Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas HB 2479

Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary

Summary

Text versions

• As Introduced
• As Amended by House Committee
• As Amended by Senate Committee
• Enrolled

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Jan 20, 2026 · House
  Introduced
• Jan 20, 2026 · House
  Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 9, 2026 · House
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 11, 2026 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Feb 11, 2026 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  Engrossed on Thursday, February 12, 2026
• Feb 12, 2026 · House
  Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6
• Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
  Received and Introduced
• Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
  Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0
• Mar 12, 2026 · House
  Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
• Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
  Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
• Mar 26, 2026 · Senate
  Conference committee report now available
• Mar 26, 2026 · Senate
  Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
• Mar 27, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026