Kansas Peace Officers Association

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Legislation

The Kansas Peace Officers Association maintains an active role in all legislation affecting law enforcement through a Legislative Committee and Professional Legislative Liaison in Topeka.

Legislative Liaison Ed Klumpp

Our Legislative Liaison

Ed Klumpp, Chief of Police-Retired, Topeka Police Department, serves as a lobbyist for law enforcement matters representing the Kansas Peace Officers Association, the Kansas Sheriff's Association, and the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police. He also serves as the KCJIS Committee representative and the Kansas Traffic Records Coordinating Committee representative for the Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police. He served on the Kansas DUI Commission and co-chaired the Kansas Criminal Code Re-codification Commission.

Ed maintains a website where you can find information on matters affecting law enforcement being considered in the Kansas Legislature. Up to date status and explanations of bills are also available and there is a page with summaries of past legislative sessions and links to state resources relating to legislation.


Current Kansas Legislative Sessions

NOTICE:  Members now have the ability to comment on Legislative Posts and matters related to pending legislation.  Comments will be monitored and removed if inappropriate, offensive, inflammatory or not related to the subject matter.

  • 03/27/2024 10:12 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    SB271 the drone bill has passed the House 83-40. It will now go to the Senate where it is likely to be placed into a conference committee.

    On Tuesday, the House debated SB271, the drone bill. Floor amendments were made, the amendments were almost entirely what our associations were able to negotiate with those introducing the bill to address law enforcement concerns with the original bill.

    You can watch the video of the debate at this link, starting at 7:49:05
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQjjQbGhTjE&list=PLGnUWv2THZAgsaF4f6VziflF2A0fzFWg5&index=57

    The amended bill and the bill summary are available at the following links:
    https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/supp_note_sb271_03_0000.pdf

    https://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb271_03_0000.pdf

    Here is a summary of the changes:

    1. The prohibition of purchasing a drone manufactured in one of the listed countries still begins July 1, 2024.
    2. Prohibited drones purchased prior to July 1, 2024, can be maintained through a maintenance agreement you have on the drone.
    3. Prohibited drones purchased prior to July 1, 2024, can be maintained and parts purchased through July 1, 2027. Parts not manufactured in the listed countries must be used if available. If not available, you may purchase them from a source related to one of the listed countries.
    4. Reimbursement will be available covering the cost of a replacement drone, but only for the features similar to the drone being replaced. Your replacement can have additional features, but the cost of those will not be reimbursed.
    5. To be eligible for reimbursement the drone must be functional. Functional includes a drone that could be put back in working order if not for the prohibitions on repair in place. It does not include a drone that is not operational because of flight damage or other causes beyond failed components.
    6. A fund is created for the reimbursements within the Office of Attorney General. The fund is capped at $2.5M each fiscal year, however, that can be increased by the State Finance Council without going back to the legislature for the additional funds if requests exceed that amount.
    7. You may apply for the reimbursement prior to finalizing the purchase once you know the price and details of the drone being purchased. You do not have to commit to the purchase prior to approval. This allows you to know if any, or how much, of the cost will be reimbursed and what you will need other funding for.
    8. If you received reimbursement, the old drone becomes the property of the state. If you don’t receive a reimbursement, you can dispose of the drone in several ways as allowed by your local government rules. You cannot sell it to another government entity.
    9. The drop-dead date for using a prohibited drone remains July 1, 2029.
    10. The old drones transferred to the state, will be rehabilitated by the listed universities, if possible, then may be sold to local agencies. We don’t know if that is going to be possible or become a reality, but if it does, it may be a way from some of our smaller agencies to get drones at a lower cost they otherwise couldn’t afford. Think of it as the KHP police vehicle program for drones.

    The bill will end up being further discussed in a conference committee between the House and Senate. If any additional tweaks are needed, they can be made in that process.

    While I know this is not the ideal solution in the view of many, I do believe this achieves a positive response by the legislature to remove the unfunded mandate problem.

    Ed Klumpp
    Legislative Liaison
    Kansas Peace Officers Association

  • 03/23/2024 9:00 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    This week was the last week of non-exempt committee hearings. (Non-exempt committees are all committees except budget, tax, and federal and state affairs.) It was pretty busy and all of our important bills moved out of committee. The Current Bill Status Report will show all the things that happened this week on the bills we introduced or have testified on. The changes are in red so you can see the new action. This was also the last week for non-exempt committees to pass bills out of committee to get them on General Orders to be eligible for floor debate.

    This is the time of year the topics in bills start getting moved around to different bill numbers. So you will find a new “Where Did That Bill Go” report. One version lists them by topic, the other lists them by original bill number.

    This coming week will be lots of floor debate. There is currently only one bill hearing that we are going to be involved in. It is the Medical Marijuana bill and the hearing date and time is not published yet. We expect it to be on Wednesday. We also expect some conference committees to start meeting this week, but that action will mostly occur next week.

     Amended bills that have a high interest:

    • HB2690 was amended in the Senate Utilities Committee the previous week, but the amended bill was not published until this past week.

    Last week we provided the following testimony or presentations:

    • SB381 Authority to Appoint Coroner in Judicial Districts with Multiple Counties
    • SB500 Driver’s License Suspensions for Fail to Pay/Fail to Appear
    • Two Medicaid Expansion Hearings regarding a jail provision in the bills.
    • HB2601 DUI Treatment Requirements
    • HB2755 Bail Bonds
    • HB2613 DARE funding
    • HB2491 KLETC Funding

    The following hearings and final action were monitored:

    • A medical marijuana briefing by an Oklahoma official
    • SB479 Moving KPERS Tier 3 to Tier 2
    • HB2168 Hemp Program Amendments
    • HB2808 Causing Harm to Public Transit Employee
    • HB2353 Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Orders
    • Attended numerous committee meetings where final action was taken on various bills we are monitoring.

    Other activities

    • Attended the Johnson County Chiefs Association meeting and briefed them on legislative status.
    • Met with Lawrence Police Department to discuss the drone bill issues.
    • Attended weekly meeting of other city and county lobbyists to discuss current bills and upcoming hearings.
    • Worked with legislators attempting to get amendments to the drone bill.
  • 06/09/2021 3:24 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The following reports summarize the legislation from the 2021 Session becoming law. The further down the list, the more comprehensive the information.

    What Line Officers Need to Know  (Updated 6/18/21)

    What Administrators Need to Know

    Summary of Most Important Law Enforcement Related Legislation
              Includes table of changes to laws on felons in possession of firearms

    Summary of all Legislation Impacting Law Enforcement (Updated 6/18/21)


  • 06/30/2020 1:51 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The final reports of the 2020 Legislative Session, including the Special Session are now available.

    See the Full Report at this link.

    See the 5 Things Every Officer Must Know Report at this link.

    See the 5 Things Every Administrator Must Know Report at this link.

  • 01/29/2020 4:28 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

    The Legislative Division of Post Audit released its study today of the Juvenile Justice Reform.

    You can see the overview page at:
    https://www.kslpa.org/audit-report-library/juvenile-justice-reforms-evaluating-the-effects-of-senate-bill-367/

    The full report is at:
    https://www.kslpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/B01.02-Final-Report-PDF_A.pdf

    Ed Klumpp
    Legislative Liaison
    Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police
    Kansas Sheriffs Association
    Kansas Peace Officers Association
    eklumpp@cox.net
    (785)640-1102

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