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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies."
+description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2021-2022"
+identifier: "HB 2495"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2495 (2021-2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 24
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-01-19"
+last_action: "2022-05-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2977c5c6-af13-442c-b1ae-aac856d16ebf"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2495"
+source_hash: "79fb6c2ae380d47982a7a322f0f9bc790d4b1065a3907e9baa8bb513fe4e8c73"
+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 2495 (2021-2022) — Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies.
+
+## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_enrolled.pdf)
+4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_03_0000.pdf)
+5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_02_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Concurred with amendments; — **116–1** (pass) · lower
+- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **107–13** (pass) · lower
+- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2022-01-19** Hearing: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
+- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-23** Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-01** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Patton `amendment-introduction`
+- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Patton was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 13 `passage`
+- **2022-03-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2022-03-28** Engrossed on Thursday, March 24, 2022
+- **2022-03-29** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2022-04-28** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-04-28** Motion to advance to Final Action, subject to amendments, debate and roll call. Motion carried.
+- **2022-04-28** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
+- **2022-04-28** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
+- **2022-04-28** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
+- **2022-04-28** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 116 Nay: 1
+- **2022-05-23** Reengrossed on Friday, April 29, 2022
+- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 6, 2022 `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-05-23** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 12, 2022 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2977c5c6-af13-442c-b1ae-aac856d16ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+