---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle related to the rescue of a person or animal."
description: "Providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle related to the rescue of a person or animal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2516"
citation: "Kansas HB 2516 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-22"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f670acb-78d8-4612-926e-a4e8f14f0607"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2516"
source_hash: "aba9b70115bfab70ffcec47714abf200267c32977adf27dc42c0f51baff25e0b"
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 2516 (2017-2018) — Providing immunity from civil liability for damage to a motor vehicle related to the rescue of a person or animal.

## 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/hb2516_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2516_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2516_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Monday, February 05, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed on Wednesday, March 14, 2018
- **2018-03-15** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-16** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-16** Hearing: Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 5, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f670acb-78d8-4612-926e-a4e8f14f0607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).