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Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

Sponsored Bills
SB18 - House Substitute for Substitute for SB 18 by Committee on Judiciary – Regulating access to certain law enforcement audio and video recordings and adding an exception to disclosure under the open records act.
SB44 - House Substitute for SB 44 by Committee on Judiciary - Amending the commercial real estate broker lien act.
SB58 - House Substitute for SB 58 by Committee on Judiciary – Creating an exemption to the Kansas open records act for the central registry of Kansas police and law enforcement officers and amending the definition of “conviction” for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act.
SB128 - House Substitute for SB 128 by Committee on Judiciary – Courts; attorney licensure; selection and appointment of judges and justices; supreme court nominating commission and district judicial nominating commissions; applicability of open meetings act and open records act.
SB159 - House Substitute for SB 159 by Committee on Judiciary – Enacting the host families act, relating to temporary care for children.
SB184 - House Substitute for SB 184 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring certain individuals to enter into a payment plan in order to receive restricted driving privileges when driver's license has expired while on suspension.
SB255 - House Substitute for SB 255 by Committee on Judiciary-Amending court docket fees and charges.
HB2022 - Qualifications for office of sheriff.
HB2023 - Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records.
HB2024 - Domestic battery; sentencing.
HB2025 - Amending the Kansas law enforcement training act.
HB2039 - Domestic case management.
HB2040 - Amending which convictions are counted for driving while license is canceled, suspended or revoked.
HB2054 - Substitute for HB 2054 by Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the public speech protection act.
HB2057 - Amending procedure for review and appeal of death sentence; restricting second or successive motions attacking sentence filed by prisoners; providing additional procedures for motions attacking sentence filed by prisoners under death sentence.
HB2062 - Substitute for HB 2062 by Committee on Judiciary - Uniform commercial code (UCC) updates; exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law; other technical corrections.
HB2073 - Changing the mandatory retirement age for judges and justices.
HB2081 - Kansas disclosure of unanticipated medical outcomes and medical errors act.
HB2084 - Kansas prepaid telephone security act.
HB2101 - Relating to the mediation or arbitration of trust provisions.
HB2102 - Kansas probate code; elective share of surviving spouse.
HB2109 - Transfer-on-death deeds; lapsing or vesting of ownership in grantee beneficiary.
HB2110 - Election of chief judge in each judicial district.
HB2111 - Code of civil procedure; items allowable as costs.
HB2112 - Relating to county law libraries.
HB2113 - Relating to court-appointed special advocates.
HB2114 - Relating to subpoena of nonparty business records.
HB2115 - Substitute for HB 2115 by Committee on Judiciary – Criminal history classification; counting of prior driving under the influence offenses when a person is convicted of aggravated battery while driving under the influence.
HB2124 - Senate Substitute for HB 2124 by Committee on Judiciary - Uniform commercial code (UCC) updates; exclusion of consumer transactions governed by federal law; other technical corrections.
HB2129 - Abolishing the death penalty and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
HB2130 - Relating to wrongful death actions; increasing the amount of damages that may be awarded.
HB2151 - Substitute for HB 2151 by Committee on Judiciary – Authorizing community parenting release for early release from incarceration; requiring all law enforcement agencies to adopt a written policy relating to eyewitness identification; requiring judges to allow certain persons to witness grand jury instructions.
HB2158 - Increasing sentence for intentional murder in the second degree to mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of 25 years ("hard 25").
HB2159 - Substitute for HB 2159 by Committee on Judiciary -- Expungement of driving under the influence and criminal refusal convictions.
HB2160 - Docket fees; electronic filing and management fund.
HB2161 - Relating to disputes involving church congregations.
HB2173 - Supreme court and court of appeals retention elections campaign finance.
HB2198 - Possession or consumption of alcoholic beverage by minor; immunity from liability for minor seeking medical assistance needed due to alcohol consumption.
HB2206 - Enacting the gun violence restraining order act; amending the protection from abuse act; amending criminal distribution of firearms; criminalizing possession of a firearm by a domestic batterer.
HB2221 - Grand juries; witnesses to grand jury instructions.
HB2222 - Requiring registration under the Kansas offender registration act for certain municipal ordinance violations.
