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House Committee on Judiciary

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    • Meeting Day: Daily Time: 3:30 pm Location: 582-N

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    Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

    Bills In Committee
    HB2001 - Defining grounds for impeachment of justices of the supreme court and certain judges of the district court.
    HB2074 - Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
    HB2129 - Requiring defendants who petition the court for forensic DNA testing to notify the court when such testing is complete and request a hearing based on whether the evidence is favorable or unfavorable.
    HB2169 - Permitting a prosecution for childhood sexual abuse to be commenced at any time, permitting victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring a civil action for recovery of damages caused by such abuse at any time and reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984.
    HB2183 - Removing the cap on damages that may be awarded in wrongful death actions.
    HB2185 - Permitting short form notification service and alternative methods of service under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act and clarifying precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act.
    HB2222 - Prohibiting the enforcement of federal rules or regulations and the promulgation of state rules and regulations to carry out such enforcement without legislative approval.
    HB2250 - Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for adults who want decision-making assistance.
    HB2294 - Increasing the required age to 21 to purchase or possess cigarettes and tobacco products including electronic cigarettes and establishing unlawful acts under the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act and penalties for violations thereof.
    HB2345 - Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for adults who want decision-making assistance.
    HB2352 - Requiring the plaintiff's attorney to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that property is subject to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act.
    HB2356 - Creating a presumption that joint legal custody and maximized parenting time in temporary parenting plans are in the best interests of a child and defining related terms under the Kansas family law code.
    HB2357 - Requiring that appointees to the supreme court be determined to be qualified by the senate.
    HB2379 - Requiring protection from abuse and protection from stalking, sexual assault and human trafficking orders to restrain the plaintiff from contacting the defendant.
    HB2381 - Requiring the court to appoint an attorney to represent a child who is the subject of child in need of care proceedings and allowing for the optional appointment of a guardian ad litem.
    HB2383 - Allowing certain persons to take the examination to be certified by the supreme court as qualified to be a district magistrate judge.
    HB2396 - Requiring a criminal conviction for civil asset forfeiture and proof beyond a reasonable doubt that property is subject to forfeiture, remitting proceeds to the state general fund and requiring law enforcement agencies to make forfeiture reports more frequently.
    HB2409 - Enacting the Kansas uniform parentage act (2017).
    HB2423 - Enacting the act against abusive access litigation to create a civil action for determining whether litigation that alleges any access violation under the Americans with disabilities act or similar law constitutes abusive litigation and authorizing penalties for such abusive litigation.
    HB2488 - Adding the conduct of intentionally advising or encouraging another person to commit or attempt to commit suicide in the crime of assisting suicide.
    HB2497 - Prohibiting district magistrate judges from issuing search warrants.
    HB2550 - Allowing victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of such abuse at any time and reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984.
    HB2592 - Requiring the use of age-verification technology to permit access to internet websites containing material that is harmful to minors.
    HB2593 - Amending the uniform arbitration act of 2000 to make certain agreements to arbitrate in contracts of insurance invalid and creating exceptions therefor.
    HB2691 - Requiring landowners whose land is taken by eminent domain for electric transmission lines to be compensated at not less than fair market value multiplied by 150%.
    HB2692 - Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong.
    HB2693 - Enacting the uniform partition of heirs property act to prescribe procedures and requirements for partition of certain real property.
    HB2721 - Allowing victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of such abuse at any time and reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984.
    HB2753 - Creating the crime of aggravated sexual extortion, providing criminal penalties for violations thereof and adding making a demand for money or other thing of value to the elements of sexual extortion.
    HB2767 - Requiring agencies and other entities subject to the administrative procedure act to confirm receipt of service of an order or notice prior to the imposition of fines or penalties.
    HB2780 - Requiring persons who file lawsuits for wrongful conviction compensation to prove additional information, changing the compensation rates to daily rates instead of yearly rates and limiting housing assistance offered to such persons.
    HB2782 - Authorizing the secretary of corrections to use hypoxia for the purpose of carrying out a sentence of death and requiring the district court to issue a warrant to the secretary of corrections to carry out a sentence of death.
    Resolutions In Committee
    HR6032 - Affirming the Kansas house of representatives' unwavering support for the free press in the state of Kansas.
    Sponsored Bills
    SB190 - House Substitute for SB 190 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring persons who file lawsuits for wrongful conviction compensation to prove additional information, changing the compensation rates to daily rates instead of yearly rates and limiting housing assistance to such persons.
    SB232 - House Substitute for Substitute for SB 232 by Committee on Judiciary - Directing the secretary for children and families to consider foster parents as prospective adoptive parents under certain circumstances.
