Kansas HB 2155: Specifying that sheriffs have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails.

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HB 2155 — As Introduced — Kansas Legislature

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• HB 2155 — As Introduced

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 HB 2155 — As Introduced

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 Session of 2025

HOUSE BILL No. 2155

By Committee on Judiciary

Requested by Ed Klumpp on behalf of the Kansas Sheriffs Association

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1AN ACT concerning sheriffs; relating to liability; specifying that sheriffs 

2have liability for official acts related to charge and custody of jails; 

3amending K.S.A. 19-811 and repealing the existing section.

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5Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:

6Section 1. K.S.A. 19-811 is hereby amended to read as follows: 19-

7811. The sheriff shall have the charge and custody of the jail of his the 

8sheriff's county, and all the prisoners in the same such jail, and shall keep 

9such jail himself personally, or by his a deputy or jailer, for whose acts he 

10and his sureties official acts the sheriff and sureties of the sheriff shall be 

11liable.

12Sec. 2. K.S.A. 19-811 is hereby repealed.

13Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its 

14publication in the statute book.

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