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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Updates Veteran and Disabled Veteran Definitions Across State Statutes
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill modifies multiple Kansas statutes to update definitions of veterans and disabled veterans by incorporating explicit citations to federal regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations. The measure impacts state employment preferences, hunting and fishing licenses, tuition determinations, state procurement contracts, and homestead tax refunds.
Changes how state agencies verify veteran and disabled veteran status for benefits such as employment preferences, business contract preferences, fee exemptions, and tax refunds by anchoring the definitions to federal regulations.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Veterans
State definitions and qualification criteria for veteran benefits, employment preferences, and fee waivers are modified by incorporating federal regulation citations.
Disabled Veterans
Criteria for disabled veteran status, hunting and fishing licenses, contract preferences, and tax refunds are updated across multiple Kansas statutes.
State Agencies
State departments administering veteran services, vehicle licensing, procurement, and taxation must align their administrative rules with the modified statutory definitions.
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
13 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Senate Committee
- Feb 26, 2025SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Senate Select Committee on Veterans Affairs
- Feb 25, 2025SenateIntroducedReceived and Introduced
- Feb 20, 2025HouseFloorFinal Action - Passed as amended
- Feb 20, 2025HouseEngrossed on Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Feb 19, 2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Now working on
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- Feb 19, 2025HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Feb 19, 2025HouseFloorCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 14, 2025HouseFloorCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
- Feb 13, 2025HouseHearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N
- Feb 11, 2025HouseHearing: Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N — CANCELED
- Feb 5, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Veterans and Military
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Statutory Standardization of Veteran Definitions
The bill systematically updates twelve separate Kansas statutes to reference federal regulation 38 C.F.R. § 3.7 uniformly.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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