Kansas bill would require KCC workshop on utility wildfire risk and codify liability rules including $5 million punitive cap
Supporters told a legislative committee the measure would convene stakeholders before regulators, clarify negligence standards for utility-caused wildfires and preserve compensation for economic and non‑economic losses while codifying a $5 million cap on punitive damages.
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A Kansas Senate committee heard testimony on House Bill 2,107, a measure that would direct the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) to convene workshops on utility wildfire risk, utility readiness and cost‑recovery for mitigation, and would codify existing common‑law negligence and a $5,000,000 punitive‑damages cap for wildfire cases involving public utilities.
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