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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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Became Law
Kansas Senate Bill
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
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Conference
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 157
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Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Senate Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Votes
YES: 88
- Rep. Anderson
- Rep. Awerkamp
- Rep. Barrett
- Rep. Barth
- Rep. Bergkamp
- Rep. Bergquist
- Rep. Blex
- Rep. Bloom
- Rep. Bohi
- Rep. Borjon
- Rep. Brantley
- Rep. Bryce
- Rep. Buehler
- Rep. Butler
- Rep. Carpenter
- Rep. Chauncey
- Rep. Collins
- Rep. Corbet
- Rep. Croft
- Rep. Delperdang
- Rep. Droge
- Rep. Ellis
- Rep. Esau
- Rep. Essex
- Rep. Estes
- Rep. Fairchild
- Rep. Francis
- Rep. Gardner
- Rep. Goddard
- Rep. Goetz
- Rep. Hawkins
- Rep. Helwig
- Rep. Hill
- Rep. Hoffman
- Rep. Hoheisel
- Rep. Howe
- Rep. Howell
- Rep. Howerton
- Rep. Huebert
- Rep. Humphries
- Rep. James
- Rep. Johnson
- Rep. Kessler
- Rep. King
- Rep. Lewis
- Rep. Long
- Rep. Martinez
- Rep. McNorton
- Rep. Minnix
- Rep. Moser
- Rep. Neelly
- Rep. Penn
- Rep. Pickert
- Rep. Pishny
- Rep. Proctor
- Rep. Rahjes
- Rep. Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Rep. Rhiley
- Rep. Roeser
- Rep. Roth
- Rep. Sanders
- Rep. Schmoe
- Rep. Schreiber
- Rep. Schwertfeger
- Rep. Seiwert
- Rep. Smith
- Rep. Steele
- Rep. Stiens
- Rep. Sutton
- Rep. Sweely
- Rep. Tarwater
- Rep. Thompson
- Rep. Turk
- Rep. Turner
- Rep. VanHouden
- Rep. Waggoner
- Rep. Ward
- Rep. Wasinger
- Rep. Waymaster
- Rep. White
- Rep. Wilborn
- Rep. Willcott
- Rep. Williams
- Rep. Wolf
NO: 35
- Rep. Alcala
- Rep. Amyx
- Rep. Ballard
- Rep. Brownlee Paige
- Rep. Carlin
- Rep. Carmichael
- Rep. Carr
- Rep. Curtis
- Rep. Featherston
- Rep. Haskins
- Rep. Helgerson
- Rep. Hoye
- Rep. McDonald
- Rep. Melton
- Rep. Meyer
- Rep. Miller
- Rep. Mosley
- Rep. Neighbor
- Rep. Ohaebosim
- Rep. Oropeza
- Rep. Osman
- Rep. Ousley
- Rep. Poskin
- Rep. Ruiz
- Rep. Sawyer
- Rep. Sawyer Clayton
- Rep. Schlingensiepen
- Rep. Simmons
- Rep. Stogsdill
- Rep. Vaughn
- Rep. Weigel
- Rep. Wikle
- Rep. Winn
- Rep. Woodard
- Rep. Xu
ABSENT: 2
- Rep. Poetter Parshall
- Rep. Ruiz
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Conference
- Mar 26, 2026 | House
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree, not adopted
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
- Mar 24, 2025 | Senate
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
- Mar 19, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2
- Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 05, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Feb 28, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from House Committee on Judiciary; Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Received and Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
- Feb 19, 2025 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; —
- Feb 18, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Sen. Kellie Warren raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 04, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced
Bill Texts
- As IntroducedPDF
- As IntroducedHTML
- As Amended by Senate CommitteePDF
- As Amended by Senate CommitteeHTML
- As Amended by House CommitteePDF
- As Amended by House CommitteeHTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)PDF
- Senate Amendment - Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Tue, Feb 18, 2025)HTML
- Conference Committee Report - Thu, Mar 26, 2026PDF
- Conference Committee Report - Thu, Mar 26, 2026HTML
Documents
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary NoteHTML
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Mon, Feb 17, 2025)PDF
- Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Mon, Feb 17, 2025)HTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (Thu, Mar 13, 2025)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (Thu, Mar 13, 2025)HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Aaron Breitenbach, DA, 18th District/KS County & District Attorneys Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Aaron Breitenbach, DA, 18th District/KS County & District Attorneys Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Sheriff Jeff Easter, KS Sheriffs Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Senator Stephen Owens, Private Citizen
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Shane Rolf, KS Bail Agents Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 5, 2025: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Office of Revisor of Statutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 13, 2025: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Stephen Owens, Senator, State of Kansas District 31
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Shane Rolf, Vice President, Kansas Bail Agents Association
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisors Office, State of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Sheriff Jeff Easter, on behalf, KS Sheriff Assoc, KS Assoc of Chiefs of Police
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Breitenback, Sedgwick Co
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