republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2079.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transferring duties concerning address confidentiality program (safe at home) and the registration of charitable organizations from the secretary of state to the attorney general, enacting the Kansas fights addiction act to establish a grant program for the purpose of preventing, reducing, treating and mitigating the effects of substance abuse and addiction and requiring posting of a human trafficking awareness notice approved by the attorney general in certain businesses and public places."
description: "Transferring duties concerning address confidentiality program (safe at home) and the registration of charitable organizations from the secretary of state to the attorney general, enacting the Kansas fights addiction act to establish a grant program for the purpose of preventing, reducing, treating and mitigating the effects of substance abuse and addiction and requiring posting of a human trafficking awareness notice approved by the attorney general in certain businesses and public places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2079"
citation: "Kansas HB 2079 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52a59860-bbc8-41f7-99f7-6d699b1a691d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2079"
source_hash: "6a6c5b25b9a0da4969fd6d9467f405baa8d907e5200f12a3348678b6ae98bfb3"
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 2079 (2021-2022) — Transferring duties concerning address confidentiality program (safe at home) and the registration of charitable organizations from the secretary of state to the attorney general, enacting the Kansas fights addiction act to establish a grant program for the purpose of preventing, reducing, treating and mitigating the effects of substance abuse and addiction and requiring posting of a human trafficking awareness notice approved by the attorney general in certain businesses and public places.

## 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/hb2079_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2079_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2079_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2079_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **70–54** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **37–3** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **78–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing: Monday, January 25, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-03** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 70 Nay: 54 `passage`
- **2021-02-04** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 3, 2021
- **2021-03-17** Hearing: Monday, March 22, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 548-S - CANCELED
- **2021-03-18** Hearing: Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-30** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-31** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 37 Nay: 3 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-04-07** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Billinger, Senator Claeys and Senator Hawk 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: 78 Nay: 42 `passage`
- **2021-05-06** Reengrossed on Thursday, May 6, 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/52a59860-bbc8-41f7-99f7-6d699b1a691d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).