Kansas legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Kansas HB2272: Providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025, and creating the crime of aggravated murder
Status: In committee, April 10, 2026
What the bill says
An act concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025; creating the crime of aggravated murder; requiring a sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole therefor; clarifying laws related to sentences of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 215402, 21-5419, 21-6614, 21-6618, 21-6620, 21-6622, 21-6628, 216629, 21-6806, 22-2512, 22-4902, 22-4906, 23-3222, 38-2271, 382303, 38-2312, 38-2365, 72-2165 and 75-52,148 and K.S.A…
From the introduced text, February 5, 2025:
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; providing that no person shall be sentenced to death for crimes committed after July 1, 2025; creating the crime of aggravated murder; requiring a sentence of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole therefor; clarifying laws related to sentences of imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole; amending K.S.A. 21-5301, 215402, 21-5419, 21-6614, 21-6618, 21-6620, 21-6622, 21-6628, 216629, 21-6806, 22-2512, 22-4902, 22-4906, 23-3222, 38-2271, 382303, 38-2312, 38-2365, 72-2165 and 75-52,148 and K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 21-6328, 22-3717, 38-2255, 39-970, 39-2009 and 65-5117 and repealing the existing sections; also repealing K.S.A. 21-5401, 21-6617 and 21-6619; also repealing K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 39-2009a. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas: New Section 1. (a) No person shall be sentenced to death for a crime committed on or after July 1, 2025. (b) Any person who is sentenced to death for a crime committed prior to July 1, 2025, may be put to death pursuant to the provisions of article of chapter 22 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto. (c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas criminal code. New Sec. 2. (a) Aggravated murder is the: (1) Intentional and premeditated killing of any person in the commission of kidnapping, as defined in K.S.A. …