republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2077.md

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Bill	Extending the Kansas closed case task force, providing for staff assistance and renaming the task force the Alvin Sykes cold case DNA task force, extending the Kansas criminal justice reform commission, limiting the commission's scope of study and adding a public defender, and authorizing the crime victims compensation board to waive application time restrictions for certain victims to receive compensation for mental health counseling and adding certain children to the definition of victim.	Extending the Kansas closed case task force, providing for staff assistance and renaming the task force the Alvin Sykes cold case DNA task force, extending the Kansas criminal justice reform commission, limiting the commission's scope of study and adding a public defender, and authorizing the crime victims compensation board to waive application time restrictions for certain victims to receive compensation for mental health counseling and adding certain children to the definition of victim.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	HB 2077	Kansas HB 2077 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		4	29	4	2021-01-15	2021-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/490e44e0-4490-4f5f-af88-a469b7cbf8c9	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2077	c4df25dfab38d667cb778757c124b5c6ee7c352148c0ae43a1e5dcd488560677	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2077 (2021-2022) — Extending the Kansas closed case task force, providing for staff assistance and renaming the task force the Alvin Sykes cold case DNA task force, extending the Kansas criminal justice reform commission, limiting the commission's scope of study and adding a public defender, and authorizing the crime victims compensation board to waive application time restrictions for certain victims to receive compensation for mental health counseling and adding certain children to the definition of victim.

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 Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
3. {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 115–6 (pass) · lower
• Conference Committee Report was adopted; — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 120–5 (pass) · lower
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 39–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15 Introduced introduction
• 2021-01-19 Referred to Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice referral-committee
• 2021-01-20 Hearing: Monday, January 25, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 546-S
• 2021-01-28 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Corrections and Juvenile Justice committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-03 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-02-03 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Jennings amendment-introduction
• 2021-02-03 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Jennings was adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-02-03 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2021-02-03 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 5 passage
• 2021-02-04 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-05 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Engrossed on Wednesday, February 3, 2021
• 2021-03-12 Hearing: Thursday, March 18, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
• 2021-03-18 Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-30 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-03-30 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley amendment-introduction
• 2021-03-30 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Haley was adopted amendment-passage
• 2021-03-30 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2021-03-31 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 1 passage
• 2021-04-06 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2021-04-07 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: 39 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: 115 Nay: 6 passage
• 2021-05-06 Reengrossed on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
• 2021-05-07 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 7, 2021 executive-receipt
• 2021-05-26 Approved by Governor on Monday, May 17, 2021 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/490e44e0-4490-4f5f-af88-a469b7cbf8c9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).