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SB487 • 2026

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

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2026-04-09
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Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026
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Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

What This Bill Does

  • Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 9, 2026

  2. 2026-04-09 Senate

    Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026

  3. 2026-03-27 Senate

    Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 39, Nay 0, Absent 1

  4. 2026-03-23 House

    Motion to accede adopted; Rep. Bob Lewis , Rep. Bradley Barrett and Rep. Tobias Schlingensiepen appointed as conferees

  5. 2026-03-23 Senate

    Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Sen. Kellie Warren , Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson

  6. 2026-03-18 House

    Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 124, Nay 0, Absent 1

  7. 2026-03-18 House

    Motion to advance to Emergency Final Action adopted; —

  8. 2026-03-18 House

    Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended

  9. 2026-03-18 House

    Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted

  10. 2026-03-17 House

    Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice

Official Summary Text

Requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to implement a statewide offender registration system for agencies who register offenders under the offender registration act, providing for a petition to determine that an offender is indigent and authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the act involving nonpayment of a fee.

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SENATE BILL No. 487
AN ACT concerning the Kansas offender registration act; relating to agencies that register
offenders under the act; requiring the Kansas bureau of investigation to provide a
statewide offender registration system; providing for a petition to determine that an
offender is indigent; authorizing a notice to appear to be issued for a violation of the
act involving nonpayment of a fee; allowing offenders required to register under the
act to report where such offender works or attends school at a single point of
registration; amending K.S.A. 22-4903, 22-4904 and 22-4905 and section 1 of this
act, and repealing the existing sections.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
New Section 1. (a) (1) On and after July 1, 2028, the Kansas
bureau of investigation shall provide a statewide offender registration
system for registering law enforcement agencies to use when
registering offenders under the Kansas offender registration act. Such
system shall be used to maintain compliance with the Kansas offender
registration act and ensure real-time delivery of offender relocation
notifications. The Kansas bureau of investigation, in consultation with
the Kansas sheriffs' association, shall provide each registering law
enforcement agency and any state agency required to register offenders
with access to the statewide offender registration system.
(2) Registering law enforcement agencies shall submit registration
data collected pursuant to K.S.A. 22-4904, and amendments thereto, to
the statewide offender registration system in a form and manner
approved by the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation in
consultation with the Kansas sheriffs' association.
(b) On and after July 1, 2026, offenders who are required to
register shall remit payment of a technology fee of $10 to the sheriff's
office at the time of registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-4905, and
amendments thereto. Such technology fee shall be remitted 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 offender registration technology fund.
(c) There is hereby created in the state treasury the offender
registration technology fund. The director of the Kansas bureau of
investigation shall administer the fund. All expenditures from the fund
shall be for the purpose of developing and maintaining the statewide
offender registration system. All expenditures from the offender
registration technology fund shall be made in accordance with
appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports
issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas
bureau of investigation.
(d) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall be responsible for the
costs of administering, purchasing and maintaining the statewide
offender registration system used by registering law enforcement
agencies.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas
offender registration act.
Sec. 2. On and after July 1, 2028, section 1 of this act is hereby
amended to read as follows: (a) (1) On and after July 1, 2028, The
Kansas bureau of investigation shall provide a statewide offender
registration system for registering law enforcement agencies to use
when registering offenders under the Kansas offender registration act.
Such system shall be used to maintain compliance with the Kansas
offender registration act and ensure real-time delivery of offender
relocation notifications. The Kansas bureau of investigation, in
consultation with the Kansas sheriffs' association, shall provide each
registering law enforcement agency and any state agency required to
register offenders with access to the statewide offender registration
system.
(2) Registering law enforcement agencies shall submit registration
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data collected pursuant to K.S.A. 22- 4904, and amendments thereto, to
the statewide offender registration system in a form and manner
approved by the director of the Kansas bureau of investigation in
consultation with the Kansas sheriffs' association.
(b) On and after July 1, 2026, Offenders who are required to
register shall remit payment of a technology fee of $10 to the sheriff's
office at the time of registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-4905, and
