Kansas Senate Bill 18 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: Passed on May 14 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-05-14 - Senate Approved by Governor on Monday, May 13, 2019
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Providing a process for the attorney general to enter into diversion agreements; authorizing certain entities to access a criminal defendant's presentence investigation report; amending the crime of counterfeiting currency; clarifying the definition of comparable offense under the Kansas criminal code, the timing of claiming error on appeal, and the grounds for a motion to correct an illegal sentence; allowing use of certified drug abuse treatment programs for certain offenders convicted of unlawful cultivation or distribution of controlled substances; amending available sanctions for violation of condition of postrelease supervision; increasing criminal penalties for abuse of a child and involuntary manslaughter when the victim is under 6 years of age and making a presumption of unfitness against any parent convicted of either crime; exempting certain victims from being considered an aggressor or participant as a mitigating factor when considering a departure sentence; requiring law enforcement officers to provide information about timing of release from custody when an arrest is made following a domestic violence call.

Providing a process for the attorney general to enter into diversion agreements; authorizing certain entities to access a criminal defendant's presentence investigation report; amending the crime of counterfeiting currency; clarifying the definition of comparable offense under the Kansas criminal code, the timing of claiming error on appeal, and the grounds for a motion to correct an illegal sentence; allowing use of certified drug abuse treatment programs for certain offenders convicted of unlawful cultivation or distribution of controlled substances; amending available sanctions for violation of condition of postrelease supervision; increasing criminal penalties for abuse of a child and involuntary manslaughter when the victim is under 6 years of age and making a presumption of unfitness against any parent convicted of either crime; exempting certain victims from being considered an aggressor or participant as a mitigating factor when considering a departure sentence; requiring law enforcement officers to provide information about timing of release from custody when an arrest is made following a domestic violence call.

Senate Judiciary Committee

2019-05-01 - Senate - Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 37 Nay: 3 (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-04-05 - House - House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 123 Nay: 0 (Y: 123 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-03-26 - House - House Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 124 Nay: 0 (Y: 124 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate Consent Calendar Passed - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-14	Senate	Senate Approved by Governor on Monday, May 13, 2019
2019-05-29	Senate	Senate Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, May 6, 2019
2019-05-01	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 3
2019-05-01	Senate	Senate Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
2019-04-05	House	House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0
2019-04-05	House	House Conference committee report now available
2019-04-01	House	House Motion to accede adopted; Representative Patton, Representative Ralph and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
2019-03-27	Senate	Senate Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Senator Wilborn , Senator Rucker and Senator Miller as conferees
2019-03-26	House	House Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0
2019-03-25	House	House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2019-03-25	House	House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2019-03-22	House	House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
2019-03-07	House	House Hearing: Thursday, March 7, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
2019-02-15	House	House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-02-15	House	House Received and Introduced
2019-02-14	Senate	Senate Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
2019-02-07	Senate	Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by
2019-01-29	Senate	Senate Hearing: Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
2019-01-17	Senate	Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2019-01-16	Senate	Senate Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/sb18/
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb18_00_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb18_01_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/sb18_enrolled.pdf
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/vote_view/je_20190214151728_269542/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/vote_view/je_20190326115931_160873/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/vote_view/je_20190405103353_462234/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/vote_view/je_20190501144037_327308/