Kansas Criminal Justice Bills

Authorizing certain inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections to petition the court for a resentencing hearing.

Increasing certain municipal court fee assessments and crediting such increase to the Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training fund and the crime victims assistance fund.

Directing the university of Kansas to operate a statewide repository of anonymous human trafficking data that is submitted by law enforcement agencies and prosecutors.

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.

Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance.

Authorizing the director of alcoholic beverage control to issue certain licenses to persons convicted of certain felonies if such conviction is more than 10 years old.

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.

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.

Including federal law enforcement officers in the definition of law enforcement officer that is used in certain crimes and traffic provisions and clarifying that enforcement of a federal law is covered under the tort claims act.

Requiring offenders convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death to register under the Kansas offender registration act.

Enhancing the criminal penalty for committing certain crimes in the context of transnational repression and requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training.

Exempting certain devices and contests from the crime of unlawful gambling.

Establishing requirements for a county sheriff operating a jail for the enforcement of detainer requests issued by the United States immigration and customs enforcement, requiring municipal insurance pools to provide coverage for law enforcement that enforces federal laws, requiring the state to pay certain judgments in federal court actions, requiring the attorney general to provide representation in certain civil actions and exempting section 287(g) agreements from certain provisions of the...

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.

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.

Moving marijuana from schedule I to schedule III of the uniform controlled substances act.

Prohibiting counsel from suggesting an amount of damages for noneconomic loss in civil actions.

Requiring banks to enter into a written agreement with the state treasurer to be a depository of public moneys, increasing the market value of securities necessary to secure the deposit of public moneys, providing procedures for when a depository fails to follow the requirements of the state treasurer, modifying certain definitions, authorizing the state treasurer to assess a fee to operate the public moneys pooled method, creating the public moneys fee fund and providing exceptions to the pu...

Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code.

Requiring a duly ordained minister of religion to report certain abuse and neglect except when reporting would violate the penitential communication privilege and requiring training for persons obligated to report abuse and neglect.