Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2444: Providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case, creating special sentencing rules when a felony is committed by certain offenders while on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony and requiring secured minimum bonds for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings
Status: Signed into law, April 9, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case; creating a special sentencing rule of presumptive imprisonment when a new felony is committed by certain offenders while in custody for a prior nondrug felony or on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior nondrug felony…
From the enrolled text, March 26, 2026:
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that jail credit when consecutive sentences are imposed shall not apply to more than one case; creating a special sentencing rule of presumptive imprisonment when a new felony is committed by certain offenders while in custody for a prior nondrug felony or on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior nondrug felony; prohibiting certain dispositional and durational departures when a new felony is committed by offenders while in custody for a prior felony or on probation, parole or postrelease supervision for a prior felony; relating to release prior to trial; providing limitations and restrictions on releasing a person charged with a felony upon the person's own recognizance; requiring secured minimum appearance bond amounts for certain defendants who commit a new felony while on probation, parole, postrelease supervision or bond for a prior felony unless the court makes certain findings; creating a presumption that certain noncitizens are a flight risk; amending K.S.A. 216818 and K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615, 21-6804 and 22-2802 and repealing the existing sections. Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 21-6615 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21-6615. (a) (1) In any criminal action in which the defendant is convicted, the judge, if the judge sentences the defendant to confinement, shall direct that for the purpose of computing the …