Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2052

Introduced
1/22/25  
Refer
1/22/25  
Report Pass
2/4/25  
Engrossed
2/25/25  
Engrossed
2/26/25  
Refer
2/26/25  
Report Pass
3/18/25  
Enrolled
3/27/25  

Caption

Updating cross references in the personal and family protection act regarding the eligibility requirements to obtain a license to carry a concealed handgun, requiring the surrender of a suspended or revoked license, providing for a transition from a provisional license to a standard license and prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed.

Summary

HB2052 updates Kansas’s Personal and Family Protection Act, which governs concealed carry handgun licenses. The bill revises eligibility cross-references to current criminal statutes, clarifies application and renewal procedures, and adds a process for surrendering a physical license card or authorization document to the Division of Motor Vehicles when a license is suspended or revoked. It also formalizes the transition from a provisional concealed carry license to a standard license when the holder turns 21, with notice from the attorney general and issuance of a standard license for the remainder of the original term. The bill also expands and clarifies several exemptions and administrative rules. It preserves training and background-check requirements for most applicants, but exempts certain retired law enforcement officers, corrections officers, parole officers, and some military applicants from parts of the training process. In addition, it adds a new protection for off-duty law enforcement officers carrying in otherwise restricted buildings by prohibiting building authorities from collecting personal information about those officers or requiring identifying clothing or badges that reveal they are armed or law enforcement.

Impact

HB2052 amends multiple sections of Kansas law in the concealed carry licensing framework, including K.S.A. 75-7c04, 75-7c05, 75-7c07, 75-7c08, and 75-7c22. It changes who may receive or retain a concealed carry license, how provisional licenses convert to standard licenses, how renewals are processed, and how suspensions and revocations are handled, including mandatory surrender and destruction of the physical license card or authorization document. The bill also affects sheriffs, the attorney general, the Division of Motor Vehicles, and license applicants by adjusting application materials, background-check procedures, and notice requirements.

Sentiment

The bill appears to have generally favorable support overall, passing the House and Senate with substantial majorities and then receiving House concurrence with amendments. The vote totals suggest broad bipartisan acceptance of the core concealed-carry administrative changes, though not unanimous support. The rejected Senate amendment indicates there was at least some disagreement over the bill’s details, but the final outcome shows the measure was ultimately well received by most legislators.

Contention

The main points of contention appear to have centered on the scope of concealed-carry rights and administrative burdens, especially the off-duty law enforcement provisions and the handling of license suspension, revocation, and renewal. The Senate’s rejection of an amendment suggests at least one disputed policy change, though the available record does not identify the amendment’s substance. More broadly, the bill’s protections for off-duty officers and exemptions for certain public safety personnel may have been viewed differently by lawmakers concerned about privacy, building security, or the breadth of firearm carry exceptions.

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 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 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 SB3

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

KS HB2002

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

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

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 SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB4

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

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