TOPEKA — Almost six months after the trial of chiropractor Clark Petersen began, some of his 19 victims passed the first hurdle to create a state law requiring a person be remanded to jail when convicted of certain felonies.
Senate Bill 358 passed the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday and now will be put to vote on the Kansas Senate floor. Rep. Sydney Carlin, D-66th District helped sponsor the bill.
Petersen was allowed to remain on bond after being convicted in August of 51 counts of sex crimes against former chiropractic patients, since a jury had not yet decided on the state’s motion for a special sentencing adjustment.
