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Session of 2025
SENATE BILL No. 220
By Senators Sykes, Corson, Faust-Goudeau, Francisco, Holscher and Pettey
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AN ACT concerning children and minors; relating to child labor;
increasing the penalty for unlawful employment of any person or child;
amending K.S.A. 38-612 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 38-612 is hereby amended to read as follows: 38-
612. That (a) Any person, firm or corporation employing any person or
child in violation of any provision of this act , or permitting or conniving at
such violation, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a period of not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days:
(1) Class A person misdemeanor, except as provided in subsections
(a)(2) and (a)(3);
(2) severity level 7, person felony upon a second conviction; and
(3) severity level 5, person felony upon a third or subsequent
conviction.
(b) In addition to any other criminal penalties provided by law, any
person convicted of a violation of this section for a second time shall pay a
fine in an amount of $25,000 and any person convicted of a violation of
this section for a third or subsequent time shall pay a fine in an amount of
$50,000.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 38-612 is hereby repealed.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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