---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amending groundwater management district water user charges."
description: "Amending groundwater management district water user charges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 194"
citation: "Kansas SB 194 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2018-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acb70838-84a6-4136-a29c-5775b7afe3b7"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb194"
source_hash: "94d3693afc632b7ed164f66e17a000d6fe116b0d41b28d1e5dd0f382d7db70c4"
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 194 (2017-2018) — Amending groundwater management district water user charges.

## 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/sb194_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb194_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb194_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **106–18** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **34–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Ways and Means — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing: Monday, March 20, 2017, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-01-24** Hearing: Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 159-S
- **2018-02-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-13** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-14** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-03-08** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Agriculture `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 106 Nay: 18 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Friday, March 30, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-03** Approved by Governor on Monday, April 2, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acb70838-84a6-4136-a29c-5775b7afe3b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).