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type: "Bill"
title: "Exempting public utilities from civil liability relating to the attachment, access, operation, maintenance or removal of law enforcement equipment on any utility pole or other structure that is owned or operated by the public utility."
description: "Exempting public utilities from civil liability relating to the attachment, access, operation, maintenance or removal of law enforcement equipment on any utility pole or other structure that is owned or operated by the public utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2025-2026"
identifier: "HB 2109"
citation: "Kansas HB 2109 (2025-2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-01-28"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192130c9-31c3-4357-9277-eec66e8ac6bf"
source_url: "https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/HB2109/"
source_hash: "4840466292d567affc291fc5daa6a42ffe62f32b203e89ee3ba73174e9da2750"
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 2109 (2025-2026) — Exempting public utilities from civil liability relating to the attachment, access, operation, maintenance or removal of law enforcement equipment on any utility pole or other structure that is owned or operated by the public utility.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2109/hb2109_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee on Utilities** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2109/hb2109_01_0000.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2109/hb2109_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year1/ready_for_publication/hb_2109/hb2109_enrolled.pdf)
## Sponsors
- Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-04-10** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-27** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 28, 2025
- **2025-03-26** Engrossed on Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- **2025-03-24** Concurred with amendments; Yea 78, Nay 44, Absent 3
- **2025-03-20** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 29, Nay 9 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. Kellie Warren was adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. Kellie Warren
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Motion to refer to committee failed
- **2025-03-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-18** Referred to Senate Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2025-02-14** Final Action - Passed; Yea 78, Nay 40, Absent 7 `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-28** Referred to House Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/192130c9-31c3-4357-9277-eec66e8ac6bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).