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Statute | Kansas State Legislature 2025-2026 Legislative Sessions Click here to view the 2023-2024 Regular Sessions Home • News • Contact • Audio/Video House Proceedings Audio Stream Senate Proceedings Audio Stream Statehouse Live & Archive House, Senate & Committee Video House Leadership Roster --> Committees Assignments --> Rules Current Events Seating Chart Roster Chief Clerk of the House District Maps Senate Leadership Roster --> Committees Assignments --> Confirmations Rules Current Events Seating Chart Roster Secretary of the Senate District Maps Legislators Find your Legislator (by map) --> House Leadership House Roster Senate Leadership Senate Roster Committees Committees Standing Joint Special and Select Commission Subcommittee Task Force Other Conference Schedules Conference Committees Committee Bill Hearings Bills & Laws Senate Bills House Bills Statute Reports Actions and Subject Index Report How a bill becomes law (pdf) Kansas Constitution Contact the Revisor Journals House Journal Senate Journal What is a Journal? 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Departure sentencing for drug crimes; finding substantial and compelling reasons for departure; aggravating factors considered in determining if reasons exist. (a) The following aggravating factors apply to drug crimes and may be considered in determining whether substantial and compelling reasons for departure exist: (1) The crime was committed as part of a major organized drug manufacture, cultivation or distribution activity. Two or more of the following nonexclusive factors constitute evidence of major organized drug manufacture, cultivation or distribution activity: (A) The offender derived a substantial amount of money or asset ownership from the illegal drug activity. (B) The presence of a substantial quantity or variety of weapons or explosives at the scene of arrest or associated with the illegal drug activity. (C) The presence of drug transaction records or customer lists that indicate a drug activity of major size. (D) The presence of manufacturing or distribution materials such as, but not limited to, drug recipes, precursor chemicals, laboratory equipment, lighting, irrigation systems, ventilation, power-generation, scales or packaging material. (E) Building acquisitions or building modifications including, but not limited to, painting, wiring, plumbing or lighting which advanced or facilitated the commission of the offense. (F) Possession of large amounts of illegal drugs or substantial quantities of controlled substances. (G) A showing that the offender has engaged in repeated criminal acts associated with the manufacture, cultivation or distribution of controlled substances. (2) The offender possessed illegal drugs with the intent to distribute, which were distributed, or offered for distribution: (A) To a person under 18 years of age; or (B) in the immediate presence of a person under 18 years of age. (3) The offender, 18 or more years of age, employed, hired, used, persuaded, induced, enticed or coerced any individual under 16 years of age: (A) To violate any provision of K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto; (B) to assist in avoiding detection or apprehension for violation of any provision of K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto; or (C) to attempt, conspire or solicit, as defined in K.S.A. 21-5301, 21-5302 or 21-5303, and amendments thereto, to commit a violation of any provision of K.S.A. 21-5701 through 21-5717, and amendments thereto. That the offender did not know the age of the individual under 16 years of age shall not be a consideration. (4) The offender was incarcerated during the commission of the offense. (b) In determining whether aggravating factors exist as provided in this section, the court shall review the victim impact statement. History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 297; July 1, 2011. 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Statute | Kansas State Legislature 2025-2026 Legislative Sessions Click here to view the 2023-2024 Regular Sessions Home • News • Contact • Audio/Video House Proceedings Audio Stream Senate Proceedings Audio Stream Statehouse Live & Archive House, Senate & Committee Video House Leadership Roster --> Committees Assignments --> Rules Current Events Seating Chart Roster Chief Clerk of the House District Maps Senate Leadership Roster --> Committees Assignments --> Confirmations Rules Current Events Seating Chart Roster Secretary of the Senate District Maps Legislators Find your Legislator (by map) --> House Leadership House Roster Senate Leadership Senate Roster Committees Committees Standing Joint Special and Select Commission Subcommittee Task Force Other Conference Schedules Conference Committees Committee Bill Hearings Bills & Laws Senate Bills House Bills Statute Reports Actions and Subject Index Report How a bill becomes law (pdf) Kansas Constitution Contact the Revisor Journals House Journal Senate Journal What is a Journal? Calendars House Calendar Senate Calendar What Is A Calendar? Research Memos/Reports/Publications Appropriations Revenue/Taxation Redistricting About KLRD Historical 2024 Special Session 2023-2024 Regular Sessions 2021-2022 Regular Sessions 2021 Special Session 2020 Special Session 