Makes appropriations for the support of government - Legislature and Judiciary Budget.
Impact
The impact of A03001 on state laws lies primarily in its facilitation of continued operations within legislative and judicial frameworks. By allocating funds to these entities, the bill supports the essential functions of government, including lawmaking and judicial processes. This ensures that courts and public offices can adequately serve their constituencies, which, in turn, upholds the rule of law and democratic governance. The appropriations are particularly critical given the challenges faced in resource allocation amidst changing economic conditions during the fiscal period.
Summary
Bill A03001 focuses on making appropriations necessary for the support of government, specifically targeting the budgets allocated for the Legislature and Judiciary arms of the government. The bill outlines funding for various expenditures, including personnel services, operational costs, and potential contractual services to enhance efficiency within these governmental sectors. It is aimed at ensuring the smooth functioning of state operations by providing adequate financial resources for the coming fiscal year.
Contention
Some points of contention surrounding A03001 may involve debates over the distribution of funds and whether the appropriations prioritize essential services or reflect wasteful spending. Opponents of the bill may argue for a more equitable distribution of resources, particularly emphasizing the need for transparency in how public funds are utilized. Discussions may also surface regarding specific areas within the budget that could be considered excessive or unnecessary, prompting calls for amendments and further scrutiny.
Increasing the criminal penalties for battery of a healthcare provider, adding the placing of controlled substances into pills into the definition of manufacture, increasing the criminal penalties for manufacturing fentanyl and for manufacturing or distributing any controlled substances that are likely to be attractive to minors because of their appearance or packaging, creating a special sentencing rule to make sentences for distributing fentanyl presumptive imprisonment, excluding materials used to detect the presence of fentanyl, ketamine or gamma hydroxybutyric acid from the definition of drug paraphernalia, adding domestic battery and violation of a protection order to the crimes that a person can have the intent to commit when committing burglary or aggravated burglary, increasing criminal penalties for the crime of interference with law enforcement when the violation involves fleeing from a law enforcement officer and authorizing the attorney general to prosecute certain crimes that are part of an alleged course of criminal conduct that occurred in two or more counties.
Changing the culpability required for certain types of theft and increasing the criminal penalty for theft to a felony when the property is a motor vehicle of the value of at least $500.
Modifying elements in the crimes of sexual exploitation of a child, unlawful transmission of a visual depiction of a child and breach of privacy, prohibiting certain acts related to visual depictions in which the person depicted is indistinguishable from a real child, morphed from a real child's image or generated without any actual child involvement, prohibiting dissemination of certain items that appear to depict or purport to depict an identifiable person, requiring affidavits or sworn testimony in support of probable cause to be made available to law enforcement, requiring the statement of facts sufficient to show probable cause justifying a search warrant to be made by a law enforcement officer, requiring that certain prior convictions be considered when bond is being set for certain sex offenses and specifying minimum requirements and conditions for such bond; relating to appearance bonds, requiring warrants for failure to appear to be given to sureties, allowing bond forfeiture to be set aside in certain circumstances and requiring remission in certain circumstances and prohibiting a compensated surety from making a loan for certain portions of the minimum appearance bond premium required.
Creating the crimes of interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and aggravated interference with a security camera in a correctional facility and providing criminal penalties therefor.
Senate Substitute for HB 2144 by Committee on Judiciary - Creating the crimes of encouraging suicide and organized retail crime, providing criminal penalties for violation thereof, including organized retail crime in the definition of racketeering activity under the Kansas racketeer influenced and corrupt organization act and authorizing the attorney general to prosecute specified crimes that are part of an alleged course of criminal conduct that occurred in two or more counties.