Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2444 - Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case; creating a special sentencing rule of presumptive imprisonment when a new felony is committed by certain offenders while in custody for a prior nondrug felony or on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior nondrug felony; prohibiting certain dispositional and durational departures when a new felony is committed by offenders while in custody for a prior felony or on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony; relating to release prior to trial; providing limitations and restrictions on releasing a person charged with a felony upon the person's own recognizance; requiring secured minimum appearance bond amounts for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings; creating a presumption that certain noncitizens are a flight risk; amending K.S.A. 21-6818 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615, 21-6804 and 22-2802 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-19 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-03-19 | Latest Action | Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| SB 358 | SB358 - Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing. | enrolled |
| SB 454 | SB454 - Enhancing the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training. | introduced |
| HB 2018 | HB2018 - Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providing criminal penalties therefor and providing for a civil cause of action for damages. | passed_lower |
| HB 2212 | HB2212 - Senate Substitute for HB 2212 by Committee on Judiciary - Authorizing the governor to make a declaration of need for enhanced public safety and security for an extraordinary event and providing certain powers to the governor during a period of such declaration. | unknown |
| HB 2378 | HB2378 - Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages. | passed_lower |
| HB 2412 | HB2412 - Increasing the criminal penalties for endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age. | in_committee |
| HB 2501 | HB2501 - Senate Substitute for HB 2501 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Providing for immunity from civil liability to federal firearms licensees for returning a firearm to the firearm owner at the termination of a firearm hold agreement, removing the criminal prohibition against firearm suppressors and shotgun barrel length qualification requirements and providing enhanced penalties for certain felonies committed while using a firearm suppressor or short-barrel shotgun. | passed_lower |
| HB 2518 | HB2518 - Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of the crime of breach of privacy and modifying the culpable mental state required to commit such crime. | passed_lower |