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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Senate Bill 530 Clarifies State and National Criminal History Record Checks and Agency Access
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
This bill updates definitions and statutory references regarding state and national criminal history record checks across multiple Kansas agencies, authorizing the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to conduct background checks and permanently ban individuals convicted of certain violent or sexual crimes from direct-access positions.
State-regulated facilities, health programs, and financial or security agencies must follow standardized fingerprint and background check protocols, affecting job applicants, licensees, and volunteers who interact with vulnerable populations.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Job applicants and employees in aging and disability services
Individuals applying for or working in positions involving direct access must submit to fingerprinting and criminal history record checks, and face employment prohibitions based on past convictions.
State licensing boards and agencies
Agencies such as the Department for Aging and Disability Services and the Board of Healing Arts are authorized to collect fingerprints and receive specific tiers of criminal history record information from the KBI.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is subject to criminal history record checks under the new provisions for aging and disability services?
Can a person disqualified due to a felony conviction ever be employed in a direct-access position?
What happens to the confidential status of the background check information?
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This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026SenateDied in Committee
- Mar 10, 2026SenateCommitteeReferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- Mar 9, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced
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Consolidation and Clarification of Criminal History Access
The bill systematically updates dozens of cross-references in Kansas statutes to standardize how the KBI shares criminal history data with executive branch agencies.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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