---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing that the mission of the judicial council is to study the administration of justice in Kansas and make recommendations for improvements therefor."
description: "Providing that the mission of the judicial council is to study the administration of justice in Kansas and make recommendations for improvements therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2131"
citation: "Kansas HB 2131 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65cbc734-b366-40ac-866e-5486fcfbea57"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2131/"
source_hash: "6df5bcea454fa249c72bb5610819ce8586b62d0259c0dcd7d3c151161abfaf1e"
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 2131 (2023-2024) — Providing that the mission of the judicial council is to study the administration of justice in Kansas and make recommendations for improvements therefor.

## 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/hb2131_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2131_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2131_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **119–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Hearing: Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `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 Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65cbc734-b366-40ac-866e-5486fcfbea57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).