Kansas - Session 2025-2026
Title: SB478 - Creating a maximum length of time for an agreement between a utility and law enforcement to install law enforcement equipment on a utility pole or structure and increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee.
AN ACT concerning utilities; relating to utility facilities and employees; increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee; creating a maximum length of time for agreements authorizing law enforcement agencies to install certain equipment on utility poles or other structures and providing certain exceptions thereto; providing that evidence collected by such equipment is not admissible in legal proceedings under certain circumstances; amending K.S.A. 21-5412 and 60-5402 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5413 and repealing the existing sections.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-04 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-17 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-03-17 | Latest Action | Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary |
| 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 2793 | HB2793 - Enacting the Kansas sports authority act to establish a sports authority to provide for the construction, financing and management of certain sports facilities and sports facility infrastructure and create venues for professional sports and other events. | unknown |
| HB 2798 | HB2798 - Substitute for HB 2798 by Committee on Higher Education Budget - Granting authority to state educational institutions regarding transactions involving contracts, easements and the procurement of goods and services, exempting the state educational institutions from statutes governing such transactions and authorizing legislators to request copies of certain documents. | in_committee |
| 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 |