---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing a procedure for the distribution of a first-time home buyer savings account balance upon the death of an account holder, changing the term \"transfer on death\" to \"payable on death\" and resolving a conflict when beneficiaries differ on a financial institution's account records and tax forms required by the secretary of revenue."
description: "Providing a procedure for the distribution of a first-time home buyer savings account balance upon the death of an account holder, changing the term \"transfer on death\" to \"payable on death\" and resolving a conflict when beneficiaries differ on a financial institution's account records and tax forms required by the secretary of revenue."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2197"
citation: "Kansas HB 2197 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/851171ca-4050-4a94-82cd-f58f82c0d044"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2197/"
source_hash: "f81ddabb75fa5058515f4cfe3326dda3224be29cb82c95848bb37cfd0149b1be"
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 2197 (2023-2024) — Providing a procedure for the distribution of a first-time home buyer savings account balance upon the death of an account holder, changing the term "transfer on death" to "payable on death" and resolving a conflict when beneficiaries differ on a financial institution's account records and tax forms required by the secretary of revenue.

## 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/hb2197_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2197_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2197_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2197_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–1** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar Passed — **36–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Monday, February 6, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hoheisel `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hoheisel was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2023
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2023, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 36 Nay: 1
- **2023-03-28** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, March 31, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/851171ca-4050-4a94-82cd-f58f82c0d044`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).