20 total bills, 8 anti-gun bills,
5 pro-gun bills for this session
Proposed Kansas Firearm Legislation
20 total bills, 8 anti-gun bills,
5 pro-gun bills for this session
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note: Kansas carries over legislation from odd-numbered years to even numbered years without exception
Title: Providing reciprocity for licenses to carry concealed handguns and creating a new class of concealed carry license for individuals 18 to 20 years of age, and creating the Kansas protection of firearm rights act to restore the right to possess a firearm upon expungement of certain convictions.
Description: Providing reciprocity for licenses to carry concealed handguns and creating a new class of concealed carry license for individuals 18 to 20 years of age, and creating the Kansas protection of firearm rights act to restore the right to possess a firearm upon expungement of certain convictions.
Last Action: Senate Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 31 Nay: 8
Last Action Date: May 3, 2021
Title: Providing reciprocity for licenses to carry concealed handguns and creating two classes of concealed carry licenses.
Description: Providing reciprocity for licenses to carry concealed handguns and creating two classes of concealed carry licenses.
Last Action: House Hearing: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: January 27, 2021
Title: Substitute for HB 2089 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Standardizing firearm safety education training programs in school districts.
Description: Substitute for HB 2089 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Standardizing firearm safety education training programs in school districts.
Last Action: House No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
Last Action Date: May 7, 2021
Title: Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
Description: Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
Last Action: House Hearing: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
Last Action Date: February 2, 2021
Title: Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol.
Description: Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: January 26, 2021
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 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 3, 2021
Title: Requiring relinquishment of firearms pursuant to certain court orders related to domestic violence.
Description: Requiring relinquishment of firearms pursuant to certain court orders related to domestic violence.
Last Action: House Hearing: Friday, March 26, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
Last Action Date: March 26, 2021
Title: Adding items to the the definitions of a knife and weapon for purposes of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Description: Adding items to the the definitions of a knife and weapon for purposes of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 12, 2021
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: February 22, 2021
Title: Creating the gun violence restraining order act authorizing the issuance of court orders prohibiting the purchase or possession of firearms by a person.
Description: Creating the gun violence restraining order act authorizing the issuance of court orders prohibiting the purchase or possession of firearms by a person.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 22, 2021
Title: Modifying the procedure for declaring and extending a state of disaster emergency, limiting powers granted to the governor during a state of disaster emergency, authorizing the legislative coordinating council and the legislature to take certain action related to a state of disaster emergency and prohibiting the governor or the state board of education from closing private schools during a state of disaster emergency.
Description: Modifying the procedure for declaring and extending a state of disaster emergency, limiting powers granted to the governor during a state of disaster emergency, authorizing the legislative coordinating council and the legislature to take certain action related to a state of disaster emergency and prohibiting the governor or the state board of education from closing private schools during a state of disaster emergency.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: March 10, 2021
Title: Creating additional violations of criminal discharge of a firearm for discharges that are near a school or projectiles that leave the property from which they are discharged.
Description: Creating additional violations of criminal discharge of a firearm for discharges that are near a school or projectiles that leave the property from which they are discharged.
Last Action: House Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: May 5, 2021
Title: Extending certain provisions of the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas and providing certain relief related to health, welfare, property and economic security during this public health emergency.
Description: Extending certain provisions of the governmental response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Kansas and providing certain relief related to health, welfare, property and economic security during this public health emergency.
Last Action: Senate Approved by Governor on Monday, January 25, 2021
Last Action Date: January 25, 2021
Title: Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol.
Description: Prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in the state capitol.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 5, 2021
Title: Authorizing the legislative coordinating council to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in the state capitol.
Description: Authorizing the legislative coordinating council to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in the state capitol.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 9, 2021
Title: Creating the Kansas protection of firearm rights act to restore the right to possess a firearm upon expungement of certain convictions.
Description: Creating the Kansas protection of firearm rights act to restore the right to possess a firearm upon expungement of certain convictions.
Last Action: Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
Last Action Date: February 17, 2021
Title: Requiring relinquishment of firearms pursuant to certain court orders related to domestic violence.
Description: Requiring relinquishment of firearms pursuant to certain court orders related to domestic violence.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: February 10, 2021
Title: Increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm and when a person less than 14 years of age was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm.
Description: Increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm and when a person less than 14 years of age was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 10, 2021
Title: House Substitute for Substitute for SB 273 by Committee on Judiciary - Directing that tobacco product manufacturer remittances be credited to the Kansas endowment for youth fund rather than deposited into escrow upon certification by the attorney general.
Description: House Substitute for Substitute for SB 273 by Committee on Judiciary - Directing that tobacco product manufacturer remittances be credited to the Kansas endowment for youth fund rather than deposited into escrow upon certification by the attorney general.
Last Action: Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 24 Nay: 14
Last Action Date: May 7, 2021
Title: Creating the Roy'Ale Spencer firearms safety act to require firearms to be safely secured and establishing criminal penalties for violations of the act.
Description: Creating the Roy'Ale Spencer firearms safety act to require firearms to be safely secured and establishing criminal penalties for violations of the act.
Last Action: Senate Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Last Action Date: March 12, 2021
