Judiciary

KS - Representative Greg Wilson (R)

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Chair

KS - Representative Owen Donohoe (R)

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Vice Chair

KS - Representative John Carmichael (D)

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Ranking Minority Member

KS - Representative Marty Long (R)

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KS - Representative Paul Waggoner (R)

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KS - Representative Ken Rahjes (R)

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KS - Representative Pam Curtis (D)

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KS - Representative John Toplikar (R)

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KS - Representative Rebecca Schmoe (R)

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KS - Representative Dennis "Boog" Highberger (D)

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KS - Representative Kyle Hoffman (R)

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KS - Representative Francis Awerkamp (R)

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KS - Representative Susan Estes (R)

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KS - Representative Annie Kuether (D)

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KS - Representative Chris Croft (R)

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KS - Representative Nick Hoheisel (R)

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KS - Representative Fred Patton (R)

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KS - Representative Kyler Sweely (R)

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KS - Representative Brandon Woodard (R)

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KS - Representative Cindy Neighbor (R)

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KS - Representative Brett Parker (R)

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KS - Representative Jim Ward (D)

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KS - Representative Brian Bergkamp (R)

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KS - HCR5015 Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; retaining the supreme court nominating commission, membership amended.

KS - SB11 House Substitute for SB 11 by Committee on Appropriations - State employees; essential employee defined.

KS - HB2384 Rule of law restoration act; immigration.

KS - HB2018 Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice – Adding and amending substances included in schedules I, III and IV of the uniform controlled substances act; use of certain controlled substances to treat binge eating authorized.

KS - HB2022 Qualifications for office of sheriff.

KS - HB2023 Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records.

KS - HB2024 Domestic battery; sentencing.

KS - HCR5003 Constitutional amendment; extend recall elections to elected judicial officers.

KS - HB2025 Amending the Kansas law enforcement training act.

KS - HB2081 Kansas disclosure of unanticipated medical outcomes and medical errors act.

KS - HB2080 Including unlawful dissemination of consensually taken images in blackmail and breach of privacy.

KS - SB44 House Substitute for SB 44 by Committee on Judiciary - Amending the commercial real estate broker lien act.

KS - HB2129 Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.

KS - HB2130 Relating to wrongful death actions; increasing the amount of damages that may be awarded.

KS - HCR5009 Constitutional amendment; 33% vote against retention of a supreme court justice would result in open position.

KS - HB2158 Increasing sentence for intentional murder in the second degree to mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 years ("hard 25").

KS - HB2147 Amending the protection from abuse act and protection from stalking act to establish the protection from stalking and sexual assault act.

KS - HB2151 Substitute for HB 2151 by Committee on Judiciary – Authorizing community parenting release for early release from incarceration; requiring all law enforcement agencies to adopt a written policy relating to eyewitness identification; requiring judges to allow certain persons to witness grand jury instructions.

KS - HB2160 Docket fees; electronic filing and management fund.

KS - HB2553 Increasing municipal court assessments and directing to the commission on peace officers' standards and training.

KS - HB2550 Creating an exemption to the Kansas open records act for the central registry of Kansas police and law enforcement officers and amending the definition of “conviction” for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act.

KS - HB2555 Amending the definition of 'conviction' for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act.

KS - HB2651 Kansas probate code; transfer-on-death deeds.

KS - HB2647 Providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle related to the rescue of a person or animal.

KS - HB2652 Increasing the number of district court judge nominees sent to the governor by district judicial nominating commissions.

KS - HB2639 Enacting the emergency observation and treatment act; using licensed crisis recovery centers for emergency observation and treatment of persons with mental illness, substance use disorders and co-occurring conditions.

KS - SB424 Amending consumer protection laws related to identity theft and security of personal identifying information.

KS - SB462 Substitute for SB 462 by Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Concerning civil procedure and the protection from stalking act.

KS - HB2704 Judicial branch, salaries of judges and justices; making and concerning appropriations for fiscal year 2017.

KS - HB2705 Amending court docket fees and charges.

KS - HCR5001 Joint session for hearing message of the governor.

KS - SB86 Kansas transparency act.

KS - SB14 Relating to the criminal justice information system line fund.

