Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SB487

Introduced
2/4/26  
Refer
2/5/26  
Report Pass
2/17/26  
Engrossed
2/25/26  
Refer
2/25/26  
Report Pass
3/17/26  
Enrolled
4/9/26  

Caption

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

Impact

The bill significantly impacts the existing laws governing offender registration by centralizing authority and digitizing processes. Specifically, it creates a technology fee, which will contribute to the establishment of an offender registration technology fund aimed at developing and maintaining the statewide registration system. Moreover, the bill standardizes the registration process, requiring all law enforcement agencies to comply with its regulations. A notable provision allows offenders to petition for indigent status, potentially waiving their registration fees if they demonstrate an inability to pay.

Summary

Senate Bill 487 aims to reform the Kansas offender registration system by mandating the Kansas Bureau of Investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system. This system will facilitate real-time delivery of offender relocation notifications to law enforcement agencies and ensure compliance with the Kansas offender registration act. Starting from July 1, 2026, offenders required to register will need to remit a technology fee of $10 upon registration to help fund the management of this system. This change is seen as a way to streamline the registration process across Kansas and improve the tracking of offenders.

Sentiment

The sentiment surrounding SB 487 appears to be largely positive, particularly from law enforcement agencies who see the potential benefits of a streamlined registration process. Supporters argue that it will enhance public safety by enabling quicker responses to offender relocations. However, some concerns have been raised regarding the imposition of fees and the potential burden on indigent offenders, highlighting tensions between reforming system efficacy and ensuring equitable treatment of all offenders.

Contention

Notable points of contention within discussions around this bill include the appropriateness of assigning a technology fee to offenders required to register and whether this may disproportionately affect those with limited financial means. Additionally, some lawmakers question how effectively the technology fund will be managed and how the new requirements might impact the operational capabilities of local law enforcement agencies. The balance between public safety and the rights of offenders remains a critical debate point in the legislative discussions.

Companion Bills

No companion bills found.

Previously Filed As

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 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 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 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 HB2002

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

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 HB2004

Authorizing counties to propose an earnings tax for ballot question.

KS SB5

Authorizing counties to impose an earnings tax.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

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.

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