---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing the Kansas closed case task force; creating the Kansas criminal justice reform commission; concerning criminal history record checks for entities providing care to children, the elderly or individuals with disabilities; creating a Kansas victim information and notification everyday (VINE) coordinator, a Kansas youth suicide prevention coordinator, and a crime victims compensation division within the office of the attorney general; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act; and changing tort claims fund obligations for claims involving alleged violations of the Kansas open meetings act and open records act."
description: "Establishing the Kansas closed case task force; creating the Kansas criminal justice reform commission; concerning criminal history record checks for entities providing care to children, the elderly or individuals with disabilities; creating a Kansas victim information and notification everyday (VINE) coordinator, a Kansas youth suicide prevention coordinator, and a crime victims compensation division within the office of the attorney general; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act; and changing tort claims fund obligations for claims involving alleged violations of the Kansas open meetings act and open records act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2290"
citation: "Kansas HB 2290 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-02-13"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/424486f4-fc43-484d-97a7-6d0ae533ca7f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2290"
source_hash: "876059666d48959e11cc835fef87503a3429f7f3467c3e2707715f50317dae48"
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 2290 (2019-2020) — Establishing the Kansas closed case task force; creating the Kansas criminal justice reform commission; concerning criminal history record checks for entities providing care to children, the elderly or individuals with disabilities; creating a Kansas victim information and notification everyday (VINE) coordinator, a Kansas youth suicide prevention coordinator, and a crime victims compensation division within the office of the attorney general; legislative review of exceptions to disclosure of public records under the Kansas open records act; and changing tort claims fund obligations for claims involving alleged violations of the Kansas open meetings act and open records act.

## 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/hb2290_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2290_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2290_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 30, 2019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2290_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2290_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing: Tuesday, February 19, 2019, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-02-26** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 26, 2019
- **2019-02-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-02-27** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Baumgardner `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Baumgardner was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Baumgardner `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Senator Haley raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Baumgardner was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2019-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `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
- **2019-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2019-05-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2019-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2019-05-04** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2019-05-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-04** Reengrossed on Monday, May 6, 2019
- **2019-05-29** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 10, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 16, 2019 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/424486f4-fc43-484d-97a7-6d0ae533ca7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).