---
type: "Bill"
title: "Updating the membership and responsibilities of the Kansas state employees health care commission and requiring the commission to make certain reports and recommendations to the legislature."
description: "Updating the membership and responsibilities of the Kansas state employees health care commission and requiring the commission to make certain reports and recommendations to the legislature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2218"
citation: "Kansas HB 2218 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bergquist"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35fe59b5-be30-45fd-befb-077421c75271"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2218"
source_hash: "afaa0dd6b0712830b9ba01023f188f3cc64da1dc905865323bfa2c13d3b8327e"
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 2218 (2021-2022) — Updating the membership and responsibilities of the Kansas state employees health care commission and requiring the commission to make certain reports and recommendations to the legislature.

## 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/hb2218_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2218_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2218_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–4** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bergquist — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Insurance and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 548-S - CANCELED
- **2021-03-18** Hearing: Monday, March 22, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-06** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Billinger, Senator Claeys and Senator Hawk appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-07** Senator McGinn and Senator Kerschen are appointed to replace Senator Billinger and Senator Claeys on the Conference Committee
- **2021-04-09** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Engrossed on Monday, April 12, 2021
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 23, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35fe59b5-be30-45fd-befb-077421c75271`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).