---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing Wichita area technical college to affiliate with Wichita state University."
description: "Authorizing Wichita area technical college to affiliate with Wichita state University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 174"
citation: "Kansas SB 174 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3fa2bdc-a4b0-4635-8947-fb047dc3e9a2"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb174"
source_hash: "c53724f1244c616c5d34054dc33a7e21367368e7ddbd1793348001d8ab74bc9f"
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 174 (2017-2018) — Authorizing Wichita area technical college to affiliate with Wichita state University.

## 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/sb174_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb174_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing: Monday, February 20, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing and possible action: Thursday, March 23, 2017, 04:00 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 04, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3fa2bdc-a4b0-4635-8947-fb047dc3e9a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).