Kansas

Bills

Every bill and resolution in the 2025-2026 Regular Sessions, from filing to law.

212 bills on crime and public safety Sort: Latest action Newest filed Number Title Furthest along
BillTitleWhere it standsLast action
SB 430 Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare Became law Apr 27, 2026Approved by Governor on Monday, April 27, 2026
HB 2789 Enacting the abolish abortion Kansas act to make all abortions subject to criminal prosecution and removing certain exceptions to wrongful death cause of action for the death of an unborn child. House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2778 Removing the current exception to the criminal use of weapons statute that allows any individual over the age of 21 or with a provisional license to possess a concealed handgun in or on school property or grounds or at … House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2774 Increasing penalties for the crimes of assault and battery if committed against a public-facing worker while such worker is engaged in the performance of such worker's assigned duties. House Committee on Appropriations Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2771 Establishing requirements for the county sheriff operating a jail for the enforcement of United States immigration and customs enforcement detainers, requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage for law enfor… House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died on Calendar
HB 2762 Modifying the crime of unlawful sexual relations to describe who is a person in a position of authority for a school. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died on Calendar
HB 2756 Prohibiting certain sex offenders from residing within 1,000 feet of any school property. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2754 Enacting the providing civil relief from coerced debt act to provide protections and remedies for victims of certain debts constituting a coerced debt because of actions by another individual within the context of domes… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2752 Setting standards for patient and caregiver identification cards to ensure legal access to medical cannabis, establishing the Kansas medical cannabis agency within the department of health and environment and removing c… House Committee on Health and Human Services Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2751 Increasing the minimum bail requirements for certain crimes from $50,000 to $100,000 and requiring certain findings to reduce such requirements. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2750 Increasing the criminal penalties for second or subsequent convictions of the crime of violation of a protective order. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2749 Amending the crime of unlawful sexual relations to include persons in a position of trust or authority when such position is used to carry out the offense. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2748 Increasing the time of initial orders and possible extensions under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2724 Authorizing judges to waive the docket fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2723 Requiring the supreme court to develop or procure a court date reminder program for the purpose of sending advance notifications to individuals with scheduled court dates for a criminal case or an infraction and requiri… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2705 Providing that courts are not required to appoint counsel for an indigent inmate in certain habeas corpus actions. House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2704 Providing that amendments related to credit for time spent incarcerated are applicable to any sentence computed on or after October 20, 2023. House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2697 Modifying the crime of unlawful acts involving theft detection shielding devices to include possessing, with the intent to commit theft, a computer program, application, software or other device adapted, designed or com… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2681 Establishing the department of corrections peer support fund and transferring moneys from the state general fund to the department of corrections peer support fund. House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2679 Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state. Ford Carr Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2678 Enacting the Kansas medical cannabis act to authorize the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and use of medical cannabis and medical cannabis products. Ford Carr Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2662 Enacting the student safety and awareness act to require school districts to designate a month during the school year as student safety and awareness month and to provide educational programs for students on the dangers… House Committee on Education Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2655 Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in … House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2651 Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not all… House Committee on Judiciary Vetoed Apr 10, 2026No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
HB 2614 Allowing certain exceptions to the confidentiality of records and information given to the crime victims compensation board. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2612 Modifying criminal sentencing rules applicable in multiple conviction cases where consecutive sentences may be imposed by the sentencing judge and the sentence for the primary crime is a nonprison sentence. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2611 Providing limitations and restrictions on releasing a person charged with a crime upon the person's own recognizance. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2610 Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not all… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2609 Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for allowing an adult to receive decision-making assistance from one or more other adults, requirements for decision-making agreemen… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2608 Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2594 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 connec… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died on Calendar
HB 2545 Increasing certain municipal court fee assessments and crediting such increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund. House Committee on Transportation and Public Safety Budget Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2538 Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2535 Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat… House Committee on Judiciary Failed Apr 10, 2026Died on Calendar
HB 2529 Modifying procedures for the citizen petition process to impanel a citizen grand jury under the Kansas code of criminal procedure, limiting criminal liability for good faith conduct by the person who initiates such peti… House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2504 Prohibiting cities and counties from restricting the discretion of landlords not to rent residential or commercial property on grounds including prospective tenants receipt of housing assistance or eviction or criminal … House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2499 Requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence offenses to attend victim impact panel programs. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2498 Classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes. House Committee on Judiciary Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2495 Authorizing counties to adopt resolutions to regulate activities on or within navigable rivers and adding navigable rivers to the crime of criminal trespass. House Committee on Local Government Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2489 Requiring school districts to provide fentanyl abuse education programs and maintain supplies of naloxone in each school. Pat Proctor Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2446 Deleting the requirement that the name of treasurers be listed in attributions for political advertising. House Committee on Elections Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Senate Committee
HB 2439 Enacting the Kansas geoengineering and weather modification prohibition act, prohibiting geoengieering and weather modification activities, providing criminal penalties for violations of the act and assigning enforcemen… House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2436 Defining emergency opioid antagonist as including an expired emergency opioid antagonist for a person rendering aid to another in reasonable need of medical assistance. Suzanne Wikle Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2426 Defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of motor vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary when necessary to co… Susan Humphries Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2425 Determining food that contains specific color additives to be adulterated. Kevin Schwertfeger Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2422 Providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony. Kevin Schwertfeger Died Apr 10, 2026Died on Calendar
HB 2412 Requiring instruction to provide students with an understanding of communist, fascist and socialist regimes and ideologies and that students pass an American civics examination in order to graduate with a high school di… Kenneth Collins Vetoed Apr 10, 2026No motion to reconsider vetoed bill; Veto sustained
HB 2405 Enacting the adult use cannabis regulation act to regulate the cultivation, manufacturing, possession and sale of cannabis in this state. House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2401 Providing that prior convictions of a crime that is determined unconstitutional by an appellate court shall not be used for criminal history scoring purposes unless the basis of the determination of unconstitutionality … House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee
HB 2389 Requiring certain prior convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses. House Committee on Federal and State Affairs Died Apr 10, 2026Died in Committee

From Kansas's official records. "Where it stands" is the furthest step a bill has reached; a bill still short of law when its session ended is shown as died.