Kansas HB 2115: Authorizing municipalities to prohibit their employees from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings.

Bill Text

Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2115
By Committee on Local Government
Requested by Representative Featherston
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AN ACT concerning firearms; relating to the personal and family
protection act; authorizing municipalities to prohibit employees of such
municipality from carrying concealed handguns in municipal buildings;
amending K.S.A. 75-7c20 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 75-7c20 is hereby amended to read as follows: 75-
7c20. (a) The carrying of a concealed handgun shall not be prohibited in
any public area of any state or municipal building unless such public area
has adequate security measures to ensure that no weapons are permitted to
be carried into such public area and the public area is conspicuously
posted with either permanent or temporary signage approved by the
governing body, or the chief administrative officer, if no governing body
exists, in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10, and amendments thereto.
(b) The carrying of a concealed handgun shall not be prohibited
throughout any state or municipal building in its entirety unless such
building has adequate security measures at all public access entrances to
ensure that no weapons are permitted to be carried into such building and
the building is conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10,
and amendments thereto.
(c) No state agency or municipality shall prohibit an employee from
carrying a concealed handgun at the employee's work place unless:
(1) The building has adequate security measures at all public access
entrances to ensure that no weapons are permitted to be carried into such
building and the building is conspicuously posted in accordance with
K.S.A. 75-7c10, and amendments thereto; or
(2) a security plan has been adopted for such building in accordance
with subsection (i).
(d) (1) Except as provided in subsection (c), it shall not be a violation
of the personal and family protection act for a person to carry a concealed
handgun into a state or municipal building, or any public area thereof, so
long as that person has authority to enter through a restricted access
entrance into such building, or public area thereof, that provides adequate
security measures at all public access entrances and the building, or public
area thereof, is conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10,
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and amendments thereto.
(2) Any person, who is not an employee of the state or a municipality
and is not otherwise authorized to enter a state or municipal building
through a restricted access entrance, shall be authorized to enter through a
restricted access entrance, provided such person:
(A) Is authorized by the chief law enforcement officer, governing
body, or the chief administrative officer, if no governing body exists, to
enter such state or municipal building through a restricted access entrance;
(B) is issued an identification card by the chief law enforcement
officer, governing body, or the chief administrative officer, if no governing
body exists, which includes such person's photograph, name and any other
identifying information deemed necessary by the issuing entity, and which
states on the identification card that such person is authorized to enter such
building through a restricted access entrance; and
(C) executes an affidavit or other notarized statement that such person
acknowledges that certain firearms and weapons may be prohibited in such
building and that violating any such regulations may result in the
revocation of such person's authority to enter such building through a
restricted access entrance.
The chief law enforcement officer, governing body, or the chief
administrative officer, if no governing body exists, shall develop criteria
for approval of individuals subject to this paragraph to enter the state or
municipal building through a restricted access entrance. Such criteria may
include the requirement that the individual submit to a state and national
criminal history records check before issuance and renewal of such
authorization and pay a fee to cover the costs of such background checks.
An individual who has been issued a concealed carry permit by the state of
Kansas shall not be required to submit to another state and national
criminal records check before issuance and renewal of such authorization.
Notwithstanding any authorization granted under this paragraph, an
individual may be subjected to additional security screening measures
upon reasonable suspicion or in circumstances where heightened security
measures are warranted. Such authorization does not permit the individual
to carry a concealed weapon into a public building, which that has
adequate security measures, as defined by this act, and which that is
conspicuously posted in accordance with K.S.A. 75-7c10, and
amendments thereto.
(e) A state agency or municipality that p