---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting new insurance holding company regulatory law and corporate governance annual disclosure law."
description: "Enacting new insurance holding company regulatory law and corporate governance annual disclosure law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Kansas SB 16 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-05-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27be8d6c-4a34-448e-9aa7-74ad87af44aa"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb16"
source_hash: "b8b630a1aac59c5bec0d3c0cf6e23a228df256442333691b1488e8390bd9c79e"
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 16 (2017-2018) — Enacting new insurance holding company regulatory law and corporate governance annual disclosure law.

## 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/sb16_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb16_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb16_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb16_enrolled.pdf)
5. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb16_03_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **114–8** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–4** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **123–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-13** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 17, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-01-27** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-02-07** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-02-08** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Hearing: Tuesday, March 07, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Vickrey `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Vickrey was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-24** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 114 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2017-03-27** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Vickrey, Representative Dove and Representative Neighbor appointed as conferees
- **2017-05-03** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-03** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-03** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 123 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-04** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 09, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-16** Approved by Governor on Monday, May 15, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27be8d6c-4a34-448e-9aa7-74ad87af44aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).