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House Judiciary Committee advances multiple bills to the floor; summary of actions
Summary
The Committee worked a slate of bills Feb. 12, 2026, and passed several favorably to the House floor, including sentencing and tort-claims changes and new criminal provisions for sextortion and blackmail; one sentencing bill was withdrawn.
The Kansas House Judiciary Committee on Feb. 12 worked several bills and sent multiple measures favorably to the House floor after committee debate and amendments.
What the committee advanced: - HB 27-47 (sentencing/DUI criminal-history counting): Passed favorably after discussion; a proposed amendment to reclassify DUI offenses as person crimes lacked a second and was not adopted. The committee recorded the passage by voice vote and the chair announced it was passed unanimously.
- HB 25-21 (child placement agencies and the Kansas Tort Claims Act): A reviser-drafted amendment clarified that a child placement agency (rather than the state) would be…
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