---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the amount of time a person may be held for treatment and adding criteria for when continued treatment may be ordered under the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons."
description: "Increasing the amount of time a person may be held for treatment and adding criteria for when continued treatment may be ordered under the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2353"
citation: "Kansas HB 2353 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-02-08"
last_action: "2024-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc172c81-fc9b-434f-b076-c5069e2b4ce9"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2353/"
source_hash: "5e7f1df5cc21f3530d879cccde23d4a4b1f8bf9c7151155cad5ea44a9818824e"
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 2353 (2023-2024) — Increasing the amount of time a person may be held for treatment and adding criteria for when continued treatment may be ordered under the care and treatment act for mentally ill persons.

## 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/hb2353_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2353_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2353_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 546-S - CANCELED
- **2024-02-05** Hearing: Thursday, February 8, 2024, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2024-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2024-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Engrossed on Friday, February 23, 2024
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-03-26** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 5, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cc172c81-fc9b-434f-b076-c5069e2b4ce9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).