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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed HouseFeb 18, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Kansas House Bill
Limiting the use of a summons instead of a warrant for the arrest of a defendant to misdemeanor crimes and requiring that any bond set on a warrant issued after a failure to appear in response to a summons shall not allow release on the defendant's own recognizance.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Apr 10, 2026: Died in Senate Committee
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 2610
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- House Committee on Judiciarysponsor
Votes
YES: 88
- Avery Anderson
- Francis Awerkamp
- Bradley Barrett
- Brian Bergkamp
- Emil Bergquist
- Doug Blex
- Lewis "Bill" Bloom
- Lauren Bohi
- Jesse Borjon
- Sherri Brantley
- Steve Brunk
- Ron Bryce
- David Buehler
- Nathan Butler
- Carolyn Caiharr
- Blake Carpenter
- Will Carpenter
- Shawn Chauncey
- Kenneth Collins
- Ken Corbet
- Chris Croft
- Leo Delperdang
- Duane Droge
- Ronald Ellis
- Charlotte Esau
- Robyn R. Essex
- Susan Estes
- Brett Fairchild
- Shannon Francis
- Fred Gardner
- Dan Goddard
- Jason W. Goetz
- Daniel Hawkins
- Dale Helwig
- Kyle Hoffman
- Nick Hoheisel
- Steven K. Howe
- Leah Howell
- Cyndi Howerton
- Steve Huebert
- Susan Humphries
- Rick James
- Timothy Johnson
- Tom Kessler
- Mike King
- Bob Lewis
- Marty Long
- Kyle McNorton
- Jim Minnix
- Lisa M. Moser
- Lance W. Neelly
- Sandy Pickert
- Lon Pishny
- Samantha Poetter Parshall
- Pat Proctor
- Ken Rahjes
- Allen Reavis
- Rep. Resman
- Bill Rhiley
- Angelina Roeser
- Webster T. Roth
- Clarke Sanders
- Courtney Sappington
- Rebecca Schmoe
- Mark Schreiber
- Kevin Schwertfeger
- Joe Seiwert
- Adam Smith
- Chuck Smith
- Megan Steele
- Angela Stiens
- Bill Sutton
- Kyler Sweely
- Sean Tarwater
- Adam Turk
- Carl Turner
- Chip VanHouden
- Paul Waggoner
- Jill Ward
- Barb Wasinger
- Troy Waymaster
- Gary White
- Rick Wilborn
- Sean Willcott
- Kristey Williams
- Laura Williams
- Greg Wilson
- Dawn Wolf
NO: 36
- John Alcala
- Mike Amyx
- Barbara Ballard
- Abi Boatman
- Wanda Brownlee Paige
- Sydney Carlin
- John Carmichael
- Ford Carr
- Pam Curtis
- Linda Featherston
- Kirk Haskins
- Henry Helgerson
- Jo Ella Hoye
- Angela Martinez
- Nikki McDonald
- Lynn Melton
- Heather Meyer
- Brooklynne Mosley
- Cindy Neighbor
- KC Ohaebosim
- Melissa Oropeza
- Dan Osman
- Jarrod Ousley
- Mari-Lynn Poskin
- Louis Ruiz
- Susan Ruiz
- Tom Sawyer
- Stephanie Sawyer Clayton
- Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Alexis Simmons
- Jerry Stogsdill
- Lindsay Vaughn
- Virgil Weigel
- Suzanne Wikle
- Brandon Woodard
- Rui Xu
ABSENT: 1
Actions
- Apr 10, 2026 | Senate
- Died in Senate Committee
- Mar 03, 2026 | Senate
- Hearing: Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S event
- Feb 19, 2026 | Senate
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 18, 2026 | House
- Final Action - Passed; Yea 88, Nay 36, Absent 1
- Feb 17, 2026 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Feb 10, 2026 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary
- Feb 03, 2026 | House
- Hearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N event
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
Bill Texts
Documents
- As Introduced - Supplementary NotePDF
- As Introduced - Supplementary NoteHTML
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)PDF
- House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary (Tue, Feb 10, 2026)HTML
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2026: Minutes
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Jason Thompson, Revisors Office
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Shane Rolf, KS Bail Agents Assoc
- House · Committee on Judiciary, Feb 3, 2026: Testimony by Rep Laura Williams, KS 30th District
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Minutes
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Laura Williams, House Representative Dist 30, State of Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Mike Kagay, District Attorney, Shawnee Co Dist Attorney Office
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Shane Rolf, Exec VP, Kansas Bail Agents Assoc
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Norbert Marek, Judge, 2nd Judicial Dist, Jackson Co
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Sheriff Jeff Easter, Sedgwick Co, KS Sheriffs Assoc
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Marc Bennett, District Attorney, 18th Judicial Dist
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Jennifer Roth, Opponent
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Carter Jones,, Public Defender, Topeka
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Logan DeMond, Director of Policy and Research, ACLU Kansas
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Jack Beck, BIDS Legislative Committee
- Senate · Committee on Judiciary, Mar 3, 2026: Testimony by Natalie Scott, Revisor's Office, State of Kansas