amendments thereto. The amount of such fee shall be fixed by rules and
regulations adopted by the director of the Kansas bureau of
investigation, except that such fee shall not exceed $10. Such
technology fee shall be remitted 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 offender
registration technology fund.
(c) There is hereby created in the state treasury the offender
registration technology fund. The director of the Kansas bureau of
investigation shall administer the fund. All expenditures from the fund
shall be for the purpose of developing and maintaining the statewide
offender registration system. All expenditures from the offender
registration technology fund shall be made in accordance with
appropriation acts upon warrants of the director of accounts and reports
issued pursuant to vouchers approved by the director of the Kansas
bureau of investigation.
(d) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall be responsible for the
costs of administering, purchasing and maintaining the statewide
offender registration system used by registering law enforcement
agencies.
(e) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas
offender registration act.
New Sec. 3. (a) An offender may file a petition with the district
court in the county where such offender resides to establish that such
offender is indigent for the purposes of K.S.A. 22-4905, and
amendments thereto. No surcharge or fee shall be imposed on any
offender filing a petition pursuant to this section.
(b) The petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit that sets
forth a factual basis upon which the offender alleges by reason of
poverty an inability to pay the fees described in K.S.A. 22-4905, and
amendments thereto, including, but not limited to, the source and
amount of such offender's weekly income. Such affidavit shall contain
the information required in an affidavit pursuant to K.S.A. 60-2001,
and amendments thereto, and be signed and sworn to by the offender
under penalty of perjury, K.S.A. 21-5903, and amendments thereto. The
form of the affidavit shall be deemed sufficient if in substantial
compliance with the form set forth by the judicial council.
(c) The court may conduct a hearing on the petition and require
additional information from the offender. The court, with or without a
hearing, may:
(1) Deny the petition; or
(2) grant the petition, determine that the offender is indigent for
the purposes of K.S.A. 22-4905, and amendments thereto, and enter the
basis for such decision on the record.
(d) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas
offender registration act.
Sec. 4. K.S.A. 22-4903 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
4903. (a) Violation of the Kansas offender registration act is the failure
by an offender, as defined in K.S.A. 22-4902, and amendments thereto,
to comply with any and all provisions of such act, including any and all
duties set forth in K.S.A. 22-4905 through 22-4907, and amendments
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thereto. Any violation of the Kansas offender registration act which
continues for more than 30 consecutive days shall, upon the 31st
consecutive day, constitute a new and separate offense, and shall
continue to constitute a new and separate offense every 30 days
thereafter for as long as the violation continues.
(b) Aggravated violation of the Kansas offender registration act is
violation of the Kansas offender registration act which continues for
more than 180 consecutive days. Any aggravated violation of the
Kansas offender registration act which continues for more than 180
consecutive days shall, upon the 181st consecutive day, constitute a new
and separate offense, and shall continue to constitute a new and
separate violation of the Kansas offender registration act every 30 days
thereafter, or a new and separate aggravated violation of the Kansas
offender registration act every 180 days thereafter, for as long as the
violation continues.
(c) (1) (A) Except as provided in subsection (c)(3), violation of the
Kansas offender registration act is:
(A)(i) Upon a first conviction, a severity level 6 felony;
(B)(ii) upon a second conviction, a severity level 5 felony; and
(C)(iii) upon a third or subsequent conviction, a severity level 3
felony.
(B) Such violation shall be designated as a person or nonperson
crime in accordance with the designation assigned to the underlying
crime for which the offender is required to be registered under the
Kansas offender registration act. If the offender is required to be
registered under both a person and nonperson underlying crime, the
violation shall be designated as a person crime.
(2) (A) Except as provided in subsection (c)(3), aggravated
violation of the Kansas offender registration act is a severity level 3
felony.
(B) Such violation shall be designated as a person or nonperson
crime in accordance with the designation assigned to the underlying
crime for which the offender is required to be registered under the
Kansas offender registration act. If the offender is required to be
registered under both a person and nonperson underlying crime, the
violation shall be designated as a person crime.
(3) (A) Violation of the Kansas offender registration act or
aggravated violation of the Kansas offender registration act consisting
only of failing to remit payment to the sheriff's office as required in
K.S.A. 22-4905(l), and amendments thereto, is:
(A)(i) Except as provided in subsection (c)(3)(B), a class A
misdemeanor if , within 15 days of registration, full payment is not
remitted to the sheriff's office at the time of registration;
(B)(ii) a severity level 9 felony if, within 15 20 calendar days of
the most recent registration, two or more full payments have not been
remitted to the sheriff's office.
(B) Such violation shall be designated as a person or nonperson
crime in accordance with the designation assigned to the underlying
crime for which the offender is required to be registered under the
Kansas offender registration act. If the offender is required to be
registered under both a person and nonperson underlying crime, the
