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Kansas committee hears bill to add probation and post-release violations to obstructing apprehension statute
Summary
Senate Bill 155 would add knowingly harboring, concealing or aiding a person alleged to have violated probation, parole or post-release supervision to Kansas's obstructing apprehension statute (KSA 21-59-13).
Senate Bill 155, which would expand the state's obstructing apprehension or prosecution law to cover people who knowingly harbor, conceal or aid persons alleged to have violated the terms of probation, assignment to a community corrections program, parole or post-release supervision, received proponent, neutral and opponent testimony in a Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
The bill would add the new element to KSA 21-59-13 so that knowingly harboring or concealing someone alleged to have violated those supervision conditions is punished the same as current subsection (a)(1): a severity level 8 nonperson felony when the underlying allegation is a felony and a class C misdemeanor when the underlying allegation is a misdemeanor.
The bill's proponent, Missy Schoen, identified herself as the outgoing Norton County Attorney and said she submitted the proposal on behalf of the Kansas…
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