---
type: "Bill"
title: "Income tax credit for taxpayer purchases of certain goods and services from qualified vendors providing employment for blind or disabled individuals."
description: "Income tax credit for taxpayer purchases of certain goods and services from qualified vendors providing employment for blind or disabled individuals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2044"
citation: "Kansas HB 2044 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f844b28-d919-4d08-ad8f-26b1dff40a90"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2044"
source_hash: "19708bc5decfbdb22122005d20dc0327a65d49bc4ac66257ba2942cebcbfa946"
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 2044 (2019-2020) — Income tax credit for taxpayer purchases of certain goods and services from qualified vendors providing employment for blind or disabled individuals.

## 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/hb2044_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2044_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **37–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing: Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2019-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 115 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing: Wednesday, February 20, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 548-S - CANCELED
- **2019-02-20** Hearing: Thursday, February 21, 2019, 8:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 37 Nay: 1
- **2019-03-08** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 8, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19** Approved by Governor on Monday, March 18, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f844b28-d919-4d08-ad8f-26b1dff40a90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).