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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas bill bars criminal appeals based on violations of crime victims' rights
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
Kansas House Bill 2321 specifies that a failure to provide a required right, service, or notification to a crime victim cannot serve as grounds to appeal, reverse, or modify a criminal conviction or sentence.
Changes the legal remedies available to defendants by explicitly prohibiting courts from overturning convictions or sentences due to procedural lapses regarding victims' rights.
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.
defendants in criminal cases
Defendants are prohibited from using procedural failures related to crime victim rights as grounds to appeal or modify their convictions or sentences.
state and local government agencies
Agencies and employees are protected from civil causes of action or conviction appeals arising from a failure to provide required victim rights or notifications.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can a defendant appeal a conviction if they were not notified of their victim's rights?
Does this bill create a lawsuit option against government agencies for failing to notify victims?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 7, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Judiciary
Version history
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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