violation shall be designated as a person crime.
(C) If payment is not made at the time of registration pursuant to
subparagraph (A)(i), the registering law enforcement agency may issue
a notice to appear pursuant to K.S.A. 22-2408, and amendments
thereto. If such payment is made within 20 calendar days of
registration, the criminal charge shall be dismissed.
(d) Prosecution of violations of this section may be held:
(1) In any county in which the offender resides;
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(2) in any county in which the offender is required to be registered
under the Kansas offender registration act;
(3) in any county in which the offender is located during which
time the offender is not in compliance with the Kansas offender
registration act; or
(4) in the county in which any conviction or adjudication occurred
for which the offender is required to be registered under the Kansas
offender registration act.
Sec. 5. On and after July 1, 2028, K.S.A. 22-4904 is hereby
amended to read as follows: 22-4904. (a) (1) At the time of conviction
or adjudication for an offense requiring registration as provided in
K.S.A. 22-4902, and amendments thereto, the court shall:
(A) Inform any offender, on the record, of the procedure to
register and the requirements of K.S.A. 22-4905, and amendments
thereto; and
(B) if the offender is released:
(i) Complete a notice of duty to register, which shall include title
and statute number of conviction or adjudication, date of conviction or
adjudication, case number, county of conviction or adjudication, and
the following offender information: Name, address, date of birth, social
security number, race, ethnicity and gender;
(ii) require the offender to read and sign the notice of duty to
register, which shall include a statement that the requirements provided
in this subsection have been explained to the offender;
(iii) order the offender to report within three business days to the
registering law enforcement agency in the county or tribal land of
conviction or adjudication and to the registering law enforcement
agency in any place where the offender resides , maintains employment
or attends school, to complete the registration form with all information
and any updated information required for registration as provided in
K.S.A. 22-4907, and amendments thereto; and
(iv) provide one copy of the notice of duty to register to the
offender and, within three business days, send a copy of the form to the
law enforcement agency having initial jurisdiction and to the Kansas
bureau of investigation.
(2) At the time of sentencing or disposition for an offense
requiring registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-4902, and amendments
thereto, the court shall ensure the age of the victim is documented in
the journal entry of conviction or adjudication.
(3) Upon commitment for control, care and treatment by the
Kansas department for aging and disability services pursuant to K.S.A.
59-29a07, and amendments thereto, the court shall notify the
registering law enforcement agency of the county where the offender
resides during commitment of such offender's commitment. Such notice
shall be prepared by the office of the attorney general for transmittal by
the court by electronic means, including by fax or e-mail.
(b) The staff of any correctional facility or the registering law
enforcement agency's designee shall:
(1) At the timeWithin three business days of initial custody,
register any offender within three business days by entering all
required registration information in the statewide offender registration
system and:
(A) Inform the offender of the procedure for registration and of
the offender's registration requirements as provided in K.S.A. 22-4905,
and amendments thereto;
(B) complete the registration form with all information and
updated information required for registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-
4907, and amendments thereto;
(C) require the offender to read and sign the registration form,
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which shall include a statement that the requirements provided in this
subsection have been explained to the offender;
(D) provide one copy of the form to the offender and, within three
business days, send a copy of the form to enter the registration
information into the statewide offender registration system provided by
the Kansas bureau of investigation; and
(E) enter all offender information, including updates to such
information, required by the national crime information center and for
registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-4907, and amendments thereto,
into the national sex offender registry system within three business
days of completing the registration or electronically submit all
information and updated information required for registration as
provided in K.S.A. 22-4907, and amendments thereto, within three
business days to the statewide offender registration system provided by
the Kansas bureau of investigation;
(2) notify the Kansas bureau of investigation of the incarceration
of any offender and of the location or any change in location of the
offender while in custody;
(3) prior to any offender being discharged, paroled, furloughed or
released on work or school release that does not require the daily return
to a correctional facility:
(A) Inform the offender of the procedure for registration and of
the offender's registration requirements as provided in K.S.A. 22-4905,
and amendments thereto;
(B) complete the registration form with all information and
updated information required for registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-
4907, and amendments thereto;
(C) require the offender to read and sign the registration form,
which shall include a statement that the requirements provided in this
subsection have been explained to the offender;
(D) photograph the offender's face and any identifying marks;
(E) obtain fingerprint and palm prints of the offender; and
(F) provide one copy of the form to the offender and , within three
