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Federal and State Affairs committee introduces four bills on jailhouse testimony, genetic sequencers, firearms disposition and term limits
Summary
The committee formally introduced RS0478 (Pete Cajon Coneys Memorial Act on jailhouse testimony), two bills from Senator Owens including a ban on foreign-made genetic sequencers and a statute correction on law-enforcement firearm disposition, and a bill on an Article V Convention on term limits.
The Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee opened the meeting by introducing four bills on a range of topics.
Committee members introduced RS0478, described in committee as the Pete Cajon Coneys Memorial Act regarding jailhouse testimony. No committee questions were raised and the bill was introduced.
Senator Owens requested introduction of two bills. The first, 25RS0854, would ban genetic sequencers in Kansas hospitals and medical facilities that are manufactured by countries designated in the bill as "foreign adversaries." The second, 25RS0632, was described as correcting a conflict in state statute concerning the disposition of firearms recovered from law-enforcement officers under the civil asset forfeiture law; the committee said the measure addresses that conflict.
Committee members also introduced 25RS0821, described as legislation related to a Convention of States (an Article V convention) focused on term limits. The committee recorded no objections to introduction of these measures.
The introductions were procedural: the bills were placed on the committee record for future consideration. The transcript did not include detailed text for the measures beyond the short descriptions given during the introductions.
