Judiciary

KS - Senator Kellie Warren (R)

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Chair

KS - Senator Rick Wilborn (R)

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Vice Chair

KS - Senator Ethan Corson (D)

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Ranking Minority Member

KS - Senator Molly Baumgardner (R)

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Member

KS - Senator Elaine Bowers (R)

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KS - Senator Beverly Gossage (R)

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KS - Senator David Haley (D)

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KS - Senator Adam Thomas (R)

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KS - Senator Tim Shallenburger (R)

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KS - Senator Mark Steffen (R)

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KS - SB1 Prohibiting internet social media terms of service that permit censorship of speech and making violations subject to civil fines under the Kansas consumer protection act.

KS - SB2 Authorizing certain individuals with revoked driver’s licenses to be eligible for restricted driving privileges.

KS - SB9 Adding tianeptine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act.

KS - SB12 Enacting the Kansas child mutilation prevention act to criminalize performing gender reassignment surgery or prescription of hormone replacement therapy on certain persons and providing grounds for unprofessional conduct for healing arts licensees.

KS - HB2010 Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain...

KS - HB2015 Authorizing the designee of an employing agency or entity to petition the court for an order requiring infectious disease testing.

KS - HB2016 Senate Substitute for HB 2016 by the Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the act against abusive access litigation to create a civil action for determining whether litigation that alleges any access violation under the Americans with disabilities act or similar law constitutes abusive litigation and authorize penalties for such abusive litigation.

KS - HB2017 Enacting the uniform family law arbitration act.

KS - HB2018 Permitting a will or a copy of a will filed within six months after the death of the testator to be admitted to probate at any time.

KS - HB2021 Requiring the secretary for children and families to assess certain children and the secretary of corrections to provide certain services to juveniles in detention, changing the criteria used to refer and admit juveniles to a juvenile crisis intervention center, allowing evidence-based program account money to be used on certain children, requiring the department of corrections to build data systems and allowing for overall case length limit extensions for certain juvenile offenders.

KS - HB2023 Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a healthcare facility, providing criminal penalties for violation thereof and increasing the criminal penalties for battery of a healthcare provider.

KS - HB2027 Creating a procedure to prevent distribution of a decedent's assets to a person charged with the felonious killing of the decedent until criminal proceedings are completed.

KS - HB2065 Allowing a court to change a spouse's name to a name that is different than a maiden or former name during a divorce proceeding.

KS - HB2069 Senate Substitute for HB 2069 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting conveyance of certain real property in this state to foreign adversaries.

KS - HB2070 Senate Substitute for HB 2070 by Committee on Judiciary - Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency, making orders granting custody for adoption subject to the federal Indian child welfare act, directing the secretary for children and families to consider foster parents as prospective adoptive parents in certain circumstances and authorizing appeal of any order of placement of a child.

KS - SB50 Prohibiting internet social media terms of service that permit censorship of speech.

KS - SB72 Adding an exception to the hearsay rule to allow admission of statements made to a translator without the testimony of the translator.

KS - SB73 House Substitute for SB 73 by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Allowing evidence-based program account money to be used on certain children, requiring the department of corrections to build data systems, allowing for overall case length limit extensions for certain juvenile offenders and authorizing detention sanctions for probation violations.

KS - SB74 Providing for joint liability for costs and sanctions in third-party funded litigation, requiring certain discovery disclosures and requiring payment of certain costs for nonparty subpoenas.

KS - SB75 Providing a statutory interest rate for prejudgment interest in all civil tort actions.

KS - HB2114 Renaming the joint committee on corrections and juvenile justice oversight in honor of Representative J. Russell (Russ) Jennings and requiring the committee to monitor the implementation of juvenile justice reforms.

KS - HB2121 Substitute for HB 2121 by the Committee on Judiciary - Extending the suspension of statutory speedy trial time limitations and providing that time during the COVID-19 public health emergency shall not be assessed against the state.

KS - HB2127 Senate Substitute for HB 2127 by Committee on Judiciary - Permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time, extending the time to file civil actions against an individual perpetrator or an entity for recovery of damages caused by childhood sexual abuse and providing exceptions in the Kansas tort claims act for claims arising from such abuse.

KS - HB2130 Permitting a copy of a will to be filed and admitted to probate, increasing certain dollar amounts in the Kansas probate code, adjusting time requirements linked to notice by publication and mailing in the Kansas probate code and clarifying how property held under a transfer-on-death deed is distributed when one beneficiary predeceases the grantor.

KS - HB2131 Providing that the mission of the judicial council is to study the administration of justice in Kansas and make recommendations for improvements therefor.

