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• Requiring the secretary of labor to conduct a state and national criminal history record check on employees who have access to federal tax information received directly from the internal revenue service.

• Children and minors; relating to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code; prohibiting fines, fees and costs from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian.

• Requiring the secretary to assist inmates with obtaining identification and employment related documentation prior to release from custody.

• Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.

• Crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to search and seizure; requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant to be properly uniformed and announce their presence before entering.

• Authorizing judges to commit juvenile offenders to detention for technical violations of probation, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and increasing criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders.

• Providing an exception to the crime of unlawful possession of controlled substances for residents of Kansas who possess marijuana and are disabled veterans with a valid medical marijuana card issued by any state.

• Prohibiting discriminatory practices on the basis of religion at public educational institutions and authorizing the Attorney General to investigate violations and assess civil penalties under the Kansas act against discrimination.

• Encouraging Kelly administration to work w/ Trump administration on orders regarding illegal immigration

SB 254: Repealing Instate Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants/Rebuttable Presumption of Risk Bill

• Prohibiting undocumented immigrants who are unlawfully present in the United States from receiving any state or local public benefit in accordance with applicable federal law.

• This bill strips Kansas children of their right to seek gender affirming care and allows for civil action against providers who provide gender affirming care to young patients.

• This bill strips Kansas children of their right to seek gender affirming care and allows for civil action against providers who provide gender affirming care to young patients.

• Requiring employees of school districts and postsecondary educational institutions to use the name and pronouns consistent with a student's biological sex and birth certificate and authorizing a cause of action for violations therefor.

• Prohibiting the secretary from adopting and enforcing policies for placement, custody or appointment of a custodian that may conflict with sincerely held religious or moral beliefs regarding sexual orientation or gender identity; creating a right of action for violations.

• Prohibiting abortion procedures except when necessary to save the life of the pregnant person and providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition.

• Prohibiting abortion procedures and creating the crimes of unlawful performance of an abortion and unlawful destruction of a fertilized embryo.

• The bill would criminalize all abortions in all circumstance, including rape, incest, fatal fetal abnormality. It also disregards risk of death of the pregnant person.

• The language of this bill reads: "Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception."

• Requiring the Kansas department of health and environment to create an informational video describing abortion laws in Kansas and services available for pregnant women experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions.

• Authorizing registered nurse anesthetists to engage in independent practice and prescribe drugs and prohibiting registered nurse anesthetists from performing an abortion or prescribing drugs to induce an abortion.

• Requiring the return of advance voting ballots by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

• Prohibiting the use of funds provided by the United States government for the conduct of elections and election-related activities unless approved by the legislature.

• Prohibiting the use of any form of ranked choice voting methods in conducting elections.

• Prohibiting the disqualification of active military members, spouses or other dependents as poll workers by county election officers on the basis of residency or registered voter status

• Allowing the online posting of an obituary by a funeral home to be sufficient grounds for removing a deceased person from the voter regisration books.

• Requiring a monthly report from the director of the division of vehicles listing the names and addresses of certain noncitizens who have been issued a driver's license during such month.

• Striking the 3-day Mail Processing Period.

• Relating to advance voting ballots; authorizing the secretary of state to adopt rules and regulations for the use of remote ballot boxes.

• Elections; relating to voter registration; requiring that discharged inmates be offered the opportunity to register to vote; requiring the secretary of state to develop a voter registration program that offers voter registration services through certain state agencies and at each accredited high school.

• Proposing an amendment to section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to require individuals to be citizens of the United States, at least 18 years of age and a resident of the voting area in which such person seeks to vote in order to vote in this state.

• Enacting the conscientious right to refuse act to prohibit discrimination against individuals who refuse medical care and creating a civil cause of action based on such discrimination and revoking the authority of the secretary of health and environment to quarantine individuals and impose associated penalties.

• Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for legislative oversight of rules and regulations adopted by executive branch agencies and officials.

• Proposing a constitutional amendment to provide for direct election of supreme court justices and abolish the supreme court nominating commission.