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Senate Committee on Judiciary

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 10:30 am Location: 346-S

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    SB60 - Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
    SB61 - Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action.
    SB62 - Creating the crime of engaging in a street stunt, providing criminal penalties therefor and adding engaging in a street stunt to the list of crimes included in fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
    SB91 - Providing for payment of interest in civil actions for wrongful conviction and directing the attorney general to seek damages for the state from any person who knowingly contributed to the wrongful conviction and prosecute ouster and criminal proceedings as warranted.
    SB94 - 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.
    SB96 - Creating the crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing a civil action for victims.
    SB102 - Clarifying the identifying information in mandatory reports of abuse or neglect of children and increasing the penalty for failing to report such abuse or neglect.
    SB110 - Prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings under the revised Kansas juvenile justice code unless restraints are deemed appropriate by the court.
    SB111 - Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
    SB116 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
    SB127 - Expanding the hearsay exception for statements made to a physician to all healthcare providers.
    SB129 - Raising the mandatory retirement age for magistrate judges regularly admitted to practice law who serve in counties with a population of 10,000 or fewer people.
    SB141 - Enacting the right to speak your truth act to prohibit defamation actions in certain circumstances.
    SB155 - Adding harboring or concealing a person who has violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
    SB160 - Granting the attorney general concurrent authority to prosecute any crimes related to schools.
    SB180 - Requiring previous convictions to be considered in determining bond when a person is arrested for certain sex offenses.
    SB183 - Creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB185 - Providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case.
    SB187 - Requiring certain records and files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile's record.
    SB188 - Requiring a secured release for release prior to trial when a person is charged with certain offenses and creating a mechanism for unsecured judicial release.
    SB203 - Authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for an unavailable witness or a material witness.
    SB205 - Increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of breach of privacy when the victim is a child.
    SB206 - Requiring any person convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death or register under the Kansas offender registration act for 15 years.
    SB208 - Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
    SB220 - Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws.
    SB221 - Changing the membership of the judicial council to have one resident lawyer from each judicial district instead of four resident lawyers.
    SB239 - Creating a special sentencing rule to add 100 months to a sentence for distribution of a controlled substance when the substance involved is fentanyl and the distribution causes the death of a child.
    SB240 - Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
    SB242 - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
    SB243 - Requiring outpatient competency evaluations in certain circumstances and requiring the court to make specific findings for inpatient competency evaluations.
    SB245 - Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
    SB246 - Requiring all applicants for teaching licenses and certificates and employees of a school district or public innovative district to submit to a criminal history record check and creating the criminal history record check reimbursement fund for certain state and criminal history record checks conducted by the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
    SB247 - Eliminating the exemption for vehicle dealers from certain requirements of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    SB248 - Requiring criminal history record check information relating to hemp producers to be sent to the state fire marshal, updating the fingerprinting language for the state banking commissioner for money transmitters and earned wage access services providers and authorizing the state gaming agency and attorney general to have access to more criminal history record information.
    SB255 - Authorizing certain inmates in the custody of the secretary of corrections to petition the court for a resentencing hearing.
    SB262 - Requiring government agencies, public utilities and other entities when exercising the power of eminent domain to make a good faith offer for the property prior to filing an eminent domain action, providing the good faith offer, if greater than the appraiser's award, shall be deposited with the court, allowing appeals from that amount, prohibiting the exercise of eminent domain for recreational trails and park and recreational facilities and deleting the power of the legislature to condemn property for economic development.
    SB288 - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.
    HB2177 - Increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when the person has prior convictions of the offense.
    HB2323 - Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
    HB2327 - Establishing procedures and requirements for the secretary of corrections to issue a certificate of employability to certain inmates.
    HB2329 - Increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders, providing for increased placement of offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the secretary of corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements and authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds.
    HB2349 - Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    HB2378 - Establishing the removal of squatters act, providing a procedure to remove a squatter from a dwelling unit, requiring owners or agents of dwelling units to provide an affidavit to the county sheriff, requiring notice to vacate by the sheriff, establishing the crime of providing a false affidavit and establishing a civil cause of action for wrongful removal of a person from a dwelling unit, allowing attorney fees and punitive damages.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB30 - Authorizing the attorney general and the state gaming agency to receive more criminal history records, updating criminal history record language related to the state bank commissioner and requiring the secretary of labor to conduct a state and national criminal history record check on employees who have access to federal tax information received directly from the internal revenue service.
    SB53 - Providing that the attorney members of the board of trustees of a county law library in certain counties shall be appointed by the chief judge of the judicial district and allowing such board to authorize the chief judge to use certain fees for the purpose of facilitating and enhancing functions of the district court of the county.
    SB54 - Substitute for SB 54 by Committee on Judiciary - Limiting discovery and disclosure of third-party litigation funding agreements and requiring reporting of such agreements to courts. or study.
    SB60 - Prohibiting second and successive motions and ineffective counsel claims in habeas corpus actions and providing for direct appeal to the supreme court in habeas corpus appeals filed by inmates sentenced to death.
    SB61 - Requiring an electric public utility to pay a landowner's attorney fees when a party appeals the appraisers' award and the jury renders a verdict that is greater than the appraisers' award in an eminent domain action.
