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IntroducedJan 28, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 20, 2025
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2131
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justicesponsor
Votes
YES: 108
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Avery Anderson
- Barbara Ballard
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Ford Carr
- Shawn Chauncey
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Pam Curtis
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Linda Featherston
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Henry Helgerson
- Dale Helwig
- Rep. Hill
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Kyle McNorton
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Rep. Miller
- Lisa M. Moser
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Lance W. Neelly
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Rep. Penn
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Susan Ruiz
- Clarke Sanders
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Alexis Simmons
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Rep. Thompson
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Virgil Weigel
- Gary White
- Suzanne Wikle
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Valdenia Winn
- Dawn Wolf
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
NO: 10
ABSENT: 7
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Senate Committee
- Mar 25, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 24, 2025 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Mar 21, 2025 | House
- Engrossed on Friday, March 21, 2025
- Mar 20, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bob Lewis was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bob Lewis was adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 108, Nay 10, Absent 7
- Mar 07, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 19, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from House Committee on Judiciary; Rereferred to House Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 17, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Jan 30, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, January 30, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Jan 28, 2025 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- As Amended by House CommitteeHTML
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}PDF
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}HTML
- House Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis (Thu, Mar 20, 2025)PDF
- House Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis (Thu, Mar 20, 2025)HTML
- House Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis (Thu, Mar 20, 2025)PDF
- House Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis (Thu, Mar 20, 2025)HTML
Documents
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NotePDF
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (Fri, Mar 7, 2025)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (Fri, Mar 7, 2025)HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Ed Klumpp, KS Sheriffs Assoc, KS Assoc of Chiefs of Police, KS Peace Officers Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Clayton Perkins, BIDS
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Jean Phillips, Midwest Innocence Project
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Marc Bennett, Sedgwick County District Attorney
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Megan Ahsens, Office of the Attorney General
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Mike Kagay, Shawnee County District Attorney
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Steve Howe, Johnson County District Attorney
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Susan Richmeier, Finney County Attorney
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Todd Thompson, Leavenworth County Attorney
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Floyd Bledsoe, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Bay Scoggin, Innocence Project
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Melody Bitzer, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Olin Coones, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Quinn Coones, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Jan 30, 2025: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Office of Revisor of Statutes
