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KS HB 2527

died on adjournment

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did KS HB 2527 pass?

No. KS HB 2527 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-26): Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed

What is KS HB 2527 about?

KS HB 2527 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.”.

Who sponsors KS HB 2527?

Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice is the primary sponsor of KS HB 2527.

Introduced
2026-01-23
Latest action
2026-03-26 — Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justiceprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-26

    Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed

  2. 2026-03-26

    Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea 46, Nay 75, Absent 4

  3. 2026-03-25

    Conference committee report now available

  4. 2026-03-25

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 2

  5. 2026-03-24

    Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees

  6. 2026-03-23

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen

  7. 2026-03-19

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  8. 2026-03-19

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  9. 2026-03-19

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0

    passage

  10. 2026-03-17

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-02-26

    Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-02-25

    Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026

  13. 2026-02-25

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  14. 2026-02-19

    Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 109, Nay 13, Absent 3

    passage

  15. 2026-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  16. 2026-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  17. 2026-02-17

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2026-01-23

    Introduced

    introduction

  19. 2026-01-23

    Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

    referral-committee

Versions

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  • As Amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile JusticeCompare
  • As Amended by Senate Committee on JudiciaryCompare
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Related bills

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2527/

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