---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a procedure to prevent distribution of a decedent's assets to a person charged with the felonious killing of the decedent until criminal proceedings are completed."
description: "Creating a procedure to prevent distribution of a decedent's assets to a person charged with the felonious killing of the decedent until criminal proceedings are completed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2027"
citation: "Kansas HB 2027 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballard", "Wasinger"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff56861c-0b83-42e1-89af-9f9f1f08dae5"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2027/"
source_hash: "a53b2504d320bd2cd74d2a43eb216fe4078714785300747d8a959db178c51a5d"
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 2027 (2023-2024) — Creating a procedure to prevent distribution of a decedent's assets to a person charged with the felonious killing of the decedent until criminal proceedings are completed.

## 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/hb2027_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2027_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2027_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **119–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **123–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballard — primary (person)
- Wasinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-01-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-16** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 123 Nay: 0
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-25** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff56861c-0b83-42e1-89af-9f9f1f08dae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).