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type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2016 by the Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the act against abusive access litigation to create a civil action for determining whether litigation that alleges any access violation under the Americans with disabilities act or similar law constitutes abusive litigation and authorize penalties for such abusive litigation."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2016 by the Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the act against abusive access litigation to create a civil action for determining whether litigation that alleges any access violation under the Americans with disabilities act or similar law constitutes abusive litigation and authorize penalties for such abusive litigation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 2016"
citation: "Kansas HB 2016 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c3aff920-48b9-4b8d-a72a-e02360356055"
source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2016/"
source_hash: "9472028cb308c0cc3992d647586d9fb0e9ed0d7ebd441011086b5a5192b1c795"
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 2016 (2023-2024) — Senate Substitute for HB 2016 by the Committee on Judiciary - Enacting the act against abusive access litigation to create a civil action for determining whether litigation that alleges any access violation under the Americans with disabilities act or similar law constitutes abusive litigation and authorize penalties for such abusive litigation.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2016_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 20, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2016_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2016_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2016_02_0000.pdf)
## Votes
- Concurred with amendments; — **83–37** (pass) · lower
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · upper
- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Hearing: Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 3:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2023-01-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-01-31** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03** Hearing: Thursday, February 9, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2023-03-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Baumgardner `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Baumgardner was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Corson `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Corson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2023-03-29** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage, substitution`
- **2023-04-03** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 83 Nay: 37
- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 7, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c3aff920-48b9-4b8d-a72a-e02360356055`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).