---
type: "Bill"
title: "Modifying the eligibility requirements for restricted driving privileges, increasing the age for eligibility to renew drivers' licenses online to 65, allowing drivers' license renewal notices to be sent electronically, authorizing a waiver of traffic fines for manifest hardship situations and excluding the additional 90-day wait period for driver's license suspension for certain offenses."
description: "Modifying the eligibility requirements for restricted driving privileges, increasing the age for eligibility to renew drivers' licenses online to 65, allowing drivers' license renewal notices to be sent electronically, authorizing a waiver of traffic fines for manifest hardship situations and excluding the additional 90-day wait period for driver's license suspension for certain offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 127"
citation: "Kansas SB 127 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-02"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e959f25-8c8e-4a5e-88db-a92f3e9bfecc"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb127"
source_hash: "effe1c9443adbb2316e3d5efbcf56d2c021d25c2aeb4de8bd9731ddb3c049f9a"
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 127 (2021-2022) — Modifying the eligibility requirements for restricted driving privileges, increasing the age for eligibility to renew drivers' licenses online to 65, allowing drivers' license renewal notices to be sent electronically, authorizing a waiver of traffic fines for manifest hardship situations and excluding the additional 90-day wait period for driver's license suspension for certain offenses.

## 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/sb127_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb127_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb127_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 6, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb127_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb127_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–1** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Faust-Goudeau `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Faust-Goudeau was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-06** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Proehl, Representative Delperdang and Representative Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 23, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e959f25-8c8e-4a5e-88db-a92f3e9bfecc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).