---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for HB 2304 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Child care facilities background check and sleeping area requirements."
description: "Senate Substitute for HB 2304 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Child care facilities background check and sleeping area requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2304"
citation: "Kansas HB 2304 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Representative Burroughs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8437b7cc-5d78-424f-873e-9b7ae1d79278"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2304"
source_hash: "4fb1daaf076cc8bc78b101ca80e60d4bdfb3f67c07244d51d4077222f1bbd34d"
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 2304 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for HB 2304 by Committee on Public Health and Welfare - Child care facilities background check and sleeping area requirements.

## 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/hb2304_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2304_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2304_enrolled.pdf)
4. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2304_02_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2304_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **27–13** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **118–6** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **119–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Representative Burroughs — primary (person)
- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Children and Seniors `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 218-N
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Children and Seniors `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** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 119 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-06** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing: Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending substitute 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 - Passed over and retain a place on the calendar
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator V. Schmidt `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator V. Schmidt was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 27 Nay: 13 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-04-05** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 118 Nay: 6
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed on Thursday, April 6, 2017
- **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/8437b7cc-5d78-424f-873e-9b7ae1d79278`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).