---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress."
description: "Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2017"
citation: "Kansas HB 2017 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Esau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-01-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc57c969-23b5-4a9a-9a71-305ac53d9bd7"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2017"
source_hash: "8cdb520c80e53bf7892d26baf65bbba14a18fbfc895314fd7f7c374ebb9b9f81"
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 HB 2017 (2017-2018) — Vacancy elections; United States representative to congress.

## 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/hb2017_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective January 18, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2017_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–1** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Esau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 06, 2017 `filing`
- **2017-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Hearing and possible action: Tuesday, January 10, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 281-N
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Elections `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Elections `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carmichael was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-01-12** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-01-12** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee of the Whole
- **2017-01-17** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-01-17** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-01-17** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-01-18** Engrossed on Wednesday, January 18, 2017
- **2017-01-18** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-01-18** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, January 18, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc57c969-23b5-4a9a-9a71-305ac53d9bd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).