republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2025-2026/hb-2444.md

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Bill	Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.	Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2025-2026	HB 2444	Kansas HB 2444 (2025-2026)	bill	Crimes Punishment and Criminal Procedure	enacted	Allen Reavis Angela Stiens Angelina Roeser Avery Anderson Barb Wasinger Bill Rhiley Bill Sutton Bradley Barrett Carolyn Caiharr Chip VanHouden Chuck Smith Courtney Sappington Dale Helwig David Buehler Dawn Wolf Doug Blex Duane Droge Gary White Greg Wilson Jim Minnix Joe Seiwert John Resman Kenneth Collins Kevin Schwertfeger Kristey Williams Kyle McNorton Lance W. Neelly Lauren Bohi Lewis "Bill" Bloom Marty Long Megan Steele Nathan Butler Ron Bryce Ronald Ellis Sean Tarwater Shawn Chauncey Sherri Brantley Timothy Johnson Webster T. Roth	5	19	0	2026-01-14	2026-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/a45dc409-fb58-4acf-a1bc-b8f1e26191b1	https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2444/	31912176427adb086b32c5f6b000fc0050a6a4a09fbfd573ecef9e788aeff688	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2444 (2025-2026) — Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings.

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. As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (committee substitute) — source
4. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Allen Reavis — primary (person)
• Angela Stiens — primary (person)
• Angelina Roeser — primary (person)
• Avery Anderson — primary (person)
• Barb Wasinger — primary (person)
• Bill Rhiley — primary (person)
• Bill Sutton — primary (person)
• Bradley Barrett — primary (person)
• Carolyn Caiharr — primary (person)
• Chip VanHouden — primary (person)
• Chuck Smith — primary (person)
• Courtney Sappington — primary (person)
• Dale Helwig — primary (person)
• David Buehler — primary (person)
• Dawn Wolf — primary (person)
• Doug Blex — primary (person)
• Duane Droge — primary (person)
• Gary White — primary (person)
• Greg Wilson — primary (person)
• Jim Minnix — primary (person)
• Joe Seiwert — primary (person)
• John Resman — primary (person)
• Kenneth Collins — primary (person)
• Kevin Schwertfeger — primary (person)
• Kristey Williams — primary (person)
• Kyle McNorton — primary (person)
• Lance W. Neelly — primary (person)
• Lauren Bohi — primary (person)
• Lewis "Bill" Bloom — primary (person)
• Marty Long — primary (person)
• Megan Steele — primary (person)
• Nathan Butler — primary (person)
• Ron Bryce — primary (person)
• Ronald Ellis — primary (person)
• Sean Tarwater — primary (person)
• Shawn Chauncey — primary (person)
• Sherri Brantley — primary (person)
• Timothy Johnson — primary (person)
• Webster T. Roth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-04-09 Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 executive-signature
• 2026-03-26 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
• 2026-03-24 Engrossed on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
• 2026-03-23 Concurred with amendments; Yea 85, Nay 37, Absent 3
• 2026-03-19 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 34, Nay 6 passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Doug Shane was adopted passage
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Doug Shane
• 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-03-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-02-25 Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2026-02-19 Engrossed on Thursday, February 19, 2026
• 2026-02-18 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 36, Absent 1 passage
• 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted passage
• 2026-02-11 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-01-14 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2026-01-14 Introduced introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a45dc409-fb58-4acf-a1bc-b8f1e26191b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).