# Kansas HB 2347: Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration. Kansas HB 2347, Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2026-02-06 (Law effective July 1, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2347-2025-2026 - 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 2347 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500, creating the crime of unlawful use of a laser pointer and providing criminal penalties therefor, modifying criminal use of a financial card to include certain conduct involving gift cards, increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-02-07 - Last action: 2026-02-06, Law effective July 1, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on judiciary - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 10 (718 yes, 10 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 7 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Sex buyers face felonies and higher fines: cost, high. Buying sexual relations from someone age 18 or older is a severity level 9 person felony, including a first offense. Previously, a first offense was a class A person misdemeanor. Each conviction also requires a $2,000–$5,000 fine, raising the minimum from $1,200 while leaving the maximum unchanged.… - Sex buyers face required exploitation programs: cost, low. People convicted of buying sexual relations must enter and complete an education or treatment program about commercial sexual exploitation. Diversion agreements for this charge must also require completion of a suitable program. For convictions or diversion agreements on or after July 1, 2027, the… - Courts face new exploitation program rules: cost, low. The Kansas Attorney General must set commercial-sexual-exploitation program rules by January 1, 2027, consulting the Office of Judicial Administration. The Attorney General must approve at least one program by July 1, 2027. Courts may order suitable programs for human trafficking convictions before… - Laser misuse brings new criminal penalties: cost, low. Knowingly aiming laser-pointer light at an officer performing official duties is a class A person misdemeanor. Knowingly aiming it at an aircraft in flight or its flight path is a severity level 9 person felony. Aircraft exceptions cover specified authorized research or flight tests, official Defen… - Theft rules widen liability and felonies: cost, low. Theft involving control of stolen property or services now covers people who know or have reason to know they were stolen. The prior rule required knowledge; the intent to permanently deprive the owner remains required. Stealing a motor vehicle worth at least $500 but less than $1,500 is a severity… - Local sex-buying rules lose state requirements: mixed, low. The law removes special court reporting and state fine-transfer requirements tied to city offenses for buying sexual relations. It also removes the required fine and express authority to require exploitation programs in those city diversion agreements. The law removes express permission for cities… - Gift card fraud faces criminal penalties: mixed, low. The law extends financial-card fraud protections to gift cards and their redemption information. With intent to defraud and obtain money, goods, property, or services, acquiring or keeping either without required consent is covered. Altering or tampering with gift cards with that intent is also cov… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 1 | pass | 122 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 119 Nay: 4 | pass | 119 | 4 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-01-28 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 119 | 4 | | | 2026-01-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-03-12 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 122 | 1 | | ## Actions (29) - 2026-02-06: Law effective July 1, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-05: Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 5, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-02: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, February 2, 2026 (House) - 2026-01-29: Reengrossed on Thursday, January 29, 2026 (House) - 2026-01-28: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 119, Nay 4, Absent 2 (House) - 2026-01-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2026-01-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2026-01-12: Conference Committee Report not adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as second conferees (House) - 2026-01-12: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as second conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-27: Conference committee report now available (Senate) - 2025-03-17: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman (House) - 2025-03-17: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 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 - 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 122, Nay 1, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-14: Hearing: Friday, February 14, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2025-02-07: Introduced (House) - 2025-02-07: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_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/hb2347_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_enrolled.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 Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_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/hb2347_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2347/hb2347_enrolled.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-HB2347-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).