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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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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.

  1. As Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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).