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KS SB 157

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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.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
2025-02-03
Status date
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Latest action
2026-04-10 — Died in Conference
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciaryprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-04-10

    Died in Conference

    failure

  2. 2026-03-26

    Conference Committee Report agree to disagree, not adopted

  3. 2026-03-26

    Conference committee report now available

  4. 2025-03-24

    Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees

  5. 2025-03-24

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson

  6. 2025-03-19

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2

    passage

  7. 2025-03-19

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  8. 2025-03-19

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  9. 2025-03-19

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  10. 2025-03-13

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-02-28

    Withdrawn from House Committee on Judiciary; Referred to House Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-02-25

    Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-02-25

    Received and Introduced

    introduction

  14. 2025-02-19

    Final Action - Passed as amended

    passage

  15. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

    passage

  16. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected

  17. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  18. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected

  19. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  20. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected

  21. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  22. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected

  23. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  24. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected

  25. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  26. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected; Yea 1, Nay 37

  27. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  28. 2025-02-18

    Sen. Kellie Warren raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane

  29. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt

  30. 2025-02-18

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

    passage

  31. 2025-02-17

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  32. 2025-02-04

    Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-02-03

    Introduced

    introduction

Versions

  • As IntroducedCompare
  • As Amended by Senate Committee on JudiciaryCompare
  • As Amended by House Committee on JudiciaryCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB157/

Attribution

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