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Conferees plan to insert SB30 background‑check language into HB2342; effective date questions remain
Summary
House and Senate negotiators signaled intent to reconcile background‑check provisions by adopting the contents of Senate Bill 30 (as amended by House Judiciary) into House Bill 23‑42, and discussed aligning effective dates so both measures take effect via the Kansas Register.
Conference negotiators discussed reconciling background‑check legislation by combining provisions from two measures.
The Senate expressed intent to take the contents of Senate Bill 30, as amended by the House Judiciary Committee, and insert those contents into House Bill 23‑42 (HB 2342) so that the combined text would address overlapping background‑check provisions. Committee members said that approach would reconcile conflicts between the separate bills by consolidating the Senate and House changes into a single vehicle.
Staff flagged an effective‑date difference: the Senate had changed HB 2342 to an "Kansas Register" effective date, while Senate Bill 30 was described as effective upon the statute book. Negotiators discussed making both effective as soon as possible via the Kansas Register to harmonize timing; members said the Judiciary chairs on both sides had been consulted and were likely amenable to that approach, subject to final agreement.
The committee agreed to begin formal conferencing on HB 2342 and to continue the conversation after member caucuses later the same day.
Ending: Conferees set a time to resume discussions and asked staff to draft language that would place SB30's amended contents into HB 2342, with a subsequent working session to reconcile effective‑date language.
