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KS HB2328

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2025

Primary Sponsor

Corrections and Juvenile Justice

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Secretary of Corrections may establish a program to deliver prison-made housing units to designated areas that have experienced minimal building activity and home improvements despite community incentive efforts

  • Designated areas must be determined by the secretary in consultation with the local community

  • Secretary must submit an evaluation report to the governor, speaker of the house, and president of the senate within 10 years of program establishment

  • Report must assess the program's impact on local housing availability, effects on non-prison housing manufacturers and dealers, post-release employment of participating inmates in related industries, expenses reimbursed to the state, and inmate savings upon release

  • Amends K.S.A. 75-5275a, which currently prohibits the secretary from operating home building programs that compete with manufactured and modular home manufacturers and dealers

Legislative Description

Providing an exception to restrictions on prison-made housing units to allow the secretary of corrections to establish a program for delivering such units into designated areas.

Last Action

House Withdrawn from Committee on Interstate Cooperation; Rereferred to Committee on Health and Human Services

2/19/2026

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services2/19/2026
Interstate Cooperation2/6/2026
Health and Human Services1/28/2026
Interstate Cooperation3/10/2025
Corrections and Juvenile Justice2/27/2025
Federal and State Affairs2/25/2025
Corrections and Juvenile Justice2/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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