# Kansas SB 71: Increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.

Kansas SB 71, Increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status failed, last action 2025-03-21 (Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas SB 71
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Increasing the criminal penalties for buying sexual relations, removing provisions regarding city ordinances prohibiting buying sexual relations, requiring certain offenders to complete an educational or treatment program regarding commercial sexual exploitation and requiring the attorney general to approve such programs in consultation with the office of judicial administration.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-23
- Last action: 2025-03-21, Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507
- Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: house committee on judiciary, senate committee on judiciary
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (80 yes, 0 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: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Final Action - Passed | pass | 40 | 0 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-03-21: Stricken from Calendar by Rule 1507 (House)
- 2025-03-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-03-03: Hearing: Monday, March 3, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House)
- 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (House)
- 2025-02-19: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House)
- 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Hearing: Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate)
- 2025-01-24: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: 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/sb_71/sb71_01_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_71/sb71_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 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 Judiciary (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_71/sb71_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/sb_71/sb71_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 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB71-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-17).