---
type: "Bill"
title: "Including aboveground and belowground lines, cables and wires in the definition of a critical infrastructure facility used for telecommunications or video services for the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility."
description: "Including aboveground and belowground lines, cables and wires in the definition of a critical infrastructure facility used for telecommunications or video services for the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2061"
citation: "Kansas HB 2061 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f261909-0c4a-464d-8c85-d94c15e4ff5e"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2061/"
source_hash: "58404a8a751e532be9de1f0c9d4685aff0321743040ecb2c03106a94220ec01d"
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 2061 (2025-2026) — Including aboveground and belowground lines, cables and wires in the definition of a critical infrastructure facility used for telecommunications or video services for the crimes of trespassing on a critical infrastructure facility and criminal damage to a critical infrastructure facility.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2061/hb2061_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2061/hb2061_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2061/hb2061_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2061/hb2061_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-26** Reengrossed on Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- **2025-03-24** Concurred with amendments; Yea 110, Nay 12, Absent 3
- **2025-03-18** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-14** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 104, Nay 14, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-02-14** Engrossed on Friday, February 14, 2025
- **2025-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-22** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-22** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f261909-0c4a-464d-8c85-d94c15e4ff5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).