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IntroducedJan 23, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed SenateMar 19, 2026
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 19, 2026: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: Bills Under Consideration to Concur or Nonconcur
Position: 25
Summary
Comments on HB 2527
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justicesponsor

Votes
YES: 109
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brunk
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Caiharr
- B. Carpenter
- W. Carpenter
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helgerson
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L. Ruiz
- S. Ruiz
- Sanders
- Sappington
- Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A. Smith
- C. Smith
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K. Williams
- L. Williams
- Wilson
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 13
ABSENT: 3
Actions
- Mar 19, 2026 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Monday, March 16, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- Feb 26, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 25, 2026 | House
- Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
- Feb 19, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 109 Nay: 13
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
- Feb 12, 2026 | House
- Hearing continuation: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Hearing continuation: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- Jan 28, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S - CANCELED
- Jan 23, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
Documents
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- As Amended by House Committee - Supplementary Note
- As Amended by Senate Committee - Supplementary Note
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Rep. Dr. Megan D. Steele, Ph.D, Kansas Representative (HB 2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Megan D. Steele, PhD, Kansas Representative (HB 2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Rep. Barrett, Kansas Representative (HB 2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Kenneth L. Ratzlaff, Private Citizan (HB 2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Ellen Johnson, Private Citizen (HB 2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Thu, Feb 12, 2026: Testimony by Linda Crandall, Private Citizen (HB 2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisor, State of Kansas (HB2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Eric Kirsch, Sheriff, Wabaunsee County (HB2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Roth, Private Citizen (HB2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Linda Crandall, Private Citizen (HB2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Linda Crandall, Private Citizen (HB2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Julie Strick, Private Citizen (HB2527)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Mon, Feb 2, 2026: Testimony by Dr. Megan D. Steele, Ph.D, State of Kansas (HB 2527 Proponent)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Wed, Jan 28, 2026: Minutes
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Wed, Jan 28, 2026: Testimony by Representative Dr. Megan Steele Ph.D., State of Kansas (HB 2527 Proponent)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Wed, Jan 28, 2026: Testimony by Eric Kirsch, Sheriff, Wabaunsee County (HB 2527 Proponent)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Wed, Jan 28, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Roth, Attorney, Self Employed Defense Attorney (HB 2527 Opponent)
- House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice, Wed, Jan 28, 2026: Testimony by Linda Crandall, Private Citizen (HB 2527 Opponent)
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
