---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating laws concerning limited liability companies; exempting animal shelters from registration requirements as charitable organizations."
description: "Updating laws concerning limited liability companies; exempting animal shelters from registration requirements as charitable organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2039"
citation: "Kansas HB 2039 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-17"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2e47dad-dacb-4d07-b608-5d71e5429243"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2039"
source_hash: "24960325d72d159df20c8275773cbfb7d702af725ee21fcc22fca130fda7512c"
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 2039 (2019-2020) — Updating laws concerning limited liability companies; exempting animal shelters from registration requirements as charitable organizations.

## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2039_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2039_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2039_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2039_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing: Thursday, January 24, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-01-25** Hearing continuation: Monday, January 28, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-01-31** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-06** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing: Thursday, March 21, 2019, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Wilborn `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Wilborn was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2019-04-01** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Wilborn, Senator Rucker and Senator Miller appointed as conferees
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 18, 2019 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Engrossed on Sunday, April 7, 2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2e47dad-dacb-4d07-b608-5d71e5429243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).