---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances."
description: "Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2581"
citation: "Kansas HB 2581 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Carmichael", "Representative Markley", "Representative Whitmer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/614ff2dd-8e5e-4390-bf02-8ff60746af0f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2581"
source_hash: "87bdcd6f19db00148947bf6decd096d59d9a43a0d916560a92b2a894effae887"
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 2581 (2017-2018) — Increasing the criminal penalties for the crime of giving a false alarm in certain circumstances.

## 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/hb2581_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2581_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **117–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Carmichael — primary (person)
- Representative Markley — primary (person)
- Representative Whitmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 152-S
- **2018-02-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Finch `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Finch was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Sawyer `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Sawyer was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed on Thursday, February 22, 2018
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 12, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/614ff2dd-8e5e-4390-bf02-8ff60746af0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).