The ACLU of Kansas is never busier than when the Legislature is in session. Either independently or with our partners in various and diverse coalitions, we work to protect civil liberties for all Kansans by either placing, supporting, altering, or defeating legislation that would threaten those civil liberties.
HB 2469 is good policy in that it affirms the fact that people who are facing death due to a terminal illness no longer pose a public safety risk to the community. Expanding the timeframe for this humane...
HB 2472 presents a valuable opportunity to expand the diversion options in the state with effective solutions to address the scourge of drug addiction within the criminal justice system, and with strong...
We support every effort to develop policies and programs aimed at rehabilitating the people in Kansas’s prisons. Good-time credits incentivize good behavior (rather than simply punishing bad behavior),...
By reclassifying failure to register to a misdemeanor, HB 2474 puts Kansas in a position to reduce the prison population meaningfully. From FY 2014 – FY 2018, over 1,000 people were sent to prison for...
The ACLU of Kansas urges this Committee to pass HB 2512 as a means of promoting citizen participation in our elections and to set an example for broader implementation of this practice
Kansas needs to place an emphasis on comprehensive driver’s license suspension reform. SB 275 is an integral part of that process. The ACLU of Kansas strongly supports SB 275 and urges this Committee to...