# Kansas HB 2192: Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs.

Kansas HB 2192, Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2192
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Limiting or prohibiting work release for people convicted of a second or third offense of domestic battery, requiring an offender convicted of a first offense to undergo a domestic violence offender assessment, excluding certain offenders convicted of a nonperson felony from participation in certified drug abuse treatment programs and authorizing community correctional services officers to complete criminal risk-need assessments for divertees who are committed to such programs.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-31
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on corrections and juvenile justice
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 8 (644 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More officers can assess diversion participants: benefit, low. Community correctional services officers can now complete criminal risk-need assessments for people in certified drug treatment through diversion. Court services officers retain that authority. This expands who can complete the required assessment.
- Stricter release rules for domestic battery: cost, low. After a first domestic battery conviction, release requires an assessment by a certified batterer intervention program, unless the court orders otherwise. The person must follow the program’s recommendations. A second conviction within five years requires 90 days of mandatory custody before probati…
- Tighter drug treatment access for offenders: cost, low. Adults convicted of certain nonperson felonies face tighter limits on certified drug treatment instead of prison. Prior convictions for specified serious drug felonies bar placement. For sentencing-grid blocks 7-A, 7-B, 8-A, 8-B, 9-A, 9-B, 10-A and 10-B, prior person felonies must be severity level…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 0 | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 123 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (House)
- 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-23: Rep. Bradley Barrett is appointed to replace Rep. John Resman on the Conference Committee (House)
- 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. John Resman and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen (House)
- 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-03-13: Hearing: Thursday, March 13, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Engrossed on Monday, February 24, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Mike Thompson (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Mike Thompson was adopted (House)
- 2025-02-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-02-20: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-02-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House)
- 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)
- 2025-02-10: Hearing: Monday, February 10, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House)
- 2025-01-31: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_01_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_03_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_02_0000.pdf)

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- SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed)
- SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed)
- SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed)
- HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed)
- HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law)
- HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed)

## Sources
- [As Amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_03_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2192/hb2192_02_0000.pdf)

## Related
- [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026)
- [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026)
- [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026)
- [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026)
- [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026)
- [HB 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2192-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).