# Kansas HB 2117: Modifying certain business filing and fee requirements for business trusts, foreign corporations and limited partnerships; authorizing professional corporations or limited liability companies formed or organized to render a professional service to participate in transactions under the business entity transactions act; and making certain information provided by registered agents a public record. Kansas HB 2117, Modifying certain business filing and fee requirements for business trusts, foreign corporations and limited partnerships; authorizing professional corporations or limited liability companies formed or organized to render a professional service to participate in transactions under the business entity transactions act; and making certain information provided by registered agents a public record., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Law effective July 1, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2117-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Kansas HB 2117 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Modifying certain business filing and fee requirements for business trusts, foreign corporations and limited partnerships; authorizing professional corporations or limited liability companies formed or organized to render a professional service to participate in transactions under the business entity transactions act; and making certain information provided by registered agents a public record. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Law effective July 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on commerce, house committee on commerce - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 3 (275 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 0 | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 1 | pass | 118 | 1 | | | 2025-02-18 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 118 | 1 | | ## Actions (14) - 2025-04-10: Law effective July 1, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-26: Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-21: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 21, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-12: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Hearing: Tuesday, March 4, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 159-S (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Final Action - Passed; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-17: Committee of the Whole - Be passed (House) - 2025-02-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed by House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) - 2025-02-03: Hearing: Monday, February 3, 2025, 1:30 PM — Room 346-S (House) - 2025-01-28: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-28: Referred to House Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development (House) ## Bill text - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2117/hb2117_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2117/hb2117_enrolled.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes in the Kansas criminal code. (signed) - SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage and the retail sale of higher ethanol blends of fuel, discontinuing the tax cred… (signed) - SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholic liquor depending on whether the taxpayer is a qualifying Kansas investor or a… (signed) - HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes. (signed) - HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creating the crime of interference with the conduct of a religious assembly, providin… (became law) - HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferability of credentials earned through ACT workkeys career readiness assessments to… (failed) ## Sources - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2117/hb2117_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2117/hb2117_enrolled.pdf) ## Related - [SB 430: Adding mitragynine to schedule I of the uniform controlled substances act and r…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB430-2025-2026) - [SB 82: Providing tax credits for expenditures for lockable gun and ammunition storage…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB82-2025-2026) - [SB 300: Providing for the apportionment of business income by manufacturers of alcoholi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-SB300-2025-2026) - [HB 2029: Reconciling multiple amendments to certain statutes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2029-2025-2026) - [HB 2018: Senate Substitute for HB 2018 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs - Creat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2018-2025-2026) - [HB 2530: Substitute for HB 2530 by Committee on Education - Providing for the transferab…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2530-2025-2026) - [Kansas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas/bills) - [Kansas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/kansas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2117-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).