Crime & corrections

75 bills in the 2026 session, newest first.

Narrower issues:Fentanyl & drug crimes · 3

HF 2770 · Relating to and making appropriations to the justice system, providing fees, and including applicability provisionsSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

HF 1028 · Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisionsSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

HF 2542 · Relating to habitual offenders, and providing penaltiesSigned by GovernorJune 2, 2026

SF 2379 · Relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rights, and including effective date provisionsSigned by GovernorMay 6, 2026

SF 2280 · Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a member of the general assembly, judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a general assembly member or a judicial officer or a general assembly member’s or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penaltiesSigned by GovernorMay 6, 2026

HF 2357 · Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesSigned by GovernorApril 16, 2026

HF 2202 · Relating to controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisionsSigned by GovernorApril 16, 2026

HSB 775 · Relating to and making appropriations to the justice systemRenumbered as HF 2770April 15, 2026

HF 2704 · Relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rightsWithdrawnApril 13, 2026

HF 2533 · Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and considering true threats to public officials as harassment, and providing penaltiesWithdrawnApril 8, 2026

SF 2372 · Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesWithdrawnApril 6, 2026

HF 2751 · Relating to criminal acts against persons in certain occupations, including testing for communicable diseases for certain persons who have committed an assault against a member of a protected occupation, certain public safety personnel, including confidentiality of peer support communications for public safety officers and civilian employees, and obstructing first responders, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedApril 6, 2026

SF 2473 · Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisionsDied when the session endedMarch 24, 2026

SF 2141 · Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2473March 24, 2026

SF 2281 · Relating to controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisionsWithdrawnMarch 23, 2026

HF 2133 · Designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedMarch 17, 2026

HF 2696 · Relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human trafficking, and including penaltiesDied when the session endedMarch 12, 2026

HF 2629 · Relating to trespass, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedMarch 12, 2026

HF 2624 · Relating to criminal investigation, including the extension of DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanorDied when the session endedMarch 10, 2026

HF 2505 · Relating to bail and bond amounts and conditionsWithdrawnMarch 4, 2026

HF 2584 · Establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2026

HF 2726 · Relating to testing for communicable diseases for certain persons who have committed an assault against a member of a protected occupation, and including penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 25, 2026

HF 2144 · Relating to the expungement of certain criminal history records of victims of human trafficking, and including penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2696February 23, 2026

HSB 570 · Relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rightsRenumbered as HF 2704February 23, 2026

HSB 753 · Regulating hemp and associated products, providing penalties, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

HF 2605 · Establishing the criminal offense of torture, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 19, 2026

HF 2289 · Establishing the criminal offense of torture, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2605February 19, 2026

HSB 571 · Relating to criminal investigation, including the extension of DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor, and making appropriations to support the investigation of cold casesRenumbered as HF 2624February 19, 2026

HSB 705 · Establishing drug-free homeless service zones, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2584February 18, 2026

HF 2576 · Establishing the criminal offenses of possession of lethal narcotics and reckless homicide by lethal narcotic transfer, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 18, 2026

SF 2354 · Relating to assistance animals in residential rental housing, including damage reimbursement, refundable income tax credits, and a landlord insurance risk pool, and providing penalties and effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2026

SSB 3089 · Relating to victim protections including victim counselors, protective orders, sex offender registration, rights of sexual abuse victims, mental competency and civil commitment, restitution, and victim rightsRenumbered as SF 2379February 17, 2026

HSB 314 · Establishing a medical release program for certain persons committed to the custody of the department of correctionsDied when the session endedFebruary 17, 2026

SSB 3151 · Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesRenumbered as SF 2372February 17, 2026

HSB 651 · Establishing a criminal offense for written or electronic threats to kill, cause bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2535February 16, 2026

HF 2499 · Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

HF 2495 · Relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weaponsDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

HSB 666 · Relating to habitual offenders, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2542February 16, 2026

HSB 584 · Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisionsRenumbered as HF 2499February 16, 2026

HSB 641 · Relating to bail and bond amounts and conditionsRenumbered as HF 2505February 16, 2026

HSB 564 · Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2533February 16, 2026

HF 2138 · Relating to use of and reporting requirements related to forfeited weaponsRenumbered as HF 2495February 16, 2026

