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type: "Bill"
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title: "Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances."
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description: "Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2017-2018"
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identifier: "HB 2581"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2581 (2017-2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Representative Carmichael", "Representative Markley", "Representative Whitmer"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 21
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-30"
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last_action: "2018-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614ff2dd-8e5e-4390-bf02-8ff60746af0f"
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source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2581"
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source_hash: "87bdcd6f19db00148947bf6decd096d59d9a43a0d916560a92b2a894effae887"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
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---
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# Kansas HB 2581 (2017-2018) — Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_enrolled.pdf)
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4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_02_0000.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Representative Carmichael — primary (person)
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- Representative Markley — primary (person)
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- Representative Whitmer — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 152-S
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- **2018-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Finch `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Finch was adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Sawyer `amendment-introduction`
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- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Sawyer was adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Engrossed on Thursday, February 22, 2018
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- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
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- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
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- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 12, 2018 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/614ff2dd-8e5e-4390-bf02-8ff60746af0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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