Kansas Pet Advocates initiated and secured support for sales tax exemption for nonprofit shelters and rescues. This bill will be reintroduced in the 2025 Kansas legislative session.

 

In 2022, Kansas Pet Advocates lobbied the legislators to reorganize and increase the operating budget for the Animal Facilities Inspection (AFI) program and effectively achieved the most important objectives it sought through its request for an Executive Reorganization Order (ERO), including the following improvements to the AFI program:​

• New vet hired as the Director
• New funding for AFI in the amount of $483,729
• New investigative inspector
• $50,000 of new funding will be dedicated to shelters to compensate them for animal care costs incurred in connection with seizures​

 

In 2021, Kansas Pet Advocates lobbied the legislature to prevent the return of greyhound racing to Kansas by (1) amending the sports wagering bill to exclude greyhound racing from the list of “sporting events” that can receive legal wagers; and (2) amending the Kansas Parimutuel Wagering Act to prohibit greyhound racing in any racing where there are slots or historical racing machines.