---
type: "Bill"
title: "Standards governing the use and administration of emergency opioid antagonists."
description: "Standards governing the use and administration of emergency opioid antagonists."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2217"
citation: "Kansas HB 2217 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5290190-f646-4224-88af-4dc95a8bca4c"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2217"
source_hash: "eb8d2f82b3850268bc6d578b6a626302216fd51a132061f9b3370e71ec63c6dd"
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 2217 (2017-2018) — Standards governing the use and administration of emergency opioid antagonists.

## 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/hb2217_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2217_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2217_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing: Tuesday, February 07, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 112-S
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Engrossed on Thursday, February 23, 2017
- **2017-02-23** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report recommending 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 - Now working on
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-27** Senator V. Schmidt raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 04, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 7, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5290190-f646-4224-88af-4dc95a8bca4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).