# Kansas HB 2118: Requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act. Kansas HB 2118, Requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2118-2025-2026 - 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 2118 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Requiring any person who solicits a fee for filing or retrieving certain documents from the federal government, the state, a state agency or a local government to give certain notices to consumers and providing that violation of such requirements is a deceptive act or practice subject to penalties under the Kansas consumer protection act. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-28 - Last action: 2025-04-10, Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on commerce - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 6 (558 yes, 6 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Clearer warnings on paid government-record offers: benefit, low. Private services directly advertising paid help with government filings or records must clearly identify their offers as advertisements. This covers federal, Kansas state, state agency, and local government documents. A written warning must say the offer is not from or on behalf of a government age… ## 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: 123 Nay: 0 | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 117 Nay: 2 | pass | 117 | 2 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 39 Nay: 1 | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2025-03-26 | House | Concurred with amendments in conference | pass | 123 | 0 | | | 2025-03-19 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 39 | 1 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed | pass | 117 | 2 | | ## Actions (19) - 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-10: Engrossed on Monday, March 31, 2025 (House) - 2025-04-07: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 (House) - 2025-03-26: Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea 123, Nay 0, Absent 2 (House) - 2025-03-25: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Sean Tarwater, Rep. Adam Turk and Rep. Stephanie Sawyer Clayton (House) - 2025-03-25: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Kellie Warren, Sen. Kenny Titus and Sen. Ethan Corson appointed as conferees (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (Senate) - 2025-03-19: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 39, Nay 1 (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Hearing: Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 346-S (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed; Yea 117, Nay 2, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-18: 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 Amended by Senate Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2118/hb2118_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2118/hb2118_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2118/hb2118_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 Amended by Senate Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2118/hb2118_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2118/hb2118_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2118/hb2118_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-HB2118-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).