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type: "Bill"
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title: "Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught."
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description: "Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught."
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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 2413"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2413 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Animals", "Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure", "HB 2422"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kevin Schwertfeger", "Megan Steele"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e44cd4c-8559-46b8-8efe-c4f7eb3e35b4"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2413/"
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source_hash: "5b9d92ff697999f593953f90615edad2c0d81e508f2f05b8bd3692a7035cfbeb"
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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 2413 (2025-2026) — Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.
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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/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2413_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2413/hb2413_01_0000.pdf)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2413/hb2413_enrolled.pdf)
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## Sponsors
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- Kevin Schwertfeger — primary (person)
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- Megan Steele — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
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- **2026-04-09** Engrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
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- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
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- **2026-03-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
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- **2026-03-27** Conference committee report now available
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- **2026-03-17** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees
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- **2026-03-17** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman
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- **2026-03-13** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-29** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-01-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea 120, Nay 3, Absent 2 `passage`
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- **2026-01-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2026-01-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 11, 2025 `filing`
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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/4e44cd4c-8559-46b8-8efe-c4f7eb3e35b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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