# Kansas HB 2349: Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.

Kansas HB 2349, Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2349
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Authorizing law enforcement officers to conduct investigations of violations of the scrap metal theft reduction act.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-07
- Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee
- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on judiciary, house committee on federal and state affairs
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (240 yes, 6 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 120 Nay: 3 | pass | 120 | 3 |   |
| 2025-03-13 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 120 | 3 |   |

## Actions (14)

- 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate)
- 2025-03-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Engrossed on Friday, March 14, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-03-13: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-03-13: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2025-03-13: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 120, Nay 3, Absent 2 (House)
- 2025-03-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-19: Withdrawn from House Committee on Judiciary; Rereferred to House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-17: Withdrawn from House Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs (House)
- 2025-02-10: Hearing: Monday, February 10, 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_2349/hb2349_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2349/hb2349_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (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_2349/hb2349_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2349/hb2349_00_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2349-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).