Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2020

Introduced
1/16/25  
Refer
1/16/25  
Refer
1/17/25  
Report Pass
1/28/25  
Engrossed
2/6/25  
Refer
2/7/25  
Report Pass
3/10/25  
Enrolled
3/25/25  

Caption

Requiring a quarterly report from the director of the division of vehicles listing the names, addresses and alien registration numbers of certain noncitizens who have been issued a driver's license during such quarter.

Impact

The implications of HB 2020 are significant as it further tightens the regulations surrounding noncitizens' access to driver's licenses. By requiring detailed reporting and verification between the division of motor vehicles and voter registration rolls, the bill is positioned to disrupt existing administrative processes. Supporters argue that this measure will bolster the integrity of elections, ensuring that only qualified individuals participate in the voting process. However, critics raise concerns that such stringent regulations could disenfranchise eligible voters or lead to wrongful removals based on inaccuracies in reporting.

Summary

House Bill 2020 aims to increase oversight of driver's licenses issued to noncitizens in Kansas. The bill mandates that the director of the division of motor vehicles provide a monthly report to the secretary of state containing the names and addresses of all noncitizens who have been issued a driver's license. Furthermore, the bill facilitates the comparison of these names against voter registration rolls to ensure that noncitizens are not improperly registered to vote. This legislative move is an attempt to enhance the integrity of the state's voter registration system as it pertains to citizenship requirements.

Contention

Opposition to HB 2020 stems primarily from the potential consequences it may have on voter registration rights and civil liberties. Critics argue that the bill may result in extensive administrative burdens that could lead to citizens being incorrectly flagged as noncitizens, thus complicating their voting eligibility. Furthermore, there is a contention that the increased scrutiny placed on noncitizens can stir an environment of distrust and fear among immigrant communities, warranting concerns about racial and ethnic discrimination within the scope of citizenship verification processes.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB4

Requiring all advance voting ballots be returned by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.