---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel for an indigent person."
description: "Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel for an indigent person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2605"
citation: "Kansas HB 2605 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e337af4-1cf2-425b-b45e-d4e1f0791ad8"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2605/"
source_hash: "d19f6358c026f11596d1d333bf649f363cc6bb3d7a902e51f15b361a43f23e43"
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 2605 (2023-2024) — Increasing the maximum rate paid to appointed counsel for an indigent person.

## 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/hb2605_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2605_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-01-26** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Hearing: Monday, February 5, 2024, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2024-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2024-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 107 Nay: 12 `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** Hearing: Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2024-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-26** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 40 Nay: 0
- **2024-04-01** Engrossed on Thursday, March 28, 2024
- **2024-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 4, 2024 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e337af4-1cf2-425b-b45e-d4e1f0791ad8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).