Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 2655: Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases.

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

Plain-language summary

HB 2655 is a bill introduced in the Kansas House on February 3, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases. Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice. Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Senate Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice.