Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: Introduced 1 R cosponsors

HB2424 — Establishing a pump installation contractor license and requiring additional examination, qualification and record-keeping requirements for licensed pump installation contractor and water well contractors.

Last action — Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced January 08, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning water; relating to the department of health and environment; establishing a pump installation contractor license and qualifications for applicants therefor; allowing applicants for water well contractor and pump installation contractor licenses to take examinations online; adding additional qualifications for applicants of water well contractor licenses; requiring additional information to be included in the water well record as required by the secretary; requiring a water well contractor to provide a water quality analysis to the secretary upon request within 60 days of well completion or within an extended timeframe granted by the secretary; requiring the water quality analysis to be conducted by a Kansas certified laboratory; requiring pump installation contractors to keep a record of each pump installed and submit the record to the secretary within 30 days; requiring the pump installation record to include certain data as required by the secretary; requiring the entire amount of any penalty collected under the act to be deposited in the water program management fund instead of the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-1202, 82a-1203, 82a-1205, 82a-1207, 82a-1209, 82a-1210, 82a-1212, 82a-1213, 82a-1214 and 82a-1216 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 82a-1206; also repealing K.S.A. 82a-1218.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507

  2. Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by

  3. Hearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 218-N

  4. Referred to House Committee on Water

  5. Introduced

  6. Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, January 8, 2026

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB2424 do?
AN ACT concerning water; relating to the department of health and environment; establishing a pump installation contractor license and qualifications for applicants therefor; allowing applicants for water well contractor and pump installation contractor licenses to take examinations online; adding additional qualifications for applicants of water well contractor licenses; requiring additional information to be included in the water well record as required by the secretary; requiring a water well contractor to provide a water quality analysis to the secretary upon request within 60 days of well completion or within an extended timeframe granted by the secretary; requiring the water quality analysis to be conducted by a Kansas certified laboratory; requiring pump installation contractors to keep a record of each pump installed and submit the record to the secretary within 30 days; requiring the pump installation record to include certain data as required by the secretary; requiring the entire amount of any penalty collected under the act to be deposited in the water program management fund instead of the state general fund; amending K.S.A. 82a-1202, 82a-1203, 82a-1205, 82a-1207, 82a-1209, 82a-1210, 82a-1212, 82a-1213, 82a-1214 and 82a-1216 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 82a-1206; also repealing K.S.A. 82a-1218.
Who sponsors HB2424?
HB2424 is sponsored by Gary White (Republican).
What is the current status of HB2424?
This bill has been introduced in the House. Introduced January 08, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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