Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2413: Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Engrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026

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HB 2413 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 12, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught. Primary sponsor: Kevin Schwertfeger (Republican), Megan Steele (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 9, 2026): Engrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026.

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