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Kansas background check laws
A practitioner-grade reference to Kansas pre-employment background screening: lookback caps, ban-the-box scope, salary-history limits, cannabis testing rules, and the statutes the SafestHires compliance team applies on every order routed to KS.
The four levers at a glance
| Lookback period | 7 years (FCRA default) |
| Ban-the-Box scope | Public sector (Executive Order 18-12) |
| Salary history | No restriction |
| Cannabis testing | Illegal |
Lookback period
Kansas applies the FCRA window with no state-level reduction.
Ban-the-Box and Fair Chance rules
Governor Colyer's 2018 executive order removed the conviction question from initial state-agency applications.
Salary history
No statewide salary-history ban.
Cannabis & drug testing
Kansas has not legalized cannabis in any form.
Governing statutes & references
- K.S.A. §22-4701 (KBI access)
- Exec. Order 18-12
SafestHires compliance note
KBI fingerprint pathway required for healthcare and childcare under K.S.A. §39-970.