Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2192: Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Plain-language summary

HB 2192 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs. Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.