A Kansas House committee for the second consecutive year voted to remove from state law the spousal exemption to the crime of sexual battery. The measure surfaced during the 2019 legislative session, but it was never considered by the full House. The House Judiciary Committee unanimously voted Monday to once again seek traction for the reform in the current 2020 session. "Kansas has long since recognized that rape within the confines of marriage is a crime and it is past time to establish the same for sexual battery," said Mary Stafford, a licensed social worker who testified on behalf of the change...
