---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2184 by Committee on Commerce - Amending workers compensation death benefits."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2184 by Committee on Commerce - Amending workers compensation death benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2184"
citation: "Kansas HB 2184 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-26"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c4d00d6-f7ae-43ba-8e9a-0178a63ce26e"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2184"
source_hash: "699698bfe9aebc71706ee353b426a77f0e6aeaff66ea4eb0742d5a88e494abba"
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 2184 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2184 by Committee on Commerce - Amending workers compensation death benefits.

## 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/hb2184_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2184_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2184_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Whitmer was rejected — **45–79** (fail) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **35–5** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **120–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **112–11** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development — primary (organization)
- Committee on Commerce — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-26** Introduced
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing: Friday, February 17, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 112-N
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-05-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Whitmer `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Whitmer was rejected Yea: 45 Nay: 79 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-02** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Weber `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-02** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Weber was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 112 Nay: 11 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Commerce `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 - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 35 Nay: 5 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-28** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 120 Nay: 0
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, April 05, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 12, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c4d00d6-f7ae-43ba-8e9a-0178a63ce26e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).