business days, send a copy of the form and of enter the registration
information, including the photograph or photographs, to the law
enforcement agency having initial jurisdiction and to into the statewide
registration system provided by the Kansas bureau of investigation; and
(4) notify the law enforcement agency having initial jurisdiction
and the Kansas bureau of investigation seven business days prior to any
offender being discharged, paroled, furloughed or released on work or
school release.
(c) The staff of any treatment facility shall:
(1) Within three business days of an offender's arrival for inpatient
treatment, inform the registering law enforcement agency of the county
or location of jurisdiction in which the treatment facility is located of
the offender's presence at the treatment facility and the expected
duration of the treatment, and immediately notify the registering law
enforcement agency of an unauthorized or unexpected absence of the
offender during the offender's treatment;
(2) inform the registering law enforcement agency of the county
or location of jurisdiction in which the treatment facility is located
within three business days of an offender's discharge or release; and
(3) provide information upon request to any registering law
enforcement agency having jurisdiction relevant to determining the
presence of an offender within the treatment facility.
(d) The registering law enforcement agency, upon the reporting of
any offender, shall:
(1) Inform the offender of the duty to register as provided by the
Kansas offender registration act;
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(2) (A) explain the procedure for registration and the offender's
registration requirements as provided in K.S.A. 22-4905, and
amendments thereto;
(B) obtain the information required for registration as provided in
K.S.A. 22-4907, and amendments thereto; and
(C) require the offender to read and sign the registration form,
which shall include a statement that the requirements provided in this
subsection have been explained to the offender;
(3) complete the registration form with all information and
updated information required for registration, as provided in K.S.A. 22-
4907, and amendments thereto, each time the offender reports to the
registering law enforcement agency. All information and updated
information reported by an offender shall be forwarded to entered into
the statewide offender registration system provided by the Kansas
bureau of investigation within three business days;
(4) maintain the original signed registration form, provide one
copy of the completed registration form to the offender and , within
three business days, send one copy of the completed form to enter the
registration information into the statewide offender registration system
provided by the Kansas bureau of investigation;
(5) forward a copy of any certified letter used for reporting
pursuant to K.S.A. 22-4905, and amendments thereto, when utilized,
within three business days to the Kansas bureau of investigation;
(6) obtain registration information from every offender required to
register regardless of whether or not the offender remits payment;
(7) upon every required reporting, update the photograph or
photographs of the offender's face and any new identifying marks and
immediately forward copies or electronic files of the photographs to the
Kansas bureau of investigation;
(8) enter all offender information required by the national crime
information center into the national sex offender registry system within
three business days of completing the registration or electronically
submit all information and updated information required for
registration as provided in K.S.A. 22-4907, and amendments thereto,
within three business days to the Kansas bureau of investigation;
(9) maintain a special fund for the deposit and maintenance of fees
paid by offenders. All funds retained by the registering law
enforcement agency pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be
credited to a special fund of the registering law enforcement agency
which shall be used solely for law enforcement and criminal
prosecution purposes and which shall not be used as a source of
revenue to reduce the amount of funding otherwise made available to
the registering law enforcement agency; and
(10) forward any initial registration and updated registration
information within three business days to any out-of-state jurisdiction
where the offender is expected to reside, maintain employment or
attend school.
(e) (1) The Kansas bureau of investigation shall , through the use
of the statewide offender registration system:
(A) Forward all additions or changes in information to any
registering law enforcement agency, other than the agency that
submitted the form, where the offender expects to reside, maintain
employment or attend school;
(B) ensure that offender information is immediately entered in the
state registered offender database and the Kansas registered offender
website, as provided in K.S.A. 22-4909, and amendments thereto;
(C) transmit offender conviction or adjudication data, fingerprints
and palm prints to the federal bureau of investigation; and
(D) ensure all offender information required by the national crime
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information center is transmitted into the national sex offender registry
system within three business days of such information being
electronically submitted to the Kansas bureau of investigation.
(2) The director of the Kansas bureau of investigation may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of the
Kansas offender registration act.
(f) The attorney general shall, within 10 business days of an
offender being declared a sexually violent predator, forward to the
Kansas bureau of investigation all relevant court documentation
declaring an offender a sexually violent predator.
(g) The state department of education shall annually notify any
school of the Kansas bureau of investigation internet website, and any
internet website containing information on the Kansas offender
