Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary

Meeting Day: Daily Time: 9:30 am Location: 548-S

Committee Agenda
Committee Minutes
Testimony
Committee Index

Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

Bills In Committee
SB7 - Substitute for SB 7 by Committee on Judiciary -- Driving under the influence.
SB44 - Removing the gifts from a spouse exception from marital property in a divorce.
SB47 - Amendments to the uniform trust code.
SB48 - Amendments to the probate code.
SB56 - Amending the crime of criminal sodomy.
SB73 - Amending criminal discovery statute to prohibit release of child pornography evidence to the defense.
SB84 - Relating to permanency planning.
SB91 - Public health care; sexual assault survivors right to emergency contraception information.
SB94 - Notification of parties of a temporary hearing.
SB96 - Business entities; certificate of good standing; resident agents; reinstatement of articles of organization.
SB105 - Interest on judgments in civil actions.
SB106 - Amending the consumer protection act.
SB107 - Medical expenses; persons in custody of law enforcement, cities and counties.
SB146 - Amending statutes regulating late-term and partial birth abortion.
SB158 - Full and fair noneconomic damages act.
SB164 - Record requirements and civil penalties relating to sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers.
SB165 - Licensing of abortion clinics by department of health and environment.
SB175 - Videotaping felony interrogations.
SB217 - Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; reimbursement for costs related to habeas corpus actions to the county from the sexually violent predator expense fund.
SB231 - Establishing the new Kansas parole board and the prisoner review board and transferring powers and duties from the Kansas parole board.
SB239 - Abolishing the death penalty; creating the crime of aggravated murder.
SB285 - Mis-classification of employees; penalty.
SB321 - Appearance bond conditions; surety and bounty hunter regulation.
SB360 - Relating to the state child death review board.
SB368 - Amending provisions regarding supervision of drug offenders.
SB396 - Lateral support of land and buildings; protections for party walls.
SB413 - Creating the professional employer organization registration act.
SB443 - Addiction counselors.
HB2070 - Eminent domain; appraisers' award; notification and restriction.
HB2101 - Court of appeals judges appointed by the governor, confirmed by the Senate; eliminating the nominating commission for the court of appeals appointments.
HB2106 - Substitute for HB 2106 by Committee on Judiciary -- Relating to trespass and liability; exceptions.
HB2121 - Relating to the coroner’s permit to cremate.
HB2253 - Private rights of action; restrictions.
HB2521 - Imposition of civil penalties for alcohol and tobacco violations.
HB2531 - Workers compensation and employment security boards nominating committee.
HB2533 - Amending requirements and penalties for failure to report suspected child abuse.
HB2558 - Workers compensation; State workers compensation self insurance fund, State workplace health and safety program, time limitation on filing.
HB2741 - Amending the Kansas family law code.

Resolutions In Committee
SCR1603 - Abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; supreme court justices appointed by the governor subject to consent by the house of representatives and the senate.
SCR1604 - Constitutional amendment to preserve right to choose health care services and participate in health insurance plan.

