# Kansas HB 2479: Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age. Kansas HB 2479, Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2479-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2479 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Authorizing electronic monitoring with victim notification as a condition of release prior to trial for certain offenders charged with a domestic violence offense, domestic battery, stalking or violation of a protective order, modifying the culpable mental state required to commit the crime of breach of privacy and increasing the criminal penalties for certain violations of such crime, modifying the elements of the crime of blackmail related to threatened dissemination of any image, video or other recording of another identifiable person who is nude or engaged in sexual activity, describing who is a person in a position of authority for a school for the crime of unlawful sexual relations and increasing the penalties for the crimes of endangering a child and aggravated endangering a child if the child is less than six years of age. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-01-20 - Last action: 2026-04-09, Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026 - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on judiciary - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 8 (642 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Blackmail protections cover fake intimate images: benefit, low. Kansas blackmail law covers threats to share illegally obtained private recordings or images showing an identifiable person nude or in sexual activity. The threat must seek something of value or force someone to act against their will. Covered images include material created or changed by artificia… - Student protections cover more school adults: benefit, low. Kansas expands who counts as a school authority figure under the crime of unlawful sexual relations with a student. It includes nonstudent volunteers age 21 or older, workers assigned to school services, contractors, and contractor employees. The school must give the person authority to interact wi… - Child endangerment brings tougher penalties: cost, low. Kansas sets higher criminal penalties for endangering children under six than for children age 6–17. Ordinary endangerment is a level 9 person felony for children under six, versus a Class A person misdemeanor for older children. Aggravated endangerment is a level 8 person felony for children under… - Domestic violence monitoring adds victim alerts: mixed, medium. Kansas judges must consider location monitoring with victim alerts for domestic violence, domestic battery, aggravated domestic battery, stalking, or protective-order charges. Judges weigh safety risks; monitoring with alerts requires the protected person's informed consent, including notice of ref… - Privacy rules change, child penalties rise: mixed, low. Kansas privacy crimes now require intentional, rather than knowing, conduct, including unauthorized recording or viewing of nudity or undergarments without consent where privacy is reasonably expected. Sharing rules cover digitally altered or artificial-intelligence images; sharing intimate images… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 1 | pass | 118 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 124 Nay: 0 | pass | 124 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-27 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 124 | 0 | | | 2026-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-03-10 | Senate | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-02-12 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 118 | 1 | | ## Actions (23) - 2026-04-09: Reengrossed on Monday, March 30, 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) - 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 (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) - 2026-03-12: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman (House) - 2026-03-12: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2026-03-10: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2026-03-09: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2026-03-03: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Hearing: Thursday, February 26, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2026-02-13: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Engrossed on Thursday, February 12, 2026 (House) - 2026-02-12: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6 (House) - 2026-02-12: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-11: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-11: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-09: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2026-01-27: Hearing: Tuesday, January 27, 2026, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2026-01-20: Introduced (House) - 2026-01-20: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2479/hb2479_01_0000.pdf) - As Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2479_02_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2479/hb2479_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2479/hb2479_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 (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2479/hb2479_01_0000.pdf) - [As Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb2479_02_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2479/hb2479_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2479/hb2479_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-HB2479-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).