# Kansas HB 2527: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.

Kansas HB 2527, Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; status failed, last action 2026-03-26 (Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2527-2025-2026
- 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 2527
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Prohibiting certain sex offenders from entering onto school property or attending school activities, prohibiting courts from assigning a defendant to work release if the defendant is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes and prohibiting the secretary of corrections from granting an inmate leave from confinement except for specified purposes if theinmate is required to register as a sex offender for certain crimes or is serving a sentence for certain crimes that require registration as a sex offender.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-23
- Last action: 2026-03-26, Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed
- 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 (462 yes, 180 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 Corrections and Juvenile Justice

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 0 | pass | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 46 Nay: 75 | fail | 46 | 75 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 38 Nay: 2 | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 109 Nay: 13 | pass | 109 | 13 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report not adopted | fail | 46 | 75 |   |
| 2026-03-25 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 38 | 2 |   |
| 2026-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 2026-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 109 | 13 |   |

## Actions (24)

- 2026-03-26: Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea 46, Nay 75, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-25: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2026-03-25: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 38, Nay 2 (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen (House)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 38, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-03-16: Hearing: Monday, March 16, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Engrossed on Monday, February 23, 2026 (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 109, Nay 13, Absent 3 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)
- 2026-02-12: Hearing continuation: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House)
- 2026-02-04: Hearing continuation: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House)
- 2026-02-02: Hearing: Monday, February 2, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House)
- 2026-01-28: Hearing: Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S — CANCELED (House)
- 2026-01-23: Introduced (House)
- 2026-01-23: 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_2527/hb2527_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/hb2527_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2527/hb2527_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 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_2527/hb2527_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/hb2527_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2527/hb2527_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 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-HB2527-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).