---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for the dissolution of special districts and the assumption of responsibilities by a city or county."
description: "Providing for the dissolution of special districts and the assumption of responsibilities by a city or county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 118"
citation: "Kansas SB 118 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-01"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9faba88-01bb-4f32-bfce-76e396a2f3af"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb118"
source_hash: "b1038ca45a922e1be1c109d434d5dd251f44b92ea5b6f742540a72c34d3354d8"
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 SB 118 (2021-2022) — Providing for the dissolution of special districts and the assumption of responsibilities by a city or county.

## 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/sb118_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb118_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar Passed — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **121–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 38 Nay: 1
- **2021-02-18** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing and possible action: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 2, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9faba88-01bb-4f32-bfce-76e396a2f3af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).