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Senator introduces bill to provide agency support for funerals of fallen officers

Senate Transportation Committee · January 28, 2026
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Summary

An individual bill introduction, RS3052, would authorize temporary personnel and assistance from the Kansas Highway Patrol and Kansas Bureau of Investigation to support funerals honoring law-enforcement officers who died in the line of duty in 2025; sponsor named four officers.

Senator (identified at the hearing) introduced RS3052 to provide temporary personnel and other assistance from the Kansas Highway Patrol and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation in support of funeral services honoring law‑enforcement officers who died in the line of duty while serving the state in 2025.

The sponsor asked the committee to note the extraordinary loss of four officers in 2025 and named Deputy Brandon Grady of the Phillips County Sheriff’s Office, Deputy Isaiah Ming of the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office, Officer Hunter Semenak of the Kansas City, Kansas Police Department, and Sergeant Scott Hyman of the Hays Police Department. The sponsor recognized Jordan Harrison, chief of police from Russell County, who was in the audience.

The chair noted no objections and the bill introduction was recorded; no hearing or vote occurred during this session.