---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enacting the fair access to insurance requirements plan act."
description: "Enacting the fair access to insurance requirements plan act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 17"
citation: "Kansas SB 17 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd550671-41d9-4cdf-957b-e25050a40697"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb17"
source_hash: "5e43f6c85704e9d43b6d9108bb1a99613fc8152c4654e3a6088dc686ab888225"
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 17 (2017-2018) — Enacting the fair access to insurance requirements plan 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/sb17_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb17_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **119–0** (pass) · legislature
- Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hodge was rejected — **40–84** (fail) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (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: Thursday, January 19, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-01-26** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-02** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-02-02** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-02-02** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-03** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing: Thursday, February 16, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Hodge `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Hodge was rejected Yea: 40 Nay: 84 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-16** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-17** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 24, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-29** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd550671-41d9-4cdf-957b-e25050a40697`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).