---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing towing by self-storage unit operators of motor vehicles, watercraft or trailers for nonpayment of rent or abandonment and providing for notice to occupants, a right of redemption prior to towing and liability protection for operators."
description: "Authorizing towing by self-storage unit operators of motor vehicles, watercraft or trailers for nonpayment of rent or abandonment and providing for notice to occupants, a right of redemption prior to towing and liability protection for operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2042"
citation: "Kansas HB 2042 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/713b9210-ff42-428c-ac8c-7baf7585a6ea"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2042/"
source_hash: "74532bea52e77c3cc9d8c2c7bfb06af6c56afa7019b241a807bcd98b4756d65a"
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 2042 (2023-2024) — Authorizing towing by self-storage unit operators of motor vehicles, watercraft or trailers for nonpayment of rent or abandonment and providing for notice to occupants, a right of redemption prior to towing and liability protection for operators.

## 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/hb2042_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2042_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2042_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2042_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Hearing: Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218_N
- **2023-01-31** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Engrossed on Tuesday, February 7, 2023
- **2023-02-08** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22** Hearing: Thursday, March 2, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Erickson, Senator Dietrich and Senator Holland appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 123 Nay: 0
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/713b9210-ff42-428c-ac8c-7baf7585a6ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).