# Kansas HB 2329: Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such centers, prohibiting certain rules and regulations for such centers, modifying the treatment and services provided by such centers, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders, providing for increased placement of offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the secretary of corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements, authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds and transferring moneys from such account of the state general fund to the department for children and families to provide juvenile stabilization services. Kansas HB 2329, Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such centers, prohibiting certain rules and regulations for such centers, modifying the treatment and services provided by such centers, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders, providing for increased placement of offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the secretary of corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements, authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds and transferring moneys from such account of the state general fund to the department for children and families to provide juvenile stabilization services., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; status became law, last action 2026-04-09 (Reengrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2329-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2329 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Changing the name of juvenile crisis intervention centers to juvenile stabilization centers, modifying the intake criteria for such centers, prohibiting certain rules and regulations for such centers, modifying the treatment and services provided by such centers, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders, providing for increased placement of offenders in non-foster home beds in youth residential facilities, requiring the secretary of corrections to pay for the costs associated with such placements, authorizing the secretary to make expenditures from the evidence-based programs account of the state general fund moneys to contract for such beds and transferring moneys from such account of the state general fund to the department for children and families to provide juvenile stabilization services. - Status: became law - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Reengrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on corrections and juvenile justice, house committee on federal and state affairs - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 12 (740 yes, 228 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 15 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Easier crisis care access for kids: benefit, high. Juvenile stabilization centers can admit youth under 18 when the center's head finds they need services and would benefit from treatment. Admission no longer requires likely harm to self or others, written mental-health approval, or lack of another suitable treatment. Priority goes to cross-over yo… - State pays for youth residential beds: benefit, medium. Corrections must contract for 35–45 non-foster-home youth residential beds from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2030. During that period, no facility can have more than 15 contracted beds. Beginning July 1, 2030, Corrections may contract for up to 50 beds. Corrections pays all costs of covered place… - State-paid placements to protect child victims: benefit, medium. The law adds aggravated indecent liberties with a child to offenses eligible for short-term alternative placement when the victim is under 14. The victim must live with the youth, and a supervision officer consulting child welfare must find no adequate home safety plan. Relevant child-protection is… - More crisis referrals and transport help: benefit, medium. An officer can take a youth in crisis to a stabilization center without written community mental health center approval. This applies when a standardized assessment rules out detention and the youth cannot be delivered to a parent or custodian. Intake workers can add a center referral to release co… - State money for youth crisis services: benefit, low. Kansas must transfer $4 million for juvenile stabilization services on July 1 of 2026, 2027, and 2028. Each transfer can occur later if money is not yet available. The money moves from the corrections evidence-based programs account to a designated Department for Children and Families fund. These t… - Longer detention limits for juvenile cases: cost, high. The law raises the total detention limit over a juvenile's case from 45 days to 90 days. The cap does not apply to offenses classified for adults as off-grid felonies or nondrug severity level 1–4 person felonies. For detention under the covered sentencing option, courts must review each commitment… - More repeat youth offenders face commitment: cost, high. The law broadens the chronic offender I category. It adds youth whose current offense occurred while on probation or conditional release for a prior felony adjudication. Qualifying chronic offenders assessed as moderate-risk or high-risk can be committed to a juvenile correctional facility. Previou… - Tougher custody rules for juvenile offenses: cost, high. A judge may order 12–24 months in corrections custody when fact-finders determine a youth possessed or used a firearm during a felony-level offense. The prior range was 6–18 months, and the new range applies regardless of assessed risk. Courts must approve a detention-risk assessment override for a… - Older youth crisis funding authority ends: cost, low. The law ends a separate authority for Corrections to fund juvenile crisis intervention services through agreements with other cabinet agencies. That authority allowed up to $2 million each year from the evidence-based programs account or other available appropriations. The repeal does not establish… - Residential placements for more youth offenders: mixed, medium. From July 1, 2026, through July 1, 2030, courts using the specified corrections-custody sentencing option must order youth residential placement. Separately, the law favors youth residential placement over a juvenile correctional facility for chronic offenders. This preference also covers serious o… - School separation rules for youth offenders: mixed, medium. Courts generally must bar youth found responsible for listed offenses from attending the victim's school attendance center. Covered offenses include specified sex offenses and related attempts, conspiracies, or solicitations. A different rule applies when the district has only one attendance center… - Broader crisis custody powers for children: mixed, medium. The law renames juvenile crisis intervention centers as juvenile stabilization centers. A court can order temporary custody based on probable cause of a behavioral health crisis, without separately finding treatment is needed. Officers can take children into protective custody and deliver them to a… - Family crisis support with stay limits: mixed, medium. Stabilization centers must provide needed parenting, communication, and case-management help to youth and families. They must allow access to faith-based services, plan for discharge, and connect families with community services. Centers may offer round-the-clock care, continuous short-term stays,… - New limits on juvenile placement choices: mixed, low. Courts generally cannot choose a specific placement once a youth enters the corrections secretary's custody. The secretary can choose a state-run institution, youth residential facility, or another appropriate placement, subject to the residential-placement sentencing exception. Courts placing yout… - Limits on youth crisis center rules: mixed, low. Kansas cannot require stabilization centers to employ physicians, dieticians, clinical directors, psychiatrists, advanced practice nurses, or other medical professionals. State rules cannot ban shared rooms or basement rooms, or require school-district notice or approval before licensing. Rules als… ## 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: 30 Nay: 10 | pass | 30 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 29 Nay: 10 | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 106 Nay: 16 | pass | 106 | 16 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 89 Nay: 34 | pass | 89 | 34 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 89 Nay: 32 | pass | 89 | 32 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 27 Nay: 12 | pass | 27 | 12 | | | 2026-04-09 | House | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 89 | 34 | | | 2026-04-09 | Senate | Motion to override veto prevailed | pass | 29 | 10 | | | 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 27 | 12 | | | 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 89 | 32 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 30 | 10 | | | 2025-03-13 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 106 | 16 | | ## Actions (40) - 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Sunday, March 29, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 30, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Vetoed by Governor; Returned to House on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 (House) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 89, Nay 34, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-04-09: Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea 29, Nay 10, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 27, Nay 12, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 89, Nay 32, Absent 4 (House) - 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen appointed as second conferees (House) - 2026-02-25: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Cyndi Howerton and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen (House) - 2026-02-25: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-02-18: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 30, Nay 10 (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was rejected (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Joseph Claeys (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Joseph Claeys was adopted (Senate) - 2026-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate) - 2026-02-09: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-01-26: Hearing continuation: Monday, January 26, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2026-01-22: Hearing: Thursday, January 22, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Engrossed on Thursday, March 13, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-14: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 106, Nay 16, Absent 3 (House) - 2025-03-13: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Rep. Bob Lewis (House) - 2025-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Rep. Bob Lewis was adopted (House) - 2025-03-12: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House) - 2025-03-03: Hearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2025-02-20: Withdrawn from House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House) - 2025-02-18: Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House) - 2025-02-17: Hearing continuation: Monday, February 17, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2025-02-14: Hearing: Friday, February 14, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S — CANCELED (House) - 2025-02-07: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-07: 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_2329/hb2329_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_2329/hb2329_03_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2329/hb2329_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2329/hb2329_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_2329/hb2329_02_0000.pdf) - {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2329_04_0000.pdf) ## Related bills - 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_2329/hb2329_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_2329/hb2329_03_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2329/hb2329_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2329/hb2329_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_2329/hb2329_02_0000.pdf) - [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2329_04_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) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2329-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).