registration act sponsored or created by the registering law enforcement
agency of the county or location of jurisdiction in which the school is
located, for the purpose of locating offenders who reside near such
school. Such notification shall include information that the registering
law enforcement agency of the county or location of jurisdiction where
such school is located is available to the school to assist in using the
registry and providing additional information on registered offenders.
(h) The secretary of health and environment shall annually notify
any licensed child care facility of the Kansas bureau of investigation
internet website, and any internet website containing information on the
Kansas offender registration sponsored or created by the registering law
enforcement agency of the county in which the facility is located, for
the purpose of locating offenders who reside near such facility. Such
notification shall include information that the registering law
enforcement agency of the county or location of jurisdiction where
such child care facility is located is available to the child care facilities
to assist in using the registry and providing additional information on
registered offenders.
(i) Upon request, the clerk of any court of record shall provide the
Kansas bureau of investigation copies of complaints, indictments,
information, journal entries, commitment orders or any other
documents necessary to the performance of the duties of the Kansas
bureau of investigation under the Kansas offender registration act. No
fees or charges for providing such documents may be assessed.
Sec. 6. K.S.A. 22-4905 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
4905. Any offender required to register as provided in the Kansas
offender registration act shall:
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, register in
person with the registering law enforcement agency within three
business days of coming into any county or location of jurisdiction in
which the offender resides or intends to reside, maintains employment
or intends to maintain employment, or attends school or intends to
attend school. Any such offender who cannot physically register in
person with the registering law enforcement agency for such reasons
including, but not limited to, incapacitation or hospitalization, as
determined by a person licensed to practice medicine or surgery, or
involuntarily committed pursuant to the Kansas sexually violent
predator act, shall be subject to verification requirements other than in-
person registration, as determined by the registering law enforcement
agency having jurisdiction;
(b) except as provided further, for any: (1) Sex offender, including
a violent offender or drug offender who is also a sex offender, report in
person four times each year to the registering law enforcement agency
in the county or location of jurisdiction in which the offender resides,
maintains employment or is attending a school; and (2) violent offender
or drug offender, report in person four times each year to the registering
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law enforcement agency in the county or location of jurisdiction in
which the offender resides, maintains employment or is attending a
school, except that, at the discretion of the registering law enforcement
agency, one of the four required reports may be conducted by certified
letter. When utilized, the certified letter for reporting shall be sent by
the registering law enforcement agency to the reported residence of the
offender. The offender shall indicate any changes in information as
required for reporting in person. The offender shall respond by
returning the certified letter to the registering law enforcement agency
within 10 business days by certified mail. The offender shall be
required to report to the registering law enforcement agency once
during the month of the offender's birthday and every third, sixth and
ninth month occurring before and after the month of the offender's
birthday. The registering law enforcement agency may determine the
appropriate times and days for reporting by the offender, consistent
with this subsection. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be
construed to alleviate any offender from meeting the requirements
prescribed in the Kansas offender registration act;
(c) provide the information required for registration as provided in
K.S.A. 22-4907, and amendments thereto, and verify all information
previously provided is accurate;
(d) if in the custody of a correctional facility, register with the
correctional facility within three business days of initial custody and
but shall not be required to update such registration until discharged,
paroled, furloughed or released on work or school release from a
correctional facility. A copy of the registration form and any updated
registrations for an offender released on work or school release shall be
sent, within three business days, entered into the statewide offender
registration system to distribute the information to the registering law
enforcement agency where the offender is incarcerated, maintains
employment or attends school , and to the Kansas bureau of
investigation;
(e) if involuntarily committed pursuant to the Kansas sexually
violent predator act, register within three business days of arrival in the
county where the offender resides during commitment. The offender
shall not be required to update such registration until placed in a
reintegration facility, on transitional release or on conditional release.
Upon placement in a reintegration facility, on transitional release or on
conditional release, the offender shall be personally responsible for
complying with the provisions of the Kansas offender registration act;
(f) notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), if the offender is
transient, report in person to the registering law enforcement agency of
such county or location of jurisdiction in which the offender is
physically present within three business days of arrival in the county or
location of jurisdiction. Such offender shall be required to register in
