republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2224.md

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Bill	Expanding the definition of "infectious disease" in certain statutes related to crimes in which bodily fluids may have been transmitted from one person to another.	Expanding the definition of "infectious disease" in certain statutes related to crimes in which bodily fluids may have been transmitted from one person to another.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	HB 2224	Kansas HB 2224 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		4	28	4	2021-02-03	2021-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/2f262c44-479c-46f3-8d4b-9af640674a0a	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2224	8ac040c6437cf7e2d2a0bb4724ae34a580926c8932aed6cd661378376b02b998	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2224 (2021-2022) — Expanding the definition of "infectious disease" in certain statutes related to crimes in which bodily fluids may have been transmitted from one person to another.

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 (committee substitute) — source
3. As Amended by Senate Committee (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was rejected — 17–18 (fail) · upper
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 117–6 (pass) · lower
• Concurred with amendments in conference; — 112–7 (pass) · lower
• Final Action - Passed as amended; — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-03 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-02-04 Hearing: Thursday, February 11, 2021, 9:00 AM Room 346-S
• 2021-02-19 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs 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 - Be passed as amended passage
• 2021-03-04 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 117 Nay: 6 passage
• 2021-03-10 Engrossed on Friday, March 5, 2021
• 2021-03-10 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-11 Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Hearing: Thursday, March 25, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 142-S
• 2021-03-25 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-07 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-04-07 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2021-04-07 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2021-04-07 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Steffen amendment-introduction
• 2021-04-07 Senator Sykes raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
• 2021-04-07 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Steffen was rejected Yea: 17 Nay: 18 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-07 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2021-04-08 Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage
• 2021-04-08 Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
• 2021-04-08 Motion to accede adopted; Senator Hilderbrand, Senator Gossage and Senator Pettey appointed as conferees
• 2021-05-07 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2021-05-07 Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 112 Nay: 7
• 2021-05-26 Reengrossed on Friday, May 7, 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; origin ocd-bill/2f262c44-479c-46f3-8d4b-9af640674a0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).