Sponsored Bills
SB6 - Criminal procedure; search incident to arrest.
SB7 - Substitute for SB 7 by Committee on Judiciary -- Driving under the influence.
SB9 - Amendments to the code of civil procedure.
SB23 - Jury trials for juvenile offenders.
SB24 - Domestic relations; relating to the recodification of certain domestic relations matters.
SB34 - Driver's licenses; habitual violators; motorized bicycles.
SB35 - Attorney-client privilege and work-product protection.
SB36 - Exemption from creditors for assets held in qualified retirement plans and regular and Roth individual retirement accounts.
SB37 - Sentencing; payment of fines; employment of county and city prisoners.
SB38 - Children; permanency and priority of orders.
SB39 - Sub for SB39 by Committe on Judiciary; creating the classification of "aggravated sex offender" and establishing residency restrictions.
SB44 - Removing the gifts from a spouse exception from marital property in a divorce.
SB45 - Removing the trust's taxpayer identification number from the certification of trust.
SB46 - Amending civil procedure code general provisions relating to electronic filing.
SB47 - Amendments to the uniform trust code.
SB48 - Amendments to the probate code.
SB55 - Amending the crime of harassment by telecommunication device.
SB56 - Amending the crime of criminal sodomy.
SB60 - Eliminating direct appeals to the supreme court for certain off-grid felonies.
SB62 - Assessment of court costs under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act.
SB63 - Amending the crime of sexual exploitation of a child.
SB73 - Amending criminal discovery statute to prohibit release of child pornography evidence to the defense.
SB74 - Conduct and offenses giving rise to forfeiture; adding electronic solicitation and sexual exploitation of a child.
SB79 - Requiring the debt setoff collection assistance fee to be an additional cost to all debts owed to the court.
SB81 - Substitute for SB 81 by Committee on Judiciary -- Children and minors; temporary custody; permanency planning; adoption.
SB83 - Employment of retired judges and justices; deleting requirement that: They enter into an agreement within five years of retirement; or if they didn't sign up prior to retirement, they enter an agreement within 30 days prior to their anniversary date of retirement.
SB96 - Business entities; certificate of good standing; resident agents; reinstatement of articles of organization.
SB97 - Concerning courts; relating to court fees and costs; relating to the judicial branch surcharge fund.
SB104 - Tort claims act; dentistry by charitable health care providers
SB105 - Interest on judgments in civil actions.
SB106 - Amending the consumer protection act.
SB107 - Medical expenses; persons in custody of law enforcement, cities and counties.
SB142 - Making expressions of apology, sympathy, commiseration or condolence inadmissible as evidence of an admission of liability or an admission against interest.
SB159 - Substitute for SB 159 by Committee on Judiciary -- Conditions of release for parolees and probationers; searches; expunged records; petitions for relief of disabilities for firearms prohibitions.
SB164 - Record requirements and civil penalties relating to sales of plastic bulk merchandise containers.
SB175 - Videotaping felony interrogations.
SB176 - Making lawful presence in the United States a specific consideration in determining conditions of release for a person charged with a crime.
SB279 - Unlawful sexual relations, foster parents and foster children.
SB280 - Sexually violent predator cases; evaluations and expert testimony.
SB281 - Relating to the commission on judicial performance.
SB282 - Substitute for SB 282 by Committee on Judiciary -- Forfeiture, fleeing or eluding law enforcement.
SB283 - Substitute for SB 283 by Committee on Judiciary -- Sheriffs, civil process fees.
SB291 - Kansas restraint of trade act; doctrine of the rule of reason.
SB292 - Revoking an ex-spouse's inheritance rights upon divorce.
SB293 - Filing of wills and admission to probate.
SB297 - Removing the gifts from a spouse exception from marital property in a divorce.
SB305 - Time for criminal trials; competency decision time not counted against the state.
SB306 - Intimidation of a witness; including SRS personnel and mandatory abuse reporters as protected witnesses.
SB307 - Substitute for SB 307 by Committee on Judiciary -- Lesser included crimes; felony murder.
SB308 - Amendments to the Kansas criminal code.
SB320 - Juvenile offender cases; probable cause determinations.
SB321 - Appearance bond conditions; surety and bounty hunter regulation.
SB322 - Court fees and costs; judicial branch surcharge fund.
SB330 - Relating to malpractice liability screening panels.
SB359 - Substitute for SB 359 by Committee on Judiciary --Interest on judgments in civil actions.
SB360 - Relating to the state child death review board.
SB366 - Relating to attachment and garnishment.
SB367 - Expanding jury pools to include Kansas income tax filers.
SB368 - Amending provisions regarding supervision of drug offenders.
SB394 - Relating to transfer or discharge of certain offenders.
SB395 - Relating to intestate succession.
SB396 - Lateral support of land and buildings; protections for party walls.
SB403 - Relating to conversion of a trust into a unitrust.
SB404 - Relating to spendthrift trusts.
SB422 - Relating to judges pro tem.
SB423 - Supreme court authority to allocate judicial resources, including assignment of judges.
SB424 - Kansas law enforcement training act; Kansas commission on peace officers' standards and training.
SB425 - Court fees and costs; establishing, operating and maintaining electronic document filing, storage and management for the Kansas court system.
HB2008 - Senate Substitute for HB 2008 by Committee on Judicary -- Creating a special sentencing rule for identity theft and identity fraud.
HB2027 - Rules and regulations filing act
HB2029 - Charitable health care provider defined to include untrasound technologist.
HB2071 - Senate Substitute for HB 2071 by Committee on Judiciary --Civil commitment of sexually violent predators; reimbursement for costs related to habeas corpus actions to the county from the sexually violent predator espense fud; amending the rules of evidence regarding expert testimony.
HB2313 - Senate Substitute for HB 2313 by Committee on Judiciary -- Creating an out of state juvenile offender registration requirement.
HB2318 - Senate Substitute for Substitute for HB 2318 by Committee on Judiciary -- Amendments to the recodified criminal controlled substances provisions; new drug sentencing grid; supervision of drug offenders.