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type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2585 by Committee on Utilities - Exempting certain public utilities from Kansas income taxation and allowing the state corporation commission to approve certain contract and reduced electric rates and associated cost recovery from all rate classes."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2585 by Committee on Utilities - Exempting certain public utilities from Kansas income taxation and allowing the state corporation commission to approve certain contract and reduced electric rates and associated cost recovery from all rate classes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "HB 2585"
citation: "Kansas HB 2585 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d10c2aae-21b6-49c7-9a73-fc9e2a93d286"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2585"
source_hash: "3d4f91b95bbb9368d496225ec11ec8978cd1a9a5e35294f46dc4219542d3acf1"
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 2585 (2019-2020) — Senate Substitute for HB 2585 by Committee on Utilities - Exempting certain public utilities from Kansas income taxation and allowing the state corporation commission to approve certain contract and reduced electric rates and associated cost recovery from all rate classes.
## 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/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2585_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2585_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Version 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2585_02_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2019_20/measures/documents/hb2585_01_0000.pdf)
## Votes
- Concurred with amendments; — **75–45** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)
- Committee on Utilities — cosponsor (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-06** Introduced
- **2020-02-07** Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2020, 9:00 AM Room 281-N - CANCELED
- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2020, 9:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2020-02-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2020-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Finney `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-26** Representative Cox raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2020-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Finney was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Engrossed on Friday, February 28, 2020
- **2020-03-04** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-03-05** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Hearing: Tuesday, March 17, 2020, 1:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2020-03-17** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-21** Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-21** Withdrawn from Committee on Ways and Means and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2020-05-21** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2020-05-21** Committee Report adopted
- **2020-05-21** Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 `passage, substitution`
- **2020-05-21** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2020-05-21** Motion to nonconcur with amendments and appoint conferees failed;
- **2020-05-21** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 75 Nay: 45
- **2020-05-21** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 26, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-05-21** Approved by Governor on Monday, June 1, 2020 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d10c2aae-21b6-49c7-9a73-fc9e2a93d286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).