Topeka ? Gov. Kathleen Sebelius signed 11 bills into law today, including one that takes Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays off the public holiday list in Kansas.

Even though they are no longer observed, existing state law lists Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday as legal public holidays in the state.

The bill, SB 26, deletes those former holidays and designates Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a legal public holiday on the third Monday in January and Presidents’ Day as a legal public holiday on the third Monday in February.

The two new legal public holidays will go into effect after Jan. 1, 2006.

Here are 10 other bills the governor signed into law today:

• Rape shield law expanded. SB 82 expands the rape shield criminal procedure law to cover any court proceeding. The law prohibits the presentation of evidence of the complaining witness/victim’s previous sexual conduct with any person including the defendant, unless the court decides this evidence is relevant and otherwise admissible. The bill would also add unlawful voluntary sexual relations to the list of prosecutions under which the rape shield law would apply.
• Health standards. HB 2264 deals with the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The bill sets up a four-year term for the health director; spells out powers of the secretary with respect to isolation and quarantine; and provides rules and regulation regarding tuberculosis evaluation requirements for high risk students entering a Kansas college or university.
• Self-storage late fees. SB 69 amends the Self-Service Storage Act by allowing an operator to charge a late fee for an occupant’s failure to pay rent when due. Under the bill, the operator would be allowed to recover rent and lien enforcement expenses in addition to any late fees. The late fees is not to exceed $20 per month or 20 percent of the rental monthly amount, whichever is greater.
• Dental patient protection. SB 91 sets maximum fees for Kansas Dental Board. The bill increases the statutory caps on fees collected by the dental board in conjuction with licensing and regulating dentists and dental hygienists. Not-for-profit oganizations are exempt from the new law.
• Hunting permits. HB 2466 repeals the authority of the state Department of Wildlife and Parks to issue commercial guide service permits. Currently, persons born after July 1, 1957, and who are 16 years of age or older, are prohibited from hunting on land other than land owned by the hunter, unless such person has completed an approved hunter education course. The statute currently exempts persons who apply for a special controlled shooting area hunting license from meeting the requirements for completion of hunter education, but this exemption is slated to expire on July 1, 2005. The bill makes the exemption permanent.
• Fingerprinting attorneys. SB 36 authorizes the Kansas Supreme Court to require applicants for admission to practice law in Kansas to be fingerprinted and to submit to a national criminal history records check.
• Neosho County sales tax vote. SB 295 allows the Neosho County Commission to seek voter approval of a 0.5 percent sales tax earmarked for roadway construction and improvements.
• Manufacturer housing. SB 4 makes changes to the Kansas Manufacturered Housing Act as a result of the 2000 federal law on manufactured housing.
• Tax information. SB 13 relaxes certain tax confidentiality provisions so the Department of Revenue can share information with other state agencies, certain local officials and under limited circumstances, with retailers.