---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing certain KP&F tier II spousal and children's benefits for death resulting from a service-connected disability and enacting the Michael Wells memorial act."
description: "Providing certain KP&F tier II spousal and children's benefits for death resulting from a service-connected disability and enacting the Michael Wells memorial act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2063"
citation: "Kansas HB 2063 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55980d2b-e25e-46bf-b31a-e2e7d72d0e7e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2063"
source_hash: "c27191921a9919277ff9d17f8d3f5d68a249ae0daac965f1638f9eacc0edfd2a"
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 2063 (2021-2022) — Providing certain KP&F tier II spousal and children's benefits for death resulting from a service-connected disability and enacting the Michael Wells memorial act.

## 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/hb2063_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2063_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2063_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar Passed — **35–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to Committee on Insurance and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing: Monday, January 25, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N - CANCELED
- **2021-01-21** Hearing: Monday, January 25, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N - CANCELED
- **2021-02-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-10** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-11** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 10, 2021
- **2021-02-11** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Thursday, March 11, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-03-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 35 Nay: 0
- **2021-03-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 26, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-06** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 2, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55980d2b-e25e-46bf-b31a-e2e7d72d0e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).