---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing."
description: "Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "SB 358"
citation: "Kansas SB 358 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2026-01-21"
last_action: "2026-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67a38f5e-fe98-4898-b888-c1d281968f3e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB358/"
source_hash: "684e1aa9e6a0a0a28b5a6bd87750edfd343dac93e5e3ba4a629c2fb7cdcd10b9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
---

# Kansas SB 358 (2025-2026) — Requiring individuals convicted of certain felonies to be held without bond in the county jail until sentencing.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_358/sb358_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_358/sb358_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-03-27** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 20, 2026
- **2026-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea 109, Nay 14, Absent 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Abi Boatman was rejected; Yea 33, Nay 84, Absent 8
- **2026-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Abi Boatman
- **2026-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2026-02-11** Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2026-02-04** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67a38f5e-fe98-4898-b888-c1d281968f3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).