Kansas

2024 Legislation Session

  •  Senate Bill 292
    • Status: Passed on April 25 2024 – 100% progression
    • Action: 2024-04-25 – Senate Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 23, 2024
    • Summary: Updating statutes related to the Kansas army and air national guard, providing for the appointment of a state judge advocate, providing for the adjustment of death and disability benefits and updating the Kansas code of military justice relating to certain definitions, unlawful acts and punishment requirements thereof.

Sec. 54. K.S.A. 48-516 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48- 516. Members of the Kansas state guard after July 1, 1943, who are actually present and participate in regular weekly drills provided for by law or regulations, for not less than one and one-half 1 1/2 hours, shall receive the following schedule of pay: For each of no more than five such weekly periods in any one month; private, sixty cents; private first class, seventy cents; corporal, eighty cents; sergeant, ninety-five cents; staff sergeant and first sergeant, one dollar; second lieutenant, one dollar and twenty-five cents; first lieutenant, one dollar and fifty cents; captain, two dollars and fifty cents. The rate of pay for a technician fifth grade will be the same as that of a corporal; the rate of pay for a technician fourth grade and a technician third grade will be the same as that of a sergeant appropriate compensation as established by policy, guidance or regulation.

Sec. 40. K.S.A. 48-205 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48- 205. The adjutant general shall have immediate charge of the state arsenal under the supervision of the governor.The adjutant general shall have charge and care of all state and United States military property for which the state is responsible and shall cause to be kept an accurate and careful account of all receipts and issues of the same. He or she shall require to be kept a careful memorandum of all public property on hand in the state arsenal and in the possession of the several organizations of the Kansas army and air national guard, or Kansas state guard and will guard said property against injury and loss to the extent of his or her ability; The adjutant general shall require every accountable and responsible officer of the Kansas army and air national guard, or Kansas state guard to account for every deficiency in public property in such officer’s possession immediately after such deficiency is discovered.

Sec. 49. K.S.A. 48-261 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48- 261. (a) Every member of the Kansas national guard or Kansas state guard herein referred to as “member” shall be entitled to the benefits specified in K.S.A. 48-261 to through 48-271, inclusive, and amendments thereto, subject to the conditions specified therein.

(b) The governor shall appoint at least five (5) officers of the Kansas national guard or Kansas state guard, including at least one (1) officer of the medical corps, to the military disability board, which is hereby created. Members of the board shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. Members of the board shall be compensated and permitted allowances in accordance with K.S.A. 75-3201, and amendments thereto. The board shall meet at least annually and determine the percentage of total disability and award compensation for disability or death in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 48-261 to through 48-271, inclusive, and amendments thereto.

2023 Legislation Session

  • House Bill 2230
    • SDF Summary: Some modifications relating to SDF Pay
    • Legal Summary: Updating statutes related to the Kansas army and air national guard and providing for the appointment of a state judge advocate.
    • Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 – 25% progression
    • Action: 2023-02-22 – House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Veterans and Military
 

Sec. 3. K.S.A. 48-202 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48-202. All staff officers of the Kansas national guard, including officers of the pay, inspection, subsistence, and medical departments, hereafter appointed shall have had previous military experience, and shall hold their positions until they shall have reached the age of sixty-four 64 years of age, unless retired prior to that time by reason of resignation, disability, or for cause to be determined by a court-martial legally convened for that purpose; and. All vacancies among said such officers shall be filled by appointment from the officers of the militia of Kansas. Nothing in this section shall be construed or operate to limit the provisions of any federal law relative to the qualifications for appointment of officers or the filling of vacancies.

Sec. 4. K.S.A. 2022 Supp. 48-204 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48-204.

 

(a) The adjutant general shall:

2) He or she The adjutant general shall require to be kept a careful

memorandum of all public property on hand in the state arsenal and in the possession of the several organizations of the Kansas army and air national guard, or Kansas state guard and will guard said such property against injury and loss to the extent of his or her the adjutant general’s ability;. The adjutant general shall require every accountable and responsible officer of the Kansas army and air national guard, or Kansas state guard to account for every deficiency in public property in such officer’s possession immediately after such deficiency is discovered.

 

Sec. 15. K.S.A. 48-516 is hereby amended to read as follows: 48-516.

Members of the Kansas state guard after July 1, 1943, who are actually present and participate in regular weekly drills provided for by law or regulations, for not less than one and one-half 11/2 hours, shall receive the following schedule of pay: For each of no more than five such weekly periods in any one month; private, sixty cents; private first class, seventy cents; corporal, eighty cents; sergeant, ninety-five cents; staff sergeant and first sergeant, one dollar; second lieutenant, one dollar and twenty-five cents; first lieutenant, one dollar and fifty cents; captain, two dollars and fifty cents. The rate of pay for a technician fifth grade will be the same as that of a corporal; the rate of pay for a technician fourth grade and a technician third grade will be the same as that of a sergeant appropriate compensation as established by policy, guidance or regulation.