republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2458.md

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Bill	Creating the crime of counterfeiting currency; including federal law enforcement officers in assault and battery against a law enforcement officer; adding violations of mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person, changing the felony loss thresholds and adding the crime to the inherently dangerous felonies list; making the criminal penalty for possession of THC equal to the criminal penalty of possession of marijuana; amending the definition of escape in crimes of escape and aggravated escape from custody; allowing use of certified drug abuse treatment program for certain drug severity level 4 crimes.	Creating the crime of counterfeiting currency; including federal law enforcement officers in assault and battery against a law enforcement officer; adding violations of mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person, changing the felony loss thresholds and adding the crime to the inherently dangerous felonies list; making the criminal penalty for possession of THC equal to the criminal penalty of possession of marijuana; amending the definition of escape in crimes of escape and aggravated escape from custody; allowing use of certified drug abuse treatment program for certain drug severity level 4 crimes.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2458	Kansas HB 2458 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted		4	32	4	2018-01-11	2018-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/4e2ade8e-797f-4c6c-a39f-8edb47413559	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2458	e28b9f0c8b610ea3c7f1c00787cb1d3d9df0cac1e1ae9f138a1068fd3085c461	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2458 (2017-2018) — Creating the crime of counterfeiting currency; including federal law enforcement officers in assault and battery against a law enforcement officer; adding violations of mistreatment of a dependent adult or elder person, changing the felony loss thresholds and adding the crime to the inherently dangerous felonies list; making the criminal penalty for possession of THC equal to the criminal penalty of possession of marijuana; amending the definition of escape in crimes of escape and aggravated escape from custody; allowing use of certified drug abuse treatment program for certain drug severity level 4 crimes.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. As Amended by House Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 119–0 (pass) · legislature
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 117–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-12 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-01-24 Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
• 2018-02-19 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-21 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-02-21 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-02-21 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-02-22 Engrossed on Wednesday, February 21, 2018
• 2018-02-22 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-02-22 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-02-28 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-02-28 Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
• 2018-03-23 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-28 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2018-03-28 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-28 Senator Wilborn raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
• 2018-03-28 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley amendment-introduction
• 2018-03-28 Senator Wilborn raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
• 2018-03-28 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was rejected amendment-failure
• 2018-03-28 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-03-29 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-04-02 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2018-04-03 Motion to accede adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Lynn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
• 2018-05-02 Conference committee report now available
• 2018-05-02 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2018-05-02 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-05-03 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2018-05-03 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-05-03 Reengrossed on Thursday, May 3, 2018
• 2018-05-04 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-05-04 Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e2ade8e-797f-4c6c-a39f-8edb47413559. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).