# Kansas HB 2160: Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.

Kansas HB 2160, Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Local Government; status signed, last action 2025-04-10 (Reengrossed on Saturday, March 29, 2025) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Kansas HB 2160
- State: Kansas
- Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session
- Title: Enacting the municipal employee whistleblower act to provide statutory protections for municipal employees who report or disclose unlawful or dangerous conduct.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-30
- Last action: 2025-04-10, Reengrossed on Saturday, March 29, 2025
- Sponsor: Committee on Local Government
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: senate committee on local government, house committee on local government
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 8 (646 yes, 0 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 Local Government

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 121 Nay: 0 | pass | 121 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 122 Nay: 0 | pass | 122 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | House | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 122 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | Senate | Conference Committee Report was adopted | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-20 | Senate | Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 121 | 0 |   |

## Actions (26)

- 2025-04-10: Reengrossed on Saturday, March 29, 2025 (House)
- 2025-04-10: Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 (House)
- 2025-04-07: Approved by Governor on Monday, April 7, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Conference committee report now available (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea 122, Nay 0, Absent 3 (House)
- 2025-03-24: Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Rep. Emil Bergquist, Rep. Doug Blex and Rep. Linda Featherston (House)
- 2025-03-24: Motion to accede adopted; Sen. Elaine Bowers, Sen. Ronald Ryckman and Sen. Oletha Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Sen. William Clifford (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Sen. William Clifford was adopted (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 40, Nay 0 (Senate)
- 2025-03-17: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing: Wednesday, March 5, 2025, 9:30 AM — Room 142-S (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Received and Introduced (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 121, Nay 0, Absent 4 (House)
- 2025-02-20: Engrossed on Thursday, February 20, 2025 (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House)
- 2025-02-19: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House)
- 2025-02-18: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Local Government (House)
- 2025-02-14: Hearing: Friday, February 14, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N (House)
- 2025-02-12: Hearing: Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 9:00 AM — Room 281-N — CANCELED (House)
- 2025-01-30: Introduced (House)
- 2025-01-30: Referred to House Committee on Local Government (House)

## Bill text

- As Amended by House Committee on Local Government: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_01_0000.pdf)
- As Amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_02_0000.pdf)
- As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_00_0000.pdf)
- Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_enrolled.pdf)
- {As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_03_0000.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 House Committee on Local Government (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_01_0000.pdf)
- [As Amended by Senate Committee on Local Government, Transparency and Ethics (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_02_0000.pdf)
- [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_00_0000.pdf)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_enrolled.pdf)
- [{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole} (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2160/hb2160_03_0000.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)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2160-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).