---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ensuring nondiscrimination of organ transplants on the basis of disability."
description: "Ensuring nondiscrimination of organ transplants on the basis of disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2343"
citation: "Kansas HB 2343 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69598b7d-3978-4b78-a3de-775bbd8bcb2a"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2343"
source_hash: "12bcdd701d7714f0598820527abe9e2fd282cd95358314818fb98e660fb1dff7"
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 2343 (2017-2018) — Ensuring nondiscrimination of organ transplants on the basis of disability.

## 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/hb2343_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2343_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **119–0** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee on Children and Seniors `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 218-N - CANCELLED
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Children and Seniors `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-20** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing: Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2018-01-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-08** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, February 16, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor on Thursday, February 22, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69598b7d-3978-4b78-a3de-775bbd8bcb2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).