KS - SB133 Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverage by minor; immunity from criminal prosecution for minor seeking medical assistance.

KS - HB2418 Review of and limitations on contracts and lease-purchase agreements for energy conservation measures.

KS - SB58 House Substitute for SB 58 by Committee on Judiciary – Creating an exemption to the Kansas open records act for the central registry of Kansas police and law enforcement officers and amending the definition of “conviction” for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act.

KS - SB38 Substitute for SB 38 by Committee on Judiciary - Bad faith assertions of patent infringement.

KS - SB18 House Substitute for Substitute for SB 18 by Committee on Judiciary – Regulating access to certain law enforcement audio and video recordings and adding an exception to disclosure under the open records act.

KS - SB157 Specifying that the child in need of care code does not permit any person to compel a parent to medicate a child if the parent is acting in accordance with medical advice from a physician.

KS - SB183 Collection of debts owed to courts or restitution owed under an order of restitution, use of collection services; judgments for court costs, fees, fines and restitution never become dormant.

KS - SB113 Relating to licenses, permits, stamps and other issues of the department of wildlife, parks and tourism.

KS - SB128 House Substitute for SB 128 by Committee on Judiciary – Courts; attorney licensure; selection and appointment of judges and justices; supreme court nominating commission and district judicial nominating commissions; applicability of open meetings act and open records act.

KS - SB159 House Substitute for SB 159 by Committee on Judiciary – Enacting the host families act, relating to temporary care for children.

KS - SB197 Applying the open meetings act to the supreme court nominating commission and judicial district nominating commissions; requiring attorneys to document eligibility to vote in the commission selection process and applying the open records act to such information; requiring certain applicant information to be made available to the public when appointing court of appeals judges.

KS - SB112 House Substitute for SB 112 by Committee on Veterans, Military and Homeland Security - Expedited professional state credentialing for military servicemembers and nonresident military spouses.

KS - SB149 House Substitute for SB 149 by Committee on Taxation -- Taxation; relating to income tax returns and instructions, use tax remittance, checkoff for schools; credits, angel investment tax credit; community improvement district sales tax administration fund; electronic cigarettes; sales tax exemptions, Gove county healthcare endowment foundation, inc. and personal property purchased to rebuild or repair certain fences.

KS - SB51 Relating to court fees and costs; judicial branch surcharge fund; docket fees; electronic filing and management fund..

KS - SB57 Kansas power of attorney act.

KS - SB206 Enforcement of open records and meetings; attorney general; fund.

KS - SB23 Authorized restrictions of driving privileges; ignition interlock device.

KS - HB2290 Relating to emergency observation and treatment of mentally-ill persons in communities with 24-hour crisis and observation facilities.

KS - HB2289 Substitute for HB 2289 by Committee on Judiciary - DUI test refusal or failure; administrative hearing procedure.

KS - HCR5013 Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; placing the court of appeals into the constitution; changing the membership of the supreme court nominating commission.

KS - HCR5012 Constitutional amendment; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; supreme court justices appointed by governor from nominees submitted by House Judiciary committee, subject to Senate confirmation.

KS - HB2277 Enacting the Kansas child protection registry act.

KS - HB2272 Converting classified staff assistants and attorney positions to unclassified positions for employees of the Kansas department for children and families.

KS - HB2276 Eminent domain; authorized transfers to private entities; attorney fees.

KS - HB2465 Clarifying standards for competency to stand trial.

KS - HB2466 Prohibiting the adoption of sanctuary ordinances and resolutions by municipalities.

KS - HB2515 Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.

KS - HB2562 Parentage; retroactive child support guidelines.

KS - SB19 Electronic service of order or notice under the Kansas administrative procedure act and the Kansas judicial review act.

KS - SB22 Substitute for SB 22 by Committee on Judiciary – Public records; audio and video recordings using a body camera or a vehicle camera; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records; open records act definitions of criminal investigation records, public agency and public record; disclosure of charitable gaming licensee information.

KS - SB334 Requiring notice to the attorney general before any Kansas court determines that a statute or constitutional provision is invalid or unconstitutional.

KS - SB175 Exercise of religious freedom by postsecondary education student associations.

