---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning motor vehicles; relating to the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; renewal of licenses."
description: "Concerning motor vehicles; relating to the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; renewal of licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "Kansas SB 294 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ffd3878-cc50-4f14-87ef-e543ce04b364"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb294"
source_hash: "6cce15bdc9d84eb972e934b5583cb3cf5d3182acd79809eb399e8cb803037527"
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 294 (2017-2018) — Concerning motor vehicles; relating to the vehicle dealers and manufacturers licensing act; renewal of licenses.

## 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/sb294_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb294_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature
- Consent Calendar Passed — **38–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S - CANCELLED
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: Thursday, February 01, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2018-02-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-19** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 582-N - CANCELLED
- **2018-03-02** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 30, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-03** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 2, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ffd3878-cc50-4f14-87ef-e543ce04b364`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).