Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas House Bill HB2748

Introduced
2/6/26  

Caption

Increasing the time of initial orders and possible extensions under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act.

Impact

If enacted, HB 2748 would significantly influence the application of protective orders in Kansas. The amendments proposed in the bill would empower the courts to implement longer-lasting protections for victims. This might also lead to a decrease in the frequency of court revisits by victims seeking extensions, as the orders can last longer and adjustments can be made more fluidly. Importantly, the bill seeks to streamline procedures for victims, ensuring that the legal framework offers immediate and long-term support against various forms of abuse.

Summary

House Bill 2748 is designed to amend the existing Kansas laws concerning protective orders in cases of domestic abuse, stalking, sexual assault, and human trafficking. One of the primary aims of the bill is to increase the duration of initial protective orders from a maximum of one year to a potential five years, thereby providing victims with a more extended period of security against their abusers. Additionally, the bill provides mechanisms for extending these protective orders beyond their initial terms, with specific conditions under which such extensions can be granted, including prior violations of protective orders or certain felony convictions against the defendant.

Contention

While the enhancements proposed in HB 2748 seek to strengthen protections for victims, there may be points of contention regarding the rights of the defendants. Critics might argue that extending the duration of protective orders could lead to potential abuses within the judicial system, where individuals could be unfairly kept under such restrictions without clear and significant evidence of continued risk. Thus, discussions are likely to emerge around the balance between enhancing victim protections while ensuring fair legal processes for those accused of violations.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS SB2

Eliminating the income limit to qualify for the subtraction modification exempting social security benefits, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, citing the increased property tax homestead refund claim section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, decreasing the normal privilege tax rate, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, decreasing the rate of ad valorem tax imposed by a school district; providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund, reducing the state rate of tax on sales of food and food ingredients and modifying the percent credited to the state highway fund from revenue collected.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SB7

Authorizing federally licensed firearm dealers, in addition to county sheriffs, to receive applications for concealed carry licenses and forward such applications to the attorney general, prohibiting sheriffs from assessing any fee related to application services and allowing dealers to assess a fee related to application services not to exceed $20.

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SB3

Clarifying the procedures and restrictions on accepting a nomination for an elected office.

KS SB6

Providing a sales tax exemption for sales of electricity to residential premises by municipally owned or operated utilities.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

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