---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making changes to the Kansas sexually violent predator program."
description: "Making changes to the Kansas sexually violent predator program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Kansas SB 266 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/263a5591-fa66-44a5-81d8-035271dd28b0"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb266"
source_hash: "42520efe687ddbe2194169462cd29fb4f940bba3d7e85b4cf0f70c7923192025"
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 266 (2017-2018) — Making changes to the Kansas sexually violent predator program.

## 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/sb266_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb266_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb266_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **121–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **38–0** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **124–0** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 10:30 AM Room 346-S
- **2018-01-25** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-14** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-02-15** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 38 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-19** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Hearing: Monday, March 05, 2018, 03:30 PM Room 112-N
- **2018-03-15** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 124 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-04-02** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Finch, Representative Ralph and Representative Carmichael appointed as conferees
- **2018-05-01** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-05-01** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-05-01** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 121 Nay: 0 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** 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/263a5591-fa66-44a5-81d8-035271dd28b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).