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Senate Judiciary committee advances bill to revoke bond after certain felony convictions
Summary
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend SB 358, which would revoke or modify bond after conviction for specified felonies so defendants are remanded without bond to county jail until sentencing. Prosecutors and survivors urged the change; opponents filed written-only testimony.
The Kansas Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday moved SB 358 forward after hearing emotional testimony from prosecutors and survivors who said the bill would prevent convicted felons from returning home on bond before sentencing.
The bill, described by the legislative reviser as an amendment to statutes governing release after conviction (KSA 22-2804 and the bond statute KSA 22-2802), would require that defendants convicted of off-grid felonies, severity level 1–4 felonies or certain drug felonies who had previously been released on bond be remanded immediately and held without bond in the county jail until sentencing. If a…
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