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Senate Committee on Judiciary

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 10:30 am Location: 346-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB60 - Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
    SB61 - Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action.
    SB62 - Creating the crime of engaging in a street stunt, providing criminal penalties therefor and adding engaging in a street stunt to the list of crimes included in fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
    SB91 - Providing for payment of interest in civil actions for wrongful conviction and directing the attorney general to seek damages for the state from any person who knowingly contributed to the wrongful conviction and prosecute ouster and criminal proceedings as warranted.
    SB94 - Requiring a person convicted of an offense that resulted in the incapacitation or death of a victim who is the parent or guardian of a minor child to pay restitution in the form of child support.
    SB96 - Creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing a civil action for victims.
    SB102 - Clarifying the identifying information in mandatory reports of abuse or neglect of children and increasing the penalty for failing to report such abuse or neglect.
    SB110 - Prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings under the revised Kansas juvenile justice code unless restraints are deemed appropriate by the court.
    SB111 - Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
    SB116 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
    SB127 - Expanding the hearsay exception for statements made to a physician to all healthcare providers.
    SB129 - Raising the mandatory retirement age for magistrate judges regularly admitted to practice law who serve in counties with a population of 10,000 or fewer people.
    SB141 - Enacting the right to speak your truth act to prohibit defamation actions in certain circumstances.
    SB155 - Adding harboring or concealing a person who has violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
    SB160 - Granting the attorney general concurrent authority to prosecute any crimes related to schools.
    SB180 - Requiring previous convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
    SB183 - Creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB185 - Providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case.
    SB187 - Requiring certain records and files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile's record.
    SB188 - Requiring a secured release for release prior to trial when a person is charged with certain offenses and creating a mechanism for unsecured judicial release.
    SB203 - Authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for an unavailable witness or a material witness.
    SB205 - Increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of breach of privacy when the victim is a child.
    SB206 - Requiring any person convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death or register under the Kansas offender registration act for 15 years.
    SB208 - Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
    SB220 - Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws.
    SB221 - Changing the membership of the judicial council to have one resident lawyer from each judicial district instead of four resident lawyers.
    SB239 - Creating a special sentencing rule to add 100 months to a sentence for distribution of a controlled substance when the substance involved is fentanyl and the distribution causes the death of a child.
    SB240 - Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
    SB242 - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
    SB243 - Requiring outpatient competency evaluations in certain circumstances and requiring the court to make specific findings for inpatient competency evaluations.
    SB245 - Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
    SB246 - Requiring all applicants for teaching licenses and certificates and employees of a school district or public innovative district to submit to a criminal history record check and creating the criminal history record check reimbursement fund for certain state and criminal history record checks conducted by the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
    SB247 - Eliminating the exemption for vehicle dealers from certain requirements of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    SB248 - Requiring criminal history record check information relating to hemp producers to be sent to the state fire marshal, updating the fingerprinting language for the state banking commissioner for money transmitters and earned wage access services providers and authorizing the state gaming agency and attorney general to have access to more criminal history record information.
    SB255 - Authorizing certain inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections to petition the court for a resentencing hearing.
    SB262 - Requiring government agencies, public utilities and other entities when exercising the power of eminent domain to make a good faith offer for the property prior to filing an eminent domain action, providing the good faith offer, if greater than the appraiser's award, shall be deposited with the court, allowing appeals from that amount, prohibiting the exercise of eminent domain for recreational trails and park and recreational facilities and deleting the power of the legislature to condemn property for economic development.
    SB288 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.
    SB305 - Classifying crimes related to driving under the influence and driving a commercial vehicle under the influence as person crimes.
    SB306 - Requiring persons convicted of or given diversion agreements for driving under the influence to attend victim impact panel programs.
    SB307 - Requiring veterans with a condition from military service to be offered diversion for certain offenses and expanding the mitigating factor for departure at sentencing for veterans.
    SB323 - Modifying the definition of earnings to include paid compensation for wage garnishment exemption purposes.
    SB326 - Providing that the failure of an alcohol or drug test can be certified when the law enforcement officer administering such test had reasonable grounds to believe a person was attempting to operate a vehicle.
