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relating to release of persons prior to trial; authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order; modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime and attempt, conspiracy or criminal solicitation of certain violations of such crime; modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity by changing the connection to breach of privacy and describing the content of the image, video or other recording; describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations; increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 21-5302, 21-5303, 21-5428 and 21-5512 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-5601, 21-6101 and 22-2802 and repealing the existing sections.", "NAME": "HB2479", "ORIGINAL_SPONSOR": [ "Committee on Judiciary" ], "RELATEDRS": "26rs2479", "SHORTTITLE": "Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age.", "SPONSOR_NAMES": [ "Committee on Judiciary" ], "STATUS": "enacted", "documents": [], "versions": [ "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2479_00_0000.pdf", "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2479_01_0000.pdf", "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2479_02_0000.pdf", "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2479_enrolled.pdf" ] } ], "revno": 877182 }