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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress."
+description: "Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "HB 2017"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2017 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Representative Esau"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-09"
+last_action: "2017-01-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc57c969-23b5-4a9a-9a71-305ac53d9bd7"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2017"
+source_hash: "8cdb520c80e53bf7892d26baf65bbba14a18fbfc895314fd7f7c374ebb9b9f81"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ks"]
+---
+
+# Kansas HB 2017 (2017-2018) — Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled - Law effective January 18, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_enrolled.pdf)
+4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_02_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Representative Esau — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-09** Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 06, 2017 `filing`
+- **2017-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-10** Hearing and possible action: Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
+- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carmichael was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2017-01-12** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
+- **2017-01-12** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee of the Whole
+- **2017-01-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-01-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
+- **2017-01-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-01-18** Engrossed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
+- **2017-01-18** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-01-18** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc57c969-23b5-4a9a-9a71-305ac53d9bd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+