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Judiciary

  • Committee Assistant: Kathi Rakestraw 785-296-5805
  • Kathi.Rakestraw@House.ks.gov

    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 3:30 pm Location: 582-N

    Room 582-N Audio Stream

    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB102 - Requiring earlier notice of anticipated release from custody of a person who may be a sexually violent predator to the attorney general and a multidisciplinary team and specifying where such person will be detained during civil commitment proceedings.
    SB104 - Requiring a court order be issued directing a child to remain in a present or future placement for certain children in need of care.
    SB304 - Removing the sunset provision in the COVID-19 contact tracing privacy act.
    HB2013 - Changing the supreme court clerk's information requirements for licensed attorneys and changing procedures related to the supreme court nominating commission and the judicial district nominating commissions.
    HB2024 - Providing immunity from civil liability for adult care homes for COVID-19 claims.
    HB2080 - Transferring duties concerning registration for charitable organizations from the secretary of state to the attorney general.
    HB2095 - Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
    HB2099 - Permitting taxpayers to attend BOTA hearings by use of audio or video electronic communication.
    HB2154 - Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install and operate school bus cameras.
    HB2226 - Requiring certain criminal convictions to be expunged from an offender's record automatically.
    HB2285 - Creating the campus free speech act to require each public postsecondary educational institution to adopt a policy of free expression.
    HB2299 - Allowing a search warrant to be executed within 10 days from the date of issuance.
    HB2308 - Allowing investigations of child deaths by coroner before performing an autopsy.
    HB2322 - Regulating contract for deed transactions, authorizing recording of contract for deeds or affidavits of equitable interest, listing deceptive practices constituting violations of the consumer protection act, requiring notice to the buyer of default and allowing buyers to cure violations of such default.
    HB2346 - Allowing release of defendants to a pretrial supervision entity or program and allowing fees associated with supervision to the nonjudicial salary adjustment fund at the discretion of a chief judge.
    HB2356 - Enacting the uniform partition of heirs property act to prescribe procedures and requirements for partition of certain real property.
    HB2364 - Defining torturing for the purposes of the crime of cruelty to animals.
    HB2375 - Adding items to the the definitions of a knife and weapon for purposes of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
    HB2376 - Requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy relating to making arrests for violation of a protective order and procedures for separating suspects from the scene for a period of time.
    HB2447 - Terminating the transfer of any remaining unencumbered amount in the securities act fee fund over $50,000 to the state general fund.
    HB2451 - Directing that tobacco product manufacturer remittances be credited to the Kansas endowment for youth fund rather than deposited into escrow upon certification by the attorney general.
    Resolutions In Committee
    HCR5006 - A constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; placing the court of appeals into the constitution; and changing the nomination and appointment process for court of appeals judges to use the existing process for supreme court justices.
    HCR5017 - Supporting the adoption of the COVID-19 Vaccine Bill of Rights
    Sponsored Bills
    SB273 - House Substitute for Substitute for SB 273 by Committee on Judiciary - Directing that tobacco product manufacturer remittances be credited to the Kansas endowment for youth fund rather than deposited into escrow upon certification by the attorney general.
    HB2049 - Substitute for HB 2049 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting a public agency from charging a fee for records requested for an audit by the legislative division of post audit.
    HB2075 - Allowing venue for an adoption when the state is the agency to be where the state agency or its subcontracting agency has an office.
    HB2076 - Clarifying that bond agents seeking discharge as a surety are required to return the person released on bond to the court in the county where the complaint subject to the bond was filed.
    HB2078 - Suspending statutory speedy trial rights until May 1, 2023, in all criminal cases, providing guidelines for prioritizing trials and requiring the office of judicial administration to prepare and submit a report to the legislature in 2022 and 2023.
    HB2079 - Transferring duties concerning address confidentiality program (safe at home) and the registration for charitable organizations from the secretary of state to the attorney general.
    HB2080 - Transferring duties concerning registration for charitable organizations from the secretary of state to the attorney general.
    HB2082 - Authorizing the crime victims compensation board to waive application time restrictions for certain victims to receive compensation for mental health counseling and adding certain children to the definition of victim.
    HB2093 - Increasing criminal penalties for fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when operating a stolen vehicle, committing certain driving violations or causing a collision involving another driver and making fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer evidence of intent to commit theft of a vehicle.
    HB2095 - Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
    HB2096 - Authorizing department of corrections employees, local correctional or detention officers, judicial branch employees, municipal court employees and administrative hearing officers to have identifying information restricted from public access on public websites that identify home addresses or home ownership.
    HB2098 - 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.
