---
type: "Bill"
title: "Concerning the gas safety and reliability surcharge."
description: "Concerning the gas safety and reliability surcharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ks"
legislature: "Kansas Legislature"
session: "2017-2018"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Kansas SB 279 (2017-2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2af28b8d-8e1b-4117-a09a-9c613d964cac"
source_url: "http://www.kslegislature.org/li/api/v11/rev-1/bill_status/sb279"
source_hash: "280ba26ffb80505c09122a40735c6406b806f49ed2d8518cc658f361666a45a9"
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 279 (2017-2018) — Concerning the gas safety and reliability surcharge.

## 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/sb279_00_0000.pdf)
2. **As Amended by Senate Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb279_01_0000.pdf)
3. **Enrolled - Law effective July 01, 2018** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2017_18/measures/documents/sb279_enrolled.pdf)

## Votes

- Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; — **32–6** (pass) · legislature
- Final Action - Passed; — **99–25** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Utilities — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Referred to Committee on Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Hearing: Thursday, February 01, 2018, 01:30 PM Room 548-S
- **2018-02-12** Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by Committee on Utilities `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Motion to Amend - Offered by Senator Denning `amendment-introduction`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Amendment by Senator Denning was rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-22** Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended; Yea: 32 Nay: 6 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Received and Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Hearing: Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 09:00 AM Room 582-N
- **2018-03-21** Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Now working on
- **2018-03-28** Committee of the Whole - Be passed `passage`
- **2018-03-29** Final Action - Passed; Yea: 99 Nay: 25 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Enrolled and presented to Governor on Tuesday, April 03, 2018 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-06** Approved by Governor on Thursday, April 5, 2018 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2af28b8d-8e1b-4117-a09a-9c613d964cac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kansas legislature records).