Law Enforcement Related Bills Introduced in 2012 Session

Week of January 9-13, 2012 SENATE BILLS

SB249 - Relating to employees; criminal history record check.

SB269 - Alcoholic beverages; retailer licenses, alcoholic liquor.

SB274 - Alcoholic beverages; authorizing extended temporary permits for special events.

SB275 - Alcoholic beverages; repealing the laws pertaining to salesperson's permits.

SB276 - Alcoholic beverages; amendments to law prohibiting licensee from hiring certain employees.

SB277 - Creating the class of "microdistillery" in the Kansas Liquor Control Act.

SB278 - Amendments to school anti-bullying law.

SB279 - Unlawful sexual relations, foster parents and foster children.

SB280 - Sexually violent predator cases; evaluations and expert testimony.

Week of January 16-20, 2012 SENATE BILLS

SB282 - Forfeiture, fleeing or eluding law enforcement.

SB283 - Sheriffs, civil process fees.

SB286 - Use of credit report for employment decisions.

SB288 - Alcoholic beverages; repealing the proportionate pricing requirement for sales of liquor by the drink.

SB298 - Penalties for violating size and weight laws.

SB299 - Public venue license for alcoholic beverages

SB300 - Extending thirty-day vehicle registration to sixty days.

SB304 - Certified batterer intervention program act.

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 - Jury instructions on lesser included crimes in felony murder cases.

SB308 - Amendments to the Kansas criminal code.

SB309 - Elections; corrupt political advertising; stand by your ads requirement.

SB313 - Allowing liquor consumption on department of wildlife, parks and tourism owned or managed lands and waters.

SB314 - Eliminating the fishing and hunting license exemption for persons 65 years of age and older.

Week of January 23-27, 2012 SENATE BILLS

SB320 - Juvenile offender cases; probable cause determinations.

SB321 - Appearance bond conditions; surety and bounty hunter regulation.

SB325 - Controlled substances schedules IV and V.

SB327 - Prescription monitoring program.

SB332 - Creating classes of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail; fees, term and eligibility.

SB334 - Exempting military drivers from CDL testing requirements.

SB337 - Adjutant general authority to fix, charge and collect fees; vulnerability assessments; hazardous materials; creating the Kansas emergency management and homeland security fund.

SB338 - Enacting the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2014

SB340 - Alcoholic liquor; class A private clubs; veterans organizations.

SB342 - Establishing a safety corridor program.

SB343 - Window tinting exemption for private detectives.

Week of January 30-February 3, 2012 SENATE BILLS

SB354 - Enacting the cannabis compassion and care act.

SB358 - Alcoholic beverages; authorizing tastings by manufacturer licensees.

SB362 - Relating to certain persons making reports of abuse or neglect of children.

SB363 – Amending Racial Profiling

SB368 - Amending provisions regarding supervision of drug offenders.

SB372 - Kansas money transmitter act.

 

Week of February 6-10, 2012 SENATE BILLS

 

SB381 - Alcoholic beverages; authorizing sales of cereal malt beverage by a retailer licensed under the Kansas liquor control act.

SB384 - Concerning the Kansas 911 act.

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.

Week of February 13-17, 2012 SENATE BILLS

SB429 - Enacting the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2014.

Week of February 20-24, 2012 SENATE BILLS

SB433 - Appropriations for FY2012, FY 2013, and FY2014 for various state agencies.

SB441 - Vehicle-theft recovery title for certain vehicles.

Week of March 5-9, 2012 SENATE BILLS    

SB451 - Window tinting exemption for certain medical reasons.

SB452 - Alcoholic beverages; permitting tastings on the licensed premises for clubs and drinking establishments.

SB453 - Driving under the influence.

SB454 - Firearms; personal and family protection act; criminal possession of a firearm; expungement.

Week of March 12-16, 2012 SENATE BILLS     LATEST SENATE BILLS

SB465 - Right-of-way violations; increased penalties.

