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KS SB351

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/21/2026

Primary Sponsor

Tim Shallenburger

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Inmates and prisoners in Kansas correctional facilities, county jails, and city jails must be allowed to make telephone calls at no cost
  • Collect calls and prepaid collect accounts cannot be required for incarcerated individuals to make phone calls
  • City jails, county jails, and the Secretary of Corrections may adopt policies regulating the duration and frequency of telephone calls
  • Amends K.S.A. 12-4213 (city jail provisions), 19-1919 (county jail provisions), and 75-5210 (state correctional facilities)
  • Takes effect upon publication in the statute book

Legislative Description

Requiring correctional facilities and jails to allow inmates and prisoners to make telephone calls at no cost.

Last Action

Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary

1/22/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary1/22/2026

Full Bill Text

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