---
type: "Bill"
title: "Approving election for sales tax authority for Cherokee county."
description: "Approving election for sales tax authority for Cherokee county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Kansas SB 21 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a1ee29e-6f82-4894-b36e-61a2909a6cb0"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb21"
source_hash: "a11986f4397e10a7144b1674db1c139885eea34fe281e9736c0508a5fbca78f6"
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 21 (2021-2022) — Approving election for sales tax authority for Cherokee 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/sb21_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 8, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb21_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb21_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **119–4** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Assessment and Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Hearing: Thursday, January 21, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Assessment and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2021-02-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Monday, February 15, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 346-S - CANCELED
- **2021-02-16** Hearing: Thursday, February 18, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Houser `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Houser was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-04** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 34 Nay: 1
- **2021-03-23** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-31** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a1ee29e-6f82-4894-b36e-61a2909a6cb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).