Kansas committee hears bill to convert provisional concealed‑carry licenses, bar data collection from off‑duty officers

Chairperson and committee members opened a hearing on House Bill 2052 on procedural and substantive changes to Kansas’s concealed‑carry law, including automatic conversion of provisional licenses to standard licenses at age 21, a new requirement to physically surrender a suspended or revoked license to the attorney general, and a prohibition on venues collecting personal information or requiring visible identifiers of off‑duty law enforcement officers.

The bill “amends the Personal and Family Protection Act,” Revisor of Statutes staff member Mike (title given as revisor of statutes) told the committee, and sets procedures for conversion of provisional licenses and for surrender when a license is suspended or revoked. He said the bill also would prevent a building owner or person in authority at a building from requesting personal information or requiring an off‑duty officer to wear identification to prove they are an officer.

Why it matters: supporters said the bill fixes an unintended gap that leaves 18‑ to 20‑year‑olds without reciprocity in other states, and law‑enforcement groups and chiefs said commercial venues are creating procedures that undermine statutory protections and put officers at risk by collecting home addresses, phone numbers and photographs and issuing highly visible wristbands.

Proponents’ arguments focused on provisional licenses and reciprocity. David Soudin of Derby told the panel that provisional…