republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/hb-2495.md

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Bill	Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies.	Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies.	us/states/ks	Kansas Legislature	2021-2022	HB 2495	Kansas HB 2495 (2021-2022)	bill		enacted		5	24	3	2022-01-19	2022-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/2977c5c6-af13-442c-b1ae-aac856d16ebf	http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2495	79fb6c2ae380d47982a7a322f0f9bc790d4b1065a3907e9baa8bb513fe4e8c73	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ks

Kansas HB 2495 (2021-2022) — Senate Substitute for HB 2495 by Committee on Judiciary - Requiring retention of fingerprints by the Kansas bureau of investigation for participation in the federal rap back program; imposing restrictions on surveillance by certain employees of the Kansas department of wildlife and parks on private property; expanding the jurisdiction and powers of law enforcement officers to include situations when an activity is observed leading the officer to reasonably suspect a person is committing, has committed or is about to commit a crime and reasonably believe that a person is in imminent danger of death or bodily injury without immediate action; allowing a search warrant to be executed within 240 hours from the time of issuance; and directing the Kansas department for children and families to share certain information with investigating law enforcement agencies.

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. Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2022 (committee substitute) — source
4. S Sub for (committee substitute) — source
5. {As Amended by House Committee of the Whole} (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Concurred with amendments; — 116–1 (pass) · lower
• Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — 107–13 (pass) · lower
• Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-19 Introduced introduction
• 2022-01-19 Hearing: Tuesday, January 25, 2022, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
• 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Withdrawn from Committee on Judiciary; Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-03-16 Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-23 Committee of the Whole - Now working on
• 2022-03-23 Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
• 2022-03-23 Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Patton amendment-introduction
• 2022-03-23 Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Patton was adopted amendment-passage
• 2022-03-23 Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended passage
• 2022-03-23 Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 107 Nay: 13 passage
• 2022-03-28 Received and Introduced introduction
• 2022-03-28 Engrossed on Thursday, March 24, 2022
• 2022-03-29 Referred to Committee on Judiciary referral-committee
• 2022-04-28 Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-04-28 Motion to advance to Final Action, subject to amendments, debate and roll call. Motion carried.
• 2022-04-28 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2022-04-28 Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 passage, substitution
• 2022-04-28 Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
• 2022-04-28 Concurred with amendments; Yea: 116 Nay: 1
• 2022-05-23 Reengrossed on Friday, April 29, 2022
• 2022-05-23 Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 6, 2022 executive-receipt
• 2022-05-23 Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 12, 2022 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2977c5c6-af13-442c-b1ae-aac856d16ebf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).