SB 13 — Eliminating requirements for filings, registrations and licenses related to labor organizations, educational facility agreements, annual tax reports, river bank easements and bonded warehousemen with the secretary of state.

As Amended by Senate Committee Session of 2025 SENATE BILLNo.BILL No.

13 By Committee on Government Efficiency 1-16 AN ACT concerning the secretary of state;

eliminating the requirement that business agents of labor organizations register and the fees and filings associated with such registration;

44-804,44- 44-805,805, 44-806, 44-806a, 44-807, 44-812, 75- 4336, 75-4337, 82-163, 82-164 and 82-167.

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Section 1.

44-809.44- 809.

The right of franchise shall include the right of an employee to make a complaint, file charges, give information or testimony concerning the violations of this act, or the petitioning to such employee's union regarding any grievance that such employee may have concerning such employee's membership or employment, or the making known facts SBconcerning 13—Am.such grievance or violations of law to any person, including public officials or the employer, and such employee's right of free petition, lawful assemblage and free speech.

by SC 2 concerning such grievance or violations of law to any person, including public officials or the employer, and such employee's right of free petition, lawful assemblage and free speech.

(3) On and after July 1, 1955, To participate in any strike, walk-out,walk- out, or cessation of work or continuation thereof against an employer when any of such employer's employees are organized into a collective bargaining unit without the same being authorized by a majority vote of the employees in such collective bargaining unit at an election, by secret ballot, held, conducted and canvassed in accordance with rules and regulations which that shall be adopted by the secretary of labor.

(8) To solicit membership for or to act as a representative of an existingSENATE laborBILL organizationNo. without authority of such labor organization to do so.

(9)(8)(9) To13—page make2 anyexisting falselabor statementorganization inwithout anauthority applicationof forsuch alabor license.organization to do so.

(9) To make any false statement in an application for a license.

(11)(9)(10) For(11)(10) For any person to seize or occupy property unlawfully during the existence of a labor dispute.

(12)(10)(11) To(12)(11) To coerce or intimidate any employee in the enjoyment of such employee's legal rights, including those guaranteed in K.S.A.

44- 803, and amendments thereto, or to intimidate such employee's family, picket such employee's domicile or injure the person or property of such employee or such employee's family or to in any way discriminate against any employee, member of a labor organization or other person by reason SBof 13—Am.such employee's exercise of any right guaranteed to such employee by the provisions of this act.

by(13)(12) To SCpicket 3beyond ofthe sucharea employee's exercise of anythe rightindustry guaranteedwithin towhich sucha employeelabor bydispute thearises. provisions of this act.

(13)(11)(12) To(14)(13) To picketengage beyondin thepicketing areaby offorce theand industryviolence, withinor whichto picket in such a labormanner disputeas arises.to prevent ingress and egress to and from any premises, or to picket other than in a peaceable manner.

(14)(12)(13) To(15)(14) To engageviolate inthe picketingterms byof force and violence, or to picket in such a mannercollective asbargaining toagreement. prevent ingress and egress to and from any premises, or to picket other than in a peaceable manner.

(15)(13)(14) To(16)(15) To violateenter theinto terms of a collectiveclosed bargainingshop agreement.

(16)(14)(15) To enter into a closed shop agreement.

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(c) Arecognized(c) A recognized employee organization shall represent not less than a majority of the employees of an appropriate unit.

(d) Following determination of the appropriate unit of employees, the SBboard, 13—Am.at the request of the agricultural employer or on petition of employees, shall investigate questions and certify to the parties in writing, the names of the representatives that have been designated for SENATE BILL No.

by13—page SC3 4 board, at the request of the agricultural employer or on petition of employees, shall investigate questions and certify to the parties in writing, the names of the representatives that have been designated for an appropriate unit.

SB(5) the 13—Am.effects of overfragmentation and the splintering of a work organization;

by(6) the SCprovisions 5 (5) the effects of overfragmentationK.S.A. and the splintering of a work organization;

(6)  the provisions of K.S.A.

(f)(g) Supervisory, confidential, clerical,domestic,clerical, domestic, technical, executive and professional employees and guard shall be excluded from an agricultural employee appropriate unit.

(3) will have a secret ballot election of all officers not less frequentlySENATE thanBILL everyNo. four years;

(4)13—page will4 submitfrequently tothan theevery secretaryfour ofyears; state annually a list of the names and addresses of its officers and a designation of its principal office within the state of Kansas, and will notify the secretary of state of any changes in such information within 30 days after the making of such change;

(4) will submit to the secretary of state annually a list of the names and addresses of its officers and a designation of its principal office within the state of Kansas, and will notify the secretary of state of any changes in such information within days after the making of such change;

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74- 3220.Any3220. agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be approved by the attorney general and a copy filed in the office of the secretary of state.

Any agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be approved by the attorney general and a copy filed in the office of the secretary of state.

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Any such agreement may provide that residents of the state of Kansas will be admitted to such university or college in such other state, territory or country upon payment of tuition and fees applicable to residents of such SBother 13—Am.state, territory or country on the condition that like privileges will be granted to residents of such other state, territory or country upon admission to such institution under control of the state board of regents.

by SC 6 other state, territory or country on the condition that like privileges will be granted to residents of such other state, territory or country upon admission to such institution under control of the state board of regents.

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