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Committee advances bill to require disclosures and a KBI database for jailhouse witnesses
Summary
House Bill 2131, which would require prosecutors to disclose intended jailhouse-witness testimony and submit related information to a Kansas Bureau of Investigation database, was amended in committee and reported favorably following debate over definitions, burdens and cybersecurity.
March 6 — The House Committee on Judiciary amended and advanced House Bill 2131, a measure that requires prosecutors to disclose that they intend to introduce testimony from a jailhouse witness and to submit related information to a Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) database for use by other prosecutors.
Jason Thompson, reviser, summarized the bill as requiring prosecutors to disclose the intent to call a jailhouse witness and to forward related information to the KBI, which would maintain a searchable database. The committee debated definitional language and several amendments before approving the bill as amended.
Representative Kevin Lewis, the bill sponsor, offered an amendment to clarify the statutory definition of “jailhouse witness.”…
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