02/22/2019 - House health care Institutions and insurance healthcare benefits Insurance Referred to Insurance from the commissioner's Insurance Committee jurisdiction

SB 34 Senate Financial Exempting health plans In Senate 01/30/2019 - health care Institutions and issued to associations of Financial Senate Insurance small employers from certain Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee statutory provisions Insurance in Financial governing small employer Institutions and health plans Insurance: Tuesday, 2/5, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S

SB 35 Senate Financial Providing for short-term, In Senate 01/30/2019 - health care Institutions and limited-duration health plans Financial Senate Insurance Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee Insurance in Financial Institutions and Insurance: Wednesday, 2/6, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S

SB 36 Senate Financial Making certain self-funded In Senate 01/23/2019 - health care Institutions and association health plans Financial Senate Insurance subject to the jurisdiction of Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee the commissioner Insurance in Financial Institutions and Insurance: Wednesday, 1/30, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S

SB 120 Senate Public Providing for certain business In Senate Public 02/08/2019 - health care Health and entities to engage in the Health and Senate Welfare corporate practice of Welfare Referred to Public Committee medicine Health and Welfare

HB House Health Providing for short-term, In House 01/30/2019 - House health care 2053 and Human limited-duration health plans Insurance Scheduled Hearing Services in Insurance: Committee Monday, 2/4, 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N HB House Providing for fully-insured In House 01/23/2019 - House health care 2054 Insurance association health plans Insurance Scheduled Hearing Committee in Insurance: Monday, 1/28, 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N

HB House Making certain self-funded In House 01/23/2019 - House health care 2055 Insurance association health plans Insurance Scheduled Hearing Committee subject to the jurisdiction of in Insurance: the commissioner Monday, 1/28, 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N

HB House Exempting health plans In House 01/23/2019 - House health care 2056 Insurance issued to associations of Insurance Scheduled Hearing Committee small employers from certain in Insurance: statutory provisions Wednesday, 1/30, governing small employer 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N health plans

HB House Updating definitions relating In House 01/23/2019 - House health care 2058 Insurance to small employer health Insurance Scheduled Hearing Committee plans and association health in Insurance: plans Wednesday, 1/30, 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N

HB House Exempting certain association In House 01/30/2019 - House health care 2059 Insurance health plans from Insurance Scheduled Hearing Committee requirements pertaining to in Insurance: small employer health plans Monday, 2/4, 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N

HB House Updating the per diem for In House 02/13/2019 - House health care 2260 Commerce, injured employees when Commerce, Referred to Labor and away from their residence for Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic medical treatment Economic and Economic Development Development Development Committee

SB 33 Senate Financial Specifying the conditions In Senate 01/23/2019 - insurance Institutions and under which a small Financial Senate Insurance employer carrier may Institutions and Scheduled Hearing Committee establish certain classes of Insurance in Financial business Institutions and Insurance: Thursday, 1/31, 9:30 AM, Rm 546-S SB 109 Senate Financial Repealing the Kansas On Consent 02/20/2019 - insurance Institutions and uninsurable health insurance Calendar in Senate Insurance plan act Senate (2nd Committee Report Committee day) recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar, by Financial Institutions and Insurance

SB 163 Senate Public Requiring health insurance In Senate 02/14/2019 - insurance Health and coverage for contraceptives Financial Senate Welfare Institutions and Referred to Committee Insurance Financial Institutions and Insurance

HB House Specifying the conditions In House 01/23/2019 - House insurance 2057 Insurance under which a small Insurance Scheduled Hearing Committee employer carrier may in Insurance: establish certain classes of Wednesday, 1/30, business 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N

HB , D- Requiring coverage of In House 02/06/2019 - House insurance 2074 102nd preexisting conditions by Insurance Scheduled Hearing individual accident and in Insurance: sickness insurance policies Monday, 2/11, 3:30 PM, Rm 212-N

HB , D- Requiring health insurance In House 02/05/2019 - House insurance 2124 29th plans to cover contraceptives Insurance Referred to Insurance

