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1	1	Session of 2025
2	2	SENATE BILL No. 96
3	3	By Senator Haley
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5	5	AN ACT concerning deprivation of rights under color of law; creating the
6	6	crime of deprivation of rights under color of law and providing criminal
7	7	penalties therefor; authorizing a civil cause of action; requiring
8	8	restitution to the victim; amending K.S.A. 22-3424 and repealing the
9	9	existing section.
10	10	Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
11	11	New Section 1. (a) Deprivation of rights under color of law is any
12	12	action by any person, under color of any law, statute, county resolution,
13	13	ordinance or regulation, that knowingly subjects another person to the
14	14	deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured or protected by
15	15	the constitution or laws of the United States or the state of Kansas, by
16	16	causing:
17	17	(1) Bodily harm to another person;
18	18	(2) great bodily harm to another person or disfigurement of another
19	19	person;
20	20	(3) bodily harm to another person with a deadly weapon, or in any
21	21	manner whereby great bodily harm, disfigurement or death can be
22	22	inflicted;
23	23	(4) physical contact with another person when done in a rude,
24	24	insulting or angry manner, or in any manner whereby great bodily harm,
25	25	disfigurement or death can be inflicted;
26	26	(5) mental anguish, emotional harm, embarrassment or similar
27	27	distress to another person; or
28	28	(6) monetary loss to another person.
29	29	(b) Deprivation of rights under color of law as described in:
30	30	(1) Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(5) is a class B person misdemeanor;
31	31	(2) subsection (a)(2) is a severity level 4, person felony;
32	32	(3) subsection (a)(3) or (a)(4) is a severity level 7, person felony;
33	33	(4) subsection (a)(6), when the monetary loss is:
34	34	(A) Less than $1,000, is a class A nonperson misdemeanor;
35	35	(B) at least $1,000, but less than $25,000, is a severity level 9,
36	36	nonperson felony; and
37	37	(C) $25,000 or more, is a severity level 7, nonperson felony.
38	38	(c) This section shall be a part of and supplemental to the Kansas
39	39	criminal code.
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76	76	New Sec. 2. (a) A person injured as a result of the conduct of another
77	77	that would constitute conduct prohibited by section 1, and amendments
78	78	thereto, may bring an action in an appropriate state court against the
79	79	person or persons who engaged in such conduct.
80	80	(b) In any action brought under this section, a prevailing plaintiff
81	81	shall recover up to three times the actual damages such person sustained or
82	82	$10,000, whichever is greater, and the cost of the suit, including
83	83	reasonable attorney fees.
84	84	(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any action
85	85	commenced under this section shall be filed within three years after the
86	86	later of:
87	87	(1) The date of discovery of the violation of section 1, and
88	88	amendments thereto; or
89	89	(2) the conclusion of a related criminal case.
90	90	(d) At the victim's request, the attorney general may pursue cases on
91	91	behalf of any Kansas victim under this section. All damages obtained shall
92	92	go to the victim, and the attorney general may seek reasonable attorney
93	93	fees and costs.
94	94	(e) Any action brought under this section shall be subject to the
95	95	provisions of K.S.A. 74-7312, and amendments thereto.
96	96	Sec. 3. K.S.A. 22-3424 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-
97	97	3424. (a) The judgment shall be rendered and sentence imposed in open
98	98	court.
99	99	(b) If the verdict or finding is not guilty, judgment shall be rendered
100	100	immediately and the defendant shall be discharged from custody and the
101	101	obligation of the defendant's appearance bond.
102	102	(c) If the verdict or finding is guilty, judgment shall be rendered and
103	103	sentence pronounced without unreasonable delay, allowing adequate time
104	104	for the filing and disposition of post-trial motions and for completion of
105	105	such presentence investigation as the court may require.
106	106	(d) (1) If the verdict or finding is guilty, upon request of the victim or
107	107	the victim's family and before imposing sentence, the court shall hold a
108	108	hearing to establish restitution. The defendant may waive the right to the
109	109	hearing and accept the amount of restitution as established by the court. If
110	110	the court orders restitution to be paid to the victim or the victim's family,
111	111	the order shall be enforced as a judgment of restitution pursuant to K.S.A.
112	112	20-169, and amendments thereto, and K.S.A. 21-6604(b)(2), and
113	113	amendments thereto.
114	114	(2) (A) The court shall order a person convicted of human trafficking
115	115	or aggravated human trafficking, K.S.A. 21-3446 or 21-3447, prior to their
116	116	repeal, or K.S.A. 21-5426, and amendments thereto, or commercial sexual
117	117	exploitation of a child, K.S.A. 21-6422, and amendments thereto, to pay
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162	162	(i) Expenses incurred or reasonably certain to be incurred by the
163	163	victim as a result of the offense, including reasonable attorney fees and
164	164	costs; and
165	165	(ii) an amount equal to three times the greatest of the following, with
166	166	no reduction for expenses the defendant incurred to maintain the victim:
167	167	(a) The gross income to the defendant for, or the value to the
168	168	defendant of, the victim's labor or services or sexual activity;
169	169	(b) the amount the defendant contracted to pay the victim; or
170	170	(c) the value of the victim's labor or services or sexual activity,
171	171	calculated under the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the federal
172	172	fair labor standards act, 29 U.S.C. § 201 et seq., or under K.S.A. 44-1203,
173	173	and amendments thereto, whichever is higher, even if the provisions do not
174	174	apply to the victim's labor or services or sexual activity.
175	175	(B) The court shall order restitution under subsection (d)(2) this
176	176	paragraph even if the victim is unavailable to accept payment of
177	177	restitution.
178	178	(C) If the victim does not claim restitution ordered under subsection
179	179	(d)(2) this paragraph for five years after entry of the order, the restitution
180	180	must be paid to the human trafficking victim assistance fund created by
181	181	K.S.A. 75-758, and amendments thereto, to help victims.
182	182	(3) The court shall order a person convicted of deprivation of rights
183	183	under color of law section 1, and amendments thereto, to pay restitution to
184	184	the victim of the offense for expenses incurred or reasonably certain to be
185	185	incurred by the victim as a result of the offense, including reasonable
186	186	attorney fees and costs.
187	187	(e) Before imposing sentence the court shall: (1) Allow the
188	188	prosecuting attorney to address the court, if the prosecuting attorney so
189	189	requests; (2) afford counsel an opportunity to speak on behalf of the
190	190	defendant; (3) allow the victim or such members of the victim's family as
191	191	the court deems appropriate to address the court, if the victim or the
192	192	victim's family so requests; and (4) address the defendant personally and
193	193	ask the defendant if the defendant wishes to make a statement on the
194	194	defendant's own behalf and to present any evidence in mitigation of
195	195	punishment.
196	196	(f) After imposing sentence in a case which that has gone to trial on a
197	197	plea of not guilty, the court shall advise the defendant of the defendant's
198	198	right to appeal and of the right of a person who is unable to pay the costs
199	199	of an appeal to appeal in forma pauperis.
200	200	Sec. 4. K.S.A. 22-3424 is hereby repealed.
201	201	Sec. 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
202	202	publication in the statute book.
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