Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2227: Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.

Did not advance Last action April 10, 2026: Died in Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 2227 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system. Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.