# Kansas HB 2182: Prohibiting a sheriff from charging a fee for service of process for proceedings under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act. Kansas HB 2182, Prohibiting a sheriff from charging a fee for service of process for proceedings under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act., is a 2025–2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Committee on Judiciary; status signed, last action 2025-03-26 (Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2182-2025-2026 - 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 2182 - State: Kansas - Session: 2025–2026 Regular Session - Title: Prohibiting a sheriff from charging a fee for service of process for proceedings under the protection from abuse act and the protection from stalking, sexual assault or human trafficking act. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-30 - Last action: 2025-03-26, Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: senate committee on judiciary, house committee on judiciary - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (276 yes, 2 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - No sheriff fees in protection cases: benefit, low. Kansas sheriffs cannot charge for serving, carrying out, or returning court papers in cases under the Protection from Abuse Act. This also covers cases under the Protection from Stalking, Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking Act. Covered papers include summonses, pleadings, writs, orders, and notic… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Committee on Judiciary ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 118 Nay: 1 | pass | 118 | 1 | | | 2026-04-23 | House | Yea: 40 Nay: 0 | pass | 40 | 0 | | | 2025-02-19 | House | Final Action - Passed as amended | pass | 118 | 1 | | ## Actions (15) - 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) - 2025-03-18: Consent Calendar Passed (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar 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: Engrossed on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 (House) - 2025-02-19: Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea 118, Nay 1, Absent 6 (House) - 2025-02-19: Received and Introduced (Senate) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted (House) - 2025-02-18: Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended (House) - 2025-02-07: Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by House Committee on Judiciary (House) - 2025-02-04: Hearing: Tuesday, February 4, 2025, 3:30 PM — Room 582-N (House) - 2025-01-30: Introduced (House) - 2025-01-30: Referred to House Committee on Judiciary (House) ## Bill text - As Amended by House Committee: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2182/hb2182_01_0000.pdf) - As Introduced: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2182/hb2182_00_0000.pdf) - Enrolled: [PDF](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2182/hb2182_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts received as compensation for members of the armed forces. (failed) ## Sources - [As Amended by House Committee (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2182/hb2182_01_0000.pdf) - [As Introduced (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2182/hb2182_00_0000.pdf) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://www.kslegislature.gov/b2025_26/bills/download/?apn=b2025_26/year2/ready_for_publication/hb_2182/hb2182_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 2036: Providing a Kansas income tax subtraction modification for certain amounts rece…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/KS-HB2036-2025-2026) - [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-HB2182-2025-2026 (as of 2026-10-19).