Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2527: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.

Passed both chambers Last action March 26, 2026: Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed

Plain-language summary

HB 2527 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender. Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2026): Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.