---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying water usage calculations and fees for multi-year flex accounts and permitting alternative base average water use calculations and prorated terms."
description: "Modifying water usage calculations and fees for multi-year flex accounts and permitting alternative base average water use calculations and prorated terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2172"
citation: "Kansas HB 2172 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ff91140-280c-4270-9693-bca9246a86af"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2172"
source_hash: "147ebe4eb8185580f7b2f8e67b59f39d2e502933b3f77e47babcca742ae0f5c0"
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 2172 (2021-2022) — Modifying water usage calculations and fees for multi-year flex accounts and permitting alternative base average water use calculations and prorated terms.

## 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/hb2172_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2172_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2172_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2172_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Water `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 152-S
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Water `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Highland `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Highland was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Engrossed on Thursday, February 18, 2021
- **2021-02-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Hearing: Friday, March 12, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 29, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 5, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ff91140-280c-4270-9693-bca9246a86af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).