---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the asbestos trust claims transparency act."
description: "Enacting the asbestos trust claims transparency act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2457"
citation: "Kansas HB 2457 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fab20ce-3376-40b4-b904-a6166858170d"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2457"
source_hash: "01086de6fa3db78e2528753aa8dc3a9cd9857055e8ed1e4cadb52c8a1be7aee5"
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 2457 (2017-2018) — Enacting the asbestos trust claims transparency act.

## 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/hb2457_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2457_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2457_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **77–40** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **23–16** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-10** Hearing: Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 77 Nay: 40 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Engrossed on Friday, February 23, 2018
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Thursday, March 08, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 23 Nay: 16 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Thursday, March 29, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-03** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 2, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7fab20ce-3376-40b4-b904-a6166858170d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).