    SB62 - Creating the crime of engaging in a street stunt, providing criminal penalties therefor and adding engaging in a street stunt to the list of crimes included in fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer.
    SB70 - Prohibiting fees for electronic copies of records under the open records act, exempting from disclosure formally closed investigations with no found violations, requiring county or district attorneys to file reports of violations with the attorney general in October instead of January, determining the membership calculation of subordinate groups under the open meetings act, requiring public bodies or agencies that live stream meetings to ensure that the public is able to observe and providing for a five minute deviation to resume an open meeting at the conclusion of executive sessions.
    SB71 - Increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.
    SB84 - Modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards.
    SB110 - Prohibiting the use of restraints during hearings under the revised Kansas juvenile justice code unless restraints are deemed appropriate by the court.
    SB111 - Prohibiting fines and fees from being assessed against a juvenile or a juvenile's parent, guardian or custodian in a case pursuant to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code.
    SB127 - Expanding the hearsay exception for statements made to a physician to all healthcare providers.
    SB128 - Creating an exception to certain mandatory reporting obligations for licensed social workers when working under the supervision of an attorney and permitting an attorney to require a licensed social worker to keep ethical obligations of attorney-client privilege while working under the supervision of such attorney.
    SB129 - Raising the mandatory retirement age for magistrate judges regularly admitted to practice law who serve in counties with a population of 10,000 or fewer people.
    SB135 - Providing precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act.
    SB138 - Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer.
    SB155 - Adding harboring or concealing a person who has violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution.
    SB156 - Creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB157 - Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer, warrants issued for failure to appear to be provided to a compensated surety, bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and remission if the defendant is returned to custody in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium.
    SB158 - Allowing persons with felony drug convictions to receive benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program.
    SB183 - Creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    SB185 - Providing that certain legal violations relating to victims of crime are not grounds for appeal in a criminal case.
    SB186 - Providing that prior convictions of a crime that has been determined unconstitutional shall not be used for criminal history scoring purposes unless the basis of the determination of unconstitutionality is later overruled or reversed, requiring probable cause affidavits to be made available to law enforcement agencies prior to the execution of a warrant or summons, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond.
    SB187 - Requiring certain records and files to be automatically expunged from a juvenile's record.
    SB188 - Requiring a secured release for release prior to trial when a person is charged with certain offenses and creating a mechanism for unsecured judicial release.
    SB203 - Authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for an unavailable witness or a material witness.
    SB204 - Requiring the case and warrant information be sealed in criminal and juvenile offender cases.
    SB205 - Increasing the criminal penalty for certain violations of breach of privacy when the victim is a child.
    SB206 - Requiring any person convicted of distribution of a controlled substance causing great bodily harm or death or register under the Kansas offender registration act for 15 years.
    SB221 - Changing the membership of the judicial council to have one resident lawyer from each judicial district instead of four resident lawyers.
    SB222 - Prohibiting deference to a state agency's interpretation of a statute, rule or regulation or document by a state court or an officer hearing an administrative action.
    SB237 - Requiring the court to consider the value of retirement accounts if a person loses income for certain reasons and eliminating the exemption of pension and retirement moneys from claims to fulfill child support obligations.
    SB239 - Creating a special sentencing rule to add 100 months to a sentence for distribution of a controlled substance when the substance involved is fentanyl and the distribution causes the death of a child.
    SB240 - Establishing procedures for a civil action instituted by the commissioner of insurance related to fraudulent insurance acts, providing that expunged criminal records will be disclosed in any application for licensure as an insurance producer or public adjuster if the arrest, conviction or diversion is for a fraudulent insurance act and including automobile assigned claims plans in provisions related to fraudulent insurance acts.
    SB241 - Providing that restrictive covenants in certain contracts are enforceable and not considered a restraint of trade in certain circumstances.
    SB242 - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
    SB243 - Requiring outpatient competency evaluations in certain circumstances and requiring the court to make specific findings for inpatient competency evaluations.
    SB244 - Prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium.
    SB245 - Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating the crime of aggravated murder.
    SB246 - Requiring all applicants for teaching licenses and certificates and employees of a school district or public innovative district to submit to a criminal history record check and creating the criminal history record check reimbursement fund for certain state and criminal history record checks conducted by the Kansas department for aging and disability services.
    SB247 - Eliminating the exemption for vehicle dealers from certain requirements of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
    SB248 - Requiring criminal history record check information relating to hemp producers to be sent to the state fire marshal, updating the fingerprinting language for the state banking commissioner for money transmitters and earned wage access services providers and authorizing the state gaming agency and attorney general to have access to more criminal history record information.
    HB2164 - Senate Substitute for HB 2164 by Committee on Judiciary - Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities and creating criminal penalties for violation thereof.
    HB2228 - Senate Substitute for HB 2228 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring that a political subdivision hold an open meeting to discuss a contingency fee contract for legal services before approving such contract and requiring the attorney general to approve such contracts.
    Appointments
    1560 - Lori Bolton Fleming, Appointed Governor, Kansas Court of Appeals, Judge - 11 - None
    1561 - Rebecca Dickinson, Appointed Attorney General, Kansas Crime Victims Compensation Board, Member - 3 - Term ends March 15, 2029
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