---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permitting the division of vehicles to collect emergency contact information for registration purposes and permitting law enforcement agencies to use such information in the case of an emergency."
description: "Permitting the division of vehicles to collect emergency contact information for registration purposes and permitting law enforcement agencies to use such information in the case of an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2245"
citation: "Kansas HB 2245 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-05"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec8611dd-9e09-41f0-9e25-38bc3cd1f05c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2245"
source_hash: "500212bf25f399ba59dbfb03557b85541c03806408bf250b8f0ec839b4ffe640"
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 2245 (2021-2022) — Permitting the division of vehicles to collect emergency contact information for registration purposes and permitting law enforcement agencies to use such information in the case of an emergency.

## 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/hb2245_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2245_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2245_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments; — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** Hearing: Wednesday, February 24, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `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 Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-31** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-31** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 122 Nay: 0
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed on Wednesday, April 7, 2021
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec8611dd-9e09-41f0-9e25-38bc3cd1f05c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).