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Kansas committee hears bill to standardize pre-sentence and journal-entry forms

Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice · February 9, 2026
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Summary

A House corrections committee heard testimony on HB 2552, which would require pre-sentence investigation reports and journal entries be completed in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas Sentencing Commission to support an existing electronic case app and improve statewide data consistency.

A House committee heard testimony on HB 2552 on measures to standardize criminal pre-sentence investigation (PSI) reports and court journal entries by requiring them to be completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas Sentencing Commission.

The bill would change statutory language so that forms currently ‘‘approved’’ by the Sentencing Commission must instead be completed in a form and manner the commission prescribes, and it adds a provision that courts shall not accept documents…

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