person with the registering law enforcement agency every 30 days, or
more often at the discretion of the registering law enforcement agency.
Such offender shall comply with the provisions of the Kansas offender
registration act and, in addition, shall:
(1) Provide a list of places where the offender has slept and
otherwise frequented during the period of time since the last date of
registration; and
(2) provide a list of places where the offender may be contacted
and where the offender intends to sleep and otherwise frequent during
the period of time prior to the next required date of registration;
(g) if required by out-of-state law, register in any out-of-state
jurisdiction, where the offender resides, maintains employment or
attends school;
(h) register in person upon any commencement, change or
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termination of residence location, employment status, school
attendance or other information as provided in K.S.A. 22-4907, and
amendments thereto, within three business days of such
commencement, change or termination, to the registering law
enforcement agency or agencies where last registered and provide
written notice to the Kansas bureau of investigation;
(i) report in person to the registering law enforcement agency or
agencies within three business days of any change in name;
(j) if receiving inpatient treatment at any treatment facility, inform
the treatment facility of the offender's status as an offender and inform
the registering law enforcement agency of the county or location of
jurisdiction in which the treatment facility is located of the offender's
presence at the treatment facility and the expected duration of the
treatment;
(k) submit to the taking of an updated photograph by the
registering law enforcement agency on each occasion when the
offender registers with or reports to the registering law enforcement
agency in the county or location of jurisdiction in which the offender
resides, maintains employment or attends school. In addition, such
offender shall submit to the taking of a photograph to document any
changes in identifying characteristics, including, but not limited to,
scars, marks and tattoos;
(l) remit payment to the sheriff's office in the amount of $20 as
part of the reporting process required pursuant to subsection (b) in each
county in which the offender resides, maintains employment or is
attending school and remit the technology fee described in section 1,
and amendments thereto, in the county where the offender resides . On
and after July 1, 2028, such offender shall remit payment to the
sheriff's office in the amount of $20 plus the technology fee described
in section 1, and amendments thereto, only in the county where the
offender resides. Registration will be completed regardless of whether
or not the offender remits payment. Failure of the offender to remit full
payment within 15 days at the time of registration is a violation of the
Kansas offender registration act and is subject to prosecution pursuant
to K.S.A. 22-4903, and amendments thereto. Notwithstanding other
provisions herein, payment of this fee such fees is not required:
(1) When an offender provides updates or changes in information
or during an initial registration unless such updates, changes or initial
registration is during the month of such offender's birthday and every
third, sixth and ninth month occurring before and after the month of the
offender's birthday;
(2) when an offender is transient and is required to register every
30 days, or more frequently as ordered by the registering law
enforcement agency, except during the month of the offender's birthday
and every third, sixth and ninth month occurring before and after the
month of the offender's birthday; or
(3) if an offender has, prior to the required reporting and within
the last three years, been determined to be indigent by a court of law,
and the basis for that finding is recorded by the court;
(m) annually renew any driver's license pursuant to K.S.A. 8-247,
and amendments thereto, and annually renew any identification card
pursuant to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 8-1325a, and amendments thereto;
(n) if maintaining primary residence in this state, surrender all
driver's licenses and identification cards from other states, territories
and the District of Columbia, except if the offender is presently serving
and maintaining active duty in any branch of the United States military
or the offender is an immediate family member of a person presently
serving and maintaining active duty in any branch of the United States
military;
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(o) read and sign the registration form noting whether the
requirements provided in this section have been explained to the
offender; and
(p) report in person to the registering law enforcement agency in
the jurisdiction of the offender's residence and provide written notice to
the Kansas bureau of investigation 21 days prior to any travel outside
of the United States, and provide an itinerary including, but not limited
to, destination, means of transport and duration of travel, or if under
emergency circumstances, within three business days of making travel
arrangements.
Sec. 7. K.S.A. 22-4903 and 22-4905 are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. On and after July 1, 2028, K.S.A. 22-4904 and section 1 of
this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
I hereby certify that the above BILL originated in the
SENATE, and passed that body
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SENATE concurred in
HOUSE amendments _______________________
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President of the Senate.
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Secretary of the Senate.

Passed the HOUSE
as amended _________________________
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Speaker of the House.
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Chief Clerk of the House.
APPROVED _____________________________
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Governor.