Kansas · 2025-2026
HB 2535
Providing that certain portions of the crime of cruelty to animals do not apply to any person who catches a feral cat to provide vaccination, spaying or neutering and returns such cat back to the location where such cat is caught.
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Summary AI-generated
Kansas HB 2535 proposes that specific provisions of the state's animal cruelty laws do not apply to individuals who capture feral cats for the purpose of vaccination, spaying, or neutering. The bill further stipulates that these protections apply only when the cat is returned to the exact location where it was originally caught.
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Roll-call votes on this bill
| Question | Chamber | Result | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senate Conference Committee Report was adopted - Yea: 30 Nay: 8 | upper | pass | 30 | 7 | 2 | Apr 10, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| House Motion to not adopt Conference Committee Report passed - Yea: 107 Nay: 14 | lower | pass | 106 | 14 | 4 | Apr 10, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| Senate Final Action - Passed as amended - Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | upper | pass | 39 | 0 | 0 | Mar 19, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |
| House Emergency Final Action - Passed - Yea: 98 Nay: 18 | lower | pass | 96 | 18 | 9 | Feb 19, 2026 | LegiScan API LegiScan-ToS |