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Read. Follow. Verify.Kansas Bill Restricts Personal Recognizance Release and Sets $750,000 Minimum Bond for Certain Repeat Sex Offenders
Last action · April 10, 2026: Died in Committee
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What This Bill Proposed
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to release prior to trial; providing limitations and restrictions on releasing a person charged with a crime upon the person's own recognizance; amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 22-2802 and repealing the existing section.
Defendants facing specific felony sex charges with prior violent sex offense convictions face a mandatory $750,000 minimum bond and house arrest, while individuals seeking release on personal recognizance must meet expanded statutory criteria including having no prior felony convictions.
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.
criminal defendants
Defendants face stricter eligibility rules for personal recognizance release and higher mandatory minimum bonds if they have prior sexually violent crime convictions.
magistrates
Magistrates must enforce new statutory limitations on pre-trial release, apply evidentiary presumptions for bond reductions, and order mandatory no-contact periods.
alleged victims
Alleged victims receive mandatory minimum 72-hour no-contact protections for person felonies and misdemeanors, and specific protections in cases involving repeat sex offenses.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the minimum bond required for someone charged with certain sex offenses who has a prior sexually violent conviction?
Who is eligible to be released on their own recognizance under this bill?
Can a $750,000 minimum bond for a repeat sex offender be lowered?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died in committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Apr 10, 2026HouseDied in Committee
- Feb 3, 2026HouseHearing: Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N
- Feb 2, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced
- Feb 2, 2026HouseCommitteeReferred to House Committee on Judiciary
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Tightening Pre-Trial Release Criteria
The measure introduces rigid disqualifications for personal recognizance release and imposes a high statutory minimum bond threshold coupled with evidentiary presumptions for specific repeat offenders.
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Sources
www.kslegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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