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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications."
+description: "Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 43"
+citation: "Kansas SB 43 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-19"
+last_action: "2017-03-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30935b20-9651-41ee-b736-f816a5253d7d"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb43"
+source_hash: "ba1445e07e39f3b04224377f5bc05ac4f9abf16975eb72ca9494119b1be0f4de"
+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 SB 43 (2017-2018) — Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress; clarifications.
+
+## 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/sb43_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Law effective March 23, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb43_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Final Action - Passed; — **120–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-19** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-20** Referred to Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 159-S
+- **2017-01-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ethics, Elections and Local Government `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-02-01** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
+- **2017-02-02** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-02-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-10** Hearing: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N - CANCELLED
+- **2017-02-22** Hearing: Monday, March 06, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
+- **2017-03-07** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Curtis `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-03-08** Representative Esau raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
+- **2017-03-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
+- **2017-03-09** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-13** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 13, 2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-03-21** Approved by Governor on Monday, March 20, 2017 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30935b20-9651-41ee-b736-f816a5253d7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+