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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing that the employment status of a driver of a motor carrier does not change as a result of the inclusion of safety improvements on a vehicle and establishing conditions for when a driver is an independent contractor for a transportation network company."
+description: "Providing that the employment status of a driver of a motor carrier does not change as a result of the inclusion of safety improvements on a vehicle and establishing conditions for when a driver is an independent contractor for a transportation network company."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2020"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2020 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-11"
+last_action: "2023-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1b06a98-3456-4cab-b76d-d811e18692c0"
+source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2020/"
+source_hash: "ad9e0953104aaf163a9adf2b1e8885bc81c1f049c6dcdf799855ae7f21b33e76"
+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 2020 (2023-2024) — Providing that the employment status of a driver of a motor carrier does not change as a result of the inclusion of safety improvements on a vehicle and establishing conditions for when a driver is an independent contractor for a transportation network company.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2020_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2020_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2020_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · lower
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **84–38** (pass) · lower
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–1** (pass) · upper
+- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **28–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-20** Hearing: Thursday, January 26, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
+- **2023-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Hearing: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
+- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2023-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 1 `passage`
+- **2023-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2023-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
+- **2023-04-03** Conference committee report now available
+- **2023-04-03** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Kloos and Senator Corson appointed as second conferees
+- **2023-04-03** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Francis, Representative Neelly and Representative Ballard appointed as second conferees
+- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
+- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 28 Nay: 12 `passage`
+- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 84 Nay: 38 `passage`
+- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1b06a98-3456-4cab-b76d-d811e18692c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+