Kansas Senate maneuvers to limit business operators’ liability in negligence lawsuits

Kansas Senate passes bill restricting property owners' negligence liability if a person claiming injury was harmed while intending to commit a crime.

By: Tim Carpenter

Outlets: Kansas Reflector

Published: February 20, 2026

Words: 846

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 5 days ago

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TOPEKA — Sen. Kellie Warren convinced nearly all of her Republican colleagues to vote for a bill undermining the ability of people to recover damages in negligence lawsuits if the injury occurred during “wrongful conduct,” even if the claimant wasn’t cited, arrested, charged, indicted or convicted of a crime.

Provisions of Senate Bill 463 would shield property owners or occupiers in “negligent security” lawsuits from being responsible for damages if the business operator took …

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