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.

Summary

The Senate bill amends Kansas statutes to make a second or later conviction for certain weapon crimes a higher‑level felony and to change the severity levels and ban periods for convicted felons who possess weapons. It covers a broad list of weapons and situations while carving out many exemptions for law‑enforcement, military personnel, and regulated activities. The measure failed to advance and died in committee.

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