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Meeting Day: Daily Time: 3:30 pm Location: 346-S

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SB102 - House Substitute for SB 102 by Committee on Judiciary - Allowing the chief justice of the Kansas supreme court to extend or suspend deadlines or time limitations to secure the health and safety of court users, staff and judicial officers.
HB2038 - Revoking spousal inheritance rights upon divorce.
HB2039 - Updating laws concerning limited liability companies; exempting animal shelters from registration requirements as charitable organizations.
HB2064 - Clarifying that a law enforcement officer taking a person before a judge for violating the uniform act regulating traffic does not make charging decisions.
HB2065 - Removing the duty of the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle to drive with due regard for the safety of all others.
HB2072 - Amending the uniform arbitration act of 2000 to address validity of an agreement to arbitrate in a contract of insurance.
HB2097 - Providing method for calculating cost of keeping civil prisoners in county jail.
HB2098 - Making changes to the Kansas open records act for disclosure of criminal investigation records.
HB2104 - Amendments related to driving under the influence, including preliminary screening tests, implied consent advisories and test refusal.
HB2105 - Updating laws concerning limited liability companies.
HB2137 - Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act.
HB2151 - Granting immunity from civil liability to the person who files a citizen-initiated grand jury petition.
HB2152 - Creating the assistance animal integrity act.
HB2162 - Amending the definition of "consumer transaction" and "supplier" in the Kansas consumer protection act.
HB2178 - Amending the Kansas underground utility damage prevention act.
HB2191 - Amending the procedure for execution of a search warrant for electronically stored information.
HB2192 - Court of appeals judges to be nominated by the supreme court nominating commission and appointed by the governor.
HB2193 - Requiring assets seized pursuant to the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act to be returned upon acquittal.
HB2206 - Changing the bonding and cost requirements for animals taken into custody under a violation of cruelty to animals.
HB2210 - Amending uninsured motorist coverage provision requirements in automobile liability insurance policies.
HB2211 - Allowing judges to waive or reduce driver's license reinstatement fees.
HB2242 - Relating to instances when reports of abuse, neglect or exploitation are sent to both the department for children and families and the appropriate law enforcement agency.
HB2243 - Exempting animal shelters from registration requirements as a charitable organization.
HB2244 - Creating an affirmative defense to the crime of possession of a controlled substance for possession of certain medical treatments.
HB2281 - Providing that a court order modifying a criminal sentence only modifies the portion of the sentence referenced by the court and not remaining portions of the original sentence.
HB2290 - Establishing the Kansas closed case task force; creating the Kansas criminal justice reform commission; concerning criminal history record checks for entities providing care to children, the elderly or individuals with disabilities; creating a Kansas victim information and notification everyday (VINE) coordinator, a Kansas youth suicide prevention coordinator, and a crime victims compensation division within the office of the attorney general; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act; and changing tort claims fund obligations for claims involving alleged violations of the Kansas open meetings act and open records act.
HB2291 - Increasing caps on damages in wrongful death actions and escalating them annually based on the consumer price index.
HB2292 - Allow prosecutor's office to enter into agreements for supervision of people on diversion and allowing people on diversion to participate in the certified drug treatment program.
HB2331 - Amending remedies for victims of sexual abuse by a duly ordained minister of religion.
HB2332 - Allowing punitive and exemplary damages in a wrongful death action.
HB2333 - Allowing a court to make a finding that a final decree of adoption take effect at an earlier date.
HB2334 - Expanding the list of people before whom a deposition shall not be taken.
HB2348 - Increasing liability limits for the healthcare stabilization fund.
HB2365 - Providing for confidential communications of Kansas national guard members in peer support counseling sessions.
HB2446 - Clarifying when a receipt of property seized by law enforcement should be sent to the court and who seized weapons should be returned to.
HB2447 - Changing how two-way electronic audio-visual communication is used in courts.
HB2448 - Changing penalties for crimes related to motor vehicles.
HB2449 - Changing the requirements for board of indigents' defense services appointments.
HB2450 - Amending the Kansas clean indoor air act to include vaping of tobacco-derived products.
HB2457 - Allowing a court case file to be opened and sealed when amending a birth certificate.
HB2461 - Enacting the public litigation coordination act to restrict contracts by public entities for legal services on a contingent fee basis.
HB2467 - Removing the spousal exception from sexual battery and requiring a domestic violence offender assessment on a first conviction of domestic battery.
HB2468 - Changing the elements and making changes to the criminal penalties of abuse of a child and creating the crime of aggravated abuse of a child.
HB2500 - Amending the Kansas power of attorney act regarding the form of a power of attorney and the duties of third parties relying and acting on a power of attorney.
HB2521 - Enacting the revised uniform athlete agents act.
HB2523 - Enacting the Kansas assistance animals in housing act.
HB2532 - Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install and operate school bus cameras.
HB2533 - Enacting the uniform family law arbitration act.
HB2544 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
HB2551 - Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
HB2554 - Enacting the uniform fiduciary income and principal act (UFIPA).
HB2587 - Allowing venue for an agency adoption to be where a state agency or their subcontracting agencies have offices when the state is the agency.
HB2647 - 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.
HB2673 - Conferring original jurisdiction to the supreme court to hear certain actions related to the health care provider insurance availability act, the healthcare stabilization fund and claims for noneconomic loss in medical malpractice liability actions.
HB2674 - Allowing investigations of child deaths by coroner before performing an autopsy.
HB2675 - Authorizing judges to extend protection from abuse orders for more reasons.
HB2693 - Creating a civil cause of action for victims of certain alcohol related incidents.
HB2699 - Requiring court services officers to assist with child in need of care cases when directed by a judge.
HB2707 - Allowing military service members ordered to relocate to terminate leases.
HB2713 - Enacting the revised uniform law on notarial acts and validating certain notarial acts performed while the requirements that a person must appear before a notary public are suspended.
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