---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility and eliminating the crime of tampering with a pipeline."
description: "Creating the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility and eliminating the crime of tampering with a pipeline."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 172"
citation: "Kansas SB 172 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce9e0302-1ee1-4e3e-aa42-7d94fb87d07b"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb172"
source_hash: "09a124ac89c2234e6ec0d7dd16c2fcf88ec5997b73a5d7aa770f5ab080fed06a"
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 172 (2021-2022) — Creating the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility and eliminating the crime of tampering with a pipeline.

## 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/sb172_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb172_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb172_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb172_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb172_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **82–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Francisco was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Motion to refer to committee failed Committee on Judiciary
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 29 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `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 - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Schreiber `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Schreiber was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 82 Nay: 42 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 37 Nay: 2
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce9e0302-1ee1-4e3e-aa42-7d94fb87d07b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).