---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 91 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs."
description: "House Substitute for SB 91 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Kansas SB 91 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65a68422-4b19-4b54-9d05-f279962c890b"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb91"
source_hash: "a1a5fcde7a1fcdfe72c293ad71a24d1b662b1f743e062d878e5b77b9155f09bd"
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 91 (2021-2022) — House Substitute for SB 91 by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Providing liability protection for businesses, municipalities and educational institutions that participate in high school work-based learning programs and providing that schools are responsible for injuries to students participating in such programs.

## 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/sb91_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb91_enrolled.pdf)
3. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb91_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **34–5** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **116–0** (pass) · lower
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce — primary (organization)
- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Wednesday, March 17, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2021-03-29** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, withdrawal`
- **2021-04-06** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2021-04-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-04-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-04-08** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2021-04-08** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2021-05-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2021-05-07** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-05-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2021-05-07** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Tarwater, Representative Long and Representative Clayton appointed as conferees
- **2022-03-04** Senator Erickson and Senator Dietrich are appointed to replace Senator Olson and Senator Steffen on the Conference Committee
- **2022-03-31** Conference committee report now available
- **2022-03-31** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 116 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-01** Motion to not adopt CCR and appoint a new conf. comm. Motion failed.
- **2022-04-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 8, 2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-25** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 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/65a68422-4b19-4b54-9d05-f279962c890b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).