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KS SB 186

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Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, 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; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.

Kansas · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced
2025-02-04
Status date
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Latest action
2025-04-11 — Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Committee on Judiciaryprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-11

    Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025

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  2. 2025-04-11

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025

  3. 2025-04-10

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0

  4. 2025-04-10

    Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted

  5. 2025-03-27

    Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1

  6. 2025-03-27

    Conference committee report now available

  7. 2025-03-24

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

  8. 2025-03-24

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

  9. 2025-03-20

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 100, Nay 18, Absent 7

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  10. 2025-03-20

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted

  11. 2025-03-20

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

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  12. 2025-03-20

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

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  13. 2025-03-19

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

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  14. 2025-02-20

    Referred to House Committee on Judiciary

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  15. 2025-02-20

    Received and Introduced

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  16. 2025-02-19

    Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0

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  17. 2025-02-19

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed

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  18. 2025-02-17

    Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders

  19. 2025-02-17

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Judiciary

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  20. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary

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  21. 2025-02-04

    Introduced

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Official source

https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB186/

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