Week of January 9-13, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2417 - Extending the renewal date for individuals whose Kansas driver's licenses expire on the individual's 21st birthday.

HB2418 - Veterans preference; notifying veterans not hired by standard or electronic mail.

HB2419 - Determining defendant's indigency for purposes of appointing counsel.

HB2421 - Kansas firearms freedom act; violations, criminal penalty

HB2422 - Personal and family protection act; corrections officers.

HB2427 - Firearms; firearms dealers; entrapment; criminal penalties. Sub Bill: Protection of LE personal information

HB2431 - Amendments to the educational license plate program.

HB2432 - Providing for a ducks unlimited license plate.

HB2440 - Creating the crime of failure to report the disappearance of a child.

HB2444 - Grades K-12; use of seclusion and restraint of students with disabilities; reporting thereof.

Week of January 16-20, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2458 - Providing an exception for certain vehicles from gross weight limitations.

HB2459 - Allowing department of defense motorcycle training to qualify with reciprocity for Kansas licensure requirements.

HB2460 - Removing first year employer contribution rate for KPERS affiliated employers and allowing for KPERS employers to affiliate for either prior and future service or future service only.

HB2461 - Raising the amount of annual alternative investments within the total amount of assets of the KPERS fund.

HB2462 - Allowing vehicles to proceed through red lights under certain conditions.

HB2464 - Amending criminal discovery statute to prohibit release of child pornography evidence to the defense.

HB2465 - Authorizing sentencing court to order lifetime electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders.

HB2467 - Creating the crimes of unlawful dissemination and possession of a depiction of a minor.

HB2468 - Requiring defense attorneys to produce reports and allow inspection prior to criminal trial.

HB2470 - Amending provisions concerning sales of certain scrap metal.

HB2476 - Prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns on school grounds.

HB2488 - Allowing insurance premium increases as restitution to crime victims.

HB2491 - Lawfully possessed handguns permitted while hunting, fishing and furharvesting.

HB2492 - E-verify program; use of by business and governmental entities.

HB2493 - Supplemental appropriations for FY 2012 and FY 2013 for various state agencies.

HB2494 - Statute of limitations for sexually violent offenses when victim is a child.

HB2496 - Applying the Kansas law enforcement training act to investigators of the juvenile justice authority and department of corrections.

HB2497 - Amending procedures concerning a defendant's competency to stand trial.

HB2498 - Creating a mental health diversion option for county and district attorneys.

Introduced Week of January 23-27, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2499 - Providing for the masonic lodge license plate.

HB2500 - Prohibiting school bus drivers from using hand-held wireless telephones while driving, except under certain circumstances.

HB2506 - Issuance of motorized bicycle licenses to habitual violators.

HB2521 - Imposition of civil penalties for alcohol and tobacco violations.

HB2530 - Relating to the commitment procedure of sexually violent predators.

HB2532 - Creating classes of licenses to sell alcoholic beverages at retail; fees, term and eligibility.

HB2533 - Amending requirements and penalties for failure to report suspected child abuse.

HB2534 - Amending requirements and penalties for failure to report death or disappearance of a child and interference with law enforcement.

HB2535 - Amending statutes affected by 2011 ERO 34 transferring the Kansas parole board to the prisoner review board.

HB2540 - Children in need of care; runaways.

HB2544 - Cities; abandoned houses and qualifications thereof.

HB2545 - Enacting the Kansas public employees retirement system act of 2014.

HB2549 - Preservation of government records by public officials, including e-mail and texting

HB2550 - Alcoholic beverages; prohibition against reduced price of drinks during certain times of day deleted.

HB2556 - Establishing a safety corridor program.

HB2557 - Commercial vehicles' requiring annual registration in lieu of tax payment.

HB2558 - Workers compensation; State workers compensation self insurance fund, State workplace health and safety program, time limitation on filing.

HB2559 - Amendments to the Kansas school safety and security act.