2019-2020 Regular Sessions 2017-2018 Regular Sessions 2016 Special Session 2015-2016 Regular Sessions 2013-2014 Regular Sessions 2013 Special Session 2011-2012 Regular Sessions 2000 - 2010 Committee Data Find Bill Bill/Resolution Lookup: Find Your Legislator Search by Your Address Legislative Deadlines Legislative Deadlines (PDF) Current Events Statute Legislative Resources Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Information Services Research Department Revisor of Statutes LCC Policies About the Legislature Other State Resources Kansas.gov Ethics Commission How Do I… Become A Legislative Intern Become A Legislative Page Apply For Session Work April 21, 2026 latest news: 5 x scrolling news items --> April 21, 2026 • --> -A +A --> House Status: Adjourned until Monday, January 11, 2027 at 02:00 p.m. Senate Status: Adjourned until Monday, January 11, 2027 at 02:00 p.m. current HB current SB --> --> you are here: Home » Statute » Chapter 21 » Article 58 » Section 13 » Legislators --> 2025 Statute Prev Article 58. - CRIMES INVOLVING PROPERTY Next 21-5813. Criminal damage to property; aggravated criminal damage to property. (a) Criminal damage to property is by means other than by fire or explosive: (1) Knowingly damaging, destroying, defacing or substantially impairing the use of any property in which another has an interest without the consent of such other person; or (2) damaging, destroying, defacing or substantially impairing the use of any property with intent to injure or defraud an insurer or lienholder. (b) Aggravated criminal damage to property is criminal damage to property, as defined in subsection (a)(1), if the value or amount of damage exceeds $5,000, committed with the intent to obtain: (1) Currency upon a remote service unit as defined in K.S.A. 9-1111, and amendments thereto, including, but not limited to, any automated cash dispensing machine or automated teller machine; or (2) any regulated scrap metal as defined in K.S.A. 50-6,109, and amendments thereto, or any items listed in K.S.A. 50-6,111(d), and amendments thereto, upon: (A) Any building, structure, personal property or place used primarily for worship or any religious purpose; (B) any building, structure or place used as a school or as an educational facility; (C) any building, structure or place used by a non-profit or charitable business, corporation, firm, service or association; (D) any grave, cemetery, mortuary or personal property of the cemetery or mortuary or other facility used for the purpose of burial or memorializing the dead; (E) any agricultural property or agricultural infrastructure; (F) any construction, mining or recycling facility, structure or site; (G) any utility, utility service, telecommunication, telecommunication service, cable or video service facility, property, building, structure, site or component thereof; (H) any municipal, county or state building, structure, site or property; (I) any residential, commercial, industrial or agricultural irrigation, sprinkler or watering system or component thereof; (J) the infrastructure of any residence, building or structure; (K) any historical marker, plaque or work of art; (L) any vehicle or transportation building, facility, structure, site or property; or (M) any other building, structure, residence, facility, site, place, property, vehicle or any infrastructure thereof. (c) Criminal damage to property if the property: (1) Is damaged to the extent of $25,000 or more is a severity level 7, nonperson felony; (2) is damaged to the extent of at least $1,000 but less than $25,000 is a severity level 9, nonperson felony; and (3) damaged is of the value of less than $1,000 or is of the value of $1,000 or more and is damaged to the extent of less than $1,000 is a class B nonperson misdemeanor. (d) Aggravated criminal damage to property is a severity level 6, nonperson felony. (e) (1) As used in subsection (b): (A) "Infrastructure" includes any fixture to, attachment upon or part of a residence, building or structure's framework, electrical wiring and appurtenances, plumbing or heating and air systems; and (B) "site" includes any area, place or location set aside for specific use or uses, including, but not limited to, storage, staging, repair, sorting, transportation, planning or organization. (2) Any of the items or locations listed in subsection (b) shall include the curtilage, adjoining land and any improvements thereupon. (3) Nothing in subsection (b) shall be construed to require the: (A) Construction or existence of any door, gate, fence, barrier or wall; or (B) existence of notice, postings or signs to potential trespassers. (f) In determining the amount of damage to property, damages may include the cost of repair or replacement of the property that was damaged, the reasonable cost of the loss of production, crops and livestock, reasonable labor costs of any kind, reasonable material costs of any kind and any reasonable costs that are attributed to equipment that is used to abate or repair the damage to the property. History: L. 2010, ch. 136, § 99; L. 2015, ch. 96, § 9; L. 2022, ch. 22, § 2; July 1. Prev Article 58. - CRIMES INVOLVING PROPERTY Next 2026. Powered by KLISS. Rendered: 2026-04-21T11:02:40. Head Rev No: 854889(I)

