Kansas · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 442: Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy.

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

Plain-language summary

SB 442 is a bill introduced in the Kansas Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Increasing the criminal penalties for exposing another to a communicable disease and modifying the elements of such crime to include otherwise lawful or unlawful sexual intercourse or sodomy. Primary sponsor: Dinah Sykes (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 10, 2026): Died in Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Dinah Sykes (Democratic).