Kansas bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas SB 157

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.

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

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary

Summary

Text versions

• As Introduced
• As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
• As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

Actions

• Feb 3, 2025 · Senate
  Introduced
• Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
  Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 17, 2025 · Senate
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Sen. Kellie Warren raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected; Yea 1, Nay 37
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
• Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
  Final Action - Passed as amended
• Feb 25, 2025 · House
  Received and Introduced
• Feb 25, 2025 · House
  Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
• Feb 28, 2025 · House
  Withdrawn from House Committee on Judiciary; Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 13, 2025 · House
  Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
• Mar 19, 2025 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• Mar 19, 2025 · House
  Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
• Mar 19, 2025 · House
  Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
• Mar 19, 2025 · House
  Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
• Mar 24, 2025 · Senate
  Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
• Mar 24, 2025 · House
  Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Conference committee report now available
• Mar 26, 2026 · House
  Conference Committee Report agree to disagree, not adopted
• Apr 10, 2026 · Senate
  Died in Conference