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KS HB2535
Bill
Status
2/25/2026
Primary Sponsor
Judiciary
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AI Summary
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Creates an exemption from animal abandonment and failure-to-provide-care provisions (subsections a(2) and a(3)) for persons who catch feral cats to vaccinate, spay, or neuter them and return them to the original location
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Defines "feral cat" as a cat with no apparent owner or identification that appears unsocialized to humans, unmanageable, or demonstrates characteristics of a wild or undomesticated animal
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Amends K.S.A. 21-6412, the Kansas cruelty to animals statute, to protect trap-neuter-return (TNR) activities from criminal prosecution
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Takes effect upon publication in the Kansas Register
Legislative Description
Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.
Last Action
Senate Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary
3/5/2026