Extending the Kansas closed case task force, providing for staff assistance and renaming the task force the Alvin Sykes cold case DNA task force, extending the Kansas criminal justice reform commission, limiting the commission's scope of study and adding a public defender, and authorizing the crime victims compensation board to waive application time restrictions for certain victims to receive compensation for mental health counseling and adding certain children to the definition of victim.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
May 2021
Senate Passage
May 2021
Signed into Law
May 2021
Introduced Jan 15, 2021
Signed May 26, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Mar 31, 2021 · House Feb 3, 2021
How they voted
37–1
Passed
Total votes 38
Mar 31, 2021
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican27
96% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
28
Key actions
17
Committee
8
Amendments
4
May 26, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor on Monday, May 17, 2021
lower
May 5, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 115 Nay: 6
lower
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
upper
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
upper
May 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report now available
upper
Apr 7, 2021
Upper · Passed
Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
upper
Apr 6, 2021
Lower · Passed
Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
lower
Mar 31, 2021
Upper · Passed
Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was adopted
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley
upper
Mar 30, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
upper
Mar 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Judiciary
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Introduced
Received and Introduced
upper
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 5
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jennings was adopted
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced
Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jennings
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee of the Whole - Now working on
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
lower
Jan 19, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Introduced
Introduced
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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