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type: "Bill"
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title: "Modifying the definition of possession in the Kansas criminal code, modifying the elements of and making changes to the criminal penalties of abuse of a child, requiring a forfeiture of an appearance bond to be set aside in certain circumstances, permitting testimony to be presented using a two-way electronic audio-video communication device during a preliminary hearing, making changes to the process for evaluating and treating people who are undergoing evaluation for competency to stand trial and allowing mobile competency evaluations."
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description: "Modifying the definition of possession in the Kansas criminal code, modifying the elements of and making changes to the criminal penalties of abuse of a child, requiring a forfeiture of an appearance bond to be set aside in certain circumstances, permitting testimony to be presented using a two-way electronic audio-video communication device during a preliminary hearing, making changes to the process for evaluating and treating people who are undergoing evaluation for competency to stand trial and allowing mobile competency evaluations."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2021-2022"
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identifier: "HB 2508"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2508 (2021-2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2022-01-20"
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last_action: "2022-04-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/366113a0-434e-4db7-abf5-facf5684d662"
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source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2508"
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source_hash: "35dc1924ab71d966c95684829b438ac803f42e71d885cd0e1f0d485a6ffcb94c"
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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 2508 (2021-2022) — Modifying the definition of possession in the Kansas criminal code, modifying the elements of and making changes to the criminal penalties of abuse of a child, requiring a forfeiture of an appearance bond to be set aside in certain circumstances, permitting testimony to be presented using a two-way electronic audio-video communication device during a preliminary hearing, making changes to the process for evaluating and treating people who are undergoing evaluation for competency to stand trial and allowing mobile competency evaluations.
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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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2508_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2508_enrolled.pdf)
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3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2508_01_0000.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **113–0** (pass) · lower
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- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Final Action - Passed; — **115–6** (pass) · lower
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- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Hearing: Thursday, February 3, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
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- **2022-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 115 Nay: 6 `passage`
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- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02** Hearing: Thursday, March 10, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
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- **2022-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
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- **2022-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Warren `amendment-introduction`
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- **2022-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Warren was adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2022-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2022-03-21** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
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- **2022-03-22** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
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- **2022-04-01** Conference committee report now available
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- **2022-04-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 2 `passage`
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- **2022-04-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 113 Nay: 0 `passage`
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- **2022-04-25** Engrossed on Tuesday, April 5, 2022
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- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
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- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022 `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/366113a0-434e-4db7-abf5-facf5684d662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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