---
type: "Bill"
title: "House Substitute for SB 21 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions – Sunsetting special exemptions and modifying certain other KPERS working after retirement provisions."
description: "House Substitute for SB 21 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions – Sunsetting special exemptions and modifying certain other KPERS working after retirement provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 21"
citation: "Kansas SB 21 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58579bd1-456d-4094-8ba6-76008c9aa8f8"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb21"
source_hash: "37ad9fcf709b38efca6c139072cecef988301be1fabe7b0ed3a43e88a9292252"
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 21 (2017-2018) — House Substitute for SB 21 by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions – Sunsetting special exemptions and modifying certain other KPERS working after retirement provisions.

## 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/sb21_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb21_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb21_enrolled.pdf)
4. **H Sub for** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb21_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **114–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **38–1** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **114–9** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **34–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance — primary (organization)
- Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions — cosponsor (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`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-01-26** 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: 34 Nay: 5 `passage`
- **2017-02-09** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Hearing: Wednesday, March 08, 2017, 09:00 AM Room 281-N
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Pensions `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2017-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-28** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 114 Nay: 9 `passage, substitution`
- **2017-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Kelly, Representative Powell and Representative Finney appointed as conferees
- **2017-04-04** Representative Trimmer is appointed to replace Representative Finney on the Conference Committee
- **2017-05-19** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-22** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-22** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 114 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-23** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-23** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 38 Nay: 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-30** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 30, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-08** Approved by Governor on Wednesday, June 7, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/58579bd1-456d-4094-8ba6-76008c9aa8f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).