---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; providing that the service of postrelease supervision period shall not toll except as otherwise provided by law; and allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; providing that the service of postrelease supervision period shall not toll except as otherwise provided by law; and allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2010"
citation: "Kansas HB 2010 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Highberger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f95402d0-37b2-4018-ae3c-eb7d64b80651"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2010/"
source_hash: "5140dcb4f717ef2025729ee52076311e4f27e49579d67d007d9db14426dda586"
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 HB 2010 (2023-2024) — Senate Substitute for HB 2010 by Committee on Judiciary - Updating a statutory cross reference to provide proper jury instruction in cases when a defendant lacks the required mental state to commit a crime; increasing the penalty for certain violations of criminal discharge of a firearm when a person was present in the dwelling, building, structure or motor vehicle at which the offender discharged a firearm; enacting the reduce armed violence act to increase the criminal penalties for certain violations of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon that involve firearms; providing that the service of postrelease supervision period shall not toll except as otherwise provided by law; and allowing certain nondrug offenders to participate in a certified drug abuse treatment program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2010_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2010_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2010_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2010_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **118–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **120–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **38–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Highberger — primary (person)
- Committee on Judiciary — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 6, 2023 `filing`
- **2023-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Hearing: Monday, January 23, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 118 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Engrossed on Thursday, February 9, 2023
- **2023-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-23** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-03** Representative Owens, Representative Smith, E., and Representative Highberger are appointed to replace Representative Patton, Representative Schreiber, and Representative Carmichael on the Conference Committee
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as second conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Owens, Representative Smith, E. and Representative Highberger appointed as second conferees
- **2023-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2023-04-27** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as third conferees
- **2023-04-28** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2023-04-28** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 120 Nay: 0
- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 5, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-28** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 10, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f95402d0-37b2-4018-ae3c-eb7d64b80651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).