Legislation

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.
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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.

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