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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state."
+description: "Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2017-2018"
+identifier: "SB 50"
+citation: "Kansas SB 50 (2017-2018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-01-20"
+last_action: "2017-05-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cad2d4a5-9329-4fd9-9b9b-b8805422c07a"
+source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb50"
+source_hash: "24e4e4a39f3bc32bcd03edc425c4479e485b4d30226b0670010817ff1d32e61d"
+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 50 (2017-2018) — Creating an unconscionable act or practice under the Kansas consumer protection act for people who engage in the unauthorized practice of law; changing the membership of the advisory committee on uniform state laws and the joint committee on special claims against the state.
+
+## 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/sb50_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_03_0000.pdf)
+3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_01_0000.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 27, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_enrolled.pdf)
+5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_04_0000.pdf)
+6. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb50_02_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-25** Hearing: Tuesday, January 31, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
+- **2017-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Petersen `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Petersen was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-23** Hearing: Tuesday, March 07, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
+- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Wheeler `amendment-introduction`
+- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Wheeler was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage`
+- **2017-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2017-03-30** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Patton and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
+- **2017-04-07** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
+- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 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/cad2d4a5-9329-4fd9-9b9b-b8805422c07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
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