HB2239 - Newborn screening for critical congenital heart disease.
HB2256 - Commercial real estate broker lien act.
HB2272 - Converting classified staff assistants and attorney positions to unclassified positions for employees of the Kansas department for children and families.
HB2276 - Eminent domain; authorized transfers to private entities; attorney fees.
HB2277 - Enacting the Kansas child protection registry act.
HB2289 - Substitute for HB 2289 by Committee on Judiciary - DUI test refusal or failure; administrative hearing procedure.
HB2290 - Relating to emergency observation and treatment of mentally-ill persons in communities with 24-hour crisis and observation facilities.
HB2300 - Personal electronic media devices subject to the open records act.
HB2301 - Authorizing the House committee on judiciary to meet when the legislature is not in session for the purpose of judicial nominations; contingent on adoption of a constitutional amendment.
HB2302 - Enacting the Kansas right to financial privacy act.
HB2323 - Amending the Kansas act against discrimination regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
HB2330 - Substitute for HB 2330 by Committee on Judiciary - Qualifications for office of sheriff.
HB2342 - Relating to the determination of father and child relationship.
HB2344 - Thirty percent vote against retention of a court of appeals judge would result in an open position.
HB2345 - Prohibiting school board members from having a conflict of interest.
HB2346 - Draft budgets subject to the open records act.
HB2465 - Clarifying standards for competency to stand trial.
HB2466 - Prohibiting the adoption of sanctuary ordinances and resolutions by municipalities.
HB2472 - Clarifying jurisdictional rules relating to judicial review of state board of tax appeals orders.
HB2550 - Creating an exemption to the Kansas open records act for the central registry of Kansas police and law enforcement officers and amending the definition of “conviction” for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act.
HB2553 - Increasing municipal court assessments and directing to the commission on peace officers' standards and training.
HB2555 - Amending the definition of 'conviction' for applicant qualification under the Kansas law enforcement training act.
HB2651 - Kansas probate code; transfer-on-death deeds.
HB2652 - Increasing the number of district court judge nominees sent to the governor by district judicial nominating commissions.
HB2660 - Fee agencies, moneys transferred to the state general fund or special revenue fund; notification to persons paying fees that moneys have been transferred.
HB2683 - Increasing the minimum motor vehicle insurance liability limit for property and bodily injury.
HB2696 - Creating the Kansas highway patrol staffing and training fund; relating to the law enforcement training center fund and the commission on peace officers' standards and training fund; increasing vehicle registration fees; increasing municipal court assessments; amending jurisdiction of university of Kansas medical center police officers.
HB2697 - Authorizing public benefit corporations under the Kansas general corporation code.
Sponsored Resolutions - 2015 Legislative Session
HCR5004 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; providing for direct partisan election of supreme court justices and court of appeals judges; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission.
HCR5005 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission.
HCR5006 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; lifetime appointment, subject to removal for cause; retaining the supreme court nominating commission, membership amended.
HCR5009 - Constitutional amendment; 33% vote against retention of a supreme court justice would result in open position.
HCR5012 - Constitutional amendment; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; supreme court justices appointed by governor from nominees submitted by House Judiciary committee, subject to Senate confirmation.
HCR5013 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; placing the court of appeals into the constitution; changing the membership of the supreme court nominating commission.
HCR5015 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; retaining the supreme court nominating commission, membership amended.
Sponsored Resolutions - 2016 Legislative Session
HCR5004 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; providing for direct partisan election of supreme court justices and court of appeals judges; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission.
HCR5005 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission.
HCR5006 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; lifetime appointment, subject to removal for cause; retaining the supreme court nominating commission, membership amended.
HCR5009 - Constitutional amendment; 33% vote against retention of a supreme court justice would result in open position.
HCR5012 - Constitutional amendment; abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; supreme court justices appointed by governor from nominees submitted by House Judiciary committee, subject to Senate confirmation.
HCR5013 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; placing the court of appeals into the constitution; changing the membership of the supreme court nominating commission.
HCR5015 - Constitutional amendment revising article 3, relating to the judiciary; allowing the governor to appoint supreme court justices and court of appeals judges, subject to senate confirmation; retaining the supreme court nominating commission, membership amended.
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