Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2198

Introduced
1/31/25  

Caption

Enacting the gun violence restraining order act to authorize the issuance of protective orders prohibiting the acquisition and possession of firearms by certain individuals.

Impact

If enacted, HB 2198 will amend existing Kansas firearms law by introducing a judicial process allowing certain individuals—including family members and spouses—to petition for a gun violence restraining order. The courts will be tasked with evaluating the risk posed by the defendant based on evidence submitted, such as testimony and documented behavior. This is intended to empower communities by giving them tools to respond to individuals showing signs of potential violence. The legislation also has implications for law enforcement, mandating that seized firearms be handled carefully and returned when appropriate, ensuring due process for individuals involved.

Summary

House Bill 2198, referred to as the Gun Violence Restraining Order Act, aims to authorize courts to issue protective orders that prohibit individuals deemed a significant risk of personal injury to themselves or others from acquiring or possessing firearms. The bill establishes a legal framework outlining who can request such orders, the criteria for their issuance, and the consequences for violating them. This legislation seeks to create a preventive measure against gun violence by allowing families and individuals close to potentially dangerous individuals to intervene legally before a crisis occurs.

Contention

Notably, the bill addresses the delicate balance between public safety and constitutional rights. Proponents argue that the act is necessary for protecting individuals and the community at large by preventing gun violence before it occurs. However, opponents advocate for potential abuses of the restraining order system, suggesting it might lead to violations of individual rights and due process. Additionally, concerns have been raised about the implementation of such orders and whether there are sufficient safeguards to prevent wrongful seizure of firearms from legally compliant individuals. The ongoing debate highlights the complexities intertwined in discussions of gun control, individual rights, and community safety.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB8

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

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 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 HB2002

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

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 SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

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 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 SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

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