---
type: "Bill"
title: "Removing provisions authorizing criminal restitution to be enforced as a civil judgment and authorizing judicial districts to contract for collection services for criminal restitution."
description: "Removing provisions authorizing criminal restitution to be enforced as a civil judgment and authorizing judicial districts to contract for collection services for criminal restitution."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2608"
citation: "Kansas HB 2608 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-07"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e0d355-350d-496a-97f6-67a86a3aad5e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2608"
source_hash: "358878e4ead466f56f7d5043c18eedf79ceaf7ea0ef75ab622ab3fca62f461af"
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 2608 (2021-2022) — Removing provisions authorizing criminal restitution to be enforced as a civil judgment and authorizing judicial districts to contract for collection services for criminal restitution.

## 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/hb2608_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2608_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **117–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-02-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Hearing: Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 117 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Monday, March 14, 2022, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2022-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2022-03-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **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/12e0d355-350d-496a-97f6-67a86a3aad5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).