---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring that refrigerants that are approved for use under federal law may be used in Kansas."
description: "Ensuring that refrigerants that are approved for use under federal law may be used in Kansas."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2173"
citation: "Kansas HB 2173 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a059d467-be11-4b3d-a471-230f08666906"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2173/"
source_hash: "3a5cd54f0283b0af2ff41b074f012759ec4c29f7ada99d3d4d3826e043ab086f"
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 2173 (2023-2024) — Ensuring that refrigerants that are approved for use under federal law may be used in Kansas.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2173_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2173_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 27, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2173_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **111–12** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed; — **105–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Monday, February 6, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2023-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 105 Nay: 17 `passage`
- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Hearing: Thursday, March 9, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2023-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 31 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Erickson, Senator Dietrich and Senator Holland appointed as conferees
- **2023-04-05** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 111 Nay: 12
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 19, 2023 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a059d467-be11-4b3d-a471-230f08666906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).