Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB380

Introduced
1/26/26  
Refer
1/27/26  
Report Pass
2/12/26  
Engrossed
2/24/26  
Refer
2/24/26  
Report Pass
3/12/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  

Caption

Requiring retail electric suppliers to provide fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services.

Impact

If enacted, SB380 could significantly impact state laws concerning the provision of electric vehicle charging services. The bill mandates that retail electric suppliers, which include various corporations and municipalities, maintain fair and accessible pricing and services for electric vehicle charging facilities. This could benefit consumers and service providers by promoting competitive market dynamics and preventing monopolistic practices by electric suppliers, thus enhancing the overall growth of electric vehicle adoption and supporting environmental goals.

Summary

Senate Bill 380 aims to regulate retail electric suppliers by requiring them to offer fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory rates and services to entities that provide electric vehicle charging services. The legislation is designed to ensure that these suppliers do not leverage their own charging stations to gain an unfair competitive advantage over others in the market. This is particularly significant as the demand for electric vehicle infrastructure continues to grow, necessitating equitable access for service providers and consumers alike.

Sentiment

The sentiment surrounding SB380 appears to be largely positive among its advocates, who emphasize the need for fairness and competition in the burgeoning electric vehicle market. Supporters, likely including environmental groups and electric vehicle advocates, believe that the bill is a crucial step towards leveling the playing field for businesses that provide charging services. Conversely, there could be concerns from some electric suppliers about the restrictions placed on their pricing strategies, which may lead to mixed responses from industry stakeholders.

Contention

One point of contention regarding SB380 is the limitation it places on how retail electric suppliers can structure their pricing and services for electric vehicle charging. Critics may argue that such regulations could lead to decreased revenues for established suppliers or complicate their ability to recoup costs associated with maintaining charging infrastructure. Furthermore, as the bill does not apply to charging stations that have been established prior to July 1, 2026, there may be concerns about the legacy systems and their continued operational viability in the face of new competitive regulations.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB6

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

KS SB8

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

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 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 SB4

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

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 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 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 HCR5002

Providing for the adjournment sine die of the 2024 special session of the Legislature.

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.