Kansas House Bill 2413

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Passed on April 9 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-04-09 - House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.

Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.

Rep. Kevin Schwertfeger [R]

Rep. Megan Steele [R]

2026-03-27 - House - House Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 124 Nay: 0 (Y: 124 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-27 - Senate - Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 40 Nay: 0 (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-03-13 - Senate - Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 39 Nay: 0 (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-01-28 - House - House Final Action - Passed - Yea: 120 Nay: 3 (Y: 120 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-04-09	House	House Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
2026-04-09	House	House Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026
2026-04-09	House	House Engrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026
2026-03-27	House	House Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 124 Nay: 0
2026-03-27	Senate	Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0
2026-03-27	Senate	Senate Conference committee report now available
2026-03-17	Senate	Senate Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Titus and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
2026-03-17	House	House Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Humphries , Representative Williams, L. and Representative Osman as conferees
2026-03-13	Senate	Senate Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
2026-03-12	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
2026-03-12	Senate	Senate Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
2026-03-03	Senate	Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
2026-02-25	Senate	Senate Hearing: Wednesday, February 25, 2026, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
2026-01-29	Senate	Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-01-28	Senate	Senate Received and Introduced
2026-01-28	House	House Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 3
2026-01-27	House	House Committee of the Whole - Be passed
2026-01-23	House	House Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary
2026-01-20	House	House Hearing: Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
2026-01-12	House	House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
2026-01-12	House	House Introduced
2026-01-12	House	House Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 11, 2025

Type	Source
Summary	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2413/
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2413_00_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2413_01_0000.pdf
Text	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/hb2413_enrolled.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/cr_2026_hb2413_h_3091.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/cr_2026_hb2413_s_3964.pdf
Amendment	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/ccr_2026_hb2413_s_4614.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/fisc_note_hb2413_00_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_hb2413_00_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/supp_note_hb2413_01_0000.pdf
Supplement	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/ccrb_hb2413_01_3262026pm.pdf
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20260128112119_832947/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20260313083003_448551/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20260327171753_176070/
Roll Call	https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/vote_view/je_20260327211740_110045/