Bill
HB 2413
Enhancing the criminal penalty for an offense committed with the intent to commit transnational repression, requiring the development of transnational repression recognition and response training, providing that theft of livestock or implements of husbandry is a severity level 5, nonperson felony, providing that the theft of grain or hay is a severity level 6, nonperson felony and 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.
2025-2026 Regular Session
Introduced by Kevin Schwertfeger and 1 co-sponsor
Kansas bill makes livestock and farm equipment theft a severity level 5 felony to strengthen penalties against agricultural property crimes in rural communities.
Engrossed on Monday, March 30, 2026