The People's Ledger
← All Kansas bills

HB2527Introduced in the House

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.

Engrossed

Introduced by Corrections and Juvenile Justice

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

Writing a plain-English summary of this bill… this can take a few seconds the first time.

Official description

Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.

Where it stands

House Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea: 46 Nay: 75

March 26, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House Conference Committee Report not adopted - Yea: 46 Nay: 75 · March 26, 2026

46

Yes

75

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

125 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Dale Helwig1Yes
Kenneth Collins2No
Charles Smith3No
Rick James4No
Courtney Sappington5Yes
Samantha Poetter Parshall6No
Dan Goddard7No
Chris Croft8No
Fred Gardner9Yes
Suzanne Wikle10No

Bill history

  1. House Introduced

  2. House Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

  3. House Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S - CANCELED

  4. House Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S

  5. House Hearing continuation: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S

  6. House Hearing continuation: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1:30 PM Room 546-S

  7. House Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

  8. House Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  9. House Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  10. House Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 109 Nay: 13

  11. House Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026

  12. Senate Received and Introduced

  13. Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary

  14. Senate Hearing: Monday, March 16, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S

  15. Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary

  16. Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  17. Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  18. Senate Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0

  19. House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Lewis , Representative Barrett and Representative Schlingensiepen as conferees

  20. Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Titus and Senator Corson appointed as conferees

  21. Senate Conference committee report now available

  22. Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 2

  23. House Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed

  24. House Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea: 46 Nay: 75

Verify the information

Our commitment to neutrality

We provide factual information only. We never tell you which politicians or bills to support, and we do not rank, score, or endorse anyone.