Kansas HB2121: Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund

What the bill says

An act concerning motor vehicles; relating to annual license fees of electric and electric hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles; increasing the annual fee and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund; amending K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing sections.

From the introduced text, January 28, 2025:

AN ACT concerning motor vehicles; relating to annual license fees of electric and electric hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles; increasing the annual fee and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund; amending K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing sections. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 8-143 is hereby amended to read as follows: 8-143. (a) All applications for the registration of motorcycles, motorized bicycles and passenger vehicles other than trucks and truck tractors, except as otherwise provided, shall be accompanied by an annual license fee as follows: (1) Prior to January 1, 2020: (A) For motorized bicycles, $11; (B) for motorcycles, $16; (C) for passenger vehicles, other than motorcycles, used solely for the carrying of persons for pleasure or business, and for hearses and ambulances a fee and (ii) for those having a gross weight of more than 4,500 pounds, $40. (D) Except for motor vehicles, trailers or semitrailers registered under the provisions of K.S.A. 8-1,134, and amendments thereto, the annual registration fee for each motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer owned by any political or taxing subdivision of this state or by any agency or instrumentality of any one or more political or taxing subdivisions …

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Sponsors

• Timothy Johnson (R) · primary sponsor

Latest actions

1. April 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
2. February 2, 2026: Introduced
3. January 12, 2026: Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Transportation
4. March 12, 2025: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Transportation
5. February 20, 2025: Referred to Senate Committee on Transportation
6. February 19, 2025: Received and Introduced
7. February 19, 2025: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 99, Nay 20, Absent 6
8. February 19, 2025: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025
9. February 18, 2025: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
10. February 18, 2025: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

Votes

• Final Action - Passed as amended (February 19, 2025): 99 yea, 20 nay, passed

Common questions

What is HB2121?

HB2121 is a bill in the Kansas Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Increasing the annual license fees of electric and hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund.

What does HB2121 do?

In its own words: An act concerning motor vehicles; relating to annual license fees of electric and electric hybrid passenger vehicles and trucks and electric motorcycles; increasing the annual fee and distributing the fees to the state highway fund and the special city and county highway fund; amending K.S.A. 8-143 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 8-145 and repealing the existing sections.

What is the status of HB2121?

In committee as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: Died in Senate Committee (April 10, 2026).

Who sponsored HB2121?

Timothy Johnson (R).

Where is the official record for HB2121?

On the Kansas Legislature website: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2121/