On Jan. 12, the Kansas Legislature will reconvene.  Some have been busy meeting in special sessions, while others have been visiting with constituents or spending time with their families over the Christmas Holiday.  Committee assignments have been made, and freshman and senior legislators alike have been studying the issues, readying themselves for the months ahead.The Tribune has compiled a list of the 2015 prefiled bills and resolutions that will meet them when they return to work.  Among them are reviewing the definition of sexually explicit conduct as it relates to sexual exploitation of children, and renaming a stretch of U.S. Highway 69 as the “2nd Lieutenant Justin L Sisson memorial highway,” near Overland Park where the young officer grew up.

House of Representatives
HB no. 2001, by Rep. Brunk, for the Statute Book; Property taxation; distribution of taxes paid under protest.
HB No. 2002, by Rep. Sloan, for the Statute Book; Sexual exploitation of a child; definition of “sexually explicit conduct.
HB no. 2003, by Rep. Houser, for the Statute Book; Cities; Annexation of non-adjoining land.
HB no. 2004, by Reps. Hildabrand, Kiegerl, and McPherson; for the Statute Book; Kansas right to try act.
HB no. 2005, by the Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Office of information technology services; for budgetary purposes, such office shall be considered a separate agency.
HB no. 2006, by Rep. Goico, for the Statute Book; Disabled veterans; public parking facility; no charge.
HB no. 2007, by Reps. Dove, Bradford, Campbell, Clayton, Rooker, for the Kansas Register; Creating a law enforcement mutual aid region for critical incidents.
HB no. 2008, by Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Repealing school district audit teams and school district performance audit requirements.
HB no. 2009, by the Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Authorizing the division of post audit to background check contractors and other workers.
HB no. 2010, by the Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Conducting information technology audits.

Senate
SB no. 1, by Sen. Haley, for the Statute Book; Increasing criminal penalties for hate crimes and establishing reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies.
SB no. 2, by Sen. LaTurner, for the Statute Book; Authorizing school districts to offer multi-year contracts to teachers.
SB no. 3, by Sen. Faust-Goudeau, for the Statute Book; Unemployment benefits for privately contracted school bus drivers.
SB no.4, by Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Office of information technology services; for budgetary purposes, such office shall be considered a separate agency.
SB no. 5, by Sen. Melcher, for the Statute Book; Designating a portion of U.S. Highway 69 at the 2nd Lieutenant Justin L Sisson memorial highway.
SB no. 6, by the Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Authorizing the division of post audit to background check contractors and
other workers.
SB no. 7, by the Legislative Post Audit Committee, for the Statute Book; Conducting information technology audits.

The text of the bills can be found under the Bills and Laws tab on the
Legislature’s website, http://www.kslegislature.org, beginning Jan. 2.