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KS HB2227
Bill
Status
2/4/2025
Primary Sponsor
Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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AI Summary
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Prohibits the use of any prone restraint (manual restraint placing a person face-down) on juveniles in custody at juvenile correctional facilities or juvenile detention facilities in Kansas
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Extends the prohibition to juveniles being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system established under K.S.A. 75-7023
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Adds a statutory definition of "prone restraint" to the revised Kansas juvenile justice code (K.S.A. 38-2302)
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Requested by the Cedric Lofton Action Planning Committee through Representative Martinez
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Takes effect upon publication in the Kansas statute book
Legislative Description
Prohibiting the use of any prone restraint on a juvenile who is in custody at a juvenile detention facility or juvenile correctional facility or being assessed as part of the juvenile intake and assessment system.
Last Action
House Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice
2/4/2025