---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring electric public utilities to notify cities prior to construction of urban electric transmission lines."
description: "Requiring electric public utilities to notify cities prior to construction of urban electric transmission lines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2321"
citation: "Kansas HB 2321 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellis", "Finney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ca81581-737d-4a72-b34f-d79d3b971605"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2321"
source_hash: "3941df57188cd9c8caa7cc6ab92ce8cd2fecacb0bdd27581e8d018692635de4b"
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 2321 (2021-2022) — Requiring electric public utilities to notify cities prior to construction of urban electric transmission lines.

## 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/hb2321_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2321_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2321_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellis — primary (person)
- Finney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Hearing: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Engrossed on Monday, March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-02** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2021-03-29** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 29, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 8, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2ca81581-737d-4a72-b34f-d79d3b971605`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).