Kansas 2025 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2031 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/17/2025

                    Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2031
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Representative Resman on behalf of a constituent
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AN ACT concerning drivers' training; relating to motorcycle instructors; 
providing that driving school instructors may possess a motorcycle 
driver's license from any state; amending K.S.A. 8-276 and repealing 
the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 8-276 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-276. 
(a) In order for a person to qualify as an instructor for a driving school, 
such person shall meet the following requirements:
(a)(1) Present to the department evidence of: 
(1)(A) Credit in driver education and safety from an accredited 
college or university equivalent to credits in those subjects required of 
instructors in the schools accredited by the state board; 
(2)(B) having a valid credential issued by the state board to teach 
driver education; or 
(3)(C) having completed at least 30 hours of classroom and 24 hours 
of behind the wheel training under the direct supervision of an individual 
who is presently licensed as an instructor by the state board under 
paragraph (1) subparagraph (A) or (2) (B) and who has been continuously 
licensed and who has actively instructed students for a period of at least 
three years;
(b)(2) have knowledge of the Kansas operation lifesaver 
highway/railroad grade crossing safety program;
(c)(3) be physically able to operate safely a motor vehicle and to train 
others in the operation of motor vehicles;
(d)(4) provide a certificate of health from a medical doctor stating 
that such person is physically and mentally able to safely operate a motor 
vehicle;
(e)(5) except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), hold a valid 
Kansas drivers' license; and
(f)(6) pay to the department an application fee of $5.
(b) For a motorcycle instructor subject to the provisions of this 
section, such motorcycle instructor shall be required to:
(1) Have successfully completed all requirements of this section; and
(2) possess a valid class M driver's license or equivalent license 
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allowing such individual to operate a motorcycle for another state.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 8-276 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
publication in the statute book.
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