---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulating abortion practice; requiring certain physician information to be provided under the woman's-right-to-know act."
description: "Regulating abortion practice; requiring certain physician information to be provided under the woman's-right-to-know act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Kansas SB 83 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-25"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b373a8e-5034-4791-a7a3-f29dbbebe312"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb83"
source_hash: "cb75d0fd9e21a9ef006a19fb18ae28b10e0abd5840d2b962c83301df7a099fb4"
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 83 (2017-2018) — Regulating abortion practice; requiring certain physician information to be provided under the woman's-right-to-know act.

## 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/sb83_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb83_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb83_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **25–15** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **84–38** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **125–0** (pass) · legislature
- Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed — **16–23** (fail) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Wednesday, February 08, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2017-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `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 Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: Tuesday, March 28, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-03-22** Hearing: Monday, March 27, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-03-24** Hearing: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 08:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-03-29** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-04-03** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-05** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-05** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Highland and Representative Ruiz appointed as conferees
- **2017-05-12** Senator Estes is appointed to replace Senator LaTurner on the Conference Committee
- **2017-05-12** Senator Olson is appointed to replace Senator Estes on the Conference Committee
- **2017-05-23** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-23** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-23** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Highland and Representative Ruiz appointed as second conferees
- **2017-05-23** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-23** Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Estes, Senator Olson and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as second conferees
- **2017-05-25** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-25** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 84 Nay: 38 `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-30** Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed Yea: 16 Nay: 23
- **2017-05-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 25 Nay: 15 `passage`
- **2017-05-31** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, May 31, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-08** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b373a8e-5034-4791-a7a3-f29dbbebe312`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).