Capitol Comments Articles
Introduction of Bills

Kansas Seal Introduction of Bills
Senate Bill 281 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning the Kansas department for aging and disability services; creating a dementia services coordinator position.

Senate Bill 282 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning the Department of health and environment; relating to licensure of child care facilities; day care homes and child care centers; establishing license capacity and staff-to-child ratios; lowering license fees and training requirements; required age of child care center staff; creating a process for day care facility licensees to apply for temporary waiver of certain statutory requirements; authorizing the secretary to develop and operate pilot programs to increase day care facility availability and capacity.

Senate Bill 286 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Concerning abortion; prohibiting abortion procedures, exceptions; providing a private cause of action for civil enforcement of such prohibition.

Senate Bill 289 – By Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to functional incapacitation release and terminal medical condition release; permitting release of persons sentenced to imprisonment for an off-grid offense; extending terminal medical condition release to inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections with a condition likely to cause death within 180 days.