HF 2535 · Establishing a criminal offense for written or electronic threats to kill, cause bodily injury, or conduct a mass shooting or an act of terrorism, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 16, 2026

SF 2307 · Establishing the criminal offense of felony rental vandalism, addressing state supplementary assistance, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2026

HSB 724 · Relating to notarial acts, recording of instruments affecting real property, quiet title proceedings, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2026

HF 2037 · Requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or paroleDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2026

HF 2377 · Establishing the criminal offense of engaging in a fraudulent polling scheme, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 12, 2026

SSB 3035 · Relating to controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as SF 2281February 10, 2026

SSB 3087 · Relating to the safety of persons in certain professions involved with the judicial system, including authorizing a judicial officer, attorney general, deputy attorney general, or assistant attorney general to be issued a professional permit to carry weapons, and establishing the criminal offenses of threatening and the malicious sharing of personal information of a judicial officer or a judicial officer’s immediate family, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 10, 2026

HSB 615 · Relating to statutory corrections that adjust language to reflect current practices, correct grammar, insert earlier omissions, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, resolve inconsistencies and conflicts, remove ambiguities, and establish Code editor directivesRenumbered as HF 2357February 9, 2026

HF 2332 · Relating to elective abortion and feticide, providing penalties, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedFebruary 6, 2026

SF 2013 · Designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicableRenumbered as SF 2192February 4, 2026

SF 2192 · Designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedFebruary 4, 2026

SF 2069 · Imposing a tax on the transportation of liquefied carbon dioxide through pipelines, and providing for penaltiesDied when the session endedFebruary 4, 2026

HF 2248 · Relating to the confinement of persons found incompetent to stand trialDied when the session endedJanuary 30, 2026

HF 2206 · Relating to the manufacture, delivery, and possession of marijuana, the licensure of retail marijuana, providing fees, including excise taxes, establishing funds, providing penalties, and including effective date provisionsDied when the session endedJanuary 29, 2026

HSB 528 · Relating to controlled substances schedules and precursor substances reporting requirements, making penalties applicable, and including effective date provisionsRenumbered as HF 2202January 29, 2026

SF 2163 · Relating to false accusations of criminal acts, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedJanuary 29, 2026

HSB 529 · Relating to sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2201January 29, 2026

HF 2201 · Relating to sexual misconduct with offenders and juveniles, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedJanuary 29, 2026

SF 2155 · Relating to schedule III controlled substances, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedJanuary 29, 2026

HF 2130 · Relating to noncompliance with and circumvention of ignition interlock device requirements, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedJanuary 28, 2026

SSB 3028 · Relating to matters under the purview of the department of management, and including effective date and applicability provisionsRenumbered as SF 2141January 28, 2026

SSB 3088 · Relating to criminal investigation, including the extension of DNA submission requirements to persons arrested for a felony or aggravated misdemeanor, and making appropriations to support the investigation of cold casesDied when the session endedJanuary 28, 2026

SF 2020 · Requiring an initial appearance before a magistrate on new felony charges by a person on felony probation or paroleDied when the session endedJanuary 27, 2026

HF 2155 · Relating to mandatory minimum sentences for certain criminal offenses, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedJanuary 26, 2026

HF 2159 · Designating kava as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedJanuary 26, 2026

SF 2079 · Relating to parole eligibility for a person under the age of twenty-one convicted of a class “A” felony and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedJanuary 21, 2026

HF 2119 · Relating to the possession of contraband in department of corrections facilities, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedJanuary 21, 2026

HSB 508 · Designating kratom as a schedule I controlled substance, and making penalties applicableRenumbered as HF 2133January 21, 2026

SF 2012 · Establishing the offense of assault by criminal groping, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedJanuary 21, 2026

HSB 510 · Relating to the possession of contraband in department of corrections facilities, and providing penaltiesRenumbered as HF 2119January 21, 2026

SF 2011 · Relating to mandatory minimum sentences for certain criminal offenses, and making penalties applicableDied when the session endedJanuary 20, 2026

HF 826 · Relating to obscene materials involving minors, and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedMarch 26, 2025

SF 105 · Relating to mandatory minimum sentences relating to the control, possession, receipt, or transportation of a firearm or offensive weapon by a felon and providing penaltiesDied when the session endedMarch 6, 2025