---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2212 by Committee on Judiciary - Authorizing the governor to make a declaration of need for enhanced public safety and security for an extraordinary event and providing certain powers to the governor during a period of such declaration."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2212 by Committee on Judiciary - Authorizing the governor to make a declaration of need for enhanced public safety and security for an extraordinary event and providing certain powers to the governor during a period of such declaration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2212"
citation: "Kansas HB 2212 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Department of", "Emergencies and Disasters", "Governor"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4826d14f-a0a2-4455-8a90-bc106fc82c52"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2212/"
source_hash: "e578642ead8d1866b945cdae977ed9df9fedbdfa693f8ed6ef45b60fad59070f"
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 2212 (2025-2026) — Senate Substitute for HB 2212 by Committee on Judiciary - Authorizing the governor to make a declaration of need for enhanced public safety and security for an extraordinary event and providing certain powers to the governor during a period of such declaration.

## 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_2212/hb2212_00_0000.pdf)
2. **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_2212/hb2212_01_0000.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2212/hb2212_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2212/hb2212_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-04-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 3, 2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, March 24, 2026
- **2026-03-19** Engrossed on Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- **2026-03-17** Concurred with amendments; Yea 118, Nay 2, Absent 5
- **2026-03-12** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea 38, Nay 2 `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-12** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** Final Action - Passed; Yea 111, Nay 8, Absent 6 `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to House Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-03** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4826d14f-a0a2-4455-8a90-bc106fc82c52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).