KS - HB2144 Authorizing modification of a noncharitable irrevocable trust to provide that the rule against perpetuities is inapplicable, providing that the Kansas uniform statutory rule against perpetuities is inapplicable to trusts under certain circumstances and modifying the definition of resident trust in the Kansas income tax act.

KS - SB87 Requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect of children.

KS - SB95 Permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time, permitting victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring a civil action for recovery of damages caused by such abuse at any time and reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984.

KS - HB2172 Enacting the uniform trust decanting act, authorizing modification of a noncharitable irrevocable trust to provide that the rule against perpetuities is inapplicable, providing that the Kansas uniform statutory rule against perpetuities is inapplicable to trusts under certain circumstances and modifying the definition of resident trust in the Kansas income tax act.

KS - SB100 Prohibiting ownership in certain real property in this state by foreign individuals and entities.

KS - SB107 Providing that family members of deceased crime victims have the right to sit in a designated seating area at or near the prosecution table during court proceedings.

KS - SB108 Prohibiting motorcycle profiling by law enforcement agencies.

KS - SB115 Changing the lists of persons who are required to be given notice of the hearing on a petition for an independent or stepparent, private agency or public agency adoption.

KS - HB2214 Changing the name of the Larned correctional mental health facility to the Larned state correctional facility and removing references to facilities that no longer exist.

KS - HB2216 Removing the mandatory term of imprisonment as a penalty for driving with license that is canceled, suspended or revoked for failure to pay fines.

KS - SB137 Creating the responsible gun ownership act and establishing the crime of unlawful storage of a firearm.

KS - SB141 Requiring the attorney general to carry out certain duties related to investigating corruption committed by a public officer or public employee.

KS - SB146 Requiring the attorney general to carry out certain duties related to investigating sexual abuse committed by a minister of religion.

KS - SB149 Expanding the crime of promoting obscenity to minors to include drag performances.

KS - SB158 Enacting the community defense and human trafficking reduction act to regulate sexually oriented businesses and human trafficking and to impose criminal penalties.

KS - SB160 Require commercial entities that produce material harmful to minors on the internet to require age verification for access to such internet sites, establishing a civil cause of action against such commercial entities by persons harmed to recover actual and punitive damages, court costs and attorney fees.

KS - HB2293 Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.

KS - HB2326 Extending the sunset date on the scrap metal theft reduction act and clarifying that catalytic converters are covered by the act.

KS - SB170 Enacting the Kansas assistance animals in housing act, authorizing housing providers to require documentation of the need for an assistance animal and creating the crime of misrepresentation of entitlement to an assistance animal in housing.

KS - SB174 Increasing the criminal penalties for battery of a healthcare provider, adding the placing of controlled substances into pills into the definition of manufacture, increasing the criminal penalties for manufacturing fentanyl and for manufacturing or distributing any controlled substances that are likely to be attractive to minors because of their appearance or packaging, creating a special sentencing rule to make sentences for distributing fentanyl presumptive imprisonment, excluding materials...

KS - SB182 Requiring a person convicted of an offense that resulted in the incapacitation or death of a victim who is the parent or guardian of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child support.

KS - SB183 Increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm.

KS - SB186 Creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing a civil action for victims.

KS - SB187 Providing for payment of interest in civil actions for wrongful conviction and directing the attorney general to seek damages for the state from any person who knowingly contributed to the wrongful conviction and prosecute ouster and criminal proceedings as warranted.

KS - SB188 Removing an affirmative defense for public, private and parochial schools from the crime of promotion to minors of material harmful to minors.

KS - SB189 Authorizing state and local law enforcement agencies to receive files and information about an applicant from other agencies that received an application for employment from the applicant or conducted an employment background investigation on the applicant.

KS - SB190 Requiring a waiver of extradition proceedings as a condition of release prior to trial for any person charged with a felony.

KS - SB192 Providing for payment plans and waiver of fines for traffic fines and court costs, expanding the eligibility for restricted driving privileges, removing and delaying payment for certain fees and eliminating reinstatement of certain fees.

KS - SB193 Enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms.

KS - SB201 Prohibiting the expenditure of state moneys for the production or performance of drag shows for which minors are the primary audience.

KS - HB2350 Creating the crimes of human smuggling and aggravated human smuggling and providing penalties therefor.

KS - SB211 Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.

KS - SB216 Adding possession or using a firearm during the commission of certain drug crimes to the crime of criminal use of weapons and creating a special sentencing rule of presumptive imprisonment for violations thereof.

KS - SB217 Including the conduct of utilizing any electronic tracking system or acquiring tracking information to determine the targeted persons location, movement or travel patterns in the crime of stalking when done as part of an unlawful course of conduct and authorizing orders to prohibit such conduct under the Kansas family law code, the revised Kansas code for care of children, the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act and increasing th...

