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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revising the definition of \"children with disabilities\" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability."
+description: "Revising the definition of \"children with disabilities\" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "HB 2322"
+citation: "Kansas HB 2322 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2023-02-07"
+last_action: "2023-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9aef236a-31bc-44be-ae20-5d7a689467ed"
+source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/hb2322/"
+source_hash: "fc4cc91d5d26a0d19d00e5d35423879e324bb49f39333804918532563204bc13"
+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 2322 (2023-2024) — Revising the definition of "children with disabilities" for purposes of providing special education to replace emotional disturbance with emotional disability.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2322_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 1, 2023** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2322_enrolled.pdf)
+3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/hb2322_01_0000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
+- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **120–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Education — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 218-N
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 120 Nay: 2 `passage`
+- **2023-03-01** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02** Hearing: Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 144-S
+- **2023-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Baumgardner `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Baumgardner was adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2023-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Baumgardner, Senator Erickson and Senator Sykes appointed as conferees
+- **2023-04-06** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 120 Nay: 2
+- **2023-04-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-24** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, April 18, 2023 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9aef236a-31bc-44be-ae20-5d7a689467ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+