---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2129 by Committee on Ways and Means - Department of administration; exempting division of legislative post audit from the monumental building surcharge; energy audit exception; regulations on contracts and purchase orders; payroll deductions for indemnity insurance."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2129 by Committee on Ways and Means - Department of administration; exempting division of legislative post audit from the monumental building surcharge; energy audit exception; regulations on contracts and purchase orders; payroll deductions for indemnity insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2129"
citation: "Kansas HB 2129 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c1d02c6-1c6a-473e-9f4d-8c0e522e2ba2"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2129"
source_hash: "d529e0820b3b20d7de219645c52c2a5e3e212d057c0b122606eebe7abc871c10"
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 2129 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2129 by Committee on Ways and Means - Department of administration; exempting division of legislative post audit from the monumental building surcharge; energy audit exception; regulations on contracts and purchase orders; payroll deductions for indemnity insurance.

## 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/hb2129_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2129_enrolled.pdf)
3. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2129_01_0000.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2129_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **34–6** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **124–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **33–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on General Government Budget — primary (organization)
- Committee on Ways and Means — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on General Government Budget `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Thursday, February 09, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 218-N
- **2017-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on General Government Budget `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 124 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator McGinn `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator McGinn was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 33 Nay: 7 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator McGinn, Senator Billinger and Senator Kelly appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-02** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Engrossed on Wednesday, May 2, 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 10, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c1d02c6-1c6a-473e-9f4d-8c0e522e2ba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).