---
type: "Bill"
title: "Certification of businesses as a certified business by the department of administration pursuant to competitive bid process for state contracts."
description: "Certification of businesses as a certified business by the department of administration pursuant to competitive bid process for state contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2356"
citation: "Kansas HB 2356 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be3c0dac-d1ef-4f59-aa6d-fd748eaba8e9"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2356"
source_hash: "6ab2fb98340e7ce7294ce4f20cb514a1c11eb730b194fac53ae90409cdb5517c"
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 2356 (2017-2018) — Certification of businesses as a certified business by the department of administration pursuant to competitive bid process for state contracts.

## 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/hb2356_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2356_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2356_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature
- Consent Calendar Passed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Withdrawn from Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development; Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Withdrawn from Committee on Appropriations; Rereferred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 112-N - CANCELLED
- **2017-03-14** Hearing: Wednesday, March 15, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2017-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Frownfelter `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Frownfelter was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Curtis `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-23** Representative Mason raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Curtis was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Engrossed on Thursday, March 23, 2017
- **2017-03-24** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Committee on Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed and placed on Consent Calendar by Committee on Ways and Means `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-03** Consent Calendar Passed Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2017-05-05** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, May 05, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-10** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be3c0dac-d1ef-4f59-aa6d-fd748eaba8e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).