Legislation

The following reports update in near real time:

Current Status of High Priority Bills of Interest to KPOA 

Current Status of Only Active Bills of Interest to KPOA

Current Status of All Active and Inactive Bills of Interest to KPOA 
These reports are sorted by general topics located in the column to the far right.

No Regular Hearings week of March 24-28. Conference Committee will be meeting throughout the week.

Week 10 Summary March 17-21

Major Topics with Action This Week

• SB178 issues, the bill mandating every law enforcement agency in the state to join the ICE 287(g) program: We continued discussions with the Attorney General’s Office on this bill. The scheduled hearing was cancelled and we do not anticipate any further action on it this year.
• SB9 Drones: The contents of HB2293 are now in SB9 in Sections 12 and 13 starting on page 10, line 27. The House passed it with amendments 104-18. It is now officially in conference. The Senate Judiciary Committee held an “Informational Briefing” on the bill contents in preparation of dealing with it in conference committee since it did not get a hearing in the Senate. It appears the drone provisions are exactly what was in HB2293 relating to drones (Sections 1 and 3 of HB2293) with the exception of a change in the definition of “critical component” on page 11, lines 41-43. Section 2 of HB2293, relating to state purchases of any finished goods or services from a foreign principal was not included. There are several behind the scene going on to modify the bill in conference, but it is not clear yet what those modifications will be.
  The amended bill can be seen at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb9_02_0000.pdf
  The bill summary is at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_sb9_02_0000.pdf
• PTSD: We are continuing to work with Committee Chairs in both the House and Senate to get an informational hearing on the need for PTSD coverage in work comp. We had a phone call with a doctor with extensive experience in treating first responders to be the main presenter if we can get a hearing scheduled. More to come on that as it develops.
• HB2109 Pole Cameras:
  The Senate Committee on Utilities recommended this bill to the full Senate with an amendment adding a sunset clause to it. The full Senate completely changed the bill by deleting the current contents completely and replacing it with a simple immunity from liability for the utilities. It passed 29-9 with the amendment and now goes back to the full House where they will decide whether to accept the amendment by the Senate or send it to conference.
  The amended bill can be seen at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2109_02_0000.pdf  
  The bill summary is at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_hb2109_02_0000.pdf
• HB2376 CMB Licensing:
  This bill does not appear to be advancing in this session. This bill was requested by ABC after consultation with the Kansas Association of Counties and Kansas League of Municipalities and representatives of the industry. It transfers the licensing authority for cereal malt beverage retailers from cities and counties to the state's alcoholic beverage control division within the Department of Revenue. While the state would become the primary licensing authority, cities and counties would retain the ability to require additional local licenses.
• HB2134 Open Records, Charges for Preparing Documents:
  HB2134 has passed the House 123-0 and the Senate 40-0. Was amended in the Senate and is now in conference. The bill makes significant changes in the open records request procedures and how we can charge for costs.
  The amended bill can be seen at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2134_02_0000.pdf
  The bill summary is at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_hb2134_02_0000.pdf
  The major changes are found on Page 2 line 3 through page 3 line 25.
  
  A related bill is SB70. It includes amendments to both the Open Records Act and the Open Meetings Act. It passed the Senate 26-14 and the House Judiciary Committee further amended it and sent it to the full House for consideration where it was not debated and died on general orders.
  The amended SB70 can be seen at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb70_03_0000.pdf
  The bill summary is at this link:
  https://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_sb70_03_0000.pdf  
  The Open Meetings changes are probably not of huge interest to us, however, the changes to the Open Records fees in this bill are different from those in HB2134. Those changes are found on page 2, lines 25-31. We anticipate the open meetings portion of SB79 will be added to HB2134 in conference.

LAST WEEK (Week 8) March 10-14  

We provided testimony on the following bills.

HB 2378	Establishing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to law enforcement, requiring notice to vacate, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit. Supported
HB 2052	Updating the personal and family protection act. Prohibiting the collection of personal information of an off-duty law enforcement officer entering buildings while armed or requiring such officer to wear any item identifying such person as a law enforcement officer or being armed. Supported
SB 116	Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation. Opposed
HB 2404	Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof. Supported

 

NEXT WEEK (Week 10) March 24-28

Next week will be the last week of the regular session. It is followed by a break and then a short veto session to consider any overrides of a governor’s veto.

There are no regular committee meetings scheduled for this week. However, there will be a large number of conference committee meetings to work out differences between bills already passed by both the Senate and House.

The Kansas Statutes Most Relevant to Kansas Law Enforcement are up to date and can be found at:
https://kansasleo.com/statutes.htm

2024 Amendments to the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act. Critical changes in the law any officer engaging in civil asset forfeiture must know. These changes were passed in SB458 and go into effect on July 1, 2024.

See the following reports for full details.

See the full set of statutes in the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act, with the 2024 changes highlighted.

See the full text of SB458.

See the KACP, KSA, and KPOA Legislative Liaison’s summary to SB458.

See the KPOA Point of Law Summary of the Changes to Forfeiture Law.

​See the Kansas Legislative Research final summary of SB458.

Full Report (includes the reports below as attachments)

Major Law Enforcement Topics Report

What Every Officer Should Know

What Every Administrator Should Know

What Every Administrator Should Know-Sheriff's Supplement

General Bill Reports

Status of the key bills

Bills to Governor  

Where Did That Bill Go-By Original Bill No.  

Where Did That Bill Go-By Topic  

2024 Legislative Priorities

All 2024 Bills  

2024 LE Related Bills Introduced 

Specific Bill Summaries

Forfeiture Bill (SB458) Update  4/8/24
Drone Bill (SB217) Update 4/8/24
​Medical Marijuana (SB555) Update 3/29/24

Report Date 4/8/24

This past week was the final week before first adjournment. The week was spent entirely on Conference Committees including the budget and tax bills. They will now be off for three weeks before returning for the veto session.

Key things to watch for:

• There were a lot of bills from conference committees passed last week that will be going to the Governor. I will be updating the "Bills to Governor" report periodically during the next three weeks as the Governor acts on those bills.
• Two bills of high interest to law enforcement were passed and will go to the Governor. These were on Civil Asset Forfeiture and Drones.
• We still have a significant number of crime and criminal procedure bills in conference that we understand will be worked on in the Veto Session.
• Marijuana Legalization: Several things to watch here. First, there will be a move on April 30 to force the medical marijuana bill out of committee and bring it to debate on the floor. It will take a 2/3 majority vote to bring the bill out of committee. These attempts are rarely successful, but we must do some work over the break to make sure the votes are not there for it. That bill is SB135. Another marijuana bill, SB555, was tabled in committee, and a third, SB558, was introduced late and has not had a hearing.

Details available at the KPOA Legislation Webpage.

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

I am still working on verifying the information on the bill status and other bill update reports to be sure I haven't missed something getting moved in conference committee. I will be updating them over the next several days if I find new information.

Ed Klumpp
Legislative Liaison
eklumpp@cox.net

Full Report 
Things Every Officer Needs to Know 
Things Every Administrator Needs to Know 
Major Law Changes 

Final Reports of the 2022 Legislative Session Are Available at the Links Below:

Full Report Including all of the smaller reports below 

Same Report as Above But Without the Attachments Below 

Table of Major Law Changes  

Things Every Officer Needs to Know  

Things Every Administrator Needs to Know  

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)

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.