---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the students' right to know act to provide information on postsecondary education options."
description: "Creating the students' right to know act to provide information on postsecondary education options."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2085"
citation: "Kansas HB 2085 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4e391c8-6904-494c-8119-7a916c89c002"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2085"
source_hash: "9758be307a93d364660d488c3df55d8288b1b99e8c52f616f98df08cceb81e55"
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 2085 (2021-2022) — Creating the students' right to know act to provide information on postsecondary education options.

## 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/hb2085_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2085_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2021-02-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-05** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing: Tuesday, March 23, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4e391c8-6904-494c-8119-7a916c89c002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).