---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - 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: "Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - 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 2495"
citation: "Kansas HB 2495 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2977c5c6-af13-442c-b1ae-aac856d16ebf"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2495"
source_hash: "79fb6c2ae380d47982a7a322f0f9bc790d4b1065a3907e9baa8bb513fe4e8c73"
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 2495 (2021-2022) — Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - 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/hb2495_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_03_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2495_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **116–1** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **107–13** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** 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 Representative Patton `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Patton was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 13 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed on Thursday, March 24, 2022
- **2022-03-29** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Motion to advance to Final Action, subject to amendments, debate and roll call. Motion carried.
- **2022-04-28** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2022-04-28** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2022-04-28** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2022-04-28** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 116 Nay: 1
- **2022-05-23** Reengrossed on Friday, April 29, 2022
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 6, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 12, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2977c5c6-af13-442c-b1ae-aac856d16ebf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).