# Kansas SB 487: Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee. Kansas SB 487, Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee., 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); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB487-2025-2026 - 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 487 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-02-04 - 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: yes - Roll calls: 6 (406 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 5 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Fewer offender registration updates during custody: benefit, low. Offenders in correctional facilities must register with the facility within three business days of entering custody. After that initial registration, no update is required until discharge, parole, furlough, or release for work or school. - Free petitions for offender fee relief: benefit, low. Registered offenders can ask their county's district court to find that they cannot afford registration fees. Filing the petition has no fee or surcharge. They must submit a sworn statement explaining why they cannot pay, including their weekly income and its sources. The statement must substantial… - Statewide system shares offender registration records: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2028, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation must provide a statewide offender registration system with real-time relocation notices. Agencies must submit records in a format approved by the bureau's director in consultation with the Kansas Sheriffs' Association. Correctional faciliti… - Offender registration fees and payment exceptions: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, people required to register as offenders owe a technology fee at registration. Beginning July 1, 2028, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation sets that fee, capped at $10. Starting that date, the $20 registration fee and technology fee are due only in the person's county of resi… - Unpaid offender fees face criminal charges: mixed, low. Failure to pay required offender registration fees at registration is a class A misdemeanor. The registering agency may issue a notice to appear, but payment within 20 calendar days requires dismissal of the charge. Two or more full payments remaining unpaid within 20 calendar days of the latest re… ## 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: 124 Nay: 0 | pass | 124 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | Senate | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2026-03-27 | Senate | Concurred with amendments in conference | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-03-18 | House | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 124 | 0 | | | 2026-02-18 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 | | ## Actions (20) - 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: Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1 (Senate) - 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 124, Nay 0, Absent 1 (House) - 2026-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice (House) - 2026-03-09: Hearing: Monday, March 9, 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) - 2026-02-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-12: Hearing: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2026-02-05: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2026-02-04: 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/sb_487/sb487_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_487/sb487_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_487/sb487_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_487/sb487_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. 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(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/sb_487/sb487_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_487/sb487_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_487/sb487_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_487/sb487_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 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-SB487-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).