Making amendments to the elevator safety act concerning the definition of elevator, licensure requirements, inspection and testing requirements and adoption of rules and regulations.
Providing countywide retailers' sales tax authority for Marshall county for the purpose of financing the costs of constructing or remodeling and furnishing a jail facility.
Modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran to create a common definition for each term and clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans.
Transferring officers, employees, powers, duties and functions relating to the state health care benefits program from the division of the state employee health benefits plan of the department of administration to the insurance department, establishing the commissioner of insurance as the chairperson of the Kansas state employees health care commission, providing that all management functions of such commission be administered by the commissioner of insurance and eliminating a pilot program regarding employer contributions for certain children.
Requiring cities of the first class and counties that have cities of the first class to adopt, by ordinance or resolution, respectively, law enforcement vehicle pursuit protocols and requiring chiefs of police and county sheriffs to propose such protocols for adoption or amendment.
Clarifying the determination of taxable income and providing for the passing through of tax credits to electing pass-through entity owners for purposes of the salt parity act.
Simplifying income tax rates for individuals, increasing the the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income limit for an income tax subtraction modification for social security income, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax rate and establishing a 0% state rate for sales and use taxes for sales of food and food ingredients on July 1, 2024.
Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue licenses for the sale of alcoholic liquor to persons convicted of a felony if such conviction is more than 10 years old.
Establishing a blueprint for literacy to create a literacy advisory committee, appoint a director of literacy education, require the state board of regents and the state board of education to collaborate on a literacy micro-credential and professional development, authorize the state board of regents to recommend diagnostic and formative literacy assessments, authorize university presidents and deans of education oversight over postsecondary literacy courses and require a plan to establish centers of excellence in reading.
Authorizing governmental units to utilize a public moneys pooled method of securities to secure the deposit of public moneys in excess of the amount insured or guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation and requiring the state treasurer to establish procedures therefor and banks, savings and loan associations and savings banks to make certain reports upon the request of a governmental unit.