More bills signed by Gov. Brownback

Office of Gov. Brownback

TOPEKA – Kansas Governor Sam Brownback today signed the following 13 bills into law.

Senate Substitute for House Bill 2008: Enacts the Student Online Personal Protection Act to protect student privacy.
House Bill 2164: Increases the threshold at which sewer districts have to request a competitive bid for services.
House Bill 2436: Changes requirements for boater safety education certifications.
House Bill 2480: Modernizes the livestock branding laws.
House Bill 2558: Prohibits cities and counties from regulating or restricting certain campaign activities.
House Bill 2563: Amends the definition of salvaged vehicles for purposes of titling travel trailers.
Senate Bill 390: Updates the Kansas banking code.
Senate Bill 387: Recognizes the Pooled Investment Management Board as a separate agency within the Treasurer’s Office for budgeting purposes.
Senate Bill 373: Requires registered owners of vehicles owing more than $100 in unpaid toll road fees to pay those fees before they can renew vehicle registration.
Senate Bill 318: Abolishes the Kansas Electric Transition Authority and suspends activities by state agencies to comply with the clean power plan currently under litigation.
Senate Bill 408: Increases reporting requirements for suspected or substantiated abuse of a child or adult and provides the Office of Attorney General to reorganize and reprioritize its Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Unit.
Senate Bill 321: Amends provisions for filing of wills under protective status.
Senate Bill 319: Updates processes on appeals to vacate convictions. Changes the definition of harassment to include any course of conduct carried out through the use of a drone. Enacts the Public Speech Protection Act to help better defend the exercise of free speech rights from frivolous law suits.

The Governor has now signed 59 bills into law this session and vetoed two. By law, the Kansas governor has 10 calendar days to sign the bill into law, veto the bill or allow the bill to become law without his or her signature.