KS - SB428 Substitute for SB 428 by Committee on Judiciary - Relating to eyewitness identification.

KS - SB98 Open records, charges limited; open meetings; minutes required.

KS - HB2009 Authorizing the division of post audit to background check contractors and other workers.

KS - HB2002 Sexual exploitation of a child; definition of "sexually explicit conduct".

KS - SB17 Judicial council membership.

KS - HB2017 Amending the crime of aggravated battery, concerning strangulation.

KS - HB2040 Amending which convictions are counted for driving while license is canceled, suspended or revoked.

KS - HB2039 Domestic case management.

KS - HCR5006 Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; lifetime appointment, subject to removal for cause; retaining the supreme court nominating commission, membership amended.

KS - HB2054 Substitute for HB 2054 by Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the public speech protection act.

KS - HB2057 Amending procedure for review and appeal of death sentence; restricting second or successive motions attacking sentence filed by prisoners; providing additional procedures for motions attacking sentence filed by prisoners under death sentence.

KS - HCR5004 Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; providing for direct partisan election of supreme court justices and court of appeals judges; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission.

KS - HCR5005 Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission.

KS - HB2062 Substitute for HB 2062 by Committee on Judiciary - Uniform commercial code (UCC) updates; exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law; other technical corrections.

KS - HB2073 Changing the mandatory retirement age for judges and justices.

KS - HB2101 Senate Substitute for HB 2101 by Select Committee on KPERS - Enacting the Kansas deferred retirement option program act.

KS - HB2115 Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2115 by Committee on Judiciary - Electronic service of order or notice under the Kansas administrative procedure act and the Kansas judicial review act.

KS - HB2112 Senate Substitute for HB 2112 by Committee on Judiciary – Amending the Kansas general corporation code and the business entity standard treatment act.

KS - HB2106 Amending criminal penalties under the Kansas uniform securities act.

KS - HB2114 Relating to subpoena of nonparty business records.

KS - HB2111 Code of civil procedure; items allowable as costs.

KS - HB2110 Election of chief judge in each judicial district.

KS - HB2109 Senate Substitute for HB 2109 by Committee on Assessment and Taxation - providing for a sales and compensating use tax rate of 6.5% and a rate of 6.0% on food; eliminating certain itemized deductions; tax amnesty; creating the payroll credit; cigarettes and tobacco products tax rates; motor fuel tax rates; computation of amount of personal property tax on motor vehicles.

KS - HB2113 Relating to court-appointed special advocates.

KS - HB2102 Kansas probate code; elective share of surviving spouse.

KS - HB2105 Creating the Kansas comprehensive money laundering act.

KS - SB56 Removing affirmative defense to promotion to minors of material harmful to minors for public, private or parochial schools.

KS - SB184 House Substitute for SB 184 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring certain individuals to enter into a payment plan in order to receive restricted driving privileges when driver's license has expired while on suspension.

KS - SB214 Creating a civil remedy statute for human trafficking victims; specifying restitution measures for such victims and directing certain restitution to the human trafficking victim assistance fund; changing statutory references to the crimes of human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of a child.

KS - SB34 Penalties for voting crimes; prosecution of election crimes.

KS - HB2124 Senate Substitute for HB 2124 by Committee on Judiciary - Uniform commercial code (UCC) updates; exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law; other technical corrections.

KS - SB255 House Substitute for SB 255 by Committee on Judiciary-Amending court docket fees and charges.

KS - HB2159 Substitute for HB 2159 by Committee on Judiciary -- Expungement of driving under the influence and criminal refusal convictions.

KS - HB2161 Relating to disputes involving church congregations.

KS - SB59 House Substitute for SB 59 by Committee on Appropriations - Amendments to the CLASS Act regarding supplemental general state aid and capital outlay state aid.

KS - HB2198 Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverage by minor; immunity from liability for minor seeking medical assistance needed due to alcohol consumption.

KS - HB2206 Enacting the gun violence restraining order act; amending the protection from abuse act; amending criminal distribution of firearms; criminalizing possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer.

KS - HB2411 Abolishing the court of appeals; establishing the court of criminal appeals and the court of civil appeals; changing appellate court jurisdiction.

