---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limiting cost recovery for certain electric public utilities' transmission-related costs."
description: "Limiting cost recovery for certain electric public utilities' transmission-related costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2225"
citation: "Kansas HB 2225 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deb856bd-a4e5-4fa6-ba61-221b66d88090"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2225/"
source_hash: "51f373a56059837277b74a1ebe023196d0b5ebb854a53a650328c6305141d6d5"
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 2225 (2023-2024) — Limiting cost recovery for certain electric public utilities' transmission-related costs.

## 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/hb2225_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2225_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2225_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **37–2** (pass) · upper
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was rejected — **9–22** (fail) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Hearing: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 9:00 AM Room 582-N - CANCELED
- **2023-01-31** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 9:01 AM Room 582-N
- **2023-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations and re-referred to Committee of the Whole `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Engrossed on Wednesday, March 15, 2023
- **2023-03-16** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2023-03-23** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Shallenburger `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Senator Olson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Tyson `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Senator Francisco raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was rejected Yea: 9 Nay: 22 `amendment-failure`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 37 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 4, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 13, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/deb856bd-a4e5-4fa6-ba61-221b66d88090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).