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Session of 2026
HOUSE BILL No. 2616
By Committee on Transportation
Requested by Representative Essex
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AN ACT concerning the law enforcement officers memorial advisory
committee; relating to the Kansas highway patrol and the Kansas
bureau of investigation; providing that the law enforcement officers
memorial advisory committee may receive requests from a law
enforcement agency for temporary personnel and other assistance in
support of funeral services honoring law enforcement officers who
have lost their lives in the line of duty in the service of the state;
amending K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 and repealing the existing
section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 is hereby amended to read as
follows: 75-2251. (a) There is hereby established the law enforcement
officers memorial advisory committee, which shall be composed of 11
members as follows:
(1) A representative of the Kansas peace officers association,
appointed by the governor;
(2) a representative of the Kansas chiefs of police, appointed by the
governor;
(3) a representative of the Kansas fraternal order of police, appointed
by the governor;
(4) a representative of the Kansas state troopers association,
appointed by the governor;
(5) a representative of the Kansas sheriffs' association, appointed by
the governor;
(6) a representative of the Kansas chapter of concerns of police
survivors, appointed by the governor;
(7) the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation, or the director's
designee;
(8) the superintendent of the Kansas highway patrol, or the
superintendent's designee;
(9) the attorney general, or the attorney general's designee;
(10) the secretary of the state historical society, or the secretary's
designee; and
(11) the secretary of corrections, or the secretary's designee.
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(b) With regard to a member to be appointed by the governor as
representative of the Kansas peace officers association, the Kansas chiefs
of police, the Kansas fraternal order of police, the Kansas state troopers
association, the Kansas sheriffs' association or the Kansas chapter of
concerns of police survivors, the association or group to be represented
may submit a list of at least three names for consideration by the governor
in making the appointment. The governor shall consider each such list if
timely submitted and may appoint from among those listed.
(c) The law enforcement officers memorial advisory committee shall
be advisory to the director of architectural services and the secretary of the
state historical society with regard to matters concerning the memorial to
law enforcement officers on the state capitol grounds. The advisory
committee may also make recommendations to the governor and the
legislature regarding appropriate activities memorializing or
commemorating the services of law enforcement officers in Kansas. The
advisory committee may solicit grants, gifts, contributions and bequests
for the memorial and shall remit all moneys so received to the state
treasurer in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 75-4215, and
amendments thereto. Upon receipt of each such remittance, the state
treasurer shall deposit the entire amount in the state treasury to the credit
of the law enforcement memorial fund.
(d) The members of the advisory committee shall organize annually
by electing a chairperson and vice chairperson. The advisory committee
shall meet at least once each year upon call of the chairperson. The
secretary of the state historical society, or the secretary's designee, shall
serve as secretary for the advisory committee. Members of the advisory
committee appointed by the governor under this section shall serve at the
pleasure of the governor.
(e) Upon the request of a Kansas law enforcement agency to the law
enforcement officers memorial advisory committee, the superintendent of
the Kansas highway patrol and the director of the Kansas bureau of
investigation shall make available temporary personnel and other
assistance to such agency in support of funeral services honoring law
enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty in the
service of the state.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 75-2251 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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