# Kansas HB 2655: Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases. Kansas HB 2655, Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Senate Committee); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2655-2025-2026 - 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 2655 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Authorizing the chief judge of each municipal court to establish a specialty court program, providing for expungement when a person has completed the requirements of such program, authorizing judges to waive the fee in expungement cases by reviewing and granting a poverty affidavit and requiring judges to waive the fee for petitions for expungement of municipal arrest records in certain cases. - Status: failed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-03 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Senate Committee - 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: 2 (230 yes, 2 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: 115 Nay: 1 | pass | 115 | 1 | | | 2026-02-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 115 | 1 | | ## Actions (11) - 2026-04-10: Died in Senate Committee (Senate) - 2026-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2026-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2026-02-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2026-02-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 115, Nay 1, Absent 9 (House) - 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House) - 2026-02-11: Hearing: Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House) - 2026-02-03: Introduced (House) - 2026-02-03: 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_2655/hb2655_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2655/hb2655_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_2655/hb2655_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2655/hb2655_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-HB2655-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).