Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2543: Requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses, permits or passes that were established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027
Status: Passed one chamber, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning wildlife and parks; requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses, permits or passes that were established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027; requiring the department to maintain an accounting of lost revenue and submit such accounting to the director of accounts and reports and the state treasurer by June 30 of each fiscal year; requiring that such accounting be subject to audits by the state treasurer…
From the introduced text, January 26, 2026:
AN ACT concerning wildlife and parks; requiring an annual reimbursement to the Kansas department of wildlife and parks for lost revenue from free or discounted hunting and fishing licenses, permits or passes that were established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027; requiring the department to maintain an accounting of lost revenue and submit such accounting to the director of accounts and reports and the state treasurer by June 30 of each fiscal year; requiring that such accounting be subject to audits by the state treasurer; making an annual transfer from the state general fund to the wildlife fee fund upon certification of such accounting, subject to appropriation acts of the legislature. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. (a) (1) The Kansas department of wildlife and parks shall be reimbursed for lost revenue resulting from the issuance of any free or partially discounted hunting and fishing license, permit or pass that was established by legislative enactment on or after July 1, 2027, in an amount equal to the amount of lost revenue from such discounts. (2) This section shall also apply to lost revenue resulting from any exemption to hunting and fishing license, permit or pass that was established by statute on or after July 1, 2027, in an amount equal …