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HB 2527

Kansas - Session 2025-2026

House passed_lower 2026-03-19
Bill Details

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.

Summary

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.

Sponsor
Committee on Corrections
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Actions Timeline
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
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