Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2527 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
AN ACT concerning sex offenders; making it unlawful for certain adult sex offenders to enter onto certain school property or attend certain school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof; relating to release from confinement; prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes; prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if the inmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender; amending K.S.A. 22-4901, 22-4902 and 75-5267 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6604 and repealing the existing sections.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-23 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-19 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-03-19 | Latest Action | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 |