---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct."
description: "Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2160"
citation: "Kansas HB 2160 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b625a086-8b8a-4b51-8ad4-0df4c7b90908"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2160/"
source_hash: "5916792e72be48e96d1c1dffae14378ffa16280dd7ed6d55e1812de3da6421ac"
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 2160 (2025-2026) — Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.

## Version chain

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

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee on Local Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb2160_03_0000.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_enrolled.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-10** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- **2025-04-10** Reengrossed on Saturday, March 29, 2025
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3
- **2025-03-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0
- **2025-03-26** Conference committee report now available
- **2025-03-24** Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Elaine Bowers, Sen. Ronald Ryckman and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2025-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Emil Bergquist, Rep. Doug Blex and Rep. Linda Featherston
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed on Thursday, February 20, 2025
- **2025-02-20** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Referred to House Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30** Introduced `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b625a086-8b8a-4b51-8ad4-0df4c7b90908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).