---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for the use and regulation of autonomous motor vehicles and establishing the autonomous vehicle advisory committee."
description: "Providing for the use and regulation of autonomous motor vehicles and establishing the autonomous vehicle advisory committee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Kansas SB 313 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-05-03"
last_action: "2022-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20c849b2-0553-4151-aef6-908e711886d0"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb313"
source_hash: "67862d8f2077e56fb89e20290cf6c37ce6766ffefc5b3ae7b2a13bd11790fb95"
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 313 (2021-2022) — Providing for the use and regulation of autonomous motor vehicles and establishing the autonomous vehicle advisory committee.

## 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/sb313_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb313_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb313_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb313_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **75–44** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-05-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Hearing: Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2022-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `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 Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-03** Hearing: Tuesday, March 8, 2022, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2022-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `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 - 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 Proehl, Representative Delperdang and Representative Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-29** Senator Bowers is appointed to replace Senator Claeys on the Conference Committee
- **2022-04-25** Senator Claeys is appointed to replace Senator Bowers on the Conference Committee
- **2022-04-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-04-26** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Proehl, Representative Delperdang and Representative Helgerson appointed as second conferees
- **2022-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2022-04-26** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Petersen, Senator Claeys and Senator Hawk appointed as second conferees
- **2022-04-27** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2022-04-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 75 Nay: 44 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 23 Nay: 17 `passage`
- **2022-05-23** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 6, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-23** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 13, 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/20c849b2-0553-4151-aef6-908e711886d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).