Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 61: Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 61 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary.