---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing the issuance of bonds for the construction of a state veterans home and expanding educational benefits of tuition and fees waiver for spouses and dependents of public safety officers and personnel who are injured or disabled while performing service-related duties."
description: "Authorizing the issuance of bonds for the construction of a state veterans home and expanding educational benefits of tuition and fees waiver for spouses and dependents of public safety officers and personnel who are injured or disabled while performing service-related duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2021"
citation: "Kansas HB 2021 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Croft", "Ellis", "French", "Neelly", "Proctor", "T.Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a9a1a32-4bbe-4fe8-a789-d22ea6db20bc"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2021"
source_hash: "f3b030cf45ffb8003b5b403caf7760d7a8724818df0f9591ea93910ecd57c98f"
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 2021 (2021-2022) — Authorizing the issuance of bonds for the construction of a state veterans home and expanding educational benefits of tuition and fees waiver for spouses and dependents of public safety officers and personnel who are injured or disabled while performing service-related duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2021_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2021_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2021_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2021_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–2** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **119–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Croft — primary (person)
- Ellis — primary (person)
- French — primary (person)
- Neelly — primary (person)
- Proctor — primary (person)
- T.Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 31, 2020 `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2021-02-03** Hearing: Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 112-N - CANCELED
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative T. Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative T. Johnson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 16, 2021
- **2021-03-17** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Hearing: Thursday, March 25, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2021-03-29** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-31** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-31** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-07** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-07** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Billinger, Senator Claeys and Senator Hawk appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-09** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Reengrossed on Monday, April 12, 2021
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 21, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a9a1a32-4bbe-4fe8-a789-d22ea6db20bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).