---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excluding hot water supply boilers that have a nominal water capacity not exceeding 120 gallons from the provisions of the boiler safety act; creating the elevator safety act to require safety standards, permit requirements, and insurance coverage for elevator contractors; requiring inspections of elevators and licensure for persons installing, repairing and inspecting elevators; creating an elevator safety advisory board; establishing duties for the state fire marshal."
description: "Excluding hot water supply boilers that have a nominal water capacity not exceeding 120 gallons from the provisions of the boiler safety act; creating the elevator safety act to require safety standards, permit requirements, and insurance coverage for elevator contractors; requiring inspections of elevators and licensure for persons installing, repairing and inspecting elevators; creating an elevator safety advisory board; establishing duties for the state fire marshal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2005"
citation: "Kansas HB 2005 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Highland"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e6fda92-83a3-40b8-bdd4-03c90f99056e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2005"
source_hash: "2abc6b271c968030f0275b0a1b3ad52e75407da37828a5487794cb6937d4aac3"
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 2005 (2021-2022) — Excluding hot water supply boilers that have a nominal water capacity not exceeding 120 gallons from the provisions of the boiler safety act; creating the elevator safety act to require safety standards, permit requirements, and insurance coverage for elevator contractors; requiring inspections of elevators and licensure for persons installing, repairing and inspecting elevators; creating an elevator safety advisory board; establishing duties for the state fire marshal.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2005_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2005_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2005_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **73–45** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Highland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 17, 2020 `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 152-S
- **2021-02-02** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Water `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2022-01-12** Hearing: Thursday, January 20, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2022-01-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-02-01** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-22** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Olson, Senator Hilderbrand and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-29** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-03-29** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 73 Nay: 45 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Engrossed on Friday, April 1, 2022
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 14, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e6fda92-83a3-40b8-bdd4-03c90f99056e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).