    HB2109 - Increasing the county population threshold for a county to be required to have a lawyer representative, increasing the number of lawyer members and decreasing the number of non-lawyer members on the board of indigents' defense services.
    HB2120 - Removing the spousal exception from the crime of sexual battery.
    HB2125 - Allowing a copy of a will to be filed and admitted to probate and allowing 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.
    HB2126 - Providing immunity from civil liability for COVID-19 claims for certain covered facilities, including adult care homes, community mental health centers, crisis intervention centers, community service providers and community developmental disability organizations.
    HB2127 - Requiring the department for children and families to release information to the public related to a child fatality caused by abuse or neglect when criminal charges are filed related to the fatality.
    HB2152 - Clarifying how property held under a transfer-on-death deed is distributed when one beneficiary predeceases the grantor.
    HB2153 - Increasing the criminal penalty for mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person when the victim is a resident of an adult care home.
    HB2154 - Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install and operate school bus cameras.
    HB2189 - Providing restrictions, lender reporting and other requirements for alternative small installment loans made under the UCCC.
    HB2223 - Amending the crimes of criminal sodomy and sexual battery to make certain conduct unlawful when the victim's consent was obtained through a knowing misrepresentation.
    HB2226 - Requiring certain criminal convictions to be expunged from an offender's record automatically.
    HB2227 - Allowing the chief justice to suspend certain time limitations during a state of local disaster emergency, suspend certain verification requirements and authorize use of electronic audio-visual communication to expeditiously resolve cases, and extending the chief justice's authority to suspend time limitations during a disaster emergency until June 30, 2022.
    HB2228 - Requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy regarding submission of sexual assault evidence kits and allowing evidence collection at child advocacy centers or other facilities.
    HB2229 - Increasing the criminal penalties for multiple thefts of mail.
    HB2264 - Permitting student athletes at postsecondary educational institutions to receive compensation for the use of their name, image, likeness rights or athletic reputation.
    HB2292 - Creating exemptions in the open records act for cyber security assessments, plans and vulnerabilities.
    HB2299 - Allowing a search warrant to be executed within 10 days from the date of issuance.
    HB2307 - Expanding the definition of compensable personal injury in workers compensation law to include mental injuries suffered from physical injury, emotional shock or after a series of work-related events.
    HB2308 - Allowing investigations of child deaths by coroner before performing an autopsy.
    HB2348 - Modifying automobile insurance policy uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage liability limitations for bodily injury or death.
    HB2356 - Enacting the uniform partition of heirs property act to prescribe procedures and requirements for partition of certain real property.
    HB2362 - Modifying the elements of and making changes to the criminal penalties of abuse of a child.
    HB2363 - Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel.
    HB2364 - Defining torturing for the purposes of the crime of cruelty to animals.
    HB2365 - Providing immunity from criminal prosecution for possession of controlled substances or drug paraphernalia if seeking assistance related to substance use.
    HB2366 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
    HB2369 - Extending the Kansas closed case task force and providing for staff assistance.
    HB2375 - Adding items to the the definitions of a knife and weapon for purposes of the crime of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
    HB2376 - Requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt a policy relating to making arrests for violation of a protective order and procedures for separating suspects from the scene for a period of time.
    HB2377 - Revising the laws concerning driving under the influence, including authorizing reinstatement of a driver's license for certain persons with an ignition interlock device restriction, requiring persons with an ignition interlock device restriction to complete the ignition interlock device program before driving privileges are fully reinstated, providing for reduced ignition interlock device program costs for certain persons and modifying the criminal penalties for driving a commercial motor vehicle under the influence and driving under the influence.
    HB2387 - Revising laws relating to operating an aircraft under the influence, including prescribing criminal and administrative penalties and providing for testing of blood, breath, urine or other bodily substances, and preliminary screening tests of breath or oral fluid.
    HB2389 - Authorizing a notice to appear for unlawful possession of marijuana and defining complaint in the Kansas code of criminal procedure to include such notice to appear.
    HB2390 - Making permanent certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act, creating exemptions in the open records act for cybersecurity assessments, plans and vulnerabilities, authorizing local correctional or detention officers and administrative hearing officers to have identifying information restricted from public access and prohibiting the filing of certain liens or claims against real or personal property, including for criminal penalties therefor.
    Sponsored Resolutions - 2021 Legislative Session
    HCR5006 - A constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; placing the court of appeals into the constitution; and changing the nomination and appointment process for court of appeals judges to use the existing process for supreme court justices.
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