# Kansas SB 157: Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer, warrants issued for failure to appear to be provided to a compensated surety, bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and remission if the defendant is returned to custody in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium. Kansas SB 157, Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer, warrants issued for failure to appear to be provided to a compensated surety, bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and remission if the defendant is returned to custody in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status failed, last action 2026-04-10 (Died in Conference); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB157-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas SB 157 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring search warrants to be issued only on the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause made by a law enforcement officer, warrants issued for failure to appear to be provided to a compensated surety, bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and remission if the defendant is returned to custody in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making loans for certain portions of the required minimum appearance bond premium. - Status: failed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-03 - Last action: 2026-04-10, Died in Conference - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: house committee on judiciary, house committee on corrections and juvenile justice, senate committee on judiciary - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 5 (209 yes, 153 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 | Senate | Yea: 88 Nay: 35 | pass | 88 | 35 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 31 Nay: 9 | pass | 31 | 9 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 1 Nay: 37 | fail | 1 | 37 | 2 | | 2025-03-19 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 88 | 35 | | | 2025-02-18 | Senate | Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected | fail | 1 | 37 | 2 | ## Actions (35) - 2026-04-10: Died in Conference (Senate) - 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House) - 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report agree to disagree, not adopted (House) - 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Susan Humphries, Rep. Laura Williams and Rep. Dan Osman appointed as conferees (House) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-03-19: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 88, Nay 35, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-03-05: Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2025-02-28: Withdrawn from House Committee on Judiciary; Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (House) - 2025-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Sen. Kellie Warren raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected; Yea 1, Nay 37 (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Patrick Schmidt (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Patrick Schmidt was rejected (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2025-02-04: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-03: Introduced (Senate) ## 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/sb157_02_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/sb_157/sb157_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_157/sb157_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 Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb157_02_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/sb_157/sb157_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_157/sb157_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-SB157-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).