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Minutes for HB2389 - Committee on Judiciary
Short Title
Requiring certain prior convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
Minutes Content for Wed, Mar 12, 2025
Chair Humphries opened the hearing on HB2389 at 4:08pm.
Jason Thompson, Office of Revisor of Statutes, presented the bill brief. (Attachment 10)
Proponent Representative Laura Williams testified that this bill addresses the issue of allowing a judge to take into consideration previous convicted offenses of sex crimes when setting bail. Representative Williams shared a private citizen's testimony on why this piece of legislation is important to her and advocate on her behalf for a change in policy in the state of Kansas. (Attachment 11)
Proponent Stephen M. Howe, Johnson County District Attorney, 10th Judicial District, testified that this bill requires the Court to consider the prior offenses when considering bond. The language of the bill would modify it from discretionary to mandatory as part of the Courts decision making process on bond. (Attachment 12)
The Chair drew attention to the Proponent Written Only testimonies, and also noted that there were 20+ pieces of testimony which contained private information, so can not be made public.:
Senator Pat Pettey, Senate District 6 (Attachment 13)
Ed Klumpp, Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police/Kansas Sheriffs Association/Kansas Peace Officers Association (Attachment 14)
Michael Koss, City of Overland Park (Attachment 15)
Elizabeth M. Bordenave, Samuel Rodgers Health Center/PLX Corporation (Attachment 16)
Ed O’Malley, Former State Representative (Attachment 17)
Terrie Huntington, Former State Representative, District 25/Former State Senator District 7 (Attachment 18)
Private Citizens, Last Names A-L (Attachment 19)
Private Citizens, Last Names M-Z (Attachment 20)
There was no Opponent or Neutral testimony.
Chair Humphries closed the hearing on HB2389 at 4:31pm.
