republic-os/legislation/us/states/ks/2021-2022/sb-36.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the Kansas highway patrol to make multiple vehicle checks within a set time period for certain salvage vehicle pools and allowing salvage vehicle pools and dealers to apply for ownership documents for vehicles that are disclaimed by insurance companies, prohibiting the towing vehicles outside the state of Kansas without prior consent, requiring an interstate search of registered owners and lienholders prior to sale of vehicles less than 15 years old and requiring publication in the newspaper seven days prior to sale of vehicles and property at auction."
description: "Requiring the Kansas highway patrol to make multiple vehicle checks within a set time period for certain salvage vehicle pools and allowing salvage vehicle pools and dealers to apply for ownership documents for vehicles that are disclaimed by insurance companies, prohibiting the towing vehicles outside the state of Kansas without prior consent, requiring an interstate search of registered owners and lienholders prior to sale of vehicles less than 15 years old and requiring publication in the newspaper seven days prior to sale of vehicles and property at auction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "Kansas SB 36 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc436af3-8fbd-4464-8b26-58bc63666f7e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb36"
source_hash: "28a4936e2659863e5a3818853747173cbeb06c56a884c845afdf7adcf5d0e01a"
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 SB 36 (2021-2022) — Requiring the Kansas highway patrol to make multiple vehicle checks within a set time period for certain salvage vehicle pools and allowing salvage vehicle pools and dealers to apply for ownership documents for vehicles that are disclaimed by insurance companies, prohibiting the towing vehicles outside the state of Kansas without prior consent, requiring an interstate search of registered owners and lienholders prior to sale of vehicles less than 15 years old and requiring publication in the newspaper seven days prior to sale of vehicles and property at auction.

## 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/sb36_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb36_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb36_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2021** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2021_22/measures/documents/sb36_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **116–6** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **118–4** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing: Monday, January 25, 2021, 8:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2021-02-04** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2021-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-02-09** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-02-09** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Hearing: Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 1:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2021-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 116 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2021-03-25** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Proehl, Representative Delperdang and Representative Helgerson appointed as conferees
- **2021-04-08** Conference committee report now available
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 118 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 16, 2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 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/dc436af3-8fbd-4464-8b26-58bc63666f7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).