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 46. - ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, NONPROFIT, MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS Next 17-4604. Powers. In addition to the powers conferred on all corporations under article 61 of chapter 17 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, a cooperative shall have power to: (a) Sue and be sued in its corporate name; (b) have perpetual existence; (c) adopt a corporate seal and alter the same; (d) generate, manufacture, purchase, acquire, accumulate and transmit electric energy, and to distribute, sell, supply, and dispose of electric energy to its members, and to governmental agencies, political subdivisions, and to other persons, who are not receiving central station service from facilities of existing public utilities; (e) assist its members, governmental agencies, political subdivisions and other persons to whom electric energy or other services are or will be supplied by the cooperative, in wiring their premises and in acquiring, installing and financing electrical and plumbing appliances, equipment, fixtures and apparatus and such corporations may purchase, acquire, lease as lessor or lessee and sell electric and plumbing appliances, equipment, fixtures and apparatus also including, but not limited to, electrical equipment or systems which produce or convert energy or cause more efficient utilization of energy; (f) construct, purchase, lease, and to equip, maintain and operate, and to sell, assign, convey, lease, mortgage, pledge or encumber electric transmission and distribution lines or systems, electric generating plants, and lands, buildings, structures, dams, easements and rights-of-way, equipment, and any other real or personal property, tangible or intangible, necessary to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative may be organized hereunder; (g) purchase, lease as lessee, or otherwise acquire, and to use, and exercise and to sell, assign, convey, mortgage, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber, franchises, rights, privileges, licenses and easements; (h) borrow money and otherwise contract indebtedness, and to issue notes, bonds, and other evidences of indebtedness, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage, pledge, or deed of trust of, or any other encumbrance upon, any or all of its then-owned or after-acquired real or personal property, assets, franchises, revenues or income; (i) construct, maintain and operate electric transmission and distribution lines along, upon, under and across publicly owned lands and public thoroughfares, roads, highways, streets, alleys, bridges and causeways in conformity with the laws of the state of Kansas; (j) exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided by the laws of this state for the exercise of such power by other corporations constructing or operating electric transmission and distribution lines or systems; (k) become an incorporator, promoter, manager, member, stockholder or owner of other corporations or cooperatives, and conduct its business and exercise its powers within this state and to participate with other persons in any corporation, cooperative, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or other association of any kind, or in any transaction, undertaking or arrangement which the participating person would have power to conduct by itself, whether or not such participation involves sharing or delegation of control with or to others; (l) adopt, amend and repeal bylaws; and (m) do and perform any other acts and things, and to have and exercise any other powers which may be necessary, to accomplish the purpose for which the cooperative is organized. History: L. 1941, ch. 185, § 4; L. 1978, ch. 81, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 92, § 2; July 1. Prev Article 46. - ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, NONPROFIT, MEMBERSHIP CORPORATIONS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 36. - WATER CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS Next 12-3604. Registered contractors not engaged in plumbing. Registered water conditioning contractors shall not be deemed to be engaged in the business of plumbing. History: L. 1972, ch. 45, § 4; July 1. Prev Article 36. - WATER CONDITIONING CONTRACTORS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 33. - ADOPTION OF CODES BY REFERENCE Next 12-3301. Definitions. As used in this act, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated unless the context otherwise requires: (a) "Rules" mean those regulations or orders that have general application; (b) "Municipality" means any county or local unit of government which is authorized to enact local laws under the state law or constitution; (c) "Code" means any model or standard published compilation of rules in book or pamphlet form which has been prepared by a technical association, a federal agency, this state or any agency thereof, municipalities of this state or any agency or instrumentality thereof and any metropolitan or regional agency within this state, and such codes may be specifically, but shall not be limited to: Building codes, plumbing codes, electrical wiring codes, gas piping codes, health and sanitation codes, codes for the processing, distribution and sale of products for human consumption; codes of local traffic regulations, together with any other