SB 9 Molly Authorizing the transfer of On Final Action 02/21/2019 - House KPERS Baumgardner, $115,000,000 from the state in House Committee of the R-37th general fund to the Kansas Whole: Be passed public employees retirement fund during fiscal year 2019

SB 73 Senate Ways Amortizing the state and In Senate Ways 02/01/2019 - KPERS and Means school KPERS actuarial and Means Senate Committee accrued liability over a 30- Referred to Ways year period and eliminating and Means certain level-dollar employer contribution payments SB 74 Senate Ways Providing a post-retirement In Senate Ways 02/01/2019 - KPERS and Means benefit increase (COLA) for and Means Senate Committee certain KPERS retirants Referred to Ways and Means

SB 200 Senate Federal Increasing retirement benefit In Senate 02/19/2019 - KPERS and State cap and decreasing employee Financial Senate Affairs contribution rate for Institutions and Referred to Committee members of the Kansas Police Insurance Financial Institutions and Firemen's Retirement and Insurance System in certain circumstances

SB 202 Senate Ways Eliminating the six-month In Senate 02/19/2019 - KPERS and Means retirement benefit Financial Senate Committee suspension for violating Institutions and Referred to KPERS working after Insurance Financial Institutions retirement provisions and Insurance

SB 209 Senate Ways Empowering the KPERS board In Senate 02/21/2019 - KPERS and Means to develop policies and Financial Senate Committee procedures relating to Institutions and Referred to procurement, enter into Insurance Financial Institutions certain contracts and allow and Insurance travel for trustees and employees of the system

SB 210 Senate Ways Providing KPERS membership In Senate Ways 02/21/2019 - KPERS and Means to certain direct support and Means Senate Committee positions in community Referred to Ways developmental disability and Means organizations upon completion of a two-year training period

HB House Financial Providing a post-retirement In House 02/06/2019 - House KPERS

2100 Institutions and benefit increase (COLA) for Financial Scheduled Hearing Pensions certain KPERS retirants Institutions and in Financial Committee Pensions Institutions and Pensions: Monday, 2/11, 9:00 AM, Rm 281-N HB House Financial Empowering the KPERS board On Final Action 02/21/2019 - House KPERS 2119 Institutions and to develop policies and in House Committee of the Pensions procedures relating to Whole: Committee Committee procurement, enter into Report be adopted; certain contracts and allow be passed as travel for trustees and amended employees of the system

HCR , Proposition to repeal section In House 02/14/2019 - House labor 5008 D-24th 12 of article 15 of the Kansas Commerce, Referred to organizations constitution, regarding Labor and Commerce, Labor membership and Economic and Economic nonmembership in labor Development Development organizations

HB Randy Garber, Enacting the marriage and In House 02/14/2019 - House marriage 2320 R-62nd constitution restoration act Judiciary Referred to Judiciary

HB Brandon Prohibiting the denial of In House 02/13/2019 - House maternity leave 2263 Whipple, D-96th earned maternity leave Commerce, Referred to benefits after an employee Labor and Commerce, Labor has given notice of intent to Economic and Economic take maternity leave Development Development

HB Jim Ward, D- Enacting the Kansas working In House 01/15/2019 - House pay raise act 2022 86th families pay raise act Commerce, Referred to Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic and Economic Development Development

HB House Federal Repealing statutes pertaining In House 02/07/2019 - House religion 2153 and State to student religious Federal and Referred to Federal Affairs associations State Affairs and State Affairs Committee

SB 195 Senate Public Enacting the Kansas safe In Senate Public 02/18/2019 - safe access Health and access act Health and Senate Welfare Welfare Referred to Public Committee Health and Welfare

HB Brandon Prohibiting the use of non- In House 02/14/2019 - House sexual 2324 Whipple, D-96th disclosure agreements to Commerce, Referred to harassment silence victims of workplace Labor and Commerce, Labor sexual harassment Economic and Economic Development Development HB Tim Hodge, D- Establishing the rural In House 02/14/2019 - House student loans 2312 72nd revitalization student loan Commerce, Referred to repayment program Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic and Economic Development Development

