2024 Legislative Session
This Page Includes Current and Summary Information on the 2023 Legislative Session
FINAL 2024 Legislative Report: A Summary of All New and Amended Law Enforcement Related Laws
Full Report (includes summary of all law enforcement related new and amended laws and the reports below as attachments)   
Major Law Enforcement Topics Report    
What Every Officer Should Know    
What Every Administrator Should Know   
What Every Administrator Should Know: Sheriffs Supplement
Summary of Public Safety Legislation Passed During the 2023 and 2024 Sessions 
2024 Amendments to the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act. Critical changes in the law any officer engaging in civil asset forfeiture must know. These changes were passed in SB458 and go into effect on July 1, 2024.

See the following reports for full details.
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See the full set of statutes in the Kansas Standard Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Act, with the 2024 changes highlighted.

See the full text of SB458.

See the KACP, KSA, and KPOA Legislative Liaison’s summary to SB458.

See the KPOA Point of Law Summary of the Changes to Forfeiture Law.

​See the Kansas Legislative Research final summary of SB458.
​​2024 General Bill Updates
Current Bill Status  
Where Did That Bill Go-By Topic  
Where Did That Bill Go-By Original Bill Number  
​Bills to Governor 

List of 2024 law enforcement related bills
2024 Legislative Priorities  
Specific Bill Updates
Forfeiture Bill (SB458) Update  4/8/24
Drone Bill (SB217) Update 4/8/24
​Medical Marijuana (SB555) Update 3/29/24
Weekly Legislative Report for Week 13 April 1-5, 2024
Report Date 4/8/24

This past week was the final week before first adjournment. The week was spent entirely on Conference Committees including the budget and tax bills. They will now be off for three weeks before returning for the veto session. Key things to watch for:
  • There were a lot of bills from conference committees passed last week that will be going to the Governor. I will be updating the "Bills to Governor" report periodically during the next three weeks as the Governor acts on those bills. Use the link under General Bill Updates above for details.
  • Two bills of high interest to law enforcement were passed and will go to the Governor. These were on Civil Asset Forfeiture and Drones. See the details in the special bill summaries at the links above.
  • We still have a significant number of crime and criminal procedure bills in conference that we understand will be worked on in the Veto Session. See details in the "Conference Committees" report at this link above.
  • Marijuana Legalization: Several things to watch here. First, there will be a move on April 30 to force the medical marijuana bill out of committee and bring it to debate on the floor. It will take a 2/3 majority vote to bring the bill out of committee. These attempts are rarely succussful, but we must do some work over the break to make sure the votes are not there for it. That bill is SB135. Another marijuana bill, SB555, was tabled in committee, and a third, SB558, was introduced late and has not had a hearing.

This is the time of year the topics in bills start getting moved around to different bill numbers. So you will find a “Where Did That Bill Go” report at the Bill Update links above.. One version lists them by topic, the other lists them by original bill number.

I am still working on verifying the information on the bill status and other bill update reports to be sure I haven't missed something getting moved in conference committee.
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Information from prior years is available by going to the Legislative:Archives option in the menu.

Looking for a bill? See a searchable list of all bills introduced in the 2024 session. Use keywords in the short title of the bill.
All bills introduced in the 2024 session