republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2026.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a drug abuse treatment program for people on diversion and allowing county and district attorneys to enter into agreements with chief judges and community corrections for supervision, clarifying jurisdiction and supervision of offenders in a certified drug abuse treatment program, authorizing the Kansas sentencing commission to change risk assessment cut-off levels for participation in the certified drug abuse treatment program, modifying the criminal penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring equipment and increasing the criminal penalties for riot and incitement to riot in a correctional facility."
description: "Creating a drug abuse treatment program for people on diversion and allowing county and district attorneys to enter into agreements with chief judges and community corrections for supervision, clarifying jurisdiction and supervision of offenders in a certified drug abuse treatment program, authorizing the Kansas sentencing commission to change risk assessment cut-off levels for participation in the certified drug abuse treatment program, modifying the criminal penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring equipment and increasing the criminal penalties for riot and incitement to riot in a correctional facility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2026"
citation: "Kansas HB 2026 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4cf156d-97f6-4d49-9cc8-fbdd24f3c7bb"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2026"
source_hash: "a02f8f1cadfa32c6fa661e7c65065e8f82641f6160004acd33d278983157c96f"
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 2026 (2021-2022) — Creating a drug abuse treatment program for people on diversion and allowing county and district attorneys to enter into agreements with chief judges and community corrections for supervision, clarifying jurisdiction and supervision of offenders in a certified drug abuse treatment program, authorizing the Kansas sentencing commission to change risk assessment cut-off levels for participation in the certified drug abuse treatment program, modifying the criminal penalties for tampering with electronic monitoring equipment and increasing the criminal penalties for riot and incitement to riot in a correctional facility.

## 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/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2026_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2026_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2026_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–0** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice Oversight — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 31, 2020 `filing`
- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-13** Hearing: Wednesday, January 20, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2021-01-27** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-01-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-01-28** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-01-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Hearing: Wednesday, February 10, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-11** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-03-30** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Warren, Senator Wilborn and Senator Haley appointed as conferees
- **2021-05-05** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-05-05** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2021-05-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2021-05-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Engrossed on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
- **2021-05-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 14, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Approved by Governor on Friday, May 21, 2021 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4cf156d-97f6-4d49-9cc8-fbdd24f3c7bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).