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KS HB2328
Bill
Status
2/7/2025
Primary Sponsor
Corrections and Juvenile Justice
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AI Summary
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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
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Designated areas must be determined by the secretary in consultation with the local community
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Secretary must submit an evaluation report to the governor, speaker of the house, and president of the senate within 10 years of program establishment
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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
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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House Withdrawn from Committee on Interstate Cooperation; Rereferred to Committee on Health and Human Services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