---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating the dollar limitation for acceptance of gifts by donors to school districts or cities, or both, for library purposes."
description: "Eliminating the dollar limitation for acceptance of gifts by donors to school districts or cities, or both, for library purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2238"
citation: "Kansas HB 2238 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d396add-c60c-4c45-b1f3-926b8adaf26f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2238"
source_hash: "bc9f9c95b4a98d27a7e11ac2400652a02269bb9cb41eebe60d91f77600c6b5ca"
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 2238 (2021-2022) — Eliminating the dollar limitation for acceptance of gifts by donors to school districts or cities, or both, for library purposes.

## 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/hb2238_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2238_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar Passed — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Collins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Hearing: Wednesday, February 17, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing: Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 9:30 AM Room 142-S
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2021-04-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 15, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d396add-c60c-4c45-b1f3-926b8adaf26f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).