---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies."
description: "Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2299"
citation: "Kansas HB 2299 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ca703aa-b5e1-4023-aef5-2469e42ba3dc"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2299"
source_hash: "a7249ba3f179b7258cce7b33bb57261c51ea80f2b6969c6bb78ecca5fe722249"
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 2299 (2021-2022) — Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies.

## 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/hb2299_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2299_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2299_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2299_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **110–3** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **119–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Fairchild was rejected — **35–84** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Monday, February 15, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-01-12** Hearing: Friday, January 21, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N - CANCELED
- **2022-01-12** Hearing: Thursday, January 20, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-01-27** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Patton `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Patton was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Burris `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Burris was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Fairchild `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Fairchild was rejected Yea: 35 Nay: 84 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 22, 2022
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Hearing: Thursday, March 17, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Senator Hilderbrand raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
- **2022-04-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-04-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 110 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Reengrossed on Sunday, April 3, 2022
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ca703aa-b5e1-4023-aef5-2469e42ba3dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).