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SB494: Expanding the definition of stalking to include more technology-based methods, requiring law enforcement agencies to adopt policies for making primary aggressor assessments when responding to domestic violence calls and requiring a prosecutor to affirm such assessment was completed, prohibiting public agencies from charging fees to victims of domestic violence for public records, allowing evidence of other domestic violence offenses to be admissible in a criminal action in which the defendant is accused of a domestic violence offense, adding certain contact to options for protection from abuse or stalking orders and allowing lifetime extensions of protection from abuse orders for victims of domestic battery.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill updates Kansas laws on stalking and domestic violence. It includes more technology-based methods of stalking and requires law enforcement to identify the primary aggressor in domestic violence cases.

Who This Affects

Victims of domestic battery and those seeking protection from abuse or stalking orders will be affected by this bill. It also applies to public agencies that provide records to these victims.

Key Provisions

• Expands definition of stalking to include technology-based methods

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Timeline

Introduced

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Last Action

Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary

Feb 5, 2026

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