---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending the administrative hearing process for the department of agriculture."
description: "Amending the administrative hearing process for the department of agriculture."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2312"
citation: "Kansas HB 2312 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/942f2d65-6e41-45e7-9f1c-5b016621b766"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2312"
source_hash: "96b22e96087eb88c385f56caa5cdcc7fe877d6e9a5020b0334780227272a0cf8"
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 2312 (2017-2018) — Amending the administrative hearing process for the department of agriculture.

## 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/hb2312_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2312_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **121–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Water and Environment — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee on Water and Environment `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Water and Environment `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: 121 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Francisco `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Billinger 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: 38 Nay: 1 `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/942f2d65-6e41-45e7-9f1c-5b016621b766`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).