SB 186

  • Kansas Senate Bill
  • 2025-2026 Regular Session
  • Introduced in Senate Feb 20, 2025
  • Passed Senate Feb 19, 2025
  • Passed House Mar 20, 2025
  • Signed by Governor Apr 11, 2025

Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.

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Apr 11, 2025

Senate

Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025

Senate

Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025

Apr 10, 2025

Senate

Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

Senate

Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;

Mar 27, 2025

House

Conference committee report now available

House

Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 124 Nay: 0

Mar 24, 2025

House

Motion to accede adopted; Representative Humphries, Representative Williams, L. and Representative Osman appointed as conferees

Senate

Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed

Mar 20, 2025

House

Committee of the Whole - Now working on

House

Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

House

Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

House

Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 100 Nay: 18

Mar 19, 2025

House

Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary

Mar 05, 2025

House

Hearing: Tuesday, March 11, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 582-N

Feb 25, 2025

House

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Feb 20, 2025

House

Received and Introduced

Feb 19, 2025

Senate

Committee of the Whole - Be passed

Senate

Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0

Senate

Committee of the Whole - Now working on

Feb 17, 2025

Senate

Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by

Senate

Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders

Feb 05, 2025

Senate

Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Senate

Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 10:30 AM Room 346-S

Feb 04, 2025

Senate

Introduced

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
As introduced PDF
As Amended by House Committee PDF
Enrolled PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
As Amended by House Committee Supp Note PDF
As introduced Supp Note PDF
As introduced Fiscal Note PDF

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