---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repealing requirements of the KPERS board regarding new investments and divestment of current investments in companies with business operations in Sudan."
description: "Repealing requirements of the KPERS board regarding new investments and divestment of current investments in companies with business operations in Sudan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2444"
citation: "Kansas HB 2444 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d655bfa-a290-4eb6-a558-bb411b14f7dd"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2444"
source_hash: "de32117dd99311c3de010de919dee937856155333b85f572d8f42ac98239d685"
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 2444 (2017-2018) — Repealing requirements of the KPERS board regarding new investments and divestment of current investments in companies with business operations in Sudan.

## 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/hb2444_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2444_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective April 26, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2444_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **111–8** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **111–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Joint Committee on Pensions, Investments and Benefits — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 05, 2018 `filing`
- **2018-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-08** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2018-02-06** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 111 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-15** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-02** Hearing: Wednesday, March 07, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Longbine, Senator Billinger and Senator Rogers appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-06** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 111 Nay: 8
- **2018-04-06** Engrossed on Friday, April 6, 2018
- **2018-04-26** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d655bfa-a290-4eb6-a558-bb411b14f7dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).