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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency and prescribing certain powers, duties and functions thereof."
+description: "Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency and prescribing certain powers, duties and functions thereof."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
+legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
+session: "2023-2024"
+identifier: "SB 115"
+citation: "Kansas SB 115 (2023-2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-27"
+last_action: "2024-04-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c47131e6-4791-4e6b-886f-5d117a50f393"
+source_url: "http://kslegislature.org/li/b2023_24/measures/sb115/"
+source_hash: "97f22a49813300150efb18258704b0cbda6fd5943ebb5eaa7788290ff021b705"
+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 115 (2023-2024) — Establishing the office of the child advocate as an independent state agency and prescribing certain powers, duties and functions thereof.
+
+## 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/sb115_00_0000.pdf)
+2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb115_01_0000.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.gov/li/b2023_24/measures/documents/sb115_enrolled.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-01-30** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 8, 2023, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
+- **2023-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
+- **2023-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
+- **2023-02-23** Referred to Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-08** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2023, 1:30 PM Room 152-S
+- **2023-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Child Welfare and Foster Care `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
+- **2023-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 3 `passage`
+- **2023-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
+- **2023-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Concannon, Representative Johnson and Representative Ousley appointed as conferees
+- **2024-04-04** Conference committee report now available
+- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 117 Nay: 3 `passage`
+- **2024-04-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 36 Nay: 3 `passage`
+- **2024-04-25** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 12, 2024 `executive-receipt`
+- **2024-04-25** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 22, 2024 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c47131e6-4791-4e6b-886f-5d117a50f393`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).
+