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2025 Regular Session Introduced by Gary Howell

Creates a new Kansas pump installation contractor license, sets qualifications and 30-day reporting to the Secretary, and strengthens rules for water-well contractors.

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Bill Summary · HB 2095

Summary — HB 2095 (2025) — Establishing a pump installation contractor license (Kansas)

Status: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507 (bill was reported out of committee as amended but subsequently removed from calendar)

Purpose
- Amend the Kansas Groundwater Exploration and Protection Act to (1) create a new licensed classification for pump installation contractors, (2) clarify and raise some qualification and recordkeeping requirements for water well contractors, and (3) give the Secretary of Health and Environment additional authority to administer exams, adopt fee rules, and set reporting formats.

Key provisions
- New license: Creates a “pump installation contractor” license for persons who install, repair, or maintain well pumps, pitless well adapters/units, and related equipment at the well site (including wiring and work that breaks the sanitary seal).
- Exemptions: does not cover a homeowner installing a pump on their own domestic-use property (if installation meets minimum standards) or a worker acting under supervision of a licensed contractor.
- Exam/qualification: applicants must demonstrate familiarity with Kansas water laws/rules, pump installation, repair/replacement of well components and water-system devices (pressure tanks, switches, relief valves, pitless adapters), and have at least 1 year of experience under a licensed pump installation contractor.
- Recordkeeping/reporting: licensed pump installers must keep accurate records and submit a pump-installation report to the Secretary within 30 days of installation. Required data include owner name/address, well location/legal description (latitude/longitude), intended water use, pump type/date/horsepower/voltage/capacity (gpm) and drop-pipe diameter/length, plus any additional Secretary-requested data.

  • Water well contractor changes:

    • Definition: clarifies “water well contractor” as those who construct, reconstruct, plug or treat wells, with similar homeowner and supervised-worker exemptions.
    • Added qualifications: applicants must know current drilling methods (cable-tool, hollow-stem auger, mud-rotary, direct-push, sonic, air rotary, sand bailing), be familiar with pump installation and component repair/replacement and installation of treatment devices, and have at least 2 years experience under a licensed water well contractor.
    • Enhanced reporting: water well contractors must submit well records within 30 days of completion with expanded detail (geologic materials, water encounter depth, borehole depth/diameter, gravel pack details, grout/seal depths, casing/screen specs, pump info, yields, static/pumped water levels, intended use, disinfection certification, permits, contractor identification, completion date, etc.).
    • Water quality testing: requires a water quality analysis be provided to the Secretary within 60 days of well completion upon request (conducted by a Kansas-certified lab), with possible extension by the Secretary.

  • Administration & fees:

    • The Secretary may administer examinations (including online exams) and adopt rules to set application/license fees on a biennial basis. Fee revenue is deposited to the Water Program (Management) Fund.
    • Penalty fines collected under the Act would be deposited to the water program fund (amendment referenced in introduced/amended text).

Affected parties
- Primary: pump installation contractors (newly licensed population) and water well contractors (subject to expanded qualifications and reporting).
- Secondary: KDHE/Secretary (administration, rulemaking, record systems), Kansas-certified laboratories (water quality analyses), landowners (data submitted about wells/pumps), and entities using public well-log data (state geological survey/public).

Fiscal impact
- KDHE estimates increased fee revenue of about $40,000 beginning FY2027 if rules and fees are adopted and implemented. KDHE reports no anticipated additional expenditures and believes current staffing is sufficient.

Procedural/timeline notes
- Introduced Jan. 24, 2025; amended by House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources; committee recommended passage as amended (committee report Feb. 18, 2025).
- Status: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507 (Feb. 20, 2025), meaning it was removed from active consideration at that time.

Notes
- The committee report and fiscal note provide the substantive Kansas language summarized above. Some pasted materials in the provided packet show unrelated bills from other states that share the same bill number; this summary focuses on the Kansas HB 2095 content.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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