---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the monetary cap on irrevocable prearranged funeral agreements to $10,000."
description: "Increasing the monetary cap on irrevocable prearranged funeral agreements to $10,000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2254"
citation: "Kansas HB 2254 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2021-02-08"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3982384e-42a1-4c0b-8dc3-bcf3c0bc4df2"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2254"
source_hash: "c0fadeb3422cd25cf7b1aed9dcef03b8d3e4d03c8d3b9b9bf40763c0b194e8c8"
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 2254 (2021-2022) — Increasing the monetary cap on irrevocable prearranged funeral agreements to $10,000.

## 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/hb2254_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2254_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2254_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2254_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **122–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Monday, February 15, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 112-N - CANCELED
- **2021-02-15** Hearing: Tuesday, February 16, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Hearing: Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-25** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-03-30** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Hilderbrand, Senator Gossage and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-08** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 122 Nay: 1
- **2021-05-03** Reengrossed on Sunday, April 11, 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/3982384e-42a1-4c0b-8dc3-bcf3c0bc4df2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).