KS - HB2221 Grand juries; witnesses to grand jury instructions.

KS - HB2222 Requiring registration under the Kansas offender registration act for certain municipal ordinance violations.

KS - HB2256 Commercial real estate broker lien act.

KS - HB2341 Prioritizing options for disposal of seized wildlife.

KS - HB2302 Enacting the Kansas right to financial privacy act.

KS - HB2301 Authorizing the House committee on judiciary to meet when the legislature is not in session for the purpose of judicial nominations; contingent on adoption of a constitutional amendment.

KS - HB2300 Personal electronic media devices subject to the open records act.

KS - HB2330 Substitute for HB 2330 by Committee on Judiciary - Qualifications for office of sheriff.

KS - HB2323 Amending the Kansas act against discrimination regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.

KS - HB2342 Relating to the determination of father and child relationship.

KS - HB2333 Cause of action against a person who presents false identification to obtain alcoholic liquor.

KS - HB2339 Changing age of consent for sexual relations.

KS - HB2363 Repealing the statutory requirement that there be one judge of the district court in each county.

KS - HB2344 Thirty percent vote against retention of a court of appeals judge would result in an open position.

KS - HB2346 Draft budgets subject to the open records act.

KS - HB2343 Providing for fair consideration for employment to persons with records of convictions.

KS - HB2502 Regulation of the possession of firearms.

KS - SB321 Eliminating conditions upon the protective filing of wills.

KS - SB319 Civil procedure; enacting the public speech protection act; limiting certain habeas corpus actions; amending definitions in the protection from stalking act; amending article reference for venue under the small claims procedure act.

KS - HB2587 Prohibiting adoption of sanctuary policies by municipalities.

KS - HB2611 Providing compensation for people wrongfully convicted.

KS - HB2638 Amendments to asset seizure and forfeiture process.

KS - HB2667 Certain sex crimes where offender is over 18 and victim is under 14, which currently have a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years, could be increased to 35 years if aggravating circumstances found.

KS - HB2681 Requiring an opportunity for diversion in certain circumstances.

KS - HB2678 Requiring the attorney general to investigate and prosecute cases relating to the death of a person caused by a law enforcement officer.

KS - HB2668 Providing protections for employees who are victims of domestic violence.

KS - HB2687 Supreme court general administrative authority over judicial branch.

KS - HB2689 Requiring debt collection calls to be discontinued if the person being called provides evidence of mistaken identity.

KS - HB2696 Creating the Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund; relating to the law enforcement training center fund and the commission on peace officers' standards and training fund; increasing vehicle registration fees; increasing municipal court assessments; amending jurisdiction of university of Kansas medical center police officers.

KS - HB2697 Authorizing public benefit corporations under the Kansas general corporation code.

KS - HB2699 Amending the asset forfeiture process.

KS - SB361 Open records act; definitions, public agency and public record.

KS - SB376 Amending law enforcement duties concerning missing person reports.

KS - SB440 Substitute for SB 440 by Committee on Judiciary – Supreme court general administrative authority over judicial branch.

KS - HB2713 Amending the Kansas general corporation code and the business entity standard treatment act.

KS - SB408 Reporting and investigation of abuse, neglect and exploitation of persons; duties and powers of attorney general, law enforcement and department of corrections.

KS - SB410 Establishing a CARE family pilot program for foster care.

KS - SB393 Consideration of domestic abuse in determining the issue of custody, residency and parenting time of a child.

KS - SB415 Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records.

KS - SB407 Amending registration requirements under the Kansas offender registration act for persons civilly committed under the sexually violent predator act and reviving a statute concerning conditional release of such persons.

KS - SB374 Amending requirements for justification and approval of sureties.

KS - SB362 Adding electronically stored information to the criminal justice information system; amending the rules of civil procedure concerning official records and authentication.

KS - SB418 Enacting the host families act; clarifying use of a domestic violence offender assessment conducted by a certified batterer intervention program to aid in determining the issue of legal custody, residency and parenting time of a child; amending statutes related to human trafficking, children in need of care and juvenile offenders.

KS - SB454 Amending court docket fees and charges.

KS - SB439 Grounds for impeachment of justices of the supreme court and certain judges of the district court.