---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the Kansas promise scholarship act to provide postsecondary educational scholarships for certain two-year associate degree programs, career and technical education certificates and other stand-alone programs."
description: "Creating the Kansas promise scholarship act to provide postsecondary educational scholarships for certain two-year associate degree programs, career and technical education certificates and other stand-alone programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2064"
citation: "Kansas HB 2064 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e410b9e3-3dee-4d8e-a945-89bf4b2cc78a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2064"
source_hash: "5532d2a5f09ca00d78771469c93cae822fcae8ff3e56a496c88da25f2bfd4c04"
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 2064 (2021-2022) — Creating the Kansas promise scholarship act to provide postsecondary educational scholarships for certain two-year associate degree programs, career and technical education certificates and other stand-alone programs.

## 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/hb2064_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2064_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2064_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2064_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **125–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **118–4** (pass) · lower

## 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
- **2021-01-26** Hearing: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-02-04** 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
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-08** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Erickson and Senator Sykes appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-09** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-09** Suspend 3(f) - 30 minute rule
- **2021-04-09** Suspend 3(f) - Distribution of CCR copies
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 4 `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 Friday, April 23, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e410b9e3-3dee-4d8e-a945-89bf4b2cc78a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).