---
type: "Bill"
title: "Senate Substitute for Senate Substitute for HB 2386 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Amendments regarding the licensure of professional occupations; licensure, employment and background checks for employees of adult care homes, home health aides and providers of disability services; designating Kansas commission on veterans affairs office employees as safety sensitive positions subject to drug screening."
description: "Senate Substitute for Senate Substitute for HB 2386 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Amendments regarding the licensure of professional occupations; licensure, employment and background checks for employees of adult care homes, home health aides and providers of disability services; designating Kansas commission on veterans affairs office employees as safety sensitive positions subject to drug screening."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2386"
citation: "Kansas HB 2386 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-03-09"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8529bb04-e3ba-407c-ae83-e15bf441b7ce"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2386"
source_hash: "dafa09736dbd2411420870ef3eaef142564eb1d54c46d2e1a71f7d9144c8740a"
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 2386 (2017-2018) — Senate Substitute for Senate Substitute for HB 2386 by Committee on Federal and State Affairs – Amendments regarding the licensure of professional occupations; licensure, employment and background checks for employees of adult care homes, home health aides and providers of disability services; designating Kansas commission on veterans affairs office employees as safety sensitive positions subject to drug screening.

## 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/hb2386_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2386_enrolled.pdf)
3. **S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2386_01_0000.pdf)
4. **S Sub for S Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2386_02_0000.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2386_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **108–11** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **115–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-10** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Hearing: Thursday, March 16, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-03-17** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 115 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2017-03-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-29** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-02** Hearing: Thursday, May 04, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 152-S - Note room and time change
- **2017-05-08** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-01-11** Withdrawn from Calendar, Rereferred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `withdrawal, referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Olson `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Olson was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator V. Schmidt `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator V. Schmidt was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator V. Schmidt `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator V. Schmidt was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Haley `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Senator Olson raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled not germane.
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed as amended `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-28** Final Action - Substitute passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Estes, Senator Olson and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-06** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-07** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-07** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-26** Substitute motion to not adopt and appoint a conference committee failed
- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 108 Nay: 11 `passage`
- **2018-04-28** Engrossed on Thursday, April 26, 2018
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 10, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8529bb04-e3ba-407c-ae83-e15bf441b7ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).