# Kansas SB 374: Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.

Kansas SB 374, Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2026-04-09 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026) (as of 2026-10-16).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB374-2025-2026
- As of: 2026-10-16
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 374
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Permitting a municipal judge to initiate a psychiatric or psychological examination to determine competence, setting forth relevant procedures and requiring further consideration of evaluation and treatment during the course of competency proceedings for defendants charged with the most serious offenses.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-09, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on corrections and juvenile justice, senate committee on judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (632 yes, 16 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: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 116 Nay: 8 | pass | 116 | 8 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 121 Nay: 0 | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-27 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-18 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 116 | 8 |   |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (22)

- 2026-04-09: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-04-09: Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-27: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-26: Conference committee report now available (House)
- 2026-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 (House)
- 2026-03-23: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson (Senate)
- 2026-03-23: Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bob Lewis, Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen appointed as conferees (House)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2026-03-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2026-03-18: Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted (House)
- 2026-03-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 116, Nay 8, Absent 1 (House)
- 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)
- 2026-03-11: Hearing: Wednesday, March 11, 2026, 1:30 PM — Room 546-S (House)
- 2026-02-25: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2026-02-25: Referred to House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-16: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Hearing: Wednesday, February 4, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2026-01-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Introduced (Senate)

## 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/sb374_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_374/sb374_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (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/sb374_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_374/sb374_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_374/sb374_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
- [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-SB374-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-16).