---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing certain private not-for-profit postsecondary educational institutions to recoup credit card fees by permitting a surcharge for credit card transactions in the same manner as municipal universities, community colleges, technical colleges and vocational educational schools."
description: "Allowing certain private not-for-profit postsecondary educational institutions to recoup credit card fees by permitting a surcharge for credit card transactions in the same manner as municipal universities, community colleges, technical colleges and vocational educational schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2070"
citation: "Kansas HB 2070 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab9b1c8b-4670-4bee-bf03-733703e32c56"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2070"
source_hash: "82ad23fdca9e891e0352abeb92c2ed5406f8d1a501053729be40b18d53f66ac2"
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 2070 (2021-2022) — Allowing certain private not-for-profit postsecondary educational institutions to recoup credit card fees by permitting a surcharge for credit card transactions in the same manner as municipal universities, community colleges, technical colleges and vocational educational schools.

## 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/hb2070_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2070_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **119–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing: Monday, January 25, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 2, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab9b1c8b-4670-4bee-bf03-733703e32c56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).