---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting the retail sale of electricity by public utilities for electric vehicle charging stations from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission."
description: "Exempting the retail sale of electricity by public utilities for electric vehicle charging stations from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2145"
citation: "Kansas HB 2145 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-26"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2276d701-7b23-42b6-bd6b-b8674dcebfa3"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2145"
source_hash: "dc4c935780ee5cce3f5b6ea33d9b01ccc2eca58e19355bfe54d9cf477ab73e94"
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 2145 (2021-2022) — Exempting the retail sale of electricity by public utilities for electric vehicle charging stations from the jurisdiction of the state corporation commission.

## 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/hb2145_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2145_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing: Tuesday, February 2, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-02** Hearing: Thursday, February 4, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Monday, March 15, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `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: 38 Nay: 2 `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/2276d701-7b23-42b6-bd6b-b8674dcebfa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).