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type: "Bill"
title: "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."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "HB 2224"
citation: "Kansas HB 2224 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f262c44-479c-46f3-8d4b-9af640674a0a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2224"
source_hash: "8ac040c6437cf7e2d2a0bb4724ae34a580926c8932aed6cd661378376b02b998"
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 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](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2224_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2224_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2224_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/hb2224_enrolled.pdf)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f262c44-479c-46f3-8d4b-9af640674a0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).