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HB 2393HouseSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

Authorizing the supreme court to impose a charge to fund the costs of non-judicial personnel through June 30, 2030.

Latest action: Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

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HB 2596HouseSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

Permitting the secretary of corrections to enter into certain contracts for the production of manufactured or modular homes for a pilot program at the Hutchinson correctional facility under the prison-made goods act.

Latest action: Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026

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SB 260SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

House Subsitute for SB 260 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Relating to campaign finance; concerning a vacancy in the joint candidacy of the governor and lieutenant governor; relating to reasons for withdrawal of candidacy from national, state and local offices; relating to the election of the board of directors of certain irrigation districts; specifying when such elections may be conducted by the mail ballot election law; relating to the crime of corrupt political advertising; removing the requirements that treasurers be listed in political advertising attributions; clarifying campaign finance reports regarding vendor information.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

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SB 356SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

House Substitute for SB 356 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Authorizing the adoption of administrative rules and regulations concerning sports wagering by the Kansas racing and gaming commission.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

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SB 374SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

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SB 408SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

Excluding a child engaging in age-appropriate independent activities from the definition of a child in need of care in the revised Kansas code for care of children, requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military organizations and create a referral process for children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to provide families with services that a military family advocacy program offers, authorizing a challenge to a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity as soon as practicable after discovery of fraud, duress or mistake of fact and specifying that certain genetic testing results shall constitute a change of circumstances that warrants a court finding of material mistake of fact.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

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SB 459SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating qualifications for the members of the board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

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SB 487SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

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SB 84SenateSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 9, 2026

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 agreements and duties related thereto.

Latest action: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026

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HB 2527HouseSession 2025-2026Updated Mar 26, 2026

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.

Latest action: Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed

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HB 2062HouseSession 2025-2026Updated Apr 11, 2025

Providing for child support orders for unborn children from the date of conception, including the direct medical and pregnancy-related expenses of the mother as a factor in child support orders and providing for an income tax exemption for unborn and stillborn children, requiring courts to consider the value of retirement accounts in certain circumstances, authorizing payment from certain retirement accounts to pay child support arrearages and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations.

Latest action: Law effective July 1, 2025

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