    SB345 - Removing breastfeeding mothers from the mandatory jury service exclusion list and including them in the discretionary jury service exclusion list.
    SB346 - Prohibiting plaintiffs from filing abusive civil actions against certain defendants with whom the plaintiff has a current or former family, household or dating relationship and authorizing the court to impose prefiling restrictions on such plaintiffs.
    SB351 - Requiring correctional facilities and jails to allow inmates and prisoners to make telephone calls at no cost.
    SB359 - Increasing the mandatory retirement age for certain judges, requiring more years of service prior to receiving a member contribution reduction and increasing the maximum retirement benefit.
    SB374 - Requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.
    SB375 - Enacting the proxy advisor transparency act, requiring proxy advisors to make certain disclosures when recommending an action against company management, authorizing the attorney general to investigate and take enforcement actions against violators and establishing a private right of action for a declaratory judgment or injunctive relief.
    SB399 - Providing an exception to unauthorized practice of law under the Kansas consumer protection act for an employee of the judicial branch or a district court providing a standard form to a member of the public.
    SB414 - Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide money from the evidence-based programs account to residential facilities with behavioral health crisis intervention services for juveniles.
    SB415 - Making certain violations of the residential landlord and tenant act subject to the remedies and enforcement provisions of the Kansas consumer protection act.
    SB416 - Authorizing interior inspections of residential property without the consent of the occupant pursuant to an administrative warrant or when there is probable cause of imminent danger related to health and safety.
    SB442 - Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy.
    SB443 - Requiring cause for evictions from residential property, modifying the petition and notice requirements for eviction cases and removing the requirement to post bond before the court may grant a continuance.
    SB446 - Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
    SB447 - Creating a domestic violence task force to study domestic violence across the state and make policy recommendations.
    SB456 - Creating the Kansas law enforcement trust fund, establishing the purposes and requirements for such fund and making a transfer from the state general fund to such fund during FY 2027.
    SB459 - Changing the membership of the prisoner review board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim.
    SB460 - Authorizing municpal court services agencies to issue identification certificates to individuals under probation supervision.
    SB461 - Requiring offenders convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death to register under the Kansas offender registration act.
    SB462 - Prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, requiring the attorney general to bring nuisance actions that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision, requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions and providing an accrual period for the statute of limitations in public nuisance actions.
    SB463 - Prohibiting certain persons from recovering damages in certain civil actions and creating requirements for actions involving negligent security.
    SB466 - Providing tenants with relief from use by landlords of old eviction or rental arrears records to deny housing.
    SB469 - Enacting the safe and transparent arrest act to require all law enforcement agencies operating in Kansas to adopt a written policy regarding the use of facial coverings and prohibit law enforcement officers from wearing a facial covering that conceals or obscures their facial identity in the performance of their duties except as expressly authorized by law.
    SB478 - Increasing the criminal penalties for assault or battery of a utility or communications employee.
    SB479 - Authorizing comprehensive wellness programs for the Kansas highway patrol and Kansas bureau of investigation, permitting law enforcement personnel of other state agencies to participate in such programs and making annual transfers from the state highway fund and the state general fund for the purpose of financing the implementation of such programs.
    SB480 - Reviving repealed statutes related to estates of absentees.
    SB481 - Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant procedures.
    SB482 - Requiring landlords to return the security deposit and certain portions of rent payments that would be due when a dwelling unit is condemned due to action or inaction of the landlord.
    SB485 - Providing that under rental agreements governed by the residential landlord tenant act, a landlord is required to count certain income when considering a tenant or prospective tenant's qualifications for housing, providing for the sealing and expungement of court records in eviction actions related to such rental agreements and requiring mediation in such eviction cases unless the court finds that mediation would not aid the parties materially.
    SB486 - Creating a civil cause of action for violations of the constitution or laws of the United States by any person acting under the color of law.
    SB487 - Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act.
    SB492 - Requiring law enforcement agencies to share records with other law enforcement agencies about law enforcement officers related to criminal conduct or conduct giving rise to licensing or certification sanctions.
