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Votes at a glance: Kansas Senate passes package including solar consumer protections, 340B oversight, and tax change
Summary
The Kansas Senate advanced a broad set of bills on March 24, including new consumer protections for rooftop solar contracts, state-level oversight of 340B drug pricing, a constitutional amendment on property valuation limits (Senate position), tax cut mechanics and other measures. Multiple bills were approved after debate and committee reports.
The Kansas Senate on March 24 approved a wide set of measures after committee debate, ranging from consumer protections for distributed-energy retail contracts to changes affecting prescription drug pricing and tax rules. Lawmakers also advanced bills that will be referred to conference committees with the House on several measures where the two chambers disagree.
Among the measures the Senate declared passed were a restructuring of rules for rooftop solar retailers and mandatory consumer disclosures (substitute for HB 2149); state oversight measures aimed at 340B drug contracting practices (SB 284); an approach to automatic tax-rate reductions tied to revenue growth (SB 259); a technical change for the inspector general and Medicaid fraud work (HB 2217); and a series of other measures that the chamber moved through the Committee of the Whole and final action sequence. Several bills will now be sent to conference committees…
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