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Volume 45 - Issue 16- April 16, 2026

State of Kansas

Secretary of State

Certification of New State Laws

I, Scott Schwab, Secretary of State of the State of Kansas, do hereby certify that the following bill is a correct copy of the original enrolled bill now on file in my office.

Scott Schwab
Secretary of State



(Published in the Kansas Register April 16, 2026.)

House Bill No. 2552

An Act concerning crimes, punishment and criminal procedure; relating to reports and records; requiring presentence investigation reports and journal entries to be completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas sentencing commission; amending K.S.A. 21-6813, 22-3426, 22-3426a and 22-3439 and repealing the existing sections.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

Section 1. K.S.A. 21-6813 is hereby amended to read as follows: 21-6813. (a) The court shall order the preparation of the presentence investigation report by the court services officer as soon as possible after conviction of the defendant.

(b) Each presentence investigation report prepared for an offender to be sentenced for one or more felonies committed on or after July 1, 1993, shall be limited to the following information:

(1) A summary of the factual circumstances of the crime or crimes of conviction.

(2) If the defendant desires to do so, a summary of the defendant’s version of the crime.

(3) When there is an identifiable victim, a victim report. The person preparing the victim report shall submit the report to the victim and request that the information be returned to be submitted as a part of the presentence investigation. To the extent possible, the report shall include a complete listing of restitution for damages suffered by the victim.

(4) An appropriate classification of each crime of conviction on the crime severity scale.

(5) A listing of prior adult convictions or juvenile adjudications for felony or misdemeanor crimes or violations of county resolutions or city ordinances comparable to any misdemeanor defined by state law. Such listing shall include an assessment of the appropriate classification of the criminal history on the criminal history scale and the source of information regarding each listed prior conviction and any available source of journal entries or other documents through which the listed convictions may be verified. If any such journal entries or other documents are obtained by the court services officer, they shall be attached to the presentence investigation report. Any prior criminal history worksheets of the defendant shall also be attached.

(6) A proposed grid block classification for each crime, or crimes of conviction and the presumptive sentence for each crime, or crimes of conviction.

(7) If the proposed grid block classification is a grid block that presumes imprisonment, the presumptive prison term range and the presumptive duration of postprison supervision as it relates to the crime severity scale.

(8) If the proposed grid block classification does not presume prison, the presumptive prison term range and the presumptive duration of the nonprison sanction as it relates to the crime severity scale and the court services officer’s professional assessment as to recommendations for conditions to be mandated as part of the nonprison sanction.

(9) For defendants who are being sentenced for a conviction of a felony violation of K.S.A. 65-4160 or 65-4162, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 21-5706, and amendments thereto, and meet the requirements of K.S.A. 21-6824, and amendments thereto, the drug abuse assessment as provided in K.S.A. 21-6824, and amendments thereto.

(10) For defendants who are being sentenced for a third or subsequent felony conviction of a violation of K.S.A. 65-4160 or 65-4162, prior to their repeal, or K.S.A. 21-5706, and amendments thereto, the drug abuse assessment as provided in K.S.A. 21-6824, and amendments thereto.

(c) The presentence investigation report will become part of the court record and shall be accessible to the public, except that the official version, defendant’s version and the victim’s statement, any psychological reports, risk and needs assessments and drug and alcohol reports and assessments shall be accessible only to: The parties; the sentencing judge; the department of corrections; community correctional services; any entity required to receive the information under the interstate compact for adult offender supervision; and, if requested, the Kansas sentencing commission. If the offender is committed to the custody of the secretary of corrections, the report shall be sent to the secretary and, in accordance with K.S.A. 75-5220, and amendments thereto, to the warden of the state correctional institution to which the defendant is conveyed.

(d) The criminal history worksheet will not substitute as a presentence investigation report.

(e) The presentence investigation report will not include optional report components, which would be subject to the discretion of the sentencing court in each district except for psychological reports and drug and alcohol reports.

(f) Except as provided in K.S.A. 21-6814, and amendments thereto, the court may take judicial notice in a subsequent felony proceeding of an earlier presentence investigation report criminal history worksheet prepared for a prior sentencing of the defendant for a felony committed on or after July 1, 1993.

