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Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

Modifying the municipal lease-purchase protest petition requirements.

Creating the crime of aggravated criminal desecration and providing penalties therefor, authorizing the disposition of the unclaimed remains of deceased persons by district coroners and providing exemptions from liability for such actions, establishing requirements for programs of continuing education for licensed embalmers and funeral directors and authorizing the use of the word "crematory" as part of the business name for businesses owned by the same person who owns a licensed crematory.

Substitute for HB 2346 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Establishing the Kansas sports tourism grant program administered by the secretary of commerce to provide matching grants to communities for developing and continuing sporting events and providing for funding of such grants from the state economic development initiatives fund.

Requiring the state long-term care ombudsman and regional ombudsman to receive training in memory care.

Modifying an exception to the Kansas open records act that authorizes certain individuals to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership by providing that certain individuals who were employed for five or more years, certain elected officials and persons who reside at an address that is subject to restriction from public access may request to have such information restricted and removing an exception related to information or reports obtained and prepared by the office of the state bank commissioner.

Providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a restraint of trade in certain circumstances.

Requiring each member of a municipal governing body whose district territory includes land being acquired to approve the exercise of eminent domain for such acquisition when such land is to be used for a recreational project.

Enacting the fostering competitive career opportunities act to remove postsecondary degree requirements from state employment considerations.

Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles, trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund, modifying the threshold limit for allowing quarterly payments of certain truck and truck tractor annual vehicle registration fees and eliminating the two-quarter grace period for truck or truck tractor owners that have delinquent quarterly payments before certain penalties apply.

Requiring local governments to report certain local economic development incentive program information to the secretary of commerce, defining such programs, requiring the secretary of commerce to post such information on the economic development incentive program database maintained by the secretary and requiring certain search result presentation and report formats.

Allowing certain exceptions to the confidentiality of records and information given to the crime victims compensation board.

Modifying certain provisions of the optometry law relating to scope of practice, definitions and credentialing requirements.

Senate Substitute for HB 2382 by Committee on Education - Requiring school districts to include a fetal development presentation as part of the curriculum for any course that addresses human growth, human development or human sexuality and authorizing the state board of education to establish the rate of compensation for members of the board.

Establishing a registry for child abuse and neglect to be maintained by the secretary for children and families, providing for registration and expungement processes that include administrative hearings and opportunities for subsequent appeals, requiring reports of abuse or neglect to include information regarding a custody dispute concerning the child who is the subject of the report and directing the secretary to submit a report to the legislature on such information.

Directing legislative administrative services to prepare all committee minutes.

Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when the person has prior convictions of the offense.

Prohibiting the commencement of each school term prior to Labor Day.

Substitute for HB 2102 by Committee on Education - Providing for the advance enrollment of a military student whose parent or person acting as parent will be stationed in this state and correcting federal statutory citations in the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children.

Extending the application deadline for authorization to operate as a public innovative district from December 1 to May 1 and deeming applications approved if not approved or denied within 45 days of submission.