Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2479 - Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order.
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release of persons prior to trial; authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order; modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime and attempt, conspiracy or criminal solicitation of certain violations of such crime; modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity by changing the connection to breach of privacy and describing the content of the image, video or other recording; describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations; increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 21-5302, 21-5303, 21-5428 and 21-5512 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5601, 21-6101 and 22-2802 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-03 | Status | enrolled |
| 2026-04-03 | Latest Action | Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | enrolled |
| HB 2099 | HB2099 - Senate Substitute for HB 2099 by Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics - Authorizing the secretary of corrections on behalf of the state of Kansas to convey certain real property located in Leavenworth county, Kansas, to Leavenworth county. | enrolled |
| HB 2192 | HB2192 - Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs. | enrolled |
| HB 2365 | HB2365 - Establishing the south central regional mental health hospital. | enrolled |
| HB 2413 | HB2413 - Providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony. | enrolled |
| HB 2466 | HB2466 - Extending the sunset for the angel investor tax credit to 2029 and providing for a minimum amount of credits for investors in qualified Kansas businesses located in counties with a population of 50,000 or fewer. | enrolled |
| 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. | enrolled |
| 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. | enrolled |