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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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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 2537"
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citation: "Kansas HB 2537 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Attorney General", "Crimes", "Punishment and Criminal Procedure"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 16
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vote_count: 0
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e225da44-4c63-4b2e-820b-5a510d65092c"
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source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2537/"
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source_hash: "7a02c284bd6fb80f5df5bb400f282d679f6ed49fd13a225fa9d4d79d42652171"
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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 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.
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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/hb_2537/hb2537_00_0000.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2537/hb2537_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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- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 6, 2026 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 27, 2026
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- **2026-03-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
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- **2026-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-02-25** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
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- **2026-02-19** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 18, 2026
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- **2026-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Jill Ward was adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Jill Ward
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- **2026-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
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- **2026-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** 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/e225da44-4c63-4b2e-820b-5a510d65092c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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