All Roll Calls
Yes: 646 • No: 8
KansasSB 1562025–2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Increasing the reimbursement amount of money that the secretary of corrections may make to inmates for losses for personal injury or property damage or loss caused by negligence and requiring notice to the secretary for claims exceeding the reimbursement maximum.
Sponsored By: Committee on Judiciary
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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State payouts must cover inmates’ unpaid restitution
Kansas must use covered state claim payments to pay inmates’ unpaid, court-ordered restitution. This includes trust-account money from corrections’ internal claims process and state claims committee settlements specifically approved through an appropriation act. It also covers civil settlements or final judgments naming the state or a corrections employee, when the state is found liable. For people on parole, post-release, or conditional release supervision, the state must withhold covered civil payouts before payment. Those cases must name the state or a state employee and establish state liability. Collections cannot exceed the available covered funds and go toward restitution orders from oldest final judgment to newest. Officials must submit vouchers certifying the amounts withheld and send collected money to the appropriate district court clerk for distribution.
Higher inmate claim cap, plus notice rules
Kansas raises the corrections secretary’s reimbursement cap from $500 to $750 per inmate claim. Payment is optional and requires the secretary to find that state negligence caused personal injury or personal property damage or loss. Reimbursements can go into inmates’ facility accounts, and reimbursement limits cannot block those credits. Inmates claiming more than $750 must notify the secretary of the claim’s nature, time, date, and place. Missing notice does not prevent the state claims committee from considering the claim.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Committee on Judiciary
Affiliation unavailable
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 120 Nay: 4
Yes: 120 • No: 4
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 123 Nay: 0
Yes: 123 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/23/2026
Yea: 40 Nay: 0
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Senate vote • 4/10/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 3/27/2025
Conference Committee Report was adopted
Yes: 120 • No: 4
House vote • 3/19/2025
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended
Yes: 123 • No: 0
Senate vote • 2/19/2025
Final Action - Passed
Yes: 40 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 24, 2025
4/24/2025SenateEnrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 18, 2025
4/11/2025SenateMotion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted
4/10/2025SenateConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
4/10/2025SenateConference committee report now available
3/27/2025HouseConference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 120, Nay 4, Absent 1
3/27/2025HouseNonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson
3/24/2025SenateMotion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees
3/24/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
3/19/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
3/19/2025HouseMotion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted
3/19/2025HouseEmergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2
3/19/2025HouseCommittee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary
3/13/2025HouseHearing: Monday, March 10, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N
3/10/2025HouseFinal Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0
2/19/2025SenateReceived and Introduced
2/19/2025HouseReferred to House Committee on Judiciary
2/19/2025HouseCommittee of the Whole - Be passed
2/18/2025SenateCommittee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Judiciary
2/17/2025SenateWithdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
2/17/2025SenateHearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S
2/12/2025SenateReferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
2/4/2025SenateIntroduced
2/3/2025Senate
Bill Text
As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary
As Introduced
Enrolled
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