---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating the crime of unlawful acts involving automated sales suppression devices."
description: "Creating the crime of unlawful acts involving automated sales suppression devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "HB 2488"
citation: "Kansas HB 2488 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db690f4-40b0-4b95-a703-0e63ed0fd093"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/hb2488"
source_hash: "cf49c3e9ae1caeaa80dee50f69844177f75bc153058f41c7d964819a8f09f8f4"
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 2488 (2017-2018) — Creating the crime of unlawful acts involving automated sales suppression devices.

## 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/hb2488_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2488_01_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2488_02_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/hb2488_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **119–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Taxation — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Referred to Committee on Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-18** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 346-S
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-15** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-19** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-19** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-20** Referred to Committee on Assessment and Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Hearing: Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 09:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-03-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Assessment and Taxation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-29** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-03** Motion to accede adopted; Senator Tyson, Senator Kerschen and Senator Holland appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-06** Senator Francisco is appointed to replace Senator Holland on the Conference Committee
- **2018-04-26** Senator Holland is appointed to replace Senator Francisco on the Conference Committee
- **2018-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 22 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Reengrossed on Friday, May 4, 2018
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Monday, May 14, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9db690f4-40b0-4b95-a703-0e63ed0fd093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).