Kansas (KS): police and working animal protection laws
Summary: Bane's Law (HB 2583, 2024) raised harming or killing a police dog or horse to a felony with a $10,000 minimum fine. No EMS, vest, retirement or retired care law found.
Body armor
none found.
Medical & insurance (including EMS treatment of injured K9s)
none found. Only general vet exemptions (K.S.A. 47-817); K9 MEDIC state law map, verified 18 Sep 2026.
Retirement & service limits (age or service limits, handler adoption rights)
none found.
Post retirement care (retired K9 care funds)
none found.
Penalties for harming police animals (context)
K.S.A. 21-6416. Harming a police dog or horse is a nonperson felony. Disabling or killing one is severity level 4, or level 3 if done while fleeing, with at least 90 days in custody and a $10,000 minimum fine. Amended by HB 2583 (2024), "Bane's Law", 2024 Session Laws ch. 92. ksrevisor; 2024 Session Laws ch. 92; KWCH
Pending or failed bills
- HB 2583 (2024): enacted.
Sources
- https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch21/021_064_0016.html
- https://www.sos.ks.gov/publications/sessionlaws/2024/Chapter-92-HB-2583.html
- Cross state reference: K9 MEDIC state law map, verified 18 Sep 2026
- Federal backdrop (not state law): 18 U.S.C. ยง 1368 makes it a crime to harm a federal police animal, up to 10 years if the animal is seriously hurt or killed (Animal Legal & Historical Center).