Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2538: Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong.

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

Plain-language summary

HB 2538 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on January 23, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong. Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Judiciary.