---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring the legislative post auditor to conduct an audit of the 911 coordinating council."
description: "Requiring the legislative post auditor to conduct an audit of the 911 coordinating council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2438"
citation: "Kansas HB 2438 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4471695a-0e9a-4823-8c6c-6c63db69a651"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2438"
source_hash: "7b9eb1d62bc39d378f26fcaafb10f118694bd44f8e4dac8f0f54307f59bc05a7"
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 2438 (2017-2018) — Requiring the legislative post auditor to conduct an audit of the 911 coordinating council.

## 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/hb2438_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective May 24, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2438_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by Senate Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2438_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **123–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Parker was rejected — **43–78** (fail) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Legislative Post Audit Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 21, 2017 `filing`
- **2018-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-11** Hearing: Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-01-31** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Parker `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-07** Representative Highland raised a question of germaneness. The amendment was ruled germane.
- **2018-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Parker was rejected Yea: 43 Nay: 78 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-08** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-12** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S - CANCELLED
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-04-05** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-27** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-04-27** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Estes `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-27** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Estes was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-04-27** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-05-02** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Estes, Senator Olson and Senator Faust-Goudeau appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Engrossed on Thursday, May 3, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 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/4471695a-0e9a-4823-8c6c-6c63db69a651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).