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11 Session of 2025
22 HOUSE BILL No. 2115
33 By Committee on Local Government
44 Requested by Representative Featherston
55 1-28
66 AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family
77 protection act; authorizing municipalities to prohibit employees of such
88 municipality from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings;
99 amending K.S.A. 75-7c20 and repealing the existing section.
1010 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
1111 Section 1. K.S.A. 75-7c20 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
1212 7c20. (a) The carrying of a concealed handgun shall not be prohibited in
1313 any public area of any state or municipal building unless such public area
1414 has adequate security measures to ensure that no weapons are permitted to
1515 be carried into such public area and the public area is conspicuously
1616 posted with either permanent or temporary signage approved by the
1717 governing body, or the chief administrative officer, if no governing body
1818 exists, in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10, and amendments thereto.
1919 (b) The carrying of a concealed handgun shall not be prohibited
2020 throughout any state or municipal building in its entirety unless such
2121 building has adequate security measures at all public access entrances to
2222 ensure that no weapons are permitted to be carried into such building and
2323 the building is conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10,
2424 and amendments thereto.
2525 (c) No state agency or municipality shall prohibit an employee from
2626 carrying a concealed handgun at the employee's work place unless:
2727 (1) The building has adequate security measures at all public access
2828 entrances to ensure that no weapons are permitted to be carried into such
2929 building and the building is conspicuously posted in accordance with
3030 K.S.A. 75-7c10, and amendments thereto; or
3131 (2) a security plan has been adopted for such building in accordance
3232 with subsection (i).
3333 (d) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), it shall not be a violation
3434 of the personal and family protection act for a person to carry a concealed
3535 handgun into a state or municipal building, or any public area thereof, so
3636 long as that person has authority to enter through a restricted access
3737 entrance into such building, or public area thereof, that provides adequate
3838 security measures at all public access entrances and the building, or public
3939 area thereof, is conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10,
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7575 and amendments thereto.
7676 (2) Any person, who is not an employee of the state or a municipality
7777 and is not otherwise authorized to enter a state or municipal building
7878 through a restricted access entrance, shall be authorized to enter through a
7979 restricted access entrance, provided such person:
8080 (A) Is authorized by the chief law enforcement officer, governing
8181 body, or the chief administrative officer, if no governing body exists, to
8282 enter such state or municipal building through a restricted access entrance;
8383 (B) is issued an identification card by the chief law enforcement
8484 officer, governing body, or the chief administrative officer, if no governing
8585 body exists, which includes such person's photograph, name and any other
8686 identifying information deemed necessary by the issuing entity, and which
8787 states on the identification card that such person is authorized to enter such
8888 building through a restricted access entrance; and
8989 (C) executes an affidavit or other notarized statement that such person
9090 acknowledges that certain firearms and weapons may be prohibited in such
9191 building and that violating any such regulations may result in the
9292 revocation of such person's authority to enter such building through a
9393 restricted access entrance.
9494 The chief law enforcement officer, governing body, or the chief
9595 administrative officer, if no governing body exists, shall develop criteria
9696 for approval of individuals subject to this paragraph to enter the state or
9797 municipal building through a restricted access entrance. Such criteria may
9898 include the requirement that the individual submit to a state and national
9999 criminal history records check before issuance and renewal of such
100100 authorization and pay a fee to cover the costs of such background checks.
101101 An individual who has been issued a concealed carry permit by the state of
102102 Kansas shall not be required to submit to another state and national
103103 criminal records check before issuance and renewal of such authorization.
104104 Notwithstanding any authorization granted under this paragraph, an
105105 individual may be subjected to additional security screening measures
106106 upon reasonable suspicion or in circumstances where heightened security
107107 measures are warranted. Such authorization does not permit the individual
108108 to carry a concealed weapon into a public building, which that has
109109 adequate security measures, as defined by this act, and which that is
110110 conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10, and
111111 amendments thereto.
112112 (e) A state agency or municipality that provides adequate security
113113 measures in a state or municipal building and which that conspicuously
114114 posts signage in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10, and amendments
115115 thereto, prohibiting the carrying of a concealed handgun in such building
116116 shall not be liable for any wrongful act or omission relating to actions of
117117 persons carrying a concealed handgun concerning acts or omissions
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161161 regarding such handguns.
162162 (f) A state agency or municipality that does not provide adequate
163163 security measures in a state or municipal building and that allows the
164164 carrying of a concealed handgun shall not be liable for any wrongful act or
165165 omission relating to actions of persons carrying a concealed handgun
166166 concerning acts or omissions regarding such handguns.
167167 (g) Nothing in this act shall limit the ability of a corrections facility, a
168168 jail facility or a law enforcement agency to prohibit the carrying of a
169169 handgun or other firearm concealed or unconcealed by any person into any
170170 secure area of a building located on such premises, except those areas of
171171 such building outside of a secure area and readily accessible to the public
172172 shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (a).
173173 (h) Nothing in this section shall limit the ability of the chief judge of
174174 each judicial district to prohibit the carrying of a concealed handgun by
175175 any person into courtrooms or ancillary courtrooms within the district
176176 provided the public area has adequate security measures to ensure that no
177177 weapons are permitted to be carried into such public area and the public
178178 area is conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10, and
179179 amendments thereto.
