KANSAS LEGISLATURE 2021 Summary of Legislation Legislative Research Department June 2021 Legislative Coordinating Council 2021 Chairperson Senator Ty Masterson, President of the Senate Vice-Chairperson Representative Ron Ryckman, Speaker of the House Rick Wilborn, Vice President of the Senate Larry Alley, Senate Majority Leader Dinah Sykes, Senate Minority Leader Daniel Hawkins, House Majority Leader Blaine Finch, Speaker Pro Tem Tom Sawyer, House Minority Leader Kansas Legislative Research Department 300 SW 10th, Room 68-West, Statehouse Topeka, Kansas 66612-1504 Telephone: (785) 296-3181
[email protected] kslegresearch.org INTRODUCTION 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). However, these bills are listed beginning on page 356. 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.