code which embraces a subject which is a proper legislative matter; (d) "Published" means printed or otherwise reproduced. History: L. 1967, ch. 165, § 1; July 1. Prev Article 33. - ADOPTION OF CODES BY REFERENCE Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next 12-1541. Competency of mechanical heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractors, masters and journeymen; designation of standard examinations. Standard examinations for the determination of competency of mechanical heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractors and master and journeyman heating, ventilation and air conditioning mechanics, as promulgated or administered, or both, by the international code council (ICC), the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials (IAPMO) or Prometric, a current subsidiary of educational testing services in effect on July 1, 2008, are hereby designated as the standard examinations for determining the qualification of persons seeking licensure as mechanical heating, ventilation and air conditioning contractors and master and journeyman heating, ventilation and air conditioning mechanics, for the purposes of this act. History: L. 1989, ch. 59, § 2; L. 1992, ch. 60, § 2; L. 2008, ch. 34, § 3; July 1. Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Measures Affecting This Section Enacted only HB 2588 — Providing for statewide electrician licensing by the board of technical professions. (repealing · As Introduced) Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next 12-1525. Competency of electricians for licensure; designation of standard examinations. Standard examinations for the determination of competency of electrical contractors, master and journeyman electricians and residential electricians, as promulgated or administered, or both, by the international code council (ICC), the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials (IAPMO) or Prometric, a current subsidiary of educational testing services in effect on July 1, 2008, are hereby designated as the standard examinations for determining the qualification of persons seeking licensure as electrical contractors, master and journeyman electricians and residential electricians for the purposes of this act. History: L. 1986, ch. 65, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 59, § 11; L. 1990, ch. 71, § 1; L. 1993, ch. 99, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 34, § 2; July 1. Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next 12-1510. Alternative examinations authorized; validity of license limited; codes, standards and regulations; inspections and fees; reciprocal agreements. Within their respective jurisdictions and subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1509, any city or county may: (a) Utilize examinations other than those designated by K.S.A. 12-1508 for the examination of plumbers for licensure to practice only within the jurisdiction of such city or county; (b) adopt and enforce such plumbing codes, standards and regulations as the board of county commissioners or governing body of the city deem appropriate; and (c) conduct such inspections and fix such reasonable fees therefor as the board of county commissioners or governing body of the city may prescribe. Except when authorized by reciprocal agreement between the political subdivisions involved, licenses granted upon the basis of examinations other than those designated by K.S.A. 12-1508 shall not authorize a plumber to practice outside of the jurisdiction of the city or county granting such license. History: L. 1986, ch. 73, § 3; July 1. Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next 12-1508. Competency of plumbers for licensure; designation of standard examinations. Standard examinations for the determination of competency of plumbing contractors and master and journeyman plumbers, as promulgated or administered, or both, by the international code council (ICC), the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials (IAPMO) or Prometric, a current subsidiary of educational testing services in effect on July 1, 2008, are hereby designated as the standard examinations for determining the qualification of persons seeking licensure as plumbing contractors and master and journeyman plumbers for the purposes of this act. History: L. 1986, ch. 73, § 1; L. 1989, ch. 59, § 9; L. 1992, ch. 60, § 1; L. 2008, ch. 34, § 1; July 1. Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top

Kansas Statutes Skip to main content 2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next 12-1505. Plumbing and sewerage regulations; permit. Each city in the state having a system of water supply or sewerage may by ordinance, prescribe rules and regulations for the materials, construction and inspection of all plumbing and sewerage placed in or in connection with any building in each city, and may further provide that no plumbing work shall be done, except in case of repairing leaks, without a permit first being issued therefor upon such terms and conditions as such city shall prescribe. History: L. 1903, ch. 377, § 5; R.S. 1923, § 12-1505; L. 1986, ch. 73, § 6; July 1. Prev Article 15. - LICENSURE AND EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN CONTRACTORS Next © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas arrow_upward Top