---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorizing redevelopment districts encompassing federal enclaves to impose utility franchise fees, incur debt, issue bonds and enter into lease-purchase agreements."
description: "Authorizing redevelopment districts encompassing federal enclaves to impose utility franchise fees, incur debt, issue bonds and enter into lease-purchase agreements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 185"
citation: "Kansas SB 185 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-10"
last_action: "2018-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f16c4115-200c-4b09-8dac-ebd8375bcfff"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb185"
source_hash: "2af341b256aac3b2115da3bd71cbf6be130c6a0ff0f938ee1d8d7098052a6cfd"
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 185 (2017-2018) — Authorizing redevelopment districts encompassing federal enclaves to impose utility franchise fees, incur debt, issue bonds and enter into lease-purchase agreements.

## 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/sb185_00_0000.pdf)
2. **Enrolled - Law effective April 19, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb185_enrolled.pdf)
3. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb185_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **123–2** (pass) · legislature
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred with amendments; — **39–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Commerce — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Hearing: Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 548-S
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 39 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-01** Hearing: Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-03-13** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Commerce, Labor and Economic Development `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Proehl `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Proehl was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-21** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 123 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Concurred with amendments; Yea: 39 Nay: 0
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, April 02, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-26** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f16c4115-200c-4b09-8dac-ebd8375bcfff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).