Kansas SB459 changes the prisoner review board's supervision from the secretary of corrections, alters the appointing authority and qualifications.
Kansas SB459 removes the prisoner review board from the supervision of the secretary of corrections. It changes the appointing authority for board members and establishes new qualifications for these members. The bill also requires that parole hearings be postponed if proper notice of the public comment session is not made to the victim. The board members are now appointed by the governor, the attorney general, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the president of the senate, each subject to senate confirmation.
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