Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas SB220: Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning children and minors; relating to child labor; increasing the penalty for unlawful employment of any person or child; amending K.S.A. 38-612 and repealing the existing section.
From the introduced text, February 5, 2025:
AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to child labor; increasing the penalty for unlawful employment of any person or child; amending K.S.A. 38-612 and repealing the existing section. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: Section 1. K.S.A. 38-612 is hereby amended to read as follows: 38612. That (a) Any person, firm or corporation employing any person or child in violation of any provision of this act, or permitting or conniving at such violation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days: (1) Class A person misdemeanor, except as provided in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3); (2) severity level 7, person felony upon a second conviction; and (3) severity level 5, person felony upon a third or subsequent conviction. (b) In addition to any other criminal penalties provided by law, any person convicted of a violation of this section for a second time shall pay a fine in an amount of $25,000 and any person convicted of a violation of this section for a third or subsequent time shall pay a fine in an amount …
Sponsors
- Dinah Sykes, Dinah (I) · primary sponsor
- Ethan Corson, Ethan (I)
- Faust Goudeau, Oletha (D, 29)
- Marci Francisco, Marci (I)
- Cindy Holscher, Cindy (I)
- Pat Pettey, Pat (I)
Latest actions
- : Died in Committee
- : Withdrawn from Senate Committee on Judiciary ; Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary
- : Referred to Senate Committee on Public Health and Welfare
- : Introduced
Subjects: Children and Minors, Labor and Employment
Common questions
- What is SB220?
- SB220 is a bill in the Kansas Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Increasing the penalty for unlawful employment under child labor laws.
- What does SB220 do?
- In its own words: An act concerning children and minors; relating to child labor; increasing the penalty for unlawful employment of any person or child; amending K.S.A. 38-612 and repealing the existing section.
- What is the status of SB220?
- In committee as of April 10, 2026. Latest action: Died in Committee (April 10, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB220?
- Dinah Sykes, Dinah (I), with 5 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB220?
- On the Kansas Legislature website: https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/sb220/
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