Kansas b2025_26 Biennium Status: Introduced

SB494 — Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery.

Last action — Died in Committee

  1. 1
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 05, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

AN ACT concerning domestic violence; relating to victims of domestic violence offenses; expanding the definition of course of conduct used in the crime of stalking to include more technology-based methods; requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls; requiring the prosecutor to affirm a primary aggressor analysis was completed when filing a complaint or indictment in a domestic violence case; prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence offenses for public records; allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense; adding prohibitions on certain contact to options for protection from abuse or protection from stalking orders; allowing lifetime extension of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery; amending K.S.A. 21-5427, 22-2307, 22-3201, 60-455, 60-3107, 60-31a06 and 75-7d05 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-219 and repealing the existing sections.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Died in Committee

  2. Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary

  3. Introduced

Sponsors

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 164 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Senate Committee on Judiciary

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (164)

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB494 do?
AN ACT concerning domestic violence; relating to victims of domestic violence offenses; expanding the definition of course of conduct used in the crime of stalking to include more technology-based methods; requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls; requiring the prosecutor to affirm a primary aggressor analysis was completed when filing a complaint or indictment in a domestic violence case; prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence offenses for public records; allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense; adding prohibitions on certain contact to options for protection from abuse or protection from stalking orders; allowing lifetime extension of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery; amending K.S.A. 21-5427, 22-2307, 22-3201, 60-455, 60-3107, 60-31a06 and 75-7d05 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 45-219 and repealing the existing sections.
Who sponsors SB494?
SB494 is sponsored by Senate Committee on Judiciary.
What is the current status of SB494?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced February 05, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track SB494?
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