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IntroducedJan 23, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant has any prior conviction or adjudication of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement for work release or educational release programs if the inmate has any prior conviction or adjudication of a crime that requires registration as a sex offender.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 26, 2026: Referred to Committee on Judiciary
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
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
- 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
