---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allowing the transfer upon death and providing for an income tax deduction for contributions to an ABLE account and conforming allowable expenses for 529 plans to federal law."
description: "Allowing the transfer upon death and providing for an income tax deduction for contributions to an ABLE account and conforming allowable expenses for 529 plans to federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2067"
citation: "Kansas HB 2067 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f93b3b36-fa3f-4af3-8404-96fde486e789"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2067"
source_hash: "a58a684908b58610f37a525e67844e4c027ad0d0528cbb799400a0b467311f39"
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 2067 (2017-2018) — Allowing the transfer upon death and providing for an income tax deduction for contributions to an ABLE account and conforming allowable expenses for 529 plans to federal law.

## 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/hb2067_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2067_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2067_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2067_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report not adopted; — **18–22** (fail) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report not adopted; — **37–85** (fail) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **26–14** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **85–38** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **120–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** Hearing: Thursday, January 26, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Engrossed on Wednesday, February 8, 2017
- **2017-02-09** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 85 Nay: 38 `passage`
- **2017-02-10** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-04** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Longbine, Senator Billinger and Senator Rogers appointed as conferees
- **2017-05-01** Senator Tyson, Senator Kerschen, and Senator Holland are appointed to replace Senator Longbine, Senator Billinger, and Senator Rogers on the Conference Committee
- **2017-05-01** Representative Johnson, Representative Phillips, and Representative Sawyer are appointed to replace Representative Vickrey, Representative Dove, and Representative Neighbor on the Conference Committee
- **2017-05-10** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-10** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-10** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea: 18 Nay: 22 `failure`
- **2017-05-10** Motion to Reconsider Adopted
- **2017-05-10** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Senator Tyson, Senator Kerschen and Senator Holland appointed as second conferees
- **2017-05-11** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-11** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Johnson, Representative Phillips and Representative Sawyer appointed as second conferees
- **2017-05-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 26 Nay: 14 `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Yea: 37 Nay: 85 `failure`
- **2017-05-30** Motion to Reconsider Adopted
- **2017-05-30** Conference Committee Report not adopted; Representative Johnson, Representative Phillips and Representative Sawyer appointed as third conferees
- **2017-05-31** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Tyson, Senator Kerschen and Senator Holland appointed as third conferees
- **2018-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 120 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Reengrossed on Thursday, May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 17, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f93b3b36-fa3f-4af3-8404-96fde486e789`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).