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| Bill | Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating qualifications for the members of the board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim. | Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating qualifications for the members of the board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim. | us/states/ks | Kansas Legislature | 2025-2026 | SB 459 | Kansas SB 459 (2025-2026) |
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enacted | 4 | 20 | 0 | 2026-02-03 | 2026-04-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/9f8b6bb9-2696-41e0-a9af-37b469640c7d | https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/SB459/ | 11c9568c2305d29d9846316e3d3dea2ba4c391a3c881a39326be53dce270113f | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kansas SB 459 (2025-2026) — Removing the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections, changing the appointing authority and creating qualifications for the members of the board and requiring parole hearings to be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- As Introduced (filed) — source
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (committee substitute) — source
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-04-09 Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 7, 2026
executive-signature - 2026-04-09 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026
- 2026-03-26 Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 32, Nay 7
- 2026-03-23 Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen appointed as conferees
- 2026-03-23 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
- 2026-03-18 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
passage - 2026-03-18 Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
- 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
passage - 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
passage - 2026-03-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-24 Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Received and Introduced
introduction - 2026-02-18 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 33, Nay 7
passage - 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended
passage - 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Chase Blasi was adopted
passage - 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Chase Blasi
- 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
passage - 2026-02-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-02-04 Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Introduced
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9f8b6bb9-2696-41e0-a9af-37b469640c7d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).