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Committee advances bill tightening work‑release and penalties for repeat domestic battery offenders
Summary
The committee approved an amendment changing the enactment citation and then passed House Bill 21-92 as amended, which would require participation in a batterers' intervention program for first‑time domestic battery convictions, increase minimum incarceration for repeat offenses and prohibit work release for second and subsequent convictions; the
House Bill 21-92, considered by the Senate Judiciary Committee, would require enrollment in a batterers' intervention program on a first domestic battery conviction, raise minimum incarceration periods for repeat convictions and prohibit work release for second and later convictions.
The committee approved an amendment changing the bill’s enactment reference from publication in the statute book to publication in the Kansas Register. After adopting that technical amendment by voice vote, Senator Shane moved that the committee pass HB 21-92 as amended favorably; Senator Rose seconded and the motion carried on a voice vote.
Committee members indicated the change to the enactment language was procedural and the bill’s principal policy — stronger mandatory treatment for first offenses and expanded restrictions on work release for repeat offenders — remained in the amended version. The committee recorded the motion, second and voice vote that carried the bill out of committee favorably.
The committee did not produce an on‑record roll call tally in the hearing transcript; actions were carried by voice votes and announcements that the motions carried.
