republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2017-2018/hb-2581.md

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Bill	Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances.	Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2017-2018	HB 2581	Kansas HB 2581 (2017-2018)	bill		enacted	Representative Carmichael Representative Markley Representative Whitmer	4	21	2	2018-01-30	2018-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/614ff2dd-8e5e-4390-bf02-8ff60746af0f	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2581	87bdcd6f19db00148947bf6decd096d59d9a43a0d916560a92b2a894effae887	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2581 (2017-2018) — Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances.

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. Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018 (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Action - Passed; — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 117–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Representative Carmichael — primary (person)
• Representative Markley — primary (person)
• Representative Whitmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-30 Introduced introduction
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 152-S
• 2018-02-19 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Finch amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Finch was adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Sawyer amendment-introduction
• 2018-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Sawyer was adopted amendment-passage
• 2018-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2018-02-22 Engrossed on Thursday, February 22, 2018
• 2018-02-22 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-02-28 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Hearing: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
• 2018-03-15 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2018-03-26 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2018-03-27 Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2018-04-02 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 02, 2018 executive-receipt
• 2018-04-26 Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 12, 2018 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/614ff2dd-8e5e-4390-bf02-8ff60746af0f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).