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HB2224 • 2026

Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.

Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Last action
2026-04-10
Official status
Died in Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.

Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-10 House

    Died in Committee

  2. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to House Committee on Judiciary

  3. 2025-02-04 House

    Introduced

Official Summary Text

Requiring a law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at residential premises to be uniformed and to knock and announce themselves before entering the property.

Current Bill Text

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Session of 2025
HOUSE BILL No. 2224
By Representatives Simmons and Fairchild
2-4
AN ACT concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating
to search and seizure; requiring a law enforcement officer executing a
search warrant to be properly uniformed and announce their presence
before entering; amending K.S.A. 22-2510 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 22-2510 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
2510. (a) A search warrant may be executed at any time of any day or
night.
(b) A law enforcement officer executing a search warrant at a
dwelling shall be properly uniformed and shall knock on the door and
announce their presence in a manner reasonably expected to be heard by
the occupants of the dwelling before entering the dwelling to execute a
search warrant.
(c) For the purposes of this section, "dwelling" means a building, or
portion thereof, that is used or intended for use as a human habitation,
home or residence.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 22-2510 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
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