SB 13 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Eliminating requirements for filings, registrations and licenses related to labor organizations, educational facility agreements, annual tax reports, river bank easements and bonded warehousemen with the secretary of state.

SB 13 eliminates multiple administrative filing and registration requirements with the Kansas Secretary of State. It removes the need for labor organizations to submit constitutions, bylaws, or annual reports (and associated fees), business agents to register, educational institutions to file facility agreements, tax authorities to submit annual reports, property owners to file river bank easements, and warehouse businesses to obtain licenses. The bill streamlines these processes by repealing specific statutes related to these filings. This directly affects labor organizations, business agents, educational institutions, tax authorities, property owners, and warehouse businesses by reducing their paperwork obligations.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 16, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

As Amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency Enrolled · 4 edits · Apr 10, 2025
MODERATE
The bill was finalized by the Senate, removing the 'As Amended by Senate Committee' header and consolidating the legislative text into a single continuous format. Substantively, the bill eliminates requirements for labor organizations to file constitutions, bylaws, and annual reports with the Secretary of State, and removes the licensing requirement for warehousemen. It also repeals several existing sections related to labor organization filings and agricultural employer recognition.
Scope change
The bill's scope is reduced by removing the mandatory filing of labor organization documents and the licensing of warehousemen, effectively exempting these entities from those specific regulatory requirements.
REQUIREMENT

Eliminated the requirement for labor organizations to file their constitution, bylaws, and annual reports with the Secretary of State.

Removed the requirement for warehousemen to be licensed by the Secretary of State and to file associated records.

Repealed existing statutes (K.S.A. 44-804, 44-805, 44-806, 44-806a, 44-807, 44-812, 75-4336, 75-4337, 82-163, 82-164, and 82-167) that governed labor organization filings and related business agent regulations.

TECHNICAL

Changed the document header from 'As Amended by Senate Committee' to the standard 'SENATE BILL No. 13' and consolidated the text into a single block to reflect the enrolled version.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 121, Nay 2, Absent 2
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Feb 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Government Efficiency
upper
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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