---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting the possession of a firearm by certain individuals."
description: "Prohibiting the possession of a firearm by certain individuals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2145"
citation: "Kansas HB 2145 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ec34f86-8297-429a-b0a0-04f756d6f07c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2145"
source_hash: "6138f8c8a7aac4619f39c7459f7033e61060a044ab9726b19c4cdf6f5360a21f"
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 2145 (2017-2018) — Prohibiting the possession of a firearm by certain individuals.

## 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/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2145_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2145_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective May 03, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2145_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2145_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **113–6** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected — **19–20** (fail) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Introduced
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing: Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Barker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Barker was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Finch `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Finch was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Engrossed on Thursday, February 1, 2018
- **2018-02-02** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-05** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-06** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-03-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Sykes `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Sykes was rejected Yea: 19 Nay: 20 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-20** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Estes, Senator Olson and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 113 Nay: 6
- **2018-04-06** Reengrossed on Thursday, April 5, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 20, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ec34f86-8297-429a-b0a0-04f756d6f07c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).