---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the chief justice to suspend certain time limitations during a state of local disaster emergency, suspend certain verification requirements and authorize use of electronic audio-visual communication to expeditiously resolve cases, and extending the chief justice's authority to suspend time limitations during a disaster emergency until June 30, 2022."
description: "Allowing the chief justice to suspend certain time limitations during a state of local disaster emergency, suspend certain verification requirements and authorize use of electronic audio-visual communication to expeditiously resolve cases, and extending the chief justice's authority to suspend time limitations during a disaster emergency until June 30, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2227"
citation: "Kansas HB 2227 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de05cc5b-1707-4102-8d56-4e1fbfded2b7"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2227"
source_hash: "6ee3bef9eaf4417a11c445c29ffb42192ddf7e3b6f53fe03a49778d451513cd8"
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 2227 (2021-2022) — Allowing the chief justice to suspend certain time limitations during a state of local disaster emergency, suspend certain verification requirements and authorize use of electronic audio-visual communication to expeditiously resolve cases, and extending the chief justice's authority to suspend time limitations during a disaster emergency until June 30, 2022.

## 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/hb2227_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2227_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective March 30, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2227_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **113–10** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **34–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 113 Nay: 10 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed on Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de05cc5b-1707-4102-8d56-4e1fbfded2b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).