Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HCR5012

Introduced
3/5/25  

Caption

Urging Attorney General Kobach to protect Kansas federal employees by ensuring the legal integrity of governmental operations.

Impact

By adopting this resolution, the Kansas legislature aims to reaffirm its support for federal employees who may feel threatened by recent job cuts attributed to federal administration decisions. The resolution is positioned as a protective measure reflecting the state's commitment to maintaining the integrity and operational capacity of its federal workforce. The call to the Attorney General underscores the expectation that state-level legal protections should extend to federal employees, ensuring their rights and employment stability.

Summary

House Concurrent Resolution 5012 urges Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach to take action in protecting federal employees residing in Kansas along with their families. The resolution highlights the significant number of federal employees in the state, particularly those who work for agencies like Veterans Affairs and the Army. It emphasizes the crucial role these employees play in supporting local initiatives that contribute to state and national objectives, especially in areas such as education, healthcare, and transportation.

Contention

The resolution was proposed in the context of discussions around the implications of policy changes enforced by the federal administration, which have led to widespread concern regarding job security among federal employees. While the bill appeals to a sense of solidarity and protection for those working in federal capacities, it implicitly raises potential challenges regarding the balance of state and federal legal jurisdictions. Some may argue about how far the Attorney General's involvement should extend in protecting federal employees from federal policy involvements that have been contentious in nature.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS HB2022

Providing for the appointment of the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol by the attorney general, not the governor; transferring the duties of governor relating to the Kansas highway patrol to the attorney general; granting jurisdiction of the Kansas highway patrol to the attorney general, a division to be known as the Kansas highway patrol.

KS HB2442

Creating the Kansas gun rights preservation act to prohibit the infringement of Kansas citizens' constitutional right to keep and bear arms by the federal government.

KS HB2760

Prescribing documentation requirements to determine eligibility for any benefit derived from a service-connected disability, requiring that federal disability determinations for veterans be probative, establishing the Kansas office of veterans services, updating references and corresponding changes relating to the transfer of powers and duties from the Kansas commission on veterans affairs office to the Kansas office of veterans services, updating the veterans claims assistance program to include references to veterans affairs medical centers and cross-accreditation requirements, modifying the definition of veteran and disabled veteran, clarifying disability evaluations for benefits granted to disabled veterans and updating the definition of armed forces to include the space force.

KS SB279

Granting law enforcement officials access to the prescription monitoring program database without a warrant and replacing the member of the program advisory committee representing the Kansas bureau of investigation with the attorney general or the attorney general's designee.

KS HCR5004

Urging the U.S. Congress to fully fund the federal government's original funding promise under the individuals with disabilities education act.

KS SB488

Expanding the scope of the inspector general to audit and investigate all state cash, food or health assistance programs and granting the inspector general the power to subpoena, administer oaths and execute search warrants thereto.

KS SB291

House Substitute for SB 291 by Committee on Legislative Modernization - Transferring all cybsersecurity services under the chief information technology officer of each branch of government, creating chief information security officers within the judicial and legislative branches, requiring a chief information security officer to be appointed by the attorney general, Kansas bureau of investigation, secretary of state, state treasurer and insurance commissioner and requiring the chief information security officers to implement certain minimum cybersecurity standards, requiring the information technology executive council to develop a plan to integrate executive branch information technology services under the executive chief information technology officer, making and concerning appropriations for the fiscal years ending June 30, 2025, and June 30, 2026, for the office of information technology, Kansas information security office and the adjutant general, authorizing certain transfers and imposing certain limitations and restrictions and directing or authorizing certain disbursements and procedures for all state agencies and requiring legislative review of state agencies not in compliance with this act.

KS SCR1608

Urging the adoption of a student bill of rights.

KS HB2173

Ensuring that refrigerants that are approved for use under federal law may be used in Kansas.

KS SB541

Creating the regulatory relief division within the office of the attorney general and establishing the general regulatory sandbox program to waive or suspend rules and regulations for program participants.

Similar Bills

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