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type: "Bill"
title: "Providing immunity from civil liability for COVID-19 claims for certain covered facilities, including adult care homes, community mental health centers, crisis intervention centers, community service providers and community developmental disability organizations."
description: "Providing immunity from civil liability for COVID-19 claims for certain covered facilities, including adult care homes, community mental health centers, crisis intervention centers, community service providers and community developmental disability organizations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2126"
citation: "Kansas HB 2126 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59a77397-c802-4995-905b-c36b5754485f"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2126"
source_hash: "2bb80b551915730099b68add541f1709ac0c89e70ae1ce8c7191e7aaec72dff0"
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 2126 (2021-2022) — Providing immunity from civil liability for COVID-19 claims for certain covered facilities, including adult care homes, community mental health centers, crisis intervention centers, community service providers and community developmental disability organizations.
## 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/hb2126_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2126_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2126_enrolled.pdf)
## Votes
- Final Action - Passed; — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **85–37** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing: Wednesday, February 3, 2021, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Lee `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Representative Carmichael raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2021-03-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-04** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 85 Nay: 37 `passage`
- **2021-03-10** Engrossed on Friday, March 5, 2021
- **2021-03-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Straub `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-03-24** Senator Pittman raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Straub was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 30 Nay: 7 `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 2, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 9, 2021 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59a77397-c802-4995-905b-c36b5754485f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).