---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter agreements for public-private partnerships for projects for new or renovated buildings at correctional institutions for education, skills-building and spiritual needs programs; establishing a nonprofit corporation to receive gifts, donations, grants and other moneys and engage in fundraising projects for funding such projects for education, skills-building and spiritual needs programs."
description: "Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter agreements for public-private partnerships for projects for new or renovated buildings at correctional institutions for education, skills-building and spiritual needs programs; establishing a nonprofit corporation to receive gifts, donations, grants and other moneys and engage in fundraising projects for funding such projects for education, skills-building and spiritual needs programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2401"
citation: "Kansas HB 2401 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdbf9ad5-6a29-4f70-af14-a792baf73e0f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2401"
source_hash: "ca4aabee99d9d185fcff19c065b63f0c5c3213819028b463933065fb87eae4dc"
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 2401 (2021-2022) — Authorizing the secretary of corrections to enter agreements for public-private partnerships for projects for new or renovated buildings at correctional institutions for education, skills-building and spiritual needs programs; establishing a nonprofit corporation to receive gifts, donations, grants and other moneys and engage in fundraising projects for funding such projects for education, skills-building and spiritual needs programs.

## 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/hb2401_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2401_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2401_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2401_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments; — **120–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Appropriations — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Hearing: Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Engrossed on Monday, March 22, 2021
- **2021-03-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-23** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Hearing: Thursday, March 25, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-04-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 120 Nay: 2
- **2021-04-09** Reengrossed on Thursday, April 8, 2021
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 22, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdbf9ad5-6a29-4f70-af14-a792baf73e0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).