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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2077"
citation: "Kansas HB 2077 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/490e44e0-4490-4f5f-af88-a469b7cbf8c9"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2077"
source_hash: "c4df25dfab38d667cb778757c124b5c6ee7c352148c0ae43a1e5dcd488560677"
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 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](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2077_00_0000.pdf)
2. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2077_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2077_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2077_enrolled.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/490e44e0-4490-4f5f-af88-a469b7cbf8c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).