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 Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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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.
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Sponsors
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed
- Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea 46, Nay 75, Absent 4
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 2
- Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026
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