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| Bill | Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes. | Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes. | us/states/ks | Kansas Legislature | 2025-2026 | HB 2537 | Kansas HB 2537 (2025-2026) |
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enacted | 2 | 16 | 0 | 2026-01-23 | 2026-04-09 | openstates | ocd-bill/e225da44-4c63-4b2e-820b-5a510d65092c | https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2537/ | 7a02c284bd6fb80f5df5bb400f282d679f6ed49fd13a225fa9d4d79d42652171 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kansas HB 2537 (2025-2026) — Increasing the penalties for the crime of sexual extortion when an offender is 18 years of age or older and the victim is less than 18 years of age or a dependent adult, creating the crimes of aggravated sexual extortion causing great bodily harm and aggravated sexual extortion causing death and requiring the attorney general to prepare and provide educational materials and information concerning such crimes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
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
- 2026-03-19 Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0
passage - 2026-03-18 Committee of the Whole - Be passed
passage - 2026-03-17 Committee Report recommending bill be passed 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 Wednesday, February 18, 2026
- 2026-02-18 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1
passage - 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
passage - 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jill Ward was adopted
passage - 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jill Ward
- 2026-02-17 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
passage - 2026-02-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-01-23 Referred to House Committee on Judiciary
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Introduced
introduction
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e225da44-4c63-4b2e-820b-5a510d65092c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).