---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing liability exceptions and inactive provider coverage limits under the health care provider insurance availability act and exempting certain licensed providers from the act."
description: "Providing liability exceptions and inactive provider coverage limits under the health care provider insurance availability act and exempting certain licensed providers from the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2118"
citation: "Kansas HB 2118 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c87fee0b-f126-42b4-8916-f7d835c29495"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2118"
source_hash: "9e688e38fbc74ef5244dd854324747ac171f0cd81cac752c9f6a1589260f9c02"
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 2118 (2017-2018) — Providing liability exceptions and inactive provider coverage limits under the health care provider insurance availability act and exempting certain licensed providers from the 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/hb2118_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2118_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2017-02-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: Tuesday, March 21, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed 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 - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **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/c87fee0b-f126-42b4-8916-f7d835c29495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).