KS - SB228 Requiring the secretary for aging and disability services to reimburse counties for certain costs when a person is in a county jail awaiting examination, evaluation or treatment for competency, modernizing statutes concerning county jails, removing the requirement that every county shall have a jail, modifying procedures used when district courts commit prisoners to jail in another county and when counties contract with city jails to keep prisoners and requiring a medical examination before c...

KS - SB232 Substitute for SB 232 by Committee on Judiciary - Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency, making orders granting custody for adoption subject to the federal Indian child welfare act, directing the secretary for children and families to consider foster parents as prospective adoptive parents in certain circumstances and authorizing appeal of any order of placement of a child.

KS - SB237 Requiring a criminal conviction for civil asset forfeiture and proof beyond a reasonable doubt that property is subject to forfeiture, remitting proceeds to the state general fund and requiring law enforcement agencies to make forfeiture reports more frequently.

KS - SB238 Increasing criminal penalties on drug-related crimes when the drug is fentanyl and creating special sentencing rules for mandatory imprisonment and additional terms of imprisonment for drug-related crimes when the drug is fentanyl or is attractive to minors because of its appearance or packaging.

KS - SB239 Providing that certain witnesses shall have the right to be accompanied by a support person during testimony and may be accompanied by a certified critical incident response therapy K9 team.

KS - SB240 Amending the crime of aggravated endangering a child to increase the criminal penalties in certain environments where any person is distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, manufacturing or attempting to manufacture fentanyl-related controlled substances.

KS - SB241 Requiring certain records and files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile's record.

KS - SB242 Enacting the cold case homicide victims' families' rights act to provide for a system for reviewing the case files of cold case homicides upon written application by certain persons.

KS - SB243 Providing requirements and procedures for settlement agreements involving a minor.

KS - SB244 House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating the Kansas general corporation code, the business entity transactions act, the business entity standard treatment act, the Kansas revised uniform limited partnership act and the Kansas uniform partnership act.

KS - HB2392 Updating the Kansas code of military justice relating to certain definitions, unlawful acts and punishment requirements thereof.

KS - HB2395 Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.

KS - HB2398 Adding the placing of controlled substances into pills into the definition of manufacture, increasing the criminal penalties for manufacturing fentanyl and creating a special sentencing rule to make sentences for distributing fentanyl presumptive imprisonment.

KS - SB258 Enacting the act against abusive access litigation to create a civil action for determining whether litigation that alleges any access violation under the Americans with disabilities act or similar law constitutes abusive litigation and authorize penalties for such abusive litigation.

KS - SB261 Authorizing appeals from certain decisions related to a citizen-initiated grand jury.

KS - SB265 Requiring a person convicted of an offense that resulted in the incapacitation or death of a victim who is the parent or guardian of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child support and increasing the criminal penalties for repeat violations of a protective order.

KS - SB266 Requiring law enforcement officers investigating alleged domestic violence to give certain notices to victims and conduct a lethality assessment.

KS - SB267 Defining primary aggressor for domestic violence purposes and requiring law enforcement policies to direct that arrest is the preferred response only with respect to the primary aggressor.

KS - SB270 Including acts that occur in the course of the taking of property in the crimes of robbery and aggravated robbery.

KS - SB279 Granting law enforcement officials access to the prescription monitoring program database without a warrant and replacing the member of the program advisory committee representing the Kansas bureau of investigation with the attorney general or the attorney general's designee.

KS - HB2443 Establishing the office of the child advocate.

KS - SB280 Modifying self-defense and use of force provisions related to the initial aggressor standard, changing immunity from criminal prosecution and civil action to an affirmative defense and requiring reporting and publication of certain data related to use of force cases by the Kansas bureau of investigation and the judicial administrator.

KS - SB283 Prohibiting conveyance of certain real property in this state to foreign adversaries.

KS - SB288 Authorizing certain individuals with revoked driver's licenses to be eligible for restricted driving privileges.

KS - SB289 Permitting functional incapacitation release and terminal medical condition release for persons sentenced to imprisonment for an off-grid offense and extending terminal medical condition release to inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections with a condition likely to cause death within 180 days.

KS - SB292 Updating statutes related to the Kansas army and air national guard, providing for the appointment of a state judge advocate and providing for the adjustment of death and disability benefits.

KS - SB298 Providing for child support orders for unborn children with a detectable heartbeat.

KS - SB317 Permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time, extending the time to file civil actions for recovery of damages caused by childhood sexual abuse and providing exceptions in the Kansas tort claims act for claims arising from such abuse.

KS - SB318 Removing the requirement that municipal courts collect fingerprints from persons convicted of violating certain municipal ordinance provisions related to vehicle registration or driving without a valid driver's license or motor vehicle liability insurance coverage.