SB 380 Kansas Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services.

SB 380 requires retail electric suppliers in Kansas to offer fair, reasonable, and equal rates to businesses providing electric vehicle (EV) charging services. It specifically prohibits suppliers from including costs for their own public fast-charging stations (50kW+ DC) in electricity rates charged to customers. The bill applies to suppliers operating public fast-charging stations but exempts stations built before July 1, 2026, or those used solely for the supplier's own vehicles. This ensures EV charging businesses face no artificial cost disadvantages from utility-owned stations. The law takes effect after its publication in the statute book.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
House Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 26, 2026 Signed Apr 9, 2026
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What changed between versions

As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities As Amended by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was amended to broaden its scope from 'retail electric suppliers' to include 'certain electric public utilities' (specifically investor-owned utilities). This change expands the number of entities required to offer fair rates for electric vehicle charging stations. Additionally, the amendment clarifies that utilities can recover costs for facilities necessary to provide service to customers' charging stations, and it adds a new exemption for charging stations required by federal or state law.
Scope change
The bill's applicability was expanded to include investor-owned electric utilities in addition to other retail electric suppliers.
SCOPE

The term 'retail electric supplier' was modified to 'retail electric supplier utility' to explicitly include investor-owned electric utilities under the bill's requirements.

DEFINITION

A new definition for 'Utility' was added to specify that it refers to an investor-owned electric utility engaged in furnishing retail electric service.

FISCAL

An exception was added allowing utilities to recover costs for facilities necessary to provide retail electric service to a customer's fast charging station, subject to prudence disallowance by the state corporation commission.

ELIGIBILITY

A new exemption was created for fast charging stations that are required to be owned or operated by a utility pursuant to federal or state law or an order of the state corporation commission.

TIMELINE

A specific expiration date of July 1, 2036, was added to the act.

Floor votes

How they voted

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

Actions timeline

Total actions
20
Key actions
15
Committee
8
Apr 9, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
upper
Mar 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
upper
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 125, Nay 0
lower
Mar 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report now available
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Leo Delperdang, Rep. Rick Wilborn and Rep. KC Ohaebosim appointed as conferees
lower
Mar 23, 2026
Upper · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Michael Fagg, Sen. Mike Petersen and Sen. Marci Francisco
upper
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 2, Absent 1
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Mar 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
lower
Mar 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
lower
Feb 24, 2026
Introduced
Received and Introduced
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Feb 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Utilities
upper
Jan 27, 2026
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Introduced
Introduced
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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