---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning state agencies and providing for certain audits."
description: "Concerning state agencies and providing for certain audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 260"
citation: "Kansas SB 260 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-08"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89deb77-8952-4c5f-add1-3c50c1d4e5df"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb260"
source_hash: "b280f711583a6f896f3ffaef35089b7e61b495f0aebcd037d8027ec29c1fd950"
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 260 (2017-2018) — Concerning state agencies and providing for certain audits.

## 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/sb260_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb260_02_0000.pdf)
3. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb260_01_0000.pdf)
4. **Enrolled - Law effective May 24, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb260_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **119–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Legislative Post Audit Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-08** Prefiled for Introduction on Thursday, December 21, 2017 `filing`
- **2018-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Hearing: Thursday, February 08, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 144-S
- **2018-02-16** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-12** Hearing: Thursday, March 15, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Federal and State Affairs `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-27** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-29** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Barker, Representative Highland and Representative Ruiz appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-30** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-30** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-30** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 119 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-02** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-04** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 08, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Thursday, May 10, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b89deb77-8952-4c5f-add1-3c50c1d4e5df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).