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IntroducedFeb 03, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 19, 2025
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Passed HouseMar 19, 2025
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Signed into Law
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.
Last Action See all actions
House • Mar 24, 2025: Motion to accede adopted; Representative Humphries, Representative Williams, L. and Representative Osman appointed as conferees
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on SB 157
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Votes
NO: 37
ABSTAIN: 2
- Faust
- Owens
YES: 88
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- L.
- Wolf
NO: 35
ABSENT: 2
- Poetter
- L.
Actions
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Representative Humphries, Representative Williams, L. and Representative Osman appointed as conferees
- Mar 24, 2025 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Warren , Senator Titus and Senator Corson as conferees
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 88 Nay: 35
- Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 05, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Feb 28, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 9
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Senator Warren raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected Yea: 1 Nay: 37
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 04, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As introducedPDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Schmidt, 02/18/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Schmidt, 02/18/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Schmidt, 02/18/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Schmidt, 02/18/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Schmidt, 02/18/2025PDF
- Senate Amendment -- Offered by Senator Schmidt, 02/18/2025PDF
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Stephen Owens, Senator, State of Kansas District 31 (SB157 Proponent In person)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Shane Rolf, Vice President, Kansas Bail Agents Association (SB157 Proponent in person)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisors Office, State of Kansas (SB157 Bill Brief)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Sheriff Jeff Easter, on behalf, KS Sheriff Assoc, KS Assoc of Chiefs of Police (SB157 Opponent In person)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Breitenback, Sedgwick Co (SB157 Opponent in person)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Minutes
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Aaron Breitenbach, DA, 18th District/KS County & District Attorneys Assoc (Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Aaron Breitenbach, DA, 18th District/KS County & District Attorneys Assoc (Neutral)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Sheriff Jeff Easter, KS Sheriffs Assoc (Proponent Written Only)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Senator Stephen Owens, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Shane Rolf, KS Bail Agents Assoc (Proponent)
- Senate Committee on Judiciary, Wed, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Office of Revisor of Statutes (Bill Brief)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary