---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amendments to home health agency licensure."
description: "Amendments to home health agency licensure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Kansas SB 154 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-03"
last_action: "2017-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccda3ab2-bfc1-4c69-bc72-5164e7dddefc"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb154"
source_hash: "6b383abf094a52f35f460603146655ee713e3b2f9da7b97a7b4d319a0993424e"
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 154 (2017-2018) — Amendments to home health agency licensure.

## 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/sb154_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb154_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb154_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–2** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **122–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Health and Welfare — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Public Health and Welfare `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 118-N
- **2017-02-20** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Public Health and Welfare `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing: Monday, March 13, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 546-S
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Health and Human Services `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-23** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 122 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 31, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-06** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccda3ab2-bfc1-4c69-bc72-5164e7dddefc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).