---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the criminal penalties for stalking a minor."
description: "Increasing the criminal penalties for stalking a minor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2071"
citation: "Kansas HB 2071 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnberger", "Croft", "Esau", "Finch", "Hawkins", "Helmer", "Hoheisel", "Landwehr", "Long", "Lynn", "Owens", "Resman", "Ryckman", "Samsel", "Tarwater", "Thomas", "Toplikar", "Waggoner", "Wasinger", "Williams", "Woodard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a6f393-2218-4cab-8417-3f5ac7e7fbe5"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2071"
source_hash: "fa7bee727069da409db65c2ebeb4fde5db520acc33d3452826056d57a62f1d3a"
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 2071 (2021-2022) — Increasing the criminal penalties for stalking a minor.

## 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/hb2071_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2071_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2071_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **125–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arnberger — primary (person)
- Croft — primary (person)
- Esau — primary (person)
- Finch — primary (person)
- Hawkins — primary (person)
- Helmer — primary (person)
- Hoheisel — primary (person)
- Landwehr — primary (person)
- Long — primary (person)
- Lynn — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Resman — primary (person)
- Ryckman — primary (person)
- Samsel — primary (person)
- Tarwater — primary (person)
- Thomas — primary (person)
- Toplikar — primary (person)
- Waggoner — primary (person)
- Wasinger — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)
- Woodard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing: Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-02-03** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-04** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Monday, March 15, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 119 Nay: 0
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed on Tuesday, April 6, 2021
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a6f393-2218-4cab-8417-3f5ac7e7fbe5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).