---
type: "Bill"
title: "Substitute for SB 272 by Committee on Transportation - Regulating traffic on roads and highways; concerning the passing of waste collectors, overtaking of school buses, operation of golf carts at night, maximum length of certain vehicle combinations and maximum weight of certain emergency vehicles."
description: "Substitute for SB 272 by Committee on Transportation - Regulating traffic on roads and highways; concerning the passing of waste collectors, overtaking of school buses, operation of golf carts at night, maximum length of certain vehicle combinations and maximum weight of certain emergency vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Kansas SB 272 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7e8ef26-44c3-46dc-9f48-b38f96e80df7"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb272"
source_hash: "07edf49e396c270cce3c99abd07663874c1a4f2b6fc565de01a4deb64d9245c3"
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 272 (2017-2018) — Substitute for SB 272 by Committee on Transportation - Regulating traffic on roads and highways; concerning the passing of waste collectors, overtaking of school buses, operation of golf carts at night, maximum length of certain vehicle combinations and maximum weight of certain emergency vehicles.

## 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/sb272_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by House Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb272_02_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb272_enrolled.pdf)
4. **Sub** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb272_01_0000.pdf)

## Votes

- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **111–8** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed as amended; — **94–30** (pass) · legislature
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; — **35–4** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Substitute passed; — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Federal and State Affairs — primary (organization)
- Committee on Transportation — cosponsor (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-12** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Hearing: Thursday, January 25, 2018, 08:30 AM Room 546-S
- **2018-02-15** Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed `substitution, passage`
- **2018-02-20** Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed `passage, substitution`
- **2018-02-21** Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 40 Nay: 0 `passage, substitution`
- **2018-02-21** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-02-28** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Tuesday, March 13, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 582-N
- **2018-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Transportation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Representative Corbet `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Representative Corbet was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-26** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 94 Nay: 30 `passage`
- **2018-03-28** Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed
- **2018-03-28** Motion to accede adopted; Representative Proehl, Representative Francis and Representative Lusker appointed as conferees
- **2018-04-04** Conference committee report now available
- **2018-04-05** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 111 Nay: 8 `passage`
- **2018-04-26** Motion to suspend Joint Rule 4 (k) to allow consideration adopted;
- **2018-04-26** Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 35 Nay: 4 `passage`
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, May 01, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-04** Approved by Governor on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7e8ef26-44c3-46dc-9f48-b38f96e80df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).