---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the insurance department to hold a hearing in cases involving an order under the Kansas administrative procedure act."
description: "Requiring the insurance department to hold a hearing in cases involving an order under the Kansas administrative procedure act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2537"
citation: "Kansas HB 2537 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8681f171-8c8f-40fb-8115-32ebfe792312"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2537"
source_hash: "ac00b226a44d2cd121583f23e6a3bea99b714035cd779b89c9678cf50dbbc769"
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 2537 (2021-2022) — Requiring the insurance department to hold a hearing in cases involving an order under the Kansas administrative procedure act.

## 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/hb2537_00_0000.pdf)
2. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2537_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Hearing: Tuesday, February 1, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-02-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-17** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Monday, March 14, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S - CANCELED
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-17** Withdrawn from Consent Calendar and placed on General Orders
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Warren `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Warren 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: 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
- **2022-03-29** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 121 Nay: 0
- **2022-03-29** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 29, 2022
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 7, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8681f171-8c8f-40fb-8115-32ebfe792312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).