republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021s1/hb-2001.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Requiring employers who impose COVID-19 vaccine requirements to allow medical and religious exemptions, providing for waiver requests, authorizing a complaint and investigation process with the secretary of labor for violations related to exemptions, enforcement actions by the attorney general and civil penalties to be imposed by a court for such violations and providing exceptions under the employment security law related to benefit eligibility conditions and disqualification conditions based on refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements.	Requiring employers who impose COVID-19 vaccine requirements to allow medical and religious exemptions, providing for waiver requests, authorizing a complaint and investigation process with the secretary of labor for violations related to exemptions, enforcement actions by the attorney general and civil penalties to be imposed by a court for such violations and providing exceptions under the employment security law related to benefit eligibility conditions and disqualification conditions based on refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021S1	HB 2001	Kansas HB 2001 (2021S1)	bill		enacted	Barker Landwehr Owens Tarwater	4	29	6	2021-11-22	2021-11-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d6b92c93-bea5-4b22-bc6c-00470413a59a	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2001	0dffccdceb14eba6f7fceec52ae67dd8e1566a812f82f2d85b5fd0386e89101d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2001 (2021S1) — Requiring employers who impose COVID-19 vaccine requirements to allow medical and religious exemptions, providing for waiver requests, authorizing a complaint and investigation process with the secretary of labor for violations related to exemptions, enforcement actions by the attorney general and civil penalties to be imposed by a court for such violations and providing exceptions under the employment security law related to benefit eligibility conditions and disqualification conditions based on refusal to comply with COVID-19 vaccine requirements.

Version chain

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

1. As introduced (filed) — source
2. {As Amended by House on Final Action} (committee substitute) — source
3. {As Amended by Senate on Final Action} (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pyle was adopted — 28–7 (pass) · upper
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 25–13 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 24–11 (pass) · upper
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 77–34 (pass) · lower
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 78–40 (pass) · lower
• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Straub was adopted — 30–6 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Barker — primary (person)
• Landwehr — primary (person)
• Owens — primary (person)
• Tarwater — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-11-22 Introduced introduction
• 2021-11-22 Motion to move bill to Emergency Final Action Subject to Amendment and Debate, adopted by 2/3 majority.
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to refer to committee failed Committee on Federal and State Affairs
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jacobs amendment-introduction
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jacobs was adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-11-22 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 78 Nay: 40 passage
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Handwritten Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jacobs
• 2021-11-22 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Masterson amendment-introduction
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Masterson was adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Pyle amendment-introduction
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Pyle was adopted Yea: 28 Nay: 7 amendment-passage
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator McGinn amendment-introduction
• 2021-11-22 Senator Masterson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Straub amendment-introduction
• 2021-11-22 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Straub was adopted Yea: 30 Nay: 6 amendment-passage
• 2021-11-22 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 25 Nay: 13 passage
• 2021-11-22 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2021-11-22 Motion to accede adopted; Senator Masterson, Senator Erickson and Senator Corson appointed as conferees
• 2021-11-22 Conference committee report now available
• 2021-11-22 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Masterson, Senator Erickson and Senator Corson appointed as second conferees
• 2021-11-22 Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Owens and Representative Miller appointed as second conferees
• 2021-11-22 Conference committee report now available
• 2021-11-22 Conference committee report now available
• 2021-11-22 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 24 Nay: 11 passage
• 2021-11-22 Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 77 Nay: 34 passage
• 2021-11-22 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-11-22 Approved by Governor on Tuesday, November 23, 2021 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d6b92c93-bea5-4b22-bc6c-00470413a59a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).