Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB155

Introduced
2/3/25  

Caption

Adding harboring or concealing a person who has violated terms of probation to the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution.

Impact

If enacted, SB155 would significantly impact legal accountability regarding probation violations in the State of Kansas. It would enable law enforcement to charge individuals who knowingly assist those violating their probation terms with a felony, thus holding them accountable for obstructing justice. The implications of this bill may lead to stricter enforcement actions and enhanced prosecution of individuals concealing probation violators, further intertwining law enforcement efforts with community awareness regarding criminal activities.

Summary

Senate Bill 155 seeks to amend existing laws concerning criminal procedures related to obstructing apprehension or prosecution. Specifically, the bill adds the harboring or concealing of individuals who have violated the terms of probation to the existing definitions included in the crime of obstructing apprehension or prosecution. This addition aims to enhance law enforcement's ability to deal with individuals who evade accountability for their criminal behavior. By broadening the scope of obstructing apprehension, the bill seeks to deter similar future actions.

Contention

While supporters may argue that SB155 strengthens law enforcement's efforts to ensure public safety by tackling the issue of probation violations, there may also be opposition regarding the implications for civil liberties and potential overreach in penalizing individuals who assist their friends or family members. Concerns may arise about the balance between enforcing the law and preserving the rights of citizens, particularly regarding the definition and boundaries of 'harboring' individuals accused of probation violations. Hence, there may be a call for clarity around the application of this law to avoid unintended consequences.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

KS SB6

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

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 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 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 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 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 HB2002

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

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

KS SB3

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

Similar Bills

No similar bills found.