---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consolidating criminal prosecutions for fraud and abuse under the jurisdiction of the attorney general and establishing the office of the securities commissioner as a division under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance."
description: "Consolidating criminal prosecutions for fraud and abuse under the jurisdiction of the attorney general and establishing the office of the securities commissioner as a division under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Kansas SB 23 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-12"
last_action: "2017-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4fd4b61-2360-456e-bacc-3ddd401dd1bd"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb23"
source_hash: "2468ccc968352f45dffaa16da4a6aaa0c1e50089caedb4a1bccb7db3bc6ca7b6"
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 23 (2017-2018) — Consolidating criminal prosecutions for fraud and abuse under the jurisdiction of the attorney general and establishing the office of the securities commissioner as a division under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of insurance.

## 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/sb23_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb23_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2017** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb23_enrolled.pdf)
4. **{As Amended by House Committee of the Whole}** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb23_02_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed; — **28–12** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **119–2** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **115–9** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **30–8** (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`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing: Wednesday, January 25, 2017, 09:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2017-02-23** Withdrawn from Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance; Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-06** Withdrawn from Committee on Federal and State Affairs; Rereferred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Financial Institutions and Insurance `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-03-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2017-03-23** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 28 Nay: 12 `passage`
- **2017-03-24** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-27** Referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Withdrawn from Committee on Insurance; Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing: Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 01:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2017-04-03** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Carmichael `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Carmichael was adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Miller `amendment-introduction`
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Miller was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 115 Nay: 9 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2017-04-06** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Patton and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2017-05-12** Conference committee report now available
- **2017-05-12** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-12** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-18** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2017-05-18** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 30 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2017-05-22** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, May 22, 2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01** Approved by Governor on Thursday, June 1, 2017 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4fd4b61-2360-456e-bacc-3ddd401dd1bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).