---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2027 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Healing arts anatomic pathology billing, institutional licenses and licensee reporting."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2027 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Healing arts anatomic pathology billing, institutional licenses and licensee reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2027"
citation: "Kansas HB 2027 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-11"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99dd90f2-6af8-48a9-87e2-16d902b68309"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2027"
source_hash: "371fa5251ac6f9bda5ee7ce2f15c7b297eca4b43216a777c79392b7b1c87b1f8"
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 2027 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2027 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Healing arts anatomic pathology billing, institutional licenses and licensee reporting.

## 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/hb2027_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2027_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2027_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments; — **123–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **119–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Hearing: Wednesday, January 18, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-01-19** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-01-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-01-30** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-01-30** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-28** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-04-04** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 123 Nay: 1
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 07, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99dd90f2-6af8-48a9-87e2-16d902b68309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).