---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring the authority for postsecondary driver's education programs and driver training schools to the department of revenue and authorizing the board of education of a school district to contract with transportation network companies to provide certain transportation services."
description: "Transferring the authority for postsecondary driver's education programs and driver training schools to the department of revenue and authorizing the board of education of a school district to contract with transportation network companies to provide certain transportation services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 215"
citation: "Kansas SB 215 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5343f045-a3d7-4758-a8ed-671aac9960cd"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb215"
source_hash: "298fd17177fecba18221ad154e4909933e1fa4e9af1ad84478eab624ff154649"
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 215 (2021-2022) — Transferring the authority for postsecondary driver's education programs and driver training schools to the department of revenue and authorizing the board of education of a school district to contract with transportation network companies to provide certain transportation services.

## 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/sb215_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb215_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb215_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb215_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **117–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Hearing: Thursday, January 27, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2022-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Hearing: Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2022-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Esau `amendment-introduction`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Esau was withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-22** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2022-03-23** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Huebert, Representative Thomas and Representative Stogsdill appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-31** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-03-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 18, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5343f045-a3d7-4758-a8ed-671aac9960cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).