Bill > HB2249

This bill, known as the Defend the Guard Act, establishes when the Kansas National Guard may be released into active duty combat. The key provisions are: (1) The Kansas National Guard shall not be released into active duty combat unless the U.S. Congress has passed an official declaration of war or has taken an official action to explicitly call forth the Kansas National Guard for the enumerated purposes of executing the laws of the union, repelling an invasion, or suppressing an insurrection. (2) The governor is required to take all actions necessary to comply with these requirements. (3) The bill does not limit or prohibit the governor from consenting to the deployment of any Kansas National Guard member on defense support for civil authority missions within the U.S. and its territories under Title 32 of the U.S. Code.