    SB244 - House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating the Kansas general corporation code, the business entity transactions act, the business entity standard treatment act, the Kansas revised uniform limited partnership act and the Kansas uniform partnership act.
    SB349 - House Substitute for SB 349 by Committee on Judiciary - Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.
    HB2015 - Authorizing the designee of an employing agency or entity to petition the court for an order requiring infectious disease testing.
    HB2016 - Clarifying how property held under a transfer-on-death deed is distributed when one beneficiary predeceases the grantor.
    HB2017 - Enacting the uniform family law arbitration act.
    HB2018 - Permitting a will or a copy of a will filed within six months after the death of the testator to be admitted to probate at any time.
    HB2028 - Requiring certain records to be automatically expunged from a person's criminal record.
    HB2029 - Increasing the time of an initial restraining order and possible extensions issued in a protection from abuse order or a protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking order.
    HB2074 - Allowing courts to prohibit possession of a firearm in a temporary custody order pursuant to the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
    HB2121 - Substitute for HB 2121 by the Committee on Judiciary - Extending the suspension of statutory speedy trial time limitations and providing that time during the COVID-19 public health emergency shall not be assessed against the state.
    HB2127 - Adjusting time requirements linked to notice by publication and mailing in the Kansas probate code.
    HB2128 - Creating definitions of "intimate partner" and "intimate partner violence" in the Kansas criminal code and requiring certain considerations be made in determining bond when a crime is committed against an intimate partner.
    HB2129 - Requiring defendants who petition the court for forensic DNA testing to notify the court when such testing is complete and request a hearing based on whether the evidence is favorable or unfavorable.
    HB2130 - Permitting a copy of a will to be filed and admitted to probate, increasing certain dollar amounts in the Kansas probate code, adjusting time requirements linked to notice by publication and mailing in the Kansas probate code and clarifying how property held under a transfer-on-death deed is distributed when one beneficiary predeceases the grantor.
    HB2131 - Providing that the mission of the judicial council is to study the administration of justice in Kansas and make recommendations for improvements therefor.
    HB2144 - Authorizing modification of a noncharitable irrevocable trust to provide that the rule against perpetuities is inapplicable, providing that the Kansas uniform statutory rule against perpetuities is inapplicable to trusts under certain circumstances and modifying the definition of resident trust in the Kansas income tax act.
    HB2171 - Providing that peer review privilege for healthcare providers does not apply to factual information.
    HB2172 - Enacting the uniform trust decanting act, authorizing modification of a noncharitable irrevocable trust to provide that the rule against perpetuities is inapplicable, providing that the Kansas uniform statutory rule against perpetuities is inapplicable to trusts under certain circumstances and modifying the definition of resident trust in the Kansas income tax act.
    HB2183 - Removing the cap on damages that may be awarded in wrongful death actions.
    HB2185 - Permitting short form notification service and alternative methods of service under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act and clarifying precedence of child-related orders issued under the protection from abuse act.
    HB2215 - Creating the crime of utilizing a drug-masking product and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    HB2216 - Removing the mandatory term of imprisonment as a penalty for driving with license that is canceled, suspended or revoked for failure to pay fines.
    HB2217 - Requiring that a criminal sentence be presumptive imprisonment if a person felony was committed against a person based on that person's actual or perceived race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin or sexual orientation.
    HB2246 - Substitute for HB 2246 by Committee on Judiciary - Establishing requirements for the involuntary discharge or transfer of a resident in an adult residential care facility and authorizing the secretary to investigate and assess a penalty for violations.
    HB2250 - Enacting the supported decision-making agreements act to provide a statutory framework for adults who want decision-making assistance.
    HB2251 - Authorizing the department of education to contract with a private vendor to install and operate school bus cameras.
    HB2293 - Requiring prosecutors to disclose their intent to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
    HB2294 - Increasing the required age to 21 to purchase or possess cigarettes and tobacco products including electronic cigarettes and establishing unlawful acts under the Kansas cigarette and tobacco products act and penalties for violations thereof.
    HB2326 - Extending the sunset date on the scrap metal theft reduction act and clarifying that catalytic converters are covered by the act.
    HB2351 - Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel for an indigent person.
    HB2352 - Requiring the plaintiff's attorney to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that property is subject to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act.
    HB2353 - Increasing the amount of time a person may be held for treatment and adding criteria for when continued treatment may be ordered under the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.
    HB2354 - Requiring involuntary commitment proceedings to be commenced for a defendant who is awaiting a competency determination.
    HB2355 - Removing sodomy between consenting members of the same sex from the crime of criminal sodomy.
    HB2356 - Creating a presumption that joint legal custody and maximized parenting time in temporary parenting plans are in the best interests of a child and defining related terms under the Kansas family law code.
