HB 2255 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Amending definitions concerning weights and measurers increasing minimum invoice fees, requiring licenses and education for service company operators and mandating annual device inspections, except for devices with a nominal capacity of 250 pounds or greater used in grain elevators; increasing the CREP acreage cap to 60,000 acres, clarifying eligibility and criteria, allowing exceptions for specific conditions and modifying reporting requirements to cover the last five years.

HB 2255 updates Kansas weights and measures regulations to improve accuracy and oversight. It increases the minimum invoice fee for testing from $50 to $70, requires service companies to obtain licenses and have technical staff pass exams, and mandates annual inspections for most commercial scales and measuring devices (with exceptions for grain elevator equipment over 250 pounds). The bill also adds new requirements for electric vehicle charging equipment testing and reporting. Additionally, it raises the Conservation Reserve Program (CREP) acreage cap to 60,000 acres with clarified eligibility rules. These changes directly affect businesses using commercial weighing devices, service companies, and the Kansas Department of Agriculture.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 4, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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As Amended by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources As Amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources · 2 edits
MINOR
The bill text was updated to reflect amendments made by the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources instead of the House Committee. The substantive legal content, including definitions and repealed statutes, remains identical to the previous version.
TECHNICAL

The header indicating the amending committee was changed from the House Committee to the Senate Committee, and the page footer was updated to reflect this change.

Line numbers were re-numbered to match the new document structure, and the page break was moved to the end of the summary section.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
21
Key actions
14
Committee
8
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 8, 2025
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 116, Nay 8, Absent 1
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Virgil Peck, Sen. Larry Alley and Sen. Mary Ware appointed as conferees
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Ken Rahjes, Rep. Lance W. Neelly and Rep. Linda Featherston
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 120, Nay 2, Absent 3
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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