    SB493 - Adding an element to the crime of sexual exploitation of a child that involves communication through electronic means and social media and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB494 - Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery.
    SB501 - Requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies related to racial and other biased-based policing using technology and criminalizing violation of racial and other biased-based policing policies.
    SB505 - Prohibiting certain conduct in connection with the sale or resale of entertainment tickets and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act.
    SB506 - Increasing the penalty for a second or subsequent adjudication of criminal use of weapons and modifying the penalties for the crime of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon and the length of the ban on possessing a weapon for certain felons.
    HB2131 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
    HB2177 - Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when the person has prior convictions of the offense.
    HB2212 - Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.
    HB2243 - Requiring the secretary for children and families to enter into a memorandum of understanding with military installations to refer children in need of care cases involving children of military personnel to a military family advocacy program.
    HB2323 - Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
    HB2327 - Establishing procedures and requirements for the secretary of corrections to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates.
    HB2349 - Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    HB2378 - Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff department or police department , requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages.
    HB2413 - Providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony.
    HB2422 - Providing that the theft of grain is a severity level 6, nonperson felony.
    HB2479 - Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB30 - Requiring that adoption of new occupational licensing requirements and material changes to existing occupational licenses by a state agency be approved by joint resolution of the legislature unless otherwise ratified by the legislature by the enactment of a bill and providing for notice to agencies and the legislature and a procedure for legislative review of such occupational licensing requirements.
    SB53 - Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of a county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district and allowing such board to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county.
    SB54 - Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts.
    SB60 - Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
    SB61 - Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action.
    SB62 - Creating the crime of engaging in a street stunt, providing criminal penalties therefor and adding engaging in a street stunt to the list of crimes included in fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
    SB70 - Prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records under the open records act, exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found violations, requiring county or district attorneys to file reports of violations with the attorney general in October instead of January, determining the membership calculation of subordinate groups under the open meetings act, requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe and providing for a five minute deviation to resume an open meeting at the conclusion of executive sessions.
    SB71 - Increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.
    SB84 - Modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards.
    SB110 - Prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings under the revised Kansas juvenile justice code unless restraints are deemed appropriate by the court.
    SB111 - Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
    SB127 - Expanding the hearsay exception for statements made to a physician to all healthcare providers.
    SB128 - Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
    SB129 - Raising the mandatory retirement age for magistrate judges regularly admitted to practice law who serve in counties with a population of 10,000 or fewer people.
    SB135 - Providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act.
    SB138 - Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer.
    SB155 - Adding harboring or concealing a person who has violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
    SB156 - Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.
    SB157 - Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer, warrants issued for failure to appear to be provided to a compensated surety, bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and remission if the defendant is returned to custody in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium.
    SB158 - Allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
    SB183 - Creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB185 - Providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case.
    SB186 - Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.
    SB187 - Requiring certain records and files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile's record.
    SB188 - Requiring a secured release for release prior to trial when a person is charged with certain offenses and creating a mechanism for unsecured judicial release.
    SB203 - Authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for an unavailable witness or a material witness.
    SB204 - Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of the county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district, allowing such boards to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county and requiring the case, warrant and subpoena information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases.
    SB205 - Increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of breach of privacy when the victim is a child.
    SB206 - Requiring any person convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death or register under the Kansas offender registration act for 15 years.
    SB221 - Changing the membership of the judicial council to have one resident lawyer from each judicial district instead of four resident lawyers.
    SB222 - Prohibiting deference to a state agency's interpretation of a statute, rule or regulation or document by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action.
    SB237 - Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    SB239 - Creating a special sentencing rule to add 100 months to a sentence for distribution of a controlled substance when the substance involved is fentanyl and the distribution causes the death of a child.
    SB240 - Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
    SB241 - Providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a restraint of trade in certain circumstances.
    SB242 - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
    SB243 - Requiring outpatient competency evaluations in certain circumstances and requiring the court to make specific findings for inpatient competency evaluations.
    SB244 - Prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium.
