SESSION OF 2021
SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE ON SENATE BILL NO. 59
As Recommended by Senate Committee on
Judiciary

Brief*
SB 59 would replace references to “sexual relations”
with the term “a sex act” in various statutes. Specifically, the
crimes of selling sexual relations, promoting sexual relations,
and buying sexual relations would be renamed selling a sex
act, promoting a sex act, and buying a sex act. The bill would
amend other statutes to update the references to the names
of these crimes.
The bill also would make technical amendments to
ensure consistency in statutory references and phrasing.

Background
The bill was introduced by the Senate Committee on
Judiciary at the request of the Office of the Attorney General
(OAG).

Senate Committee on Judiciary
In the Senate Committee hearing on February 2, 2021, a
representative of the Human Trafficking Advisory Board within
the OAG testified as a proponent of the bill, stating the need
to more accurately reflect the non-consensual nature of
crimes involving sexual relations. A representative of the
Kansas Association of Chiefs of Police, Kansas Peace
Officers Association, and Kansas Sheriffs Association
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*Supplemental notes are prepared by the Legislative Research
Department and do not express legislative intent. The supplemental
note and fiscal note for this bill may be accessed on the Internet at
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provided written-only proponent testimony. No other
testimony was provided.
On February 3, 2021, the Senate Committee
recommended the bill be placed on the Consent Calendar.

Fiscal Information
According to the fiscal note prepared by the Division of
the Budget on the bill, the Office of Judicial Administration
indicates enactment of the bill could have a fiscal effect on
the Judicial Branch because the bill’s provisions could result
in additional hearings and pretrial motions to dismiss;
however, a fiscal effect cannot be estimated. Any fiscal effect
associated with the bill is not reflected in The FY 2022
Governor’s Budget Report.
Sexual relations; sex offenses; crimes and criminal procedure; terminology


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Statutes affected:
As introduced: 21-5401, 21-6328, 21-6419, 21-6422, 21-6420, 75-758, 21-6421, 22-2515, 22-2530, 22-3901, 22-3902, 22-3903, 22-4902, 22-4906, 38-2202, 38-2287, 41-311, 41-2601, 41-1201, 60-31a02, 60-4104, 21-6423, 68-2255