Bill > HB2328

This bill modifies existing Kansas law to allow the secretary of corrections to establish a program for delivering prison-made housing units into designated areas with minimal building activity, despite previous restrictions that prevented such programs from competing with private manufactured home and modular home businesses. The new program requires the secretary to consult with local communities when selecting areas and mandates a comprehensive evaluation report to be submitted to state leadership within 10 years of the program's establishment. The report must detail the program's impact on local housing availability, effects on non-prison housing manufacturers, and assess the program's benefits for participating inmates, including potential employment opportunities in related industries, reimbursement of expenses, and inmates' earned savings upon release. The bill also clarifies definitions of manufactured and modular homes and maintains an existing provision for a separate vocational building program that produces small, freestanding buildings for state agencies. The primary goal appears to be creating opportunities for inmates while addressing housing needs in underserved communities.

Government Affairs, Justice

Corrections and Juvenile Justice (H)

https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/hb2328/