    HB2357 - Requiring that appointees to the supreme court be determined to be qualified by the senate.
    HB2379 - Requiring protection from abuse and protection from stalking, sexual assault and human trafficking orders to restrain the plaintiff from contacting the defendant.
    HB2380 - Requiring a criminal conviction for civil asset forfeiture, remitting proceeds from civil asset forfeiture to the state general fund, increasing the burden of proof required to forfeit property, making certain property ineligible for forfeiture, providing persons involved in forfeiture proceedings representation by counsel and the ability to demand a jury trial and allowing a person to request a hearing on whether forfeiture is excessive.
    HB2381 - Requiring the court to appoint an attorney to represent a child who is the subject of child in need of care proceedings and allowing for the optional appointment of a guardian ad litem.
    HB2383 - Allowing certain persons to take the examination to be certified by the supreme court as qualified to be a district magistrate judge.
    HB2395 - Continuing in existence certain exceptions to the disclosure of public records under the open records act.
    HB2396 - Requiring a criminal conviction for civil asset forfeiture and proof beyond a reasonable doubt that property is subject to forfeiture, remitting proceeds to the state general fund and requiring law enforcement agencies to make forfeiture reports more frequently.
    HB2409 - Enacting the Kansas uniform parentage act (2017).
    HB2510 - Authorizing a party to obtain discovery of the existence and content of an agreement for third-party funding of litigation under the code of civil procedure.
    HB2549 - Changing the lists of persons who are required to be given notice of the hearing on a petition for an independent or stepparent, private agency or public agency adoption and limiting a petition to terminate parental rights to adoption proceedings and setting requirements for such petitions filed separately from petitions for adoption.
    HB2550 - Allowing victims of childhood sexual abuse to bring a civil action for recovery of damages suffered as a result of such abuse at any time and reviving claims against any party for such damages that occurred on or after July 1, 1984.
    HB2557 - Expanding the definition of "peer support counseling session" in the rules of evidence.
    HB2592 - Requiring the use of age-verification technology to permit access to internet websites containing material that is harmful to minors.
    HB2593 - Amending the uniform arbitration act of 2000 to make certain agreements to arbitrate in contracts of insurance invalid and creating exceptions therefor.
    HB2604 - Increasing the dollar amount for a small claim to $10,000.
    HB2605 - Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel for an indigent person.
    HB2606 - Specifying that certain drug offenses do not give rise to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act, requiring courts to make a finding that forfeiture is not excessive, restricting actions prior to commencement of forfeiture proceedings, requiring probable cause affidavit filing and review to commence proceedings, increasing the burden of proof required to forfeit property to clear and convincing evidence and authorizing courts to order payment of attorney fees and costs for certain claimants.
    HB2675 - Enacting the uniform nonparent visitation act. 
    HB2676 - Substitute for HB 2676 by Committee on Judiciary - Creating the crime of encouraging suicide and providing criminal penalties therefor.
    HB2691 - Requiring landowners whose land is taken by eminent domain for electric transmission lines to be compensated at not less than fair market value multiplied by 150%.
    HB2692 - Providing an exception to criminal liability when a defendant has a mental disease or defect so as not to know the nature of the act or that such act was wrong.
    HB2693 - Enacting the uniform partition of heirs property act to prescribe procedures and requirements for partition of certain real property.
    HB2707 - Modifying automobile insurance policy uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage liability limitations for bodily injury or death.
    HB2708 - Eliminating the cap on nonpecuniary loss in a wrongful death action when the action is brought against a person convicted of murder and extending the statute of limitations for wrongful death actions from two years to five years.
    HB2753 - Creating the crime of aggravated sexual extortion, providing criminal penalties for violations thereof and adding making a demand for money or other thing of value to the elements of sexual extortion.
    HB2754 - Authorizing counties to use home rule powers to exempt from conducting school sanitary inspections.
    HB2755 - Requiring compensated sureties who post bond in municipal court to comply with certain requirements, requiring a minimum bond premium in district court and providing reasons for suspending or terminating authorization of a compensated surety.
    HB2780 - Requiring persons who file lawsuits for wrongful conviction compensation to prove additional information, changing the compensation rates to daily rates instead of yearly rates and limiting housing assistance offered to such persons.
    HB2781 - Allowing compensation from the crime victims compensation board to be awarded for criminally injurious conduct, and increasing the amount that can be transferred from the crime victims compensation fund to the crime victims assistance fund in each fiscal year.
    HB2782 - Authorizing the secretary of corrections to use hypoxia for the purpose of carrying out a sentence of death and requiring the district court to issue a warrant to the secretary of corrections to carry out a sentence of death.
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