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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Retirement and pensions; amending definition of \"service-connected\" in KP&F system; empowering KPERS board to develop procurement, contracting and travel policies and procedures; providing two-year waiting period for KPERS membership for certain positions in community developmental disability organizations; exempting positions employed by Kansas STARBASE program from working after retirement requirements; allowing waiver of working after retirement penalties and authorizing reimbursement of certain suspended retirement benefits; providing DROP membership to KBI agents and extending sunset date for DROP."
+description: "Retirement and pensions; amending definition of \"service-connected\" in KP&F system; empowering KPERS board to develop procurement, contracting and travel policies and procedures; providing two-year waiting period for KPERS membership for certain positions in community developmental disability organizations; exempting positions employed by Kansas STARBASE program from working after retirement requirements; allowing waiver of working after retirement penalties and authorizing reimbursement of certain suspended retirement benefits; providing DROP membership to KBI agents and extending sunset date for DROP."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2019-2020"
+identifier: "HB 2031"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2031 (2019-2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-14"
+last_action: "2019-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d452eadc-160e-4aa0-a098-25ca4c411993"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2031"
+source_hash: "6a21241a3814a7e1dfc9bf6a983488ecc2fdee6b4ddd5930ea5d18cb3cd0255a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
+---
+
+# Kansas HB 2031 (2019-2020) — Retirement and pensions; amending definition of "service-connected" in KP&F system; empowering KPERS board to develop procurement, contracting and travel policies and procedures; providing two-year waiting period for KPERS membership for certain positions in community developmental disability organizations; exempting positions employed by Kansas STARBASE program from working after retirement requirements; allowing waiver of working after retirement penalties and authorizing reimbursement of certain suspended retirement benefits; providing DROP membership to KBI agents and extending sunset date for DROP.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2031_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2031_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2031_02_0000.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2031_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **122–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-23** Hearing: Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 281-N - CANCELED
+- **2019-01-30** Hearing: Wednesday, February 6, 2019, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
+- **2019-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-02-26** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
+- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2019-02-27** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Hearing: Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
+- **2019-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2019-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2019-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Olson, Senator Billinger and Senator Ware appointed as conferees
+- **2019-04-04** Conference committee report now available
+- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
+- **2019-04-05** Reengrossed on Friday, April 5, 2019
+- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2019 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d452eadc-160e-4aa0-a098-25ca4c411993`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+