House Standing Committee on Judiciary

Meeting Day: Daily Time: 3:30 pm Location: 346-S

Committee Agenda
Committee Minutes
Testimony
2011 Action Index

Bills, Resolutions and Appointments

Bills In Committee
SB52 - Concerning grandparent's custody of children.
SB81 - Substitute for SB 81 by Committee on Judiciary -- Children and minors; temporary custody; permanency planning; adoption.
SB135 - Enacting the Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act (Kansas RICO act).
SB281 - Relating to the commission on judicial performance.
SB292 - Revoking an ex-spouse's inheritance rights upon divorce.
SB293 - Filing of wills and admission to probate.
SB297 - Removing the gifts from a spouse exception from marital property in a divorce.
SB395 - Relating to intestate succession.
SB404 - Relating to spendthrift trusts.
HB2036 - Interpretation of federal statutes, regulations and national codes.
HB2068 - Amending the Kansas power of attorney act regarding durable power of attorney and duties of the attorney in fact.
HB2072 - Civil procedure, commercial property liens; state construction registry, notice of commencement and notice of furnishings.
HB2073 - Concerning the assessment of an order of support of a child.
HB2102 - Concerning open records; relating to nondisclosure of certain records.
HB2103 - Child in need of care; termination of parents rights.
HB2115 - Adding several person and property crimes to offenses and conduct giving rise to civil forteiture.
HB2123 - Enacting the Kansas adverse medical outcome transparency act.
HB2142 - Children in need of care; court's authority.
HB2145 - Concerning orders for relief of abuse.
HB2150 - Consumer protection; relating to automatic renewals.
HB2163 - Amendments to laws regarding racial profiling.
HB2185 - Kansas open records act; civil penalties change.
HB2215 - Bankruptcy; exempt property; earned income credit
HB2219 - Providing child support for an exceptional child through the school year the child turns 23 years of age.
HB2237 - Fire marshal; investigating authority.
HB2239 - Providing the district court with the authority to assess damage claims for vacating roads for counties less than 30,000.
HB2246 - Mandatory paternity testing for every child born in the state.
HB2252 - Restoration of spouse's former name after divorce; if divorced in another state, court shall restore name if copy of authenticated divorce decree.
HB2254 - Covenant marriages; procedures for divorce and separate maintenance.
HB2261 - Enacting the revised uniform limited liability company act.
HB2297 - Requiring courts to wait until a deployed soldier returns home before proceeding with foreclosure.
HB2305 - Board of Indigents' Defense Terms and Qualifications
HB2343 - Relating to custody for adoption.
HB2344 - Relating to permanency planning.
HB2345 - Notification of parties of a temporary hearing.
HB2346 - Creating the classification of "aggravated sex offender;" creating additional penalties and restrictions for sex offenders.
HB2372 - Requiring verification of employment eligibility and making other amendments concerning immigration.
HB2389 - Child abuse investigations; procedures.
HB2394 - Courts; court of appeals.
HB2406 - Prohibiting the injury, intimidation, interference or harassment of any member of the military or an immediate family member of such member of the military; civil cause of action.
HB2482 - Relating to the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act; parental rights.
HB2483 - Planning and zoning; appeals to district court; jurisdiction retained on remand.
HB2504 - Immunity from civil liability for financial advisers who report suspected exploitation, fiduciary abuse or fraud involving their senior citizen clients.
HB2536 - Revised Kansas Code for care of children; grandparent's rights; legislative access.
HB2539 - Children and minors; relating to grandparent custody, visitation and residency.
HB2540 - Children in need of care; runaways.
HB2549 - Preservation of government records by public officials, including e-mail and texting
HB2553 - Tort claims act; attorney general representation; Nemaha-Brown watershed district.
HB2636 - Including sexual orientation and gender identity as factors concerning the denial of civil rights.
HB2653 - Requiring the compilation of law enforcement statistics for the purpose of identifying and eliminating racial profiling.
HB2658 - Children in need of care; placement in a secure facility; segregation from general population.
HB2736 - Amending requirements of stalking petitions for defendants under the age of 14.
HB2740 - Domestic relations; case management.
HB2742 - Relating to the medical assistance recovery program.
HB2787 - Enforcement of support orders; income withholding.
HB2797 - Kansas restraint of trade act; rule of reason; class actions.

Resolutions In Committee
HCR5015 - Governor appoints supreme court justices, senate consents; nominating commission membership amended; lifetime appoint, subject to removal for cause.

