---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2492 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2492 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2492"
citation: "Kansas HB 2492 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13053a6c-36d8-42e6-ad30-24a9141d4700"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2492"
source_hash: "be0084f7e7edb45a85a9295aa4135ced48e460468a80465a603c419afc366640"
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 2492 (2021-2022) — Senate Substitute for HB 2492 by Committee on Ways and Means - Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.

## 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/hb2492_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2492_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2492_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2492_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **116–6** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments; — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Special Claims Against the State — primary (organization)
- Committee on Ways and Means — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2022-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Appropriations `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 - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 116 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed on Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-29** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2022-04-27** Motion to advance to Final Action subject to amendments, debate and roll call. Motion carried.
- **2022-04-27** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2022-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2022-04-27** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 119 Nay: 0
- **2022-04-28** Reengrossed on Thursday, April 28, 2022
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 6, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13053a6c-36d8-42e6-ad30-24a9141d4700`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).