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KS SB244
Bill
AI Summary
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Compensated sureties (bail bond agents) are prohibited from providing loans to defendants for the required 50% minimum upfront portion of appearance bond premiums
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Compensated sureties cannot be owners of, or affiliated with, any financial institution that makes loans for this required upfront premium portion
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The minimum appearance bond premium remains at 10% of the bond's face amount, with at least half required upfront before a bond can be posted
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Removes previous language that would have required defendants to obtain premium financing loans from separately licensed Kansas financial institutions
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Amends K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 22-2809b and takes effect upon publication in the statute book
Legislative Description
House Substitute for SB 244 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring the designation of multiple-occupancy private spaces in public buildings for use by only one sex and imposing criminal and civil penalties for violations, defining the term "gender" to mean biological sex at birth for purposes of statutory construction, directing the division of vehicles to invalidate and reissue driver's licenses when necessary to correct the gender identification on such licenses and directing the office of vital statistics to invalidate and reissue birth certificates when necessary to correct the sex identification on such certificates.
Last Action
House Motion to override veto prevailed; Yea: 87 Nay: 37
2/18/2026