Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: HB2594 - 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.
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to blackmail; modifying the elements 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}; amending K.S.A. 21-5428 and repealing the existing section.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-19 | Status | passed_lower |
| 2026-03-19 | Latest Action | Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 |
| 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 2444 | 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. | passed_lower |
| 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 |