---
type: "Bill"
title: "State psychiatric hospital privatization prohibition amendments and medical student loan agreements for psychiatry."
description: "State psychiatric hospital privatization prohibition amendments and medical student loan agreements for psychiatry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Kansas SB 32 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c435f394-a737-4ea2-be9b-bbd6341e525d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb32"
source_hash: "a5236bdf9cd0a73897f5ecf36b3dd0e5e7a91ddf987ba79d0da3f2cf09b0c8b2"
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 32 (2017-2018) — State psychiatric hospital privatization prohibition amendments and medical student loan agreements for psychiatry.

## 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/sb32_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb32_03_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb32_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective April 06, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb32_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb32_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **120–5** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **35–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Hearing: Thursday, January 19, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Tyson `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Wilborn `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Wilborn was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Tyson `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Tyson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as further amended `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2017-02-22** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Hearing: Thursday, March 09, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 120 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-16** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 38 Nay: 2
- **2017-03-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 24, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-29** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, March 29, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c435f394-a737-4ea2-be9b-bbd6341e525d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).