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HB 2149 Kansas House · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Substitute for HB 2149 by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications - Requiring distributed energy retailers to disclose certain information to residential customers who are offered or seeking to install a distributed energy system, requiring the attorney general to convene an advisory group to develop, approve and periodically revise a standard form for such disclosures and requiring publication thereof, establishing requirements for interconnection and operation of distributed energy systems, increasing the total capacity limitation for an electric public utility's provision of parallel generation service and a formula to determine appropriate system size.

HB 2149 requires solar and renewable energy retailers to provide clear, standardized disclosures to residential customers before selling financed systems (like home solar panels). This includes details on system specifications, guaranteed energy output, total lifetime costs, tax credits, and installer credentials, all in plain language. The bill also mandates the attorney general to create a standard disclosure form and updates rules for connecting these systems to the grid, increasing utility capacity limits for parallel generation services. These changes directly affect homeowners purchasing financed renewable energy systems and aim to improve transparency in the sales process.
Issues: ✓ EnergySupports EnergyRequires clear disclosures for residential solar systems, standardizes consumer information, updates grid rules to support distributed renewable energy adoption.92% confidence
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 29, 2025 Signed Apr 10, 2025
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What changed between versions

{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} → As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill's header was updated to reflect amendments by the Senate Committee on Utilities, and the page footer was changed from 'HCW' to 'SC'. Substantively, the only text change is the addition of the word 'font' to two clauses requiring disclosure documents to be in specific type sizes and styles. This is a minor technical clarification that does not alter the bill's legal requirements or scope.
TECHNICAL

Added the word 'font' to requirements specifying that disclosure documents must be in '10-point type font' and 'bold font and highlighted type', clarifying the formatting standards without changing the underlying rules.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
13
Committee
7
Apr 10, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Concurred with amendments; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
upper
Mar 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Utilities
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. John Carmichael was adopted
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. John Carmichael
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications; Rereferred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Committee
Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.