---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending factors considered in determinations of child custody, residency and parenting time; clarifying admissibility of certain tests for drugs or alcohol in proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children."
description: "Amending factors considered in determinations of child custody, residency and parenting time; clarifying admissibility of certain tests for drugs or alcohol in proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 124"
citation: "Kansas SB 124 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ebae0ed6-30ed-4a25-b932-9591cfacd186"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb124"
source_hash: "c7de571c6607ada75f537375c10ead37ca79cc7d33ed03f7b7358be054d225a1"
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 SB 124 (2017-2018) — Amending factors considered in determinations of child custody, residency and parenting time; clarifying admissibility of certain tests for drugs or alcohol in proceedings under the revised Kansas code for care of children.

## 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/sb124_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb124_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb124_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Concurred with amendments in conference; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **125–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing: Thursday, February 09, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S - CANCELLED
- **2017-02-07** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2017-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Tuesday, March 14, 2017, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 125 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-29** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-30** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Patton and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-07** Concurred with amendments in conference; Yea: 38 Nay: 0
- **2017-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, April 14, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-01** Approved by Governor on Friday, April 21, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ebae0ed6-30ed-4a25-b932-9591cfacd186`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).