    SB245 - Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
    SB246 - Requiring all applicants for teaching licenses and certificates and employees of a school district or public innovative district to submit to a criminal history record check and creating the criminal history record check reimbursement fund for certain state and criminal history record checks conducted by the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
    SB247 - Eliminating the exemption for vehicle dealers from certain requirements of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    SB248 - Requiring criminal history record check information relating to hemp producers to be sent to the state fire marshal, updating the fingerprinting language for the state banking commissioner for money transmitters and earned wage access services providers and authorizing the state gaming agency and attorney general to have access to more criminal history record information.
    SB323 - Modifying the definition of earnings to include paid compensation for wage garnishment exemption purposes.
    SB345 - Removing breastfeeding mothers from the mandatory jury service exclusion list and including them in the discretionary jury service exclusion list.
    SB346 - Prohibiting plaintiffs from filing abusive civil actions against certain defendants with whom the plaintiff has a current or former family, household or dating relationship and authorizing the court to impose prefiling restrictions on such plaintiffs.
    SB358 - Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing.
    SB359 - Increasing the mandatory retirement age for certain judges, requiring more years of service prior to receiving a member contribution reduction and increasing the maximum retirement benefit.
    SB372 - Enacting the app store accountability act to regulate app store and developer operations with respect to minors, create requirements for age verification and parental consent and provide for enforcement under the Kansas consumer protection act and through a private cause of action.
    SB373 - Creating a maximum length of time for an agreement between a utility and law enforcement to install law enforcement equipment on a utility pole or structure.
    SB374 - Requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.
    SB375 - Enacting the proxy advisor transparency act, requiring proxy advisors to make certain disclosures when recommending an action against company management, authorizing the attorney general to investigate and take enforcement actions against violators and establishing a private right of action for a declaratory judgment or injunctive relief.
    SB398 - Requiring a proponent to demonstrate that it is more likely than not that certain specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand evidence before certain qualified witnesses may testify.
    SB399 - Providing an exception to unauthorized practice of law under the Kansas consumer protection act for an employee of the judicial branch or a district court providing a standard form to a member of the public.
    SB408 - 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.
    SB413 - Prohibiting counsel from suggesting an amount of damages for noneconomic loss in civil actions.
    SB414 - Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter into a memorandum of understanding to provide money from the evidence-based programs account to residential facilities with behavioral health crisis intervention services for juveniles.
    SB426 - Enacting the Kansas transparency in consumer legal funding act.
    SB427 - Clarifying that the chairperson and vice chairperson of the senate committee on confirmation oversight shall have access to review tax information from the department of revenue and Kansas bureau of investigation background checks on persons appointed to state offices who are subject to senate confirmation.
    SB446 - Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
    SB447 - Creating a domestic violence task force to study domestic violence across the state and make policy recommendations.
    SB459 - Changing the membership of the prisoner review board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim.
    SB460 - Authorizing municpal court services agencies to issue identification certificates to individuals under probation supervision.
    SB461 - Requiring offenders convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death to register under the Kansas offender registration act.
    SB462 - Prohibiting certain public nuisance claims, requiring the attorney general to bring nuisance actions that are not wholly contained in one political subdivision, requiring special injury for certain public nuisance actions and providing an accrual period for the statute of limitations in public nuisance actions.
    SB463 - Prohibiting certain persons from recovering damages in certain civil actions and creating requirements for actions involving negligent security.
    SB480 - Reviving repealed statutes related to estates of absentees.
    SB481 - Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence and setting forth relevant procedures.
    SB482 - Requiring landlords to return the security deposit and certain portions of rent payments that would be due when a dwelling unit is condemned due to action or inaction of the landlord.
    SB487 - Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act.
    SB492 - Requiring law enforcement agencies to share records with other law enforcement agencies about law enforcement officers related to criminal conduct or conduct giving rise to licensing or certification sanctions.
    SB493 - Adding an element to the crime of sexual exploitation of a child that involves communication through electronic means and social media and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB494 - Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery.
    HB2164 - Senate Substitute for HB 2164 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.
    HB2228 - Senate Substitute for HB 2228 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
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