Commerce, Labor and Economic Development

KS - Representative Sean Tarwater (R)

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Chair

KS - Representative Marty Long (R)

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Vice Chair

KS - Representative Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (D)

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Ranking Minority Member

KS - Representative Avery Anderson (R)

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KS - Representative Francis Awerkamp (R)

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KS - Representative Jesse Borjon (R)

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KS - Representative Carolyn Caiharr (D)

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KS - Representative Will Carpenter (R)

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KS - Representative Chris Croft (R)

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KS - Representative Pam Curtis (D)

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KS - Representative Michael Dodson (R)

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KS - Representative Titus (R)

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KS - Representative Kyle Hoffman (R)

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KS - Representative Steven Johnson (R)

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KS - Representative Tom Kessler (R)

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KS - Representative Les Mason (R)

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KS - Representative Vic Miller (D)

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KS - Representative Jason Probst (D)

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KS - Representative Bradley Ralph (R)

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KS - Representative Louis Ruiz (D)

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KS - Representative William Sutton (R)

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KS - Representative Kristey Williams (R)

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KS - Representative Rui Xu (D)

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KS - HB2016 Replacing the workers compensation prevailing factor standard with a substantial factor standard.

KS - HB2017 Amending the disallowance of workers compensation benefits for fighting or horseplay if not work-related.

KS - HB2018 Increasing the minimum wage to $17.25 over 10 years.

KS - HB2033 Increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour over a period of 6 years.

KS - HB2040 Changing the workers compensation law presumption of disqualifying drug impairment on the basis of certain drug concentration test levels from conclusive to rebuttable and removing the presumption with respect to marijuana.

KS - HB2041 Providing that workers compensation benefits for workers who are receiving social security or retirement benefits at the time of an accident are not reduced due to the receipt of the social security or retirement benefits.

KS - HB2354 Providing public employees and professional employees certain rights with respect to withholding of public employee organization and professional employee organization dues.

KS - HB2182 Establishing the Kansas promise scholarship act to provide scholarships for students who attend postsecondary educational programs that correspond to high-need career fields, authorizing payment of tuition for students who are dually or concurrently enrolled in high school and postsecondary school and requiring school districts to insure against injury or loss during work-based learning programs.

KS - HB2170 Amending the Kansas rural housing incentive district act to permit bond funding for vertical residential renovation of older buildings in central business districts.

KS - HB2171 Providing for the transferability of high performance incentive fund tax credits.

KS - HB2351 Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs.

KS - HB2306 Restoring local control over certain compensation, wage and benefit requirements for construction projects.

KS - HB2305 Allowing cites, counties or other local units of government to raise the minimum wage by ordinance, resolution or law.

KS - HB2307 Expanding the definition of compensable personal injury in workers compensation law to include mental injuries suffered from physical injury, emotional shock or after a series of work-related events.

KS - HB2312 Permitting injured workers to choose a healthcare provider for care under workers compensation law.

KS - HB2311 Extending workers compensation permanent disability benefits for the lifetime of the injured worker.

KS - SB66 Amending the angel investor tax credit with respect to the definition of qualified securities, tax credit limitations and amounts, investor requirements and extending the date that credits may be allowed, and also amending the tax credit for expenses incurred to make a residence accessible to persons with a disability by increasing the credit.

KS - SB65 Enhancing the high performance incentive program by decoupling the KIT and KIR workforce training programs and by providing for the transferability of the tax credit.

KS - SB124 House Substitute for SB 124 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding STAR bonds by adding rural redevelopment projects and major business facilities, prohibiting public officials from employment with a developer, providing for public notice of hearings on city or county websites, posting of certain documents and links on websites, disclosure of names of developer, disclosure of state, federal and local tax incentives within a STAR bond district, changing certain pr...

KS - HB2045 Revising two tax credits - first by updating the Kansas angel investor tax credit act with respect to the definition of qualified securities, tax credit limitations and amounts, investor requirements and extending the date that credits may be allowed, and second by increasing the tax credit for expenses incurred to make a residence accessible to persons with a disability.

KS - HB2297 Concerning requirements of publication of certain documents by the secretary of state; relating to session laws, the Kansas register, proposed amendments to the constitution of the state of Kansas, and Kansas administrative rules and regulations and guidance documents.

KS - HB2057 Senate Substitute for HB 2057 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Enacting the Kansas assistance animals in housing act.

KS - HB2287 Senate Substitute for HB 2287 by Committee on Education - Creating the Kansas promise scholarship act to provide postsecondary educational scholarship for certain two-year associate degree programs, career and technical education certificates and other stand-alone programs.

KS - HB2196 Senate Substitute for Substitute HB 2196 by Committee on Commerce - Changing provisions of the employment security law including creation of the unemployment compensation modernization and improvement council, development of a new unemployment insurance information technology system, provision of tax information to claimants, publication of trust fund data, the maximum benefit period, the charging of employer accounts for benefits paid, employer contribution rate determination and schedules, ...

KS - HB2298 Changing requirements for service of process on nonresident drivers and clarifying service of process on certain business entities.

KS - SB347 House Substitute for SB 347 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Enacting the attracting powerful economic expansion act to provide for tax and other incentives to attract projects in specified industries, or for national corporate headquarters, that involve a capital investment of at least $1,000,000,000, providing for a reduction in the Kansas corporate income rate triggered by the first agreement under the act, limiting the number of agreements and requiring state fin...

KS - HB2672 Creating the open borders for Kansas jobs act providing that professionals in certain occupations holding credentials from a state that has substantially equivalent requirements for such credentials as Kansas may be issued Kansas licenses or certifications.

