republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2023-2024/sb-458.md

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Bill	Specifying that certain drug offenses do not give rise to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act, providing limitations on state and local law enforcement agency requests for federal adoption of a seizure under the act, requiring probable cause affidavit filing and review to commence forfeiture proceedings, increasing the burden of proof required to forfeit property to clear and convincing evidence, authorizing courts to order payment of attorney fees and costs for certain claimants and requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to submit forfeiture fund financial reports to the legislature.	Specifying that certain drug offenses do not give rise to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act, providing limitations on state and local law enforcement agency requests for federal adoption of a seizure under the act, requiring probable cause affidavit filing and review to commence forfeiture proceedings, increasing the burden of proof required to forfeit property to clear and convincing evidence, authorizing courts to order payment of attorney fees and costs for certain claimants and requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to submit forfeiture fund financial reports to the legislature.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2023-2024	SB 458	Kansas SB 458 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted		3	22	0	2024-02-06	2024-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/a9d1cced-dfef-48ac-9967-de1dad25b488	http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb458/	892b3d2e3d3558725e5d2623852ccec57158bd71552bdaf0c8a2efe291108441	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas SB 458 (2023-2024) — Specifying that certain drug offenses do not give rise to forfeiture under the Kansas standard asset seizure and forfeiture act, providing limitations on state and local law enforcement agency requests for federal adoption of a seizure under the act, requiring probable cause affidavit filing and review to commence forfeiture proceedings, increasing the burden of proof required to forfeit property to clear and convincing evidence, authorizing courts to order payment of attorney fees and costs for certain claimants and requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to submit forfeiture fund financial reports to the legislature.

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 (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-06 Introduced introduction
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
• 2024-02-19 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2024-02-22 Committee of the Whole - Be passed passage
• 2024-02-22 Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 36 Nay: 2 passage
• 2024-02-23 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2024-02-28 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2024-03-06 Hearing: Tuesday, March 12, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
• 2024-03-22 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2024-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2024-03-25 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2024-03-26 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 passage
• 2024-03-27 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2024-04-01 Motion to accede adopted; Representative Humphries, Representative Lewis and Representative Osman appointed as conferees
• 2024-04-05 Conference committee report now available
• 2024-04-05 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 passage
• 2024-04-05 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 0 passage
• 2024-04-25 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 15, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-25 Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9d1cced-dfef-48ac-9967-de1dad25b488. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).