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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2458"
citation: "Kansas HB 2458 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e2ade8e-797f-4c6c-a39f-8edb47413559"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2458"
source_hash: "e28b9f0c8b610ea3c7f1c00787cb1d3d9df0cac1e1ae9f138a1068fd3085c461"
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 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](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2458_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2458_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2458_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2458_enrolled.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **1190** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **1170** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e2ade8e-797f-4c6c-a39f-8edb47413559`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).