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        {
            "BILLNO": "HB2341",
            "EFFECTIVEDATE": "This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book.",
            "HISTORY": [
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                    "action_code": "dead_com_301",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2026-05-05T10:25:23",
                    "session_date": "2026-04-10",
                    "status": "Died in Committee"
                },
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                    "chamber": "House",
                    "committee_names": [
                        "Committee on Insurance"
                    ],
                    "journal_page_number": "220",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-02-10T09:53:59",
                    "session_date": "2025-02-10",
                    "status": "Referred to"
                },
                {
                    "action_code": "intro_ibc_158",
                    "chamber": "House",
                    "journal_page_number": "211",
                    "occurred_datetime": "2025-02-07T12:33:24",
                    "session_date": "2025-02-07",
                    "status": "Introduced"
                }
            ],
            "LONGTITLE": "AN ACT concerning contractor's and other liens on property; relating to bonds posted by property owners against such liens for the purpose of securing payment of the claims and clearing such liens; requiring that sureties for such bonds be licensed to do business in Kansas; providing that district courts award attorney fees and costs to successful claimants that demanded payment of the principal and surety prior to filing suit and did not receive payment; requiring a pretrial hearing for the purpose of a preliminary finding by the court of whether the surety should pay the amount of the claim to the claimant or alternatively pay such amount into an account to be held by the court; amending K.S.A. 60-1110 and repealing the existing section.",
            "NAME": "HB2341",
            "ORIGINAL_SPONSOR": [
                "Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development"
            ],
            "RELATEDRS": "25rs1070",
            "SHORTTITLE": "Requiring that sureties for bonds secured for the purpose of clearing contractors liens against property be licensed to do business in Kansas, providing that district courts award attorney fees and costs to successful claimants that demanded payment by the principal and surety prior to filing suit and did not receive payment and requiring a pretrial hearing in such a suit for the purpose of a preliminary finding by the court of whether the surety should pay the amount of the claim to the claimant or alternatively pay such amount into an account to be held by the court.",
            "SPONSOR_NAMES": [
                "Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development"
            ],
            "STATUS": "dead",
            "apn": "b2025_26/year2/house/dead_bills/hb_2341/hb2341_00_0000.odt",
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                    "FILENAME": "hb2341_00_0000.odt",
                    "RELATEDRS": "25rs1070",
                    "VERSION": "As introduced",
                    "associated_documents": {
                        "fiscal_note": "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fisc_note_hb2341_00_0000.pdf"
                    },
                    "document": "http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2341_00_0000.pdf",
                    "revno": "110266"
                }
            ]
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    "revno": 877182
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