Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas HB 2537

Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes.

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 House Committee of the Whole}
• Enrolled

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Jan 23, 2026 · House
  Introduced
• Jan 23, 2026 · House
  Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 16, 2026 · House
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 17, 2026 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Feb 17, 2026 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jill Ward
• Feb 17, 2026 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jill Ward was adopted
• Feb 17, 2026 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Feb 18, 2026 · House
  Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
• Feb 19, 2026 · House
  Engrossed on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
• Feb 24, 2026 · Senate
  Received and Introduced
• Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
  Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed
• Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
  Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
• Apr 9, 2026 · House
  Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026