KS - HB2680 Establishing the Kansas employee emergency savings account (KEESA) program to allow eligible employers to establish employee savings accounts, providing an income and privilege tax credit for certain eligible employer deposits to such employee savings accounts and providing a subtraction modification for certain employee deposits to such savings accounts.

KS - SB340 Amending the Kansas promise scholarship act by clarifying the responsibilities of the state board of regents and postsecondary educational institutions and authorizing designation of additional programs and fields of study.

KS - HB2331 Providing for the limited transfer of landowner or tenant deer hunting permits to nonresidents.

KS - HB2293 Creating the taxpayer empowerment, accountability and transparency in state contracting act; relating to private service contracts; requiring the department of administration to create a database of private service contract information and to analyze the potential impacts of such contracts; requiring contracting state agencies to obtain the resources needed to monitor the performance of private service contracts before finalizing such contracts.

KS - HB2393 Providing workers compensation benefits for first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

KS - SB90 Amending the Kansas rural housing incentive district act to permit bond funding for vertical residential renovation of older buildings in central business districts and by changing the definitions of an eligible city or county.

KS - HB2328 Providing income tax credits for aerospace and aviation program graduates and their employers.

KS - HB2442 Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs.

KS - HB2443 Providing an employment preference for persons with a disability for state government positions.

KS - HB2097 Decoupling the KIT and KIR workforce training programs from the high performance incentive fund program.

KS - HB2231 Amending the definition of the crime of conducting a pyramid promotional scheme, providing for an exemption and defining key terms.

KS - SB2 Allowing consumption of beer, wine or other alcoholic liquor on the Kansas state fairgrounds; increasing the number of temporary permits an applicant may receive from four to 12 permits per year; limiting what cities, counties or townships may charge for a temporary permit to not more than $25 per day; crediting a portion of moneys collected from the liquor drink tax and the liquor enforcement tax to the state fair capital improvements fund; requiring that licensed farm wineries be issued a c...

KS - HB2526 Enacting the Kansas home inspectors professional competence and financial responsibility act and providing for registration for home inspectors with oversight by the attorney general.

KS - HB2066 Substitute for HB 2066 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Expanding the military spouse and service members expedited licensure law to all applicants who have established or intend to establish residency in Kansas.

KS - HB2497 Enacting the attracting powerful economic expansion act to provide for tax and other incentives for projects in specified industries, or for national corporate headquarters, that involve a significant capital investment, including a refundable tax credit for a portion of the investment, reimbursement of certain payroll costs and training costs, retention of certain payroll withholding taxes, a sales tax exemption for project construction and a property tax incentive for projects located and a...

KS - HB2688 Requiring that licensed farm wineries be issued a cereal malt beverage retailer license if the statutory requirements for such retailer license are satisfied.

KS - HB2691 Prohibiting any restriction on access to any service or facility related to the selling or renting of property based on certain lawful expressions of personal beliefs in nonprofessional settings.

KS - HB2731 Requiring online marketplaces to obtain certain information from and to require the disclosure of certain information by third parties that sell products on their platforms.

KS - HB2219 Enacting the Kansas targeted employment act to provide tax credits for the employment of persons with developmental disabilities.

KS - HB2370 Prohibiting a criminal conviction from acting as a sole disqualification for occupational licensure and creating guidelines to follow when considering criminal convictions of an applicant for occupational licensure.

KS - HB2220 Providing an employment preference for persons with a disability for state government positions.

KS - HB2221 Amending STAR bonds law by adding rural redevelopment projects and major business facilities, increasing certain project investment and sales requirements, adding a return on investment analysis and other requirements and approvals by the secretary and extending the sunset date.

KS - HB2112 Permitting online advertisement and sales of abandoned property by self-storage rental unit operators; providing for the designation by occupants of an alternate contact and limiting claims for loss or damage of stored property to the property value limit provided in the rental agreement.

KS - SB91 House Substitute for SB 91 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs.

KS - HB2433 Protecting consumers and preventing online retail crime by requiring online marketplaces to verify and authenticate the identity of third parties who sell products on their platforms.

KS - HB2391 Changing the secretary of state's business filings provisions, including instituting biennial business report filings, authorizing the secretary of state to contract with private entities for printing and binding services, changing publication and price requirements for publications of the secretary of state and repealing certain obsolete statutes including blanket music license filing provisions.

KS - HB2703 Changing law relating to employment including employment security law provisions regarding the employment security fund status and employer contribution rates and the definition of employment to conform with federal law, making revisions to the department of labor’s my reemployment plan program and enacting the Kansas targeted employment act to facilitate employment of persons with developmental disabilities through a tax credit incentive for employers.

KS - HB2702 Making privately contracted school bus drivers eligible for benefits under the employment security law.

KS - HB2701 Allowing the use of bond proceeds under the Kansas rural housing incentive district act for residential development of certain buildings within economically distressed urban areas.

KS - HB2704 Making notification to an injured employee by an employer or insurance carrier of any change to workers compensation benefits discretionary, providing that employees seeking workers compensation benefits waive the patient privilege preventing access to medical information, prohibiting infringement of the employer's right to direct medical treatment, requiring that questions by the director of workers compensation to a healthcare provider for an examination ordered by the director be in writin...

KS - SB150 Defining and prohibiting certain deceptive lawsuit advertising practices and restricting the use or disclosure of protected health information to solicit individuals for legal services.

KS - SB382 Applying licensure provisions for real estate brokers and salespersons to trusts and authorizing the Kansas real estate commission to issue cease and desist orders.

KS - SB493 Prohibiting cities and counties from regulating plastic and other containers designed for the consumption, transportation or protection of merchandise, food or beverages.