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type: "Bill"
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title: "Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration."
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description: "Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
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legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "HB 2347"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2347 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "Cities", "Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2025-02-07"
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last_action: "2026-02-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e300e304-8d1a-45de-a561-1bed5cc8782a"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2347/"
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source_hash: "a737675a2fc8276cc254d0fef5a2c9c9095b0c721676b3a222f1887994c3f054"
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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 2347 (2025-2026) — Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.
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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](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb2347_02_0000.pdf)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_enrolled.pdf)
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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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- **2026-02-06** Law effective July 1, 2026
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- **2026-02-06** Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 5, 2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, February 2, 2026
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- **2026-01-29** Reengrossed on Thursday, January 29, 2026
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- **2026-01-28** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 119, Nay 4, Absent 2
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- **2026-01-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1
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- **2026-01-26** Conference committee report now available
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- **2026-01-12** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as second conferees
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- **2026-01-12** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as second conferees
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- **2025-03-27** Conference committee report now available
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- **2025-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
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- **2025-03-17** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
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- **2025-03-17** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
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- **2025-03-12** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-26** Engrossed on Monday, February 24, 2025
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 122, Nay 1, Absent 2 `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
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- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-07** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
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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/e300e304-8d1a-45de-a561-1bed5cc8782a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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