---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing prohibitions on Saturday process service and ending trial on Saturday."
description: "Repealing prohibitions on Saturday process service and ending trial on Saturday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Kansas SB 288 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c5511f6-a63e-4e6a-bab0-c93bcb832cb9"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb288"
source_hash: "f46e1e1c2c4a3f91b6994104a2ef5b5e3ba6135340235f08fd5561d81b235299"
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 288 (2017-2018) — Repealing prohibitions on Saturday process service and ending trial on Saturday.

## 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/sb288_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb288_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb288_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **39–1** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **37–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **85–39** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 37 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-03-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 85 Nay: 39 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Ralph and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 39 Nay: 1
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 04, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Monday, May 14, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c5511f6-a63e-4e6a-bab0-c93bcb832cb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).