(g) All presentence investigation reports in any case in which the defendant has been convicted of a felony shall be on a form approved completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas sentencing commission.

Sec. 2. K.S.A. 22-3426 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-3426. (a) When judgment is rendered or sentence of imprisonment is imposed, upon a plea or verdict of guilty, a record thereof shall be made upon the journal of the court, reflecting, if applicable, conviction or other judgment, the sentence if imposed, and the commitment, which record among other things shall contain a statement of the crime charged, and under what statute; the plea or verdict and the judgment rendered or sentence imposed, and under what statute, and a statement that the defendant was duly represented by counsel naming such counsel, or a statement that the defendant has stated on the record or in writing that the defendant did not want representation of counsel.

(b) If defendant is sentenced to the custody of the secretary of corrections the journal entry shall record, in a judgment form, if used, all the information required under K.S.A. 21-6711, and amendments thereto, unless such section is not applicable.

(c) It shall be the duty of the court personally to examine and sign the journal entry and to sign the same.

(d) For felony convictions for crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, in addition to the provisions of subsections (a) through (c), the journal entry shall contain the following information:

(1) Court case number;

(2) Kansas bureau of investigation number;

(3) case transaction number;

(4) court O.R.I. number;

(5) the type of counsel;

(6) type of trial, if any;

(7) pretrial status of the offender;

(8) the date of the sentencing hearing;

(9) a listing of offenses for which the defendant is convicted;

(10) the criminal history classification;

(11) the sentence imposed for each offense including postrelease or probation supervision durations;

(12) whether the sentences run concurrently or consecutively;

(13) amount of credit for time spent incarcerated;

(14) period ordered in county jail as a condition of probation;

(15) a listing of offenses in which a departure sentence is imposed;

(16) type of departure sentence; and

(17) factors cited as a basis for departure sentence.

(e) The journal entry shall be recorded on a form approved completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas sentencing commission.

Sec. 3. K.S.A. 22-3426a is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-3426a. (a) For crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, when a convicted person is revoked for a probation violation, a record thereof shall be made upon the journal of the court. Such journal entry shall include:

(1) Court case number;

(2) Kansas bureau of investigation number;

(3) case transaction number;

(4) court O.R.I. number;

(5) name of the judge who heard the evidence;

(6) those present and whether defendant’s counsel was appointed or retained;

(7) date violator was sentenced to department of corrections;

(8) offenses for which defendant was sentenced and time to be served for each crime;

(9) total imprisonment term;

(10) supervision revoked;

(11) date motion to revoke defendant’s probation was filed; and

(12) whether there are sufficient evidence and grounds for the court to revoke defendant’s probation.

(b) It shall be the duty of the court to personally examine and sign the journal entry and sign the same.

(c) The journal entry shall be recorded on a form approved completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the Kansas sentencing commission.

Sec. 4. K.S.A. 22-3439 is hereby amended to read as follows: 22-3439. (a) For all felony convictions for offenses committed on or after July 1, 1993, the court shall forward a signed copy of the journal entry, attached together with the presentence investigation report as provided by K.S.A. 21-6813, and amendments thereto, to the Kansas sentencing commission within 30 days after sentencing.

(b) For probation revocations which result in the defendant’s imprisonment in the custody of the department of corrections, the court shall forward a signed copy of the journal entry of revocation to the Kansas sentencing commission within 30 days of final disposition.

(c) The court shall insure ensure that information concerning dispositions for all other felony probation revocations based upon crimes committed on or after July 1, 1993, and for all class A and B misdemeanor crimes and assault as defined in K.S.A. 21-3408, prior to its repeal, or subsection (a) of K.S.A. 21-5412(a), and amendments thereto, committed on or after July 1, 1993, is forwarded to the Kansas bureau of investigation central repository. Such information shall be transmitted on a form or in a format approved by the attorney general within 30 days of that final disposition.

(d) All documents required to be forwarded to the Kansas sentencing commission pursuant to this section shall be completed and submitted in the form and manner prescribed by the commission. The court shall not receive or recognize as valid such documents that are completed and submitted in any other form and manner.

Sec. 5. K.S.A. 21-6813, 22-3426, 22-3426a and 22-3439 are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the Kansas register.

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