---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing venue for an adoption when the state is the agency to be where the state agency or its subcontracting agency has an office."
description: "Allowing venue for an adoption when the state is the agency to be where the state agency or its subcontracting agency has an office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2075"
citation: "Kansas HB 2075 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9270316b-ea43-4c24-9f7c-3fc613daaeed"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2075"
source_hash: "2339e31f9e6c06785b8ac434a50ddea89b4c1c763b556a8c6e412ff9e2f3762a"
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 2075 (2021-2022) — Allowing venue for an adoption when the state is the agency to be where the state agency or its subcontracting agency has an office.

## 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/hb2075_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2075_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **121–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing: Thursday, January 28, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `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 Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing: Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-01-19** Hearing: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-01-28** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2022-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-22** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-29** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 7, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9270316b-ea43-4c24-9f7c-3fc613daaeed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).