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IntroducedJan 20, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 12, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 10, 2026
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Became LawApr 09, 2026
Kansas House Bill
Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age.
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House • Apr 09, 2026: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Summary
Comments on HB 2479
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Votes
YES: 118
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Simmons
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 1
YES: 124
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Boatman
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Storm
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 0
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 09, 2026 | House
- Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
- Mar 27, 2026 | House
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 124 Nay: 0
- Mar 26, 2026 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- Mar 12, 2026 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Titus and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Humphries , Representative Williams, L. and Representative Osman as conferees
- Mar 10, 2026 | Senate
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- Mar 09, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 12, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 1
- Feb 11, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 09, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Jan 27, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- Jan 20, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Thu, Mar 26, 2026PDF
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisors Office (Bill Brief)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Roth, Attorney at Law (Neutral Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Elaina Keaton Crenshaw, Alliance Against Family Violence (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Christina Harris, No Victim's Voice Silent (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Adrianne Hartman, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by James Jordan, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Braden Moore, KS Assoc or Chiefs of Police;KS Sheriffs Assoc; KS Peace Officers Assoc (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Rep John Resman, KS 121st District (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Sen Doug Shane, KS 37th District (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Jamie Svatos, Private Citizen (Proponent)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Rep Linda Featherston, KS 16th District (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Michelle McCormick, KS Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Tue, Jan 27, 2026: Testimony by Sheila Thompson, Private Citizen (Proponent Written Only)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by Michelle McCormick, Exec Director, KS Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence (HB2479 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by Ed Klumpp, Legislative Liaison, KS Sheriffs Assoc, KS Assoc of Chiefs of Police, KS Peace Officers Assoc (HB2479 Pro WO)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor's Office, State of Kansas (HB2479 Bill Brief)
- House Committee on Judiciary, Thu, Feb 26, 2026: Testimony by John Resman, Rep Dist 121, State House Representative (HB2479 Pro)
- Conference Committee Report
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