HB2562 - Relating to emergency care or assistance at the scene of an emergency or accident.

HB2567 - Expanding crime of aggravated endangering a child.

HB2568 - Amendments to the Kansas offender registration act.

HB2569 - Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records.

Introduced Week of January 30-February 3, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2574 - Highway patrol; charging certain fees.

HB2575 - Kansas immigration accountability act; state agencies; state contractors.

HB2576 - Immigration; unlawful concealing, harboring or shielding an alien; public benefits, proof of citizenship; failure to carry documentation, enforcement; vital records identity fraud; dealing in false identification documents; penalties; charged with a crime verification of citizenship.

HB2577 - Enrollment and participation in an e-verify program by business and governmental entities; penalties.

HB2578 - Immigration; enforcement of federal immigration laws; determination of citizenship; notification; exchange of information; indemnification; implementation; cooperative agreements.

HB2583 - Relating to offender registrant admittance to or residence within an adult care home.

HB2584 - Knives; restriction on regulations; weapons crimes amended

HB2599 - Providing registration decals for certain antique vehicles.

HB2600 - Amending the medical information confidentiality exception as pertaining to detention of a mental health patient.

HB2601 - Criminalizing refusal to provide certain information to law enforcement upon demand.

HB2602 - Establishing the Kansas criminal alien rapid repatriation act.

HB2613 - Allowing for extension of protective orders under certain circumstances.

HB2627 - Certain deductions from wages authorized.

HB2630 - Federal nontaxable distributions from KPERS retirement benefits to provide retired public safety officers a source to pay for health insurance premiums.

HB2632 - Relating to law enforcement reporting and investigation of missing person reports.

Introduced Week of February 6-February 10, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2636 - Including sexual orientation and gender identity as factors concerning the denial of civil rights.

HB2646 - Cities; abandoned property and qualifications thereof; pertaining to commercial real estate.

HB2648 - Authorizing expungement of child abuse convictions or adjudications.

HB2653 - Requiring the compilation of law enforcement statistics for the purpose of identifying and eliminating racial profiling.

HB2655 - Relating to interference with the judicial process.

HB2656 - Relating to the transfer of adult protective services from the department of social and rehabilitative services to the office of attorney general.

HB2658 - Children in need of care; placement in a secure facility; segregation from general population.

HB2669 - Repealing K.S.A. 19-901, 19-902, 19-903 and 19-904.  Jail matrons

HB2672 - Repealing K.S.A. 19-825 vacating/reinstatement of sheriffs

HB2674 - Highway patrol; administration.

HB2679 - Increasing the liability limits for motor vehicle insurance.

HB2690 - Kansas clean air act smoking on certain premises.

HB2736 - Amending requirements of stalking petitions for defendants under the age of 14.

HB2737 - Allowing for consecutive commitment to a juvenile correctional facility under certain circumstances.

Introduced Week of February 13-17, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2748 - Discharging a firearm inside or into a city; crime; exceptions.

HB2754 - Reporting of certain information regarding newly hired persons.

Introduced Week of February 20-24, 2012 HOUSE BILLS

HB2760 - Appropriations for FY2012, FY 2013, and FY2014 for various state agencies.

HB2762 - Three-year phase in of cost-of-living adjustment for certain retired members of KPERS.

Introduced Week of March 5-9, 2012 HOUSE BILLS        

HB2771 - Relating to appeals; trials; violations of the uniform act regulating traffic on highways.

HB2779 - Human trafficking; crimes of commercial sexual exploitation of a child, selling sexual relations, promoting the sale of sexual relations and buying sexual relations.

Introduced Week of March 12-16, 2012 HOUSE BILLS           LATEST HOUSE BILLS

HB2784 - Repealing certain motor fees and surcharges; VIPS/CAMA technology hardware fee, division of vehicles modernization surcharge; driver's license photo fee

HB2786 - Moratorium on employer contributions to KPERS death and disability plan during fourth quarter of fiscal year 2012.