This publication includes summaries of the legislation enacted by the 2021 Legislature. Not summarized are bills of a limited, local, technical, clarifying, or repealing nature, and bills that were vetoed (sustained). Brief summaries of bills whose vetoes were sustained and of appropriations bills are included.
During the 2021 Session, 769 bills were introduced: 315 in the Senate and 454 in the House. Of these 769 bills, 116 (15.1 percent) became law: 46 Senate bills and 70 House bills. Further, of the 116 bills becoming law, 103 (88.8 percent) were introduced by committees, and 13 (11.2 percent) were introduced by individual legislators. [Note: Substitute bills or bills with conference committee reports whose original subject matter was substantially modified from the content in the introduced sponsor bill are included in the former category.]
The Governor vetoed 10 bills and 19 line items in appropriations bills. Five of the vetoes and all line items were sustained, and five vetoes were overridden.
A total of 601 bills will be carried over to the 2022 Session of the Legislature.
- Legislative Coordinating Council 2021
- Abortion
- Agriculture and Natural Resources
- Aboveground and Underground Storage Tanks; Sunset; Fund Limitations; SB 27
- Pesticide Waste Disposal; Division of Conservation; State Conservation Commission; SB 38
- Market License Fee and Calfhood Vaccination Tag Fees; SB 39
- Grain Warehouse Inspection and Fees; SB 143
- Egg Repackaging; Senate Sub. for HB 2102
- Pollutant Releases and Cleanup; HB 2155
- Multi-year Flex Accounts for Groundwater Water Rights; HB 2172
- Asbestos Remediation Fund; HB 2203
- Commercial Industrial Hemp; HB 2244
- Business, Commerce, and Labor
- COVID-19; Extension of Provisions Regarding Telemedicine, Temporary Licensure, and Immunity; SB 283
- Resolution Encouraging the End of Participation in Federal Pandemic-related Unemployment Benefits Programs; SCR 1616
- Expansion of Military Spouse and Servicemember’s Expedited Licensure; Expedited Occupational and Temporary Credentialing during States of Emergency; Sub. for HB 2066
- Self-service Storage Agreements; HB 2112
- Sale of Liquor and Cereal Malt Beverage; Transfer of Liquor; Liquor Licensure; HB 2137
- Unemployment Compensation Modernization; Senate Sub. for Sub. for HB 2196
- Children and Seniors
- Concealed Carry
- Courts
- Crimes and Criminal Matters
- Certified Drug Abuse Treatment Program—Divertees; Jurisdiction and Supervision for 2003 SB 123 Program; Community Corrections Services Program; Amendments to Corrections-related Crimes; HB 2026
- Stalking a Minor; Penalties; HB 2071
- Mistreatment of a Dependent Adult or Elder Person; Absconding from Supervision; Sureties; Delivery of a Person Arrested; Certificate of Identification; Parole and Postrelease Supervision Guidance; HB 2121
- Economic Development
- Education
- Elections and Ethics
- Financial Institutions
- Kansas Economic Recovery Loan Deposit Program; Credit Unions, Field of Membership; Privilege Tax, Deductions; SB 15
- Loan Deposit Programs—Kansas Extraordinary Utility Costs Loan Deposit Program; Changes to 2021 Law (SB 15, House Sub. for SB 88); SB 86
- City Utility Low-Interest Loan Program; House Sub. for SB 88
- Trust Company Charter Conversions; SB 178
- Technology-enabled Fiduciary Financial Institutions Act; Senate Sub. for HB 2074
- First-time Home Buyer Savings Account; HB 2187
- Health
- Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact; SB 77
- Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact; Physical Therapy Licensure Compact; SB 170
- Pharmacy Act of the State of Kansas and Emergency Medical Services Act; Sub. for SB 238
- COVID-19 Vaccination Plan; SR 1707
- Rural Emergency Hospital Act, Innovation Grant; CCBHCs; Telemedicine Waivers for Outof-State Physicians; Licensure, Temporary Permits, and Regulatory Requirements; Senate Sub. for HB 2208
- Irrevocable Prearranged Funeral Agreements; Coroner’s Permit and Documentation; HB 2254
- Urging the Legislative Coordinating Council to Revoke Any Executive Order Mandating Face Coverings; HR 6015 and SR 1717
- Insurance
- Judiciary
- Proximate Result; Psychological or Psychiatric Examinations of Crime Victims; Spousal Exception to Sexual Battery; Fleeing or Attempting to Elude a Police Officer; Sexual Extortion; SB 60
- Kansas Power of Attorney Act; Third Persons; SB 103
- Revised Uniform Law on Notarial Acts; SB 106
- Uniform Fiduciary Income and Principal Act; SB 107
- Adult Care Homes; Covered Facilities; COVID-19; Immunity from Civil Liability; HB 2126
- Kansas Open Records Act; Exceptions; Cybersecurity; Public Employees; Home Address; Fraudulent Liens; Criminal Penalties; HB 2390
- Local Government
- Native Americans
- Postsecondary Education
- Public Safety
- Retirement
- State Finances
- State Government
- Taxation
- Transportation and Motor Vehicles
- Utilities
- Veterans and Military
- Appropriation Bills
- Technical Bills
- Bills Vetoed by the Governor
- Bills Vetoed by the Governor, but Overridden