Sponsored Bills
SB6 - Criminal procedure; search incident to arrest.
SB9 - Amendments to the code of civil procedure.
SB24 - Domestic relations; relating to the recodification of certain domestic relations matters
SB62 - House Substitute for SB 62 by Committee on Judiciary -- Concerning medical care facilities; relating to abortion; sterilization.
SB74 - HOUSE Sub for SB 74 by Committee on Judiciary -- Exhaustion of administrative remedies for patients in the custody of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services.
SB79 - House Substitute for SB 79 by Committee on Judiciary -- Concerning the protection of rights granted under the constitution.
SB104 - Tort claims act; dentistry by charitable health care providers
SB142 - House Substitute for SB 142 by Committee on Judiciary -- Kansas preservation of religious freedom act.
SB160 - House Substitute for SB 160 by Committee on Judiciary -- Relating to trespass and liability; exceptions.
SB176 - Making lawful presence in the United States a specific consideration in determining conditions of release for a person charged with a crime.
HB2027 - Rules and regulations filing act
HB2028 - Uniform trust code; insurable interest of trustee.
HB2029 - Tort claims act; charitable health care provider defined to include untrasound technologist.
HB2042 - Requiring law enforcement to report pornographic materials found at scene of or in possession of person who commits a sexually violent crime.
HB2068 - Amending the Kansas power of attorney act regarding durable power of attorney and duties of the attorney in fact.
HB2069 - Substitute HB 2069 by Committee on Judicary -- Enacting the Kansas adverse medical outcome transparency act.
HB2070 - Eminent domain; appraisers' award; notification and restriction.
HB2071 - Inheritance rights; automatically revoking ex-spouses inheritance rights upon divorce.
HB2072 - Civil procedure, commercial property liens; state construction registry, notice of commencement and notice of furnishings.
HB2073 - Concerning the assessment of an order of support of a child.
HB2102 - Concerning open records; relating to nondisclosure of certain records.
HB2106 - Substitute for HB 2106 by Committee on Judiciary -- Relating to trespass and liability; exceptions.
HB2162 - Concerning expungement of arrest records; docket fee.
HB2163 - Amendments to laws regarding racial profiling.
HB2188 - No fiscal note is required for bills concerning the utilization of correctional resources unless the Kansas sentencing commission is required to provide such information.
HB2207 - Substitute HB 2207 by Committee on Judiciary -- Relating to series limited liability companies.
HB2219 - Providing child support for an exceptional child through the school year the child turns 23 years of age.
HB2252 - Restoration of spouse's former name after divorce; if divorced in another state, court shall restore name if copy of authenticated divorce decree.
HB2253 - Private rights of action; restrictions.
HB2259 - Criminal procedure and appearance bonds.
HB2260 - Kansas preservation of religious freedom act.
HB2277 - Third and subsequent DUI offenders following county jail sentence shall serve under local supervision for one year; supervised by community corrections or court services.
HB2283 - Lobbying; use of public funds.
HB2284 - Public funds for lobbying for a tax increase.
HB2304 - Rules and regulations; nullification.
HB2305 - Board of Indigents' Defense Terms and Qualifications
HB2312 - Regulated scrap metal; licensing scrap metal dealers; unlawful acts; criminal penalties.
HB2313 - Exhaustion of administrative remedies for patients in the custody of secretary of social and rehabilitation services.
HB2332 - Sexual exploitation of a child: increasing the penalty for certain offenses.
HB2464 - Amending criminal discovery statute to prohibit release of child pornography evidence to the defense.
HB2465 - Authorizing sentencing court to order lifetime electronic monitoring for certain sex offenders.
HB2470 - Substitute HB 2470 by Committee on Judiciary -- Relating to scrap metal dealers; unlawful acts; fees.
HB2473 - Civil procedure; pleadings and discovery.
HB2482 - Relating to the Kansas adoption and relinquishment act; parental rights.
HB2483 - Planning and zoning; appeals to district court; jurisdiction retained on remand.
HB2484 - Certified shorthand reporters; deposition in Kansas.
HB2529 - Court fees and costs in restitution judgments.
HB2549 - Preservation of government records by public officials, including e-mail and texting
HB2562 - Relating to emergency care or assistance at the scene of an emergency or accident.
HB2569 - Legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records.
HB2621 - Relating to secured transactions.
HB2629 - Relating to a product liability claim arising from an alleged defect in a used product.
HB2647 - Relating to the self-service storage act.
HB2648 - Authorizing expungement of child abuse convictions or adjudications.
HB2655 - Relating to interference with the judicial process.
HB2699 - Relating to furnishing alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverages to a minor.
HB2740 - Domestic relations; case management.
HB2741 - Amending the Kansas family law code.
HB2742 - Relating to the medical assistance recovery program.

Sponsored Resolutions - 2011 Legislative Session
SCR1603 - Abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; supreme court justices appointed by the governor subject to consent by the house of representatives and the senate.
HCR5015 - Governor appoints supreme court justices, senate consents; nominating commission membership amended; lifetime appoint, subject to removal for cause.

Sponsored Resolutions - 2012 Legislative Session
SCR1603 - Abolishing the supreme court nominating commission; supreme court justices appointed by the governor subject to consent by the house of representatives and the senate.
HCR5015 - Governor appoints supreme court justices, senate consents; nominating commission membership amended; lifetime appoint, subject to removal for cause.