---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cities and counties; governing body members, certain volunteer activities."
description: "Cities and counties; governing body members, certain volunteer activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2137"
citation: "Kansas HB 2137 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78fa019b-1e57-478a-9e49-34e7245ef33f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2137"
source_hash: "8d4a10da9d174bbb6938d99a9e21c36b5bc58f852561d91586fcba3e71160aad"
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 2137 (2017-2018) — Cities and counties; governing body members, certain volunteer activities.

## 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/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2137_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2137_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2137_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2137_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **111–13** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Hearing and possible action: Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2017-02-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Hearing: Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Doll `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Doll was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 111 Nay: 13
- **2017-04-05** Engrossed on Tuesday, April 4, 2017
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 07, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78fa019b-1e57-478a-9e49-34e7245ef33f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).