Kansas House Bill HB2300

Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 2/5/25
• Refer: 2/5/25

Caption

Establishing limitations for land transactions for wind and solar energy projects and allowing a consumer to revoke such land transaction under the Kansas consumer protection act.

Summary

HB 2300 amends the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to add special protections for certain consumers and to expand the act’s coverage to land transactions tied to wind and solar energy projects. The bill prohibits suppliers from initiating door-to-door sales contact with consumers who are hospitalized or living in nursing homes, adult care homes, assisted living facilities, or residential healthcare facilities unless the supplier first sends certified-mail notice and obtains consent. It also requires suppliers to stop communications if they know a consumer has diminished capacity, unless legal capacity is verified, and allows a consumer with diminished capacity to designate a representative to be present and receive communications. The bill also makes contract terms unenforceable to the extent they bar recording, videotaping, or disclosure of negotiation, contract, or performance communications, with exceptions for compensation amounts and confidentiality orders. In addition, it expands the definition of “consumer transaction,” “consumer,” “supplier,” and related terms to include leases, options, easements, and other land-use agreements for meteorological towers, sodar units, and commercial wind or solar generation projects. It gives the attorney general and consumers express authority to seek revocation of such land transactions when violations occur, and it updates enforcement provisions accordingly.

Impact

HB 2300 would change Kansas consumer protection law by adding new restrictions on door-to-door solicitation involving vulnerable adults and by creating a new legal framework for wind and solar land-use transactions. It amends K.S.A. 50-624, 50-632, 50-634, and 50-640 to incorporate these new definitions, remedies, and enforcement tools, while repealing the existing versions of those sections. The practical effect is to give consumers and state prosecutors stronger remedies, including revocation of certain land agreements, and to broaden the Kansas Consumer Protection Act to cover renewable-energy-related land contracts.

Sentiment

Based on the bill text and caption, the measure appears to be framed as a consumer-protection and transparency bill, with a focus on protecting vulnerable consumers from unwanted solicitation and on regulating wind and solar land transactions. No committee transcript or vote record is provided, so there is no documented debate or recorded sentiment in the supplied materials. The overall tone of the bill is protective and regulatory rather than permissive.

Contention

The main points of potential contention are the new limits on supplier contact with hospitalized or institutionalized consumers, the diminished-capacity provisions, and the bill’s treatment of confidentiality and recording restrictions in consumer contracts. Another likely area of debate is the expansion of consumer-protection remedies to wind and solar land agreements, including the ability to revoke leases, easements, or options tied to renewable energy projects. Supporters would likely view these changes as anti-fraud and pro-consumer safeguards, while opponents may argue they impose additional burdens on legitimate sales and energy development transactions.