SB 13 Caryn Tyson, R- Increasing and allowing In Senate 01/18/2019 - taxes 12th Kansas itemized deductions, Federal Tax Senate allowing individual expensing Code Withdrawn from deduction, providing for Implementation Assessment and certain income tax credits, Taxation; referred allowing rural opportunity to Federal Tax Code zone for certain counties, Implementation extending certain counties countywide retailers' sales tax, providing for sales tax definitions and exemptions for certain sales

SB 52 Anthony Due process for terminating In Senate 01/29/2019 - teacher contracts Hensley, D-19th teachers' contracts Education Senate Referred to Education

SB 38 Senate Federal Unemployment benefits for In Senate 01/23/2019 - unemployment and State privately contracted school Commerce Senate Affairs bus drivers Referred to Committee Commerce

HB , R- Unemployment benefits for In House 02/07/2019 - House unemployment 2148 80th privately contracted school Commerce, Referred to bus drivers Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic and Economic Development Development

HB House Rural Making unemployment On General 02/19/2019 - House unemployment 2154 Revitalization benefits available for federal Orders in House Committee Report Committee and state employees who are recommending bill required to work without pay be passed, by Rural Revitalization HB House Unemployment benefits for In House 02/14/2019 - House unemployment 2315 Commerce, privately contracted school Commerce, Referred to Labor and bus drivers Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic Economic and Economic Development Development Development Committee

SB 141 Tom Holland, D- Increasing the minimum In Senate 02/12/2019 - wages 3rd wage Commerce Senate Referred to Commerce

SB 175 Senate Enacting the public employee In Senate 02/14/2019 - wages Assessment and right to choose act, providing Commerce Senate Taxation public employees with the Referred to Committee right of relief from the Commerce obligation to pay union dues through withholding of their wages

HB Brett Parker, D- Repealing prohibition on In House 01/23/2019 - House wages 2061 29th municipal regulation of Commerce, Referred to minimum wages Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic and Economic Development Development

HB Tim Hodge, D- Awarding costs and attorney In House 02/13/2019 - House wages 2253 72nd fees to plaintiffs prevailing in Commerce, Referred to unpaid wage claims Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic and Economic Development Development

SB 92 Tom Holland, D- Workers compensation In Senate 02/05/2019 - workers 3rd impairment determination; Commerce Senate compensation use of AMA guidelines Referred to Commerce

SB 146 Tom Holland, D- Allowing injured workers who In Senate 02/12/2019 - workers 3rd receive social security to keep Commerce Senate compensation the full amount of their Referred to workers compensation Commerce benefits SB 172 Senate Ways Increasing the limit of In Senate 02/14/2019 - workers and Means healthcare expenses allowed Commerce Senate compensation Committee as a workers compensation Referred to benefit for injured employees Commerce prior to formal authorization of a claim

HB John Replacing the workers In House 01/15/2019 - House workers 2012 Carmichael, D- compensation prevailing Commerce, Referred to compensation 92nd factor standard with a Labor and Commerce, Labor substantial factor standard Economic and Economic Development Development

HB John Amending the edition of the In House 01/15/2019 - House workers 2013 Carmichael, D- AMA medical guide used to Commerce, Referred to compensation 92nd determine impairment for Labor and Commerce, Labor awarding workers Economic and Economic compensation benefits Development Development

HB John Amending the disallowance In House 01/15/2019 - House workers 2014 Carmichael, D- of workers compensation Commerce, Referred to compensation 92nd benefits for fighting or Labor and Commerce, Labor horseplay when not work Economic and Economic related Development Development

HB John Allowing injured workers who In House 01/15/2019 - House workers 2016 Carmichael, D- are receiving their social Commerce, Referred to compensation 92nd security benefits to keep the Labor and Commerce, Labor full amount of their workers Economic and Economic compensation Development Development

HB House Increasing workers In House 02/14/2019 - House workers 2313 Commerce, compensation treatment Commerce, Referred to compensation Labor and expense limits from $500 to Labor and Commerce, Labor Economic $2,000 for injured workers Economic and Economic Development prior to claim approval Development Development Committee