180180 (i) (1) The governing body or the chief administrative officer, if no
181181 governing body exists, of a state or municipal building, may exempt the
182182 building, or any public area thereof, from this section until July 1, 2017,
183183 prohibit employees of such municipality from carrying concealed
184184 handguns within such building by adopting a resolution, or drafting a
185185 letter, listing the legal description of such building, listing the reasons for
186186 such exemption, prohibition and including the following statement: "A
187187 security plan has been developed for the building being exempted which
188188 that supplies adequate security to the occupants of the building and merits
189189 the prohibition of the carrying of a concealed handgun by employees."
190190 (2) A copy of the security plan for the building shall be maintained on
191191 file and shall be made available, upon request, to the Kansas attorney
192192 general and the law enforcement agency of local jurisdiction. Notice of
193193 this exemption prohibition, together with the resolution adopted or the
194194 letter drafted, shall be sent to the Kansas attorney general and to the law
195195 enforcement agency of local jurisdiction.
196196 (3) The security plan shall not be subject to disclosure under the
197197 Kansas open records act. The provisions of this paragraph shall expire on
198198 July 1, 2030, unless the legislature reviews and reenacts this provision
199199 pursuant to K.S.A. 45-229, and amendments thereto, prior to July 1, 2030.
200200 (j) The governing body or the chief administrative officer, if no
201201 governing body exists, of any postsecondary educational institution, as
202202 defined in K.S.A. 74-3201b, and amendments thereto, may exempt any
203203 building of such institution, including any buildings located on the grounds
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247247 of such institution and any buildings leased by such institution, or any
248248 public area thereof, from this section until July 1, 2017, by stating the
249249 reasons for such exemption and sending notice of such exemption to the
250250 Kansas attorney general.
251251 (k) The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
252252 (1) Any building located on the grounds of the Kansas state school
253253 for the deaf or the Kansas state school for the blind;
254254 (2) a state or municipal-owned medical care facility, as defined in
255255 K.S.A. 65-425, and amendments thereto;
256256 (3) a state or municipal-owned adult care home, as defined in K.S.A.
257257 39-923, and amendments thereto;
258258 (4) a community mental health center organized pursuant to K.S.A.
259259 19-4001 et seq., and amendments thereto;
260260 (5) an indigent health care clinic, as defined by K.S.A. 65-7402, and
261261 amendments thereto; or
262262 (6) any building owned or leased by the authority created under the
263263 university of Kansas hospital authority act, any building located within the
264264 health care district, as defined in the unified government of Wyandotte
265265 county and Kansas City, Kansas City-wide master plan, Rosedale master
266266 plan and traffic study or similar master plan or comprehensive planning or
267267 zoning document approved by the unified government of Wyandotte
268268 county and Kansas City, Kansas in effect on January 12, 2017.
269269 (l) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any law
270270 enforcement officer, as defined in K.S.A. 75-7c22, and amendments
271271 thereto, who satisfies the requirements of either K.S.A. 75-7c22(a) or (b),
272272 and amendments thereto, from carrying a concealed handgun into any state
273273 or municipal building, or any public area thereof, in accordance with the
274274 provisions of K.S.A. 75-7c22, and amendments thereto, subject to any
275275 restrictions or prohibitions imposed in any courtroom by the chief judge of
276276 the judicial district.
277277 (m) For purposes of this section:
278278 (1) "Adequate security measures" means the use of electronic
279279 equipment and armed personnel at public entrances to detect and restrict
280280 the carrying of any weapons into the state or municipal building, or any
281281 public area thereof, including, but not limited to, metal detectors, metal
282282 detector wands or any other equipment used for similar purposes to ensure
283283 that weapons are not permitted to be carried into such building or public
284284 area by members of the public. Adequate security measures for storing and
285285 securing lawfully carried weapons, including, but not limited to, the use of
286286 gun lockers or other similar storage options may be provided at public
287287 entrances.
288288 (2) "Authorized personnel" means employees of a state agency or
289289 municipality and any person granted authorization pursuant to subsection
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333333 (d)(2), who are authorized to enter a state or municipal building through a
334334 restricted access entrance.
335335 (3) The terms "municipality" and "municipal" are interchangeable
336336 and have the same meaning as the term "municipality" is defined in K.S.A.
337337 75-6102, and amendments thereto, but does not include school districts.
338338 (4) "Public area" means any portion of a state or municipal building
339339 that is open to and accessible by the public or which that is otherwise
340340 designated as a public area by the governing body or the chief
341341 administrative officer, if no governing body exists, of such building.
342342 (5) "Restricted access entrance" means an entrance that is restricted to
343343 the public and requires a key, keycard, code, or similar device to allow
344344 entry to authorized personnel.
345345 (6) "State" means the same as the term is defined in K.S.A. 75-6102,
346346 and amendments thereto.
347347 (7) (A) "State or municipal building" means a building owned or
348348 leased by such public entity. It does not include a building owned by the
349349 state or a municipality which that is leased by a private entity whether for
350350 profit or not-for-profit or a building held in title by the state or a
351351 municipality solely for reasons of revenue bond financing.
352352 (B) The term "state and municipal building" shall not include the
353353 state capitol.
354354 (8) "Weapon" means a weapon described in K.S.A. 21-6301, and
355355 amendments thereto, except the term "weapon" shall not include any
356356 cutting instrument that has a sharpened or pointed blade.
357357 (n) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the personal
358358 and family protection act.
359359 Sec. 2. K.S.A. 75-7c20